Beninese Official Appointed Deputy Envoy for UN Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia
New York, May 25 2005 3:00PM
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed Ambassador Joël W. Adechi of Benin his Deputy Special
Representative (DSRSG) with the UN Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE), effective early June.
Mr. Adechi has been the Permanent Representative of his West African country at the UN since 1999, and, since last
January has sat on the Security Council.
Before arriving in New York, he held many positions in his country's foreign service, representing its Government in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Canada, as well as serving in an earlier
tour of duty at the UN.
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