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UN appoints Kenyan as chief military observer

    NAIROBