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On Day of Solidarity with missing staff, UN calls for wide safety guarantees

With the number of its personnel arrested, under detention or missing increasing from 26 to 43, the United Nations today called on all countries where its peacekeepers are deployed and all parties to armed conflict to ensure the safety of every one of the world organization’s workers or associated staff.

Larry Johnson of United States named UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today named Larry D. Johnson of the United States, an official with extensive experience working for the world body, as Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, a position he will take up on 1 May when he succeeds Ralph Zacklin.