Annan names Bangladeshi general to lead UN military liaisons in Côte d'Ivoire4 June – Secretary-General Kofi Annan has decided to appoint a Brigadier-General from Bangladesh to lead the United Nations military observer contingent in the new UN Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI).
The Secretary-General informed the President of the Security Council of his intention to appoint Gen. Abdul Hafiz to the post of Chief Military Liaison Officer of MINUCI, effective today, in a letter that was released today at UN Headquarters in New York.
He also informs the Council President that Austria, Bangladesh, Benin, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland, the Republic of Moldova, Senegal, Tunisia and Uruguay have agreed to provide military liaison officers for the initial group of 26 officers.
MINUCI was established last month to help guide efforts to implement the Linas-Marcoussis Agreement, a French-brokered peace accord reached in January that calls on the government, rebels and political opposition to share power in a transitional government until elections in 2005.
The new Mission includes a military component to complement the operations of the French and the forces of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The tasks of the military liaison group include advising the Secretary-General's Special Representative, Albert Tevoedjre, on military matters; monitoring the military situation, including the security of Liberian refugees; and establishing links with the French and ECOWAS forces, as well as with the Forces armees nationales de Côte d'Ivoire (FANCI) and the forces nouvelle, in order to build confidence and trust between the armed groups.
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