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Article: U.N. NAMES ACTING REP FOR IRAQ
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- December 10, 2003
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United Press International
12-10-2003
U.N. names acting rep for Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10, 2003 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan named Ross Mountain of New Zealand as his acting special representative for Iraq, succeeding Sergio Vieira de Mello who was killed along with 21 others killed in the August bombing of U.N. headquarters in Baghdad.
At U.N. European Headquarters in Geneva, Annan told reporters Wednesday that Mountain would visit the country, as needed, from the temporary main U.N. base for Iraqi operations in Nicosia, Cyprus, until security improves.
Mountain first joined the world organization in 1973 and, after serving in a variety of ...