UN: LATEST APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS OF SENIOR

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: AORC KUNR
SUBJECT: UN: LATEST APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS OF SENIOR
OFFICIALS AT UN HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK


1. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On Friday, February 9, 2007, Chef de
Cabinet Vijay Nambiar announced that Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon had accepted the resignation of fifteen senior
officials (9 at the Under-Secretary-General level, 6 at the
Assistant Secretary-General level). Nambiar also announced
the appointment of four officials at the
Under-Secretary-General level. Additional appointments are
expected at the Assistant Secretary-General level, to be
followed by the appointment of Special Representatives. (For
a full transcript of the announcement visit
www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2007/db070209. doc.htm.)


2. Identifying and placing Americans in senior positions
where we do not lead the office or agency remains an
important USG objective. The announcement that an American
will serve as Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs,
represents an unique opportunity for the USG to identify key
senior level positions outside of DPA and submit qualified,
competitive candidates for consideration. The Mission has
identified DPI, where a Japanese candidate has been
appointed, as an important opportunity, and requests the
Department to identify candidates. END SUMMARY AND COMMENT.


3. List of Resignations at the Under-Secretary-General Level:
- Mr. Nobuaki Tanaka, Under-Secretary-General for
Disarmament Affairs
- Mr. Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for
Economic and Social Affairs
- Mr. Jian Chen, Under-Secretary-General for General
Assembly and Conference Management
- Mr. Ibrahim A. Gambari, Under-Secretary-General for
Political Affairs
- Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for
Communications and Public Information
- Mr. Legwaila Joseph Legwaila, Special Advisor to
Secretary-General on Africa

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- Mr. Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, High Representative for the
Least-Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries,
and Small Island Developing States
- Ms. Mervat Tallawy, Executive-Secretary, Economic and
Social Commission for Western Asia
- Mr. Hak-su Kim, Executive-Secretary, Economic and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific


4. List of Resignations at the Assistant Secretary-General
Level:
- Mr. Hedi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General, Department
of Peacekeeping Operations
- Mr. Patrizio M. Civili, Assistant Secretary-General,
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
- Mr. Carlos Lopes, Assistant Secretary-General and Director
for Political Affairs Executive Office of the
Secretary-General

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- Mr. Toshiyuki Niwa, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
- Ms. Rima Salah, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
- Mr. Kunio Waki, Deputy Executive Director for Programmes,
UNFPA


5. List of Appointments at the Under-Secretary-General Level:
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Mr. Sha Zukang
(China)
- Department of Political Affairs: Mr. B. Lynn Pascoe
(United States)
- Department of Public Information: Mr. Kiyotaka Akasaka
(Japan)
- Department of General Assembly and Conference Management:
Mr. S. Muihammad Shaaban (Egypt)
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