The warning from NATO ambassadors was in response to Friday's meeting between General Mladic and U.N. commander General Bernard Janvier.
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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.
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.
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.
Rival Lebanese leaders have been unable to reach agreement on a consensus candidate despite intense mediation efforts by European envoys and the U.N. secretary general.
But the U.N. secretary general or the president of the Hamburg tribunal would select the crucial fifth arbitrator when, as would typically be the case, the state parties cannot agree.
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The Tunisian government warned of "immediate and disastrous consequences" to bilateral relations and said the "serious" attacks are likely to force Tunis to take "severe" measures such as reporting the violations to the U.N. secretary general in order "to defend its territorial integrity, " the source told the news agency.
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.
In 1976, Martha Mitchell, the estranged wife of former U.S. Attorney General John 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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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.
Also on Monday, the United Nations nominated South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon to succeed Kofi Annan as 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.
More than 1, 000 U.N. peacekeepers, including the brigadier general in charge, were present and observed gunfire without taking action, U.N. records show.
Under U.N. rules, the General Assembly can recommend sanctions, but only the Security Council can impose them.
By nightfall, NATO jets were roaring over Sarajevo on surveillance and close air support missions, but the U.N. was receiving mixed messages -- a five page long letter from General Ratko Mladic that the U.N. said was unacceptable and a short terse note from Bosnian Serb political leaders saying they would comply.
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