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19 December 2006
Dec 18, 2006 (UNITED NATIONS) — U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who leaves office in less than two weeks appointed a new interim special envoy to Sudan.
Outgoing UN chief Kofi Annan told the U.N. Security Council he was naming former General Assembly President Jan Eliasson of Sweden as a special envoy to Sudan, to serve during the transition to incoming U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon of South Korea, who takes over as secretary-general on Jan. 1, council diplomats said.
The Ghanaian secretary (...)
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