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Two West Africans among Iraq monitors

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    Two West Africans are among 16 commissioners appointed by the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, to the UN Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) for Iraq. They are Abigun Ade Abiodun of Nigeria and Senegal’s Cheikh Sylla. The Commissioners will meet regularly to review the implementation of Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq, and provide professional advice and guidance to the UNMOVIC’s Executive Chairman, Hans Blix, including on significant policy decisions and on written reports to be submitted to the Council through the Secretary-General, according to a UN press release. The other commissioners are Reinhard Böhm (Germany) Ronald Cleminson (Canada), Cong Guang (China), Therese Delpech (France), Robert Einhorn (United States), Yuriy Fedotov (Russian Federation), Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (Ukraine), Gunterio G. Heineken (Argentina), Hannelore Hoppe (UN Department of Disarmament Affairs), Takanori Kazuhara (Japan), Roque Monteleone-Neto (Brazil), Annaswamy Narayana Prasad (India), Marjatta Rautio (Finland) and Paul Schulte (UK).

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