SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR

TO GO TO AFGHANISTAN

Following is the text of a statement made today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

4274^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL SENDS NOMINATIONS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

TRIBUNAL JUDGES TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The Security Council this afternoon decided to forward to the General Assembly a list of nominees to be considered for election as Permanent Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

Background Release

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF IRAQ PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Mohammed A. Aldouri, the new permanent representative of Iraq to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GUINEA-BISSAU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Luzéria dos Santos Jaló, the new Permanent Representative of Guinea-Bissau to the United Nations, presented her credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ERITREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Ahmed Tahir Baduri, the new Permanent Representative of Eritrea, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ERITREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Ahmed Tahir Baduri, the new Permanent Representative of Eritrea, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KENYA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of Kenya, Bob Francis Jalang'o, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MEXICO PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Jorge Eduardo Navarrete, the new Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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DEV/2281

8 February 2001

AFRICAN MINISTERS OF PUBLIC SERVICE ADOPT CHARTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

        NEW YORK, 8 February (DESA) -- Forty-one African Ministers of Public Service unanimously adopted a Charter of Public Service for Africa at the conclusion of the third biennial Pan-African Conference of Ministers of Civil Service, held in Windhoek, Namibia, from 5 to 6 February.