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Senior UN official appointed Annan's Deputy Special Representative in Ethiopia, Eritrea

Senior UN official appointed Annan's Deputy Special Representative in Ethiopia, Eritrea

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed a senior United Nations official as his Deputy Special Representative for Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed a senior United Nations official as his Deputy Special Representative for Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Angela Kane, currently the Director of the Americas and Europe Division in the UN Department of Political Affairs in New York, will be based in Asmara, where she will serve as the Deputy Head of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE).

Ms. Kane, a national of Germany, has worked for the UN for 25 years in a variety of political and managerial positions. Her appointment is effective as of 15 January 2003.

A second Deputy Special Representative, Cheikh-Tidiane Gaye, is based in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.