The Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed a Briton and a Mexican in the UN departments têtede
Secretary General of UN Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday named informally Briton John Holmes and the Mexican Alicia Barcena at the head of departments of the UN humanitarian affairs and management, respectively.
Mr. Ban announced the appointments during an informal meeting of top UN staff Wednesday, Xinhua said a diplomat at the United Nations under the guise of anonymity and added that official appointments should be made public in the coming days.
Holmes, ambassador of Great Britain in France, will head the OCHA, the Office of UN Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, succeeding Norwegian Jan Egeland, who resigned last month.
Ms. Barcena, who was chief of staff to former Deputy Secretary-General Kofi Annan, will replace American Christopher Burnham, who resigned in November, as Under-Secretary General for Administration and Management.
Moreover, the UN official said that France refused to leave the department of peacekeeping, for which the United States has also shown great interest. In addition, other key positions have not yet been assigned, such as political affairs, economic development and social or disarmament.
Mr. Ban appointed Sunday Vijay Nambiar, Indian diplomat who was special adviser to Annan, as chief of staff, and the Haitian Michelle Montas as spokesperson.
在秘书长科菲安南任命一名英国人和一名联合国各部门在墨西哥têtede
联合国秘书长潘基文星期三非正式英国人命名约翰霍姆斯和墨西哥阿莉西亚巴尔塞纳在联合国人道主义事务和管理部门负责人分别。
潘基文宣布了一个联合国工作人员的顶尖日的非正式会议的任命，新华社说，在联合国根据不愿透露姓名的外交官的幌子补充说，官员的任命应公开在未来几天内。
霍姆斯，大不列颠的大使，法国将负责人道协调厅，联合国人道主义事务协调厅，2008年1月接替挪威埃格兰，谁上个月辞职。
巴尔塞纳女士，谁是参谋长前副秘书长科菲安南将接替克里斯托弗伯纳姆在美国，谁在11月辞职，主管行政和管理秘书长。
此外，联合国官员说，法国拒绝离开维持和平部，而美国也表现出极大的兴趣。此外，其他一些关键职位尚未分配，如政治事务，经济发展和社会或裁军。
潘基文任命星期日南威哲，印度外交官谁是安南的特别顾问，作为参谋长，并为海地的发言人米歇尔蒙塔斯。04.01.07
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