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Appointment confirmed of UN special adviser on responsibility to protect

11 December 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the agreement of the Security Council to his intention to appoint Edward Luck as his new Special Adviser with a focus on the responsibility to protect.

Ban Ki-moon announces slate of new Special Representatives in Africa

18 October 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of three Special Representatives and two Deputy Special Representatives to act for him in four African countries trying to recover from prolonged war or insecurity – Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Liberia.

Brazilian diplomat to head UN disarmament office, US architect to oversee renovation

2 July 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named a career Brazilian diplomat to advance the United Nations disarmament agenda and a respected United States architect to oversee the $1.9 billion renovation project of the world body’s New York Headquarters.