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Secretary-General Appoints María Eugenia Casar of Mexico as Assistant Secretary-General, Controller

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Secretary-General Appoints María Eugenia Casar of Mexico as Assistant Secretary-General, Controller

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of María Eugenia Casar of Mexico as Assistant Secretary-General, Controller, Office of Programme Planning, Budgets and Accounts, Department of Management. Ms. Casar will replace Jun Yamazaki.

With Success of Approaching Elections in Liberia Vital, Security Council Extends Mission’s Mandate for One Year, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2008 (2011)

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With Success of Approaching Elections in Liberia Vital, Security Council Extends Mission’s Mandate for One Year, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 2008 (2011)

Pointing to the approach of general elections in Liberia and recognizing the “significant challenges” that remained across all sectors there despite the efforts of the Government in national reconciliation and recovery, the Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the country (UNMIL) for one year, until 30 September 2012.

Special Representative Stresses Need to Extend Mandate of United Nations Mission in Haiti, Citing ‘Calm but Fragile’ Security Situation

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Special Representative Stresses Need to Extend Mandate of United Nations Mission in Haiti, Citing ‘Calm but Fragile’ Security Situation

A calm but fragile security situation underscored the need to extend the mandate of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), the Secretary-General’s Special Representative in that country told the Security Council today, even as speakers emphasized that any drawdown of its presence must be gradual.

After Much Wrangling, General Assembly Seats National Transitional Council of Libya as Country’s Representative for Sixty-Sixth Session

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After Much Wrangling, General Assembly Seats National Transitional Council of Libya as Country’s Representative for Sixty-Sixth Session

The United Nations General Assembly this morning adopted the agenda for its sixty-sixth session during a meeting which required two recorded votes to allow representatives of Libya’s National Transitional Council to stand for the strife-torn North African country in the world body’s work for the coming year.
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