SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW HEAD OF U.N. OFFICE ON DRUGS AND
CRIME

• The
  
  Secretary-General appointed Yuri
  Fedotov of the Russian Federation as the new Executive Director
  of the
  
  UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), replacing
  
  Antonio Maria Costa of Italy.  He will also serve as the
  Director-General of the
  
  UN Office at Vienna (UNOV).
   

• The
  Secretary-General is grateful to Mr. Costa for the services he
  has rendered to the Organization and for his commitment in
  leading UNODC since 2002.
   

• Mr. Fedotov will
  bring a wealth of senior-level experience to his new
  function.  He is well informed on the issues of the
  International Community and on those that are on the agenda of
  UNODC: the rule of law, policy and trend analysis, prevention,
  treatment and reintegration, and alternative development.
   

• Mr. Fedotov is
  currently the Ambassador of Russia to the United Kingdom of
  Great Britain and Northern Ireland.  Previously, he served as
  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW U.N. HUMANITARIAN CHIEF

• The
  
  Secretary-General has appointed
  Valerie Amos, of the United Kingdom, as Under Secretary-General
  for the
  
  UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
  She succeeds
  
  John Holmes, to whom the
  Secretary-General is grateful for his dedicated service to the
  Organization and commitment to alleviating the conditions of the
  many peoples affected by emergency situations.
   

• Ms. Amos brings
  to this position extensive background and experience coupled
  with well-honed leadership skills and the ability to forge
  consensus, coordinate delivery of results and work with diverse
  stakeholders. Ms. Amos is currently UK High Commissioner to
  Australia.
   

• John Holmes said that he was
  delighted by the appointment of
  Valerie Amos as his successor.  He said that she will bring to
  the job a lifetime of commitment to issues of economic and
  social justice, and huge political experience, not least in
  Africa, where so many of our operations are.  Holmes added that
  he has no doubt she will be able to make a great contribution to
  the future development of the humanitarian system.
   

• Asked whether the OCHA job had been
  set aside for a UK national, the Spokesperson said that there
  was no set formula for senior appointments and that there was a
  diverse range of nations represented at the senior posts. He
  noted that Holmes’s predecessors were not from the United
  Kingdom.

 

NEW
DEPUTY FOR U.N. OPERATION IN COTE D’IVOIRE IS NAMED

• The
  
  Secretary-General has appointed
  Ndolamb Ngokwey of the Democratic Republic of Congo as his
  Deputy Special Representative of the
  
  UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire, where he will also serve as
  UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator.
   

• He will replace
  
  Georg Charpentier, who was appointed Deputy Special
  Representative, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in
  
  Sudan.
   

• Ngokwey has
  served with the United Nations since 1986, and most recently as
  the UN Resident Coordinator/UN Development Programme Resident
  Representative in Mozambique.

 

BAN
KI-MOON APPOINTS NEW DEPUTY FOR U.N. OPERATION IN TIMOR-LESTE

• The
  
  Secretary-General has appointed
  Shigeru Mochida of Japan as his Deputy Special Representative
  for Security Sector Support and Rule of Law of the
  
  UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste.  Mr. Mochida succeeds
  the late
  
  Takahisa Kawakami of Japan, who passed away on 15 March
  2010.
   

• Mr. Mochida has
  served the United Nations with commitment over the past 30 years
  in various capacities, most recently as the Deputy Executive
  Secretary of the
  
  UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
  in Bangkok.

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NEW FORCE COMMANDER FOR U.N. PEACEKEEPING
MISSION IN D.R. CONGO

• The
  
  Secretary-General has appointed Lieutenant-General Chander
  Prakash, a national of the Republic of India, as the Force
  Commander for the
  
  UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic
  of Congo, or MONUSCO.
   

• Lieutenant-General Prakash, who is
  currently in charge of India’s United Nations peacekeeping
  operations at the Ministry of Defence, will succeed
  Lieutenant-General
  
  Babacar Gaye of Senegal.

 

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR MEASURES AGAINST THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR
CHEONAN SINKING

• The
  
  Security Council this morning adopted a Presidential
  Statement in which it deplored the 26 March attack which led to
  the sinking of the Republic of Korea’s naval ship, the Cheonan,
  resulting in the tragic loss of 46 lives.
   

• The Council calls for appropriate and
  peaceful measures to be taken against those responsible for the
  incident, aimed at the peaceful settlement of the issue in
  accordance with the
  
  UN Charter and all other relevant provisions of
  international law.
   

• The Security Council members held their
  monthly luncheon with the
  
  Secretary-General this afternoon.
   

• And at 4:30 pm, the Council will hold
  consultations on the
  
  UN Interim Force in Lebanon, to discuss the recent incidents
  in south
  
  Lebanon.

 

ENVOY: UNIFIL’S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT A KEY ELEMENT FOR DISCHARGING
ITS MANDATE

• The
  
  UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon,
  
  Michael Williams, met today with Lebanese Foreign Minister
  Ali Shami, with whom he
  discussed the recent incidents in south Lebanon involving the
  
  
  UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
   

• He
  expressed his hope that the situation has now calmed down and
  that there will be no recurrence of such incidents; and he
  welcomed the announcement made by the Council of Ministers
  yesterday evening that it is reinforcing the presence of the
  Lebanese Armed Forces in south Lebanon.
   

• 
  Williams asserted that UNIFIL’s freedom of movement is a
  critical element for it to discharge its mandate and it must be
  fully respected. This means coordination and information
  sharing, he clarified, though not necessarily that activities
  can only be carried out jointly.
   

• Asked whether the situation in
  Lebanon was calmer today, the Spokesperson noted that Williams
  hoped the situation would remain calm.
   

