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Senior UN official nominated as Secretary-General’s top envoy to Iraq

7 July 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today that he has chosen the second most senior official in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to be the UN’s top envoy in Iraq.
Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI),

Talks on contested northern Iraqi boundaries begins in Baghdad – UN

11 June 2009
Talks on disputed internal Iraqi boundaries – in the oil-rich, ethnically mixed north – have been launched, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) announced today.
Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative for Iraq

UN envoy to Iraq warns of tough challenges ahead as regional polls pass peacefully

31 January 2009
As elections for regional councils in Iraq seemed to have passed peacefully today, the top United Nations envoy to the country warned of tough challenges ahead, including the need to heal ethnic divisions and for national reconciliation, that could jeopardize recent progress.

Annan's envoy in southern Lebanon to meet with newly elected administrators

29 October 2001
Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Personal Representative for Southern Lebanon will assess the needs of the local administration in the area during an upcoming trip there, the United Nations announced today.