In 1992, Egyptian Boutros Boutros Ghali succeeded Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as U.N secretary-general.
Speaking by phone to U.N Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moallem warned the Palestinian refugees against helping the rebels.
But in the matter of U.N. oversight of its own ventures, it sets a disturbing precedent that to this day, the U.N. has not raised any serious objection to Picco having served as a U.N. undersecretary-general running the U.N.
Ban Ki-moon, the U.N. secretary-general who was born just a few miles away, is honored with two sculptures.
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The Syrian government and the opposition agreed to pull their forces from cities by Tuesday as part of an agreement brokered by Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general who now serves as the U.N. and Arab League special envoy on the Syrian crisis.
Also on Monday, the United Nations nominated South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to succeed Kofi Annan as U.N. secretary-general.
In 1971, Austrian Kurt Waldheim took over as U.N. secretary-general after U That retired.
Meanwhile Tuesday, Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general, launched formal mediation efforts to end the post-election crisis.
Many of the Europeans and Arabs, as well as the U.N. secretary-general, are pushing for an immediate cease-fire.
That was where Bozize made his remarks asking for foreign help, said Margaret Vogt, special representative of the U.N. secretary-general.
The former U.N. secretary-general said the situation in Syria is "much more complex" than that in Libya or other nations.
Staffan de Mistura, special representative of the U.N. secretary-general for Iraq, deplored the attack and passed along condolences to grieving families.
In remarks at the United Nations Tuesday, the special representative of the U.N. secretary-general for Somalia, Augustine Mahiga, hailed the progress made.
The U.N. secretary-general said this week that almost 17, 000 people have died.
Mr. Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general, was appointed last month as the joint special envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League.
The former U.N. secretary-general arrived in China on Tuesday to meet with officials and rally support for his plan to end the violence.
But Jeffrey Sachs, a renowned economist and special adviser to the U.N. secretary-general, said neither candidate will be able to stop continued financial woes in the near future.
Rice, however, told reporters she couldn't imagine how the Syrian ambassador, who wasn't in the room when Annan was speaking, could characterize accurately what the former U.N. secretary-general said.
Amid the violence, a five-member U.N. team with expertise in politics, peacekeeping and mediation was on the ground in Syria, according to Eduardo del Buey, deputy spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general.
Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary-general who is now special joint envoy to Syria for the United Nations and the Arab League, will fly Saturday to Damascus, an Arab League official said.
In addition, the U.N. secretary-general's special representative in Kosovo has asked the World Health Organization to send in experts to help them assess whether there is any risk to the civilian population in Kosovo.
According to a 2005 Senate subcommittee report, Picco provided his services on a number of occasions from 1997 to 2003--overlapping with his Dialogue appointment as a U.N. special representative and undersecretary-general--as a consultant on Oil-for-Food to Bayoil, a company owned by Houston oil man David Chalmers.
"All the parties need to take further steps to ensure a cessation of violence in all its forms, " said Herve Ladsous, the U.N. under-secretary-general for peacekeeping, on Tuesday.
After days of trying to obtain permission from Syrian authorities to travel to the country, Valerie Amos, U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, will arrive Wednesday in Damascus, she said.
More than 170 supply trucks crossed into Gaza on Monday, less than a third of the daily number that crossed in 2005, said John Holmes, U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator.
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According to the U.N. news website, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a statement thanking the government of Qatar for its role in the safe release of the hostages.
Dr. Margaret Chan, the U.N. agency's director-general, said the decision to raise the alert on the 6-point scale indicated that all countries should "immediately" activate pandemic preparedness plans.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other U.N. officials over the matter.
"I ask all armed forces to make every effort to protect the cultural heritage of the country, which has already been severely damaged, " said Irina Bokova, the U.N. agency's director-general.
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