New envoy appointed for UN mission in Sierra Leone

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed senior Tanzanian official Daudi Ngelautwa Mwakawago his new Special Representative for Sierra Leone, succeeding Oluyemi Adeniji, who recently became Nigeria's Foreign Minister.

Mr. Mwakawago was Tanzania's Permanent Representative to the UN from 1994 to 2003, after having held ministerial positions in his government. At the UN, he chaired the Group of 77 in 1997.

Under the stewardship of Mr. Adeniji, the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) "supported a massive disarmament exercise, as well as national elections in Sierra Leone, and facilitated the restoration of the government's authority throughout the territory of Sierra Leone," according to a statement by a spokesman for Mr. Annan.