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UN Commission of inquiry into massacres

    ABIDJAN

    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Ambassador Colin Granderson of Trinidad and Tobago as chairman of an international commission of inquiry he intends to send to Côte d’Ivoire to help look into serious human rights violations that took place there in October, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday.

    The appointment was made following a request from Abidjan.

    “Ambassador Granderson will initially travel to Abidjan, accompanied by Secretariat officials, to meet with the government and other concerned parties,” the spokesman said, adding that Granderson was expected to report on his visit to the secretary-general by 18 December.

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