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DRC: Annan appoints second deputy special representative
NAIROBI, 19 February 2003 (IRIN) - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Behrooz Sadry as Deputy Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN News reported on Tuesday.
Sadry, who assumed his functions on Monday in the DRC capital, Kinshasa, is in charge of operations and management of the UN Mission in the DRC, known as MONUC. He joins Deputy Special Representative Lena Sundh of Sweden, who is in charge of the political, humanitarian, human rights, and gender aspects of the mission.
UN News said Sadry had had a distinguished career with the UN, most recently serving as Annan's Deputy Special Representative for Sierra Leone. Prior to that, he served as the UN Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative in Angola, Cambodia, and Mozambique, among many other positions.
Born in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on 11 February 1936, Sadry joined the UN in 1957 after the completion of his studies in France. His experience in peacekeeping began with service in the UN Congo operation between 1960 and 1962.
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