• Asked whether Williams had been in
  contact with Hezbollah officials, Haq said he had met on
  Thursday with a senior Hezbollah official, Ammar Moussawi.
   

• He noted that Williams would be
  travelling to New York next week to brief the
  
  Security Council on
  
  Lebanon.

 

CYPRIOT LEADERS DISCUSS; WILL MEET AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS

• The Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot
  leaders met in Nicosia today for around three hours,
  concentrating on the issue of property.
   

• Their representatives will continue the
  property discussions next week and the leaders will meet again
  during the following week, on 22 July.
   

• The Secretary-General’s Special Advisor for
  Cyprus,
  
  Alexander Downer, outlined the meeting schedule for July and
  some of August to the press following today’s meeting. He also
  said he is glad to see the leaders meeting in August.

 

U.N.D.P. HEAD WRAPS UP VISIT TO FRANCE

• The Administrator of the
  
  UN Development Programme (UNDP),
  
  Helen Clark, has wrapped up a two day official visit to
  France today.
   

• In her meetings with French officials, she
  discussed the upcoming
  
  MDG Review Summit in September, as well as the development
  agenda for the G8 and G20 summits to be hosted by France next
  year. They also agreed on increasing areas of cooperation
  between France and UNDP.
   

• While in France, Clark met with the
  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Kouchner, and the Minister
  of Economy, Christina Lagarde.  She also met with members of the
  National Assembly and the Senate.

 

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

CLOSURE OF U.N.D.P. CENTRE IN COLOMBO IS
A RESPONSE TO OBSTRUCTION OF U.N. OFFICES:
Asked about the closure of the UNDP
Regional Centre in Colombo,
Sri Lanka, the Spokesperson said that the decision to close it
was taken on Thursday by the

Secretary-General as a direct
response to the situation in Colombo affecting the main UN compound.
Prior to the crisis, he noted, there had been discussions with the
Foreign Minister to downsize the Regional Centre, but, in light of
the Secretary-General’s decision, it is now being closed outright.

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL AWARE OF ATTACK IN
PAKISTAN: Asked about a
suicide bombing that took place today in Pakistan, the Spokesperson
said that the

Secretary-General was aware of the
horrific attack, and recalled that the Secretary-General has
repeatedly condemned all terrorist attacks against civilians.

EFFORTS TO BRING IN HALTED AID FOR GAZA CONTINUE: Asked about
efforts by UN officials to deal with ships that had been halted
while on the way to deliver aid to

Gaza, the Spokesperson said that the senior UN officials in the
area,

Robert Serry and

Filippo Grandi, continue to work to bring the aid on board those
ships into Gaza. He noted that they had been able to get some of the
aid that had been on board the Turkish flotilla into Gaza.

 

U.N. WORKING WITH DISPLACED PEOPLE IN
SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN: Asked
about UN efforts in southern

Kyrgyzstan, the Spokesperson said that UN personnel are working
with the displaced and returnee population in that area, and are
also helping to distribute aid to the south. He noted the repeated
calls by the United Nations for improved security in southern
Kyrgyzstan, to allow for the distribution of aid there.

 

MEETING HELD IN NEW YORK BETWEEN U.N.
PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION AND AFRICAN UNION COUNCIL: Members of
the

UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) and the African Union Peace
and Security Council held their first consultative meeting in New
York on Thursday, to discuss ways of boosting cooperation between
the two bodies to support the efforts of post-conflict countries,
particularly in Africa, to establish lasting peace. The meeting
built on the visit of the PBC to the African Union’s headquarters in
Addis Ababa in November 2009 and sought to lay a foundation to
further develop the channels of communication between the two
bodies.

 

THE WEEK AHEAD AT THE UNITED NATIONS[1]
10-16 July 2010

Saturday, 10 July

Walter Kaelin, the United Nations
Representative on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons
(IDPs), will carry out a follow-up visit to the Central African
Republic until 17 July.

 

Sunday, 11 July

Today is World Population Day.

 

Monday, 12 July

Today, the Security Council will hear a
briefing on the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI/AIMB).

 

The guest at the Noon Briefing will be
Margareta Wahlström, Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk
Reduction.

 

At 1 p.m., the Secretary-General will attend a
commemorative event marking the 15^th Anniversary of the
genocide in Srebrenica, in the Delegates’ Entrance of UN
Headquarters.

 

In Geneva, the Human Rights Committee will hold
its ninety-ninth session until 30 July and review the reports
submitted by the Governments of Estonia, Israel, Colombia and
Cameroon.

 

Tuesday, 13 July

This morning, the Security Council will hear a briefing and hold
consultations on the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA).
Following this meeting, Said Djinnit, the Secretary-General’s
Special Representative for West Africa will speak to reporters at
the stakeout position.

 

The Security Council will also hold consultations on its Liberia
Sanctions Committee this morning.

 

At 2:30 p.m., the Secretary-General will hold a joint stakeout, on
the 2^nd floor of the North Lawn Building, with Prime
Minister Jens Stoltenberg of Norway and Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
of Ethiopia, co-Chairs of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Group on
Climate Change Financing.

 

In Geneva, UNAIDS will launch its Outlook Report 2010.

 

Wednesday, 14 July

Today, the Security Council will hold
consultations on its 1701 report.

 

Thursday, 15 July

This morning, the Security Council will hear a briefing and hold
consultations on the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office
in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS).

 

At 12:30 p.m., in the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium, Thomas
Mayr-Harting, Chairman of the 1267 committee and Permanent
Representative of Austria, and Verena Nowotny, Press Attachée of the
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, will present the
new ombudsperson for the 1267 committee, Kimberly Prost.

 

Friday, 16 July

Today, the Security Council will hold an open
debate on conflict prevention and the settlement of disputes.

 

In Madrid, the High-Level Millennium
Development Goals Advocacy Group will hold its first meeting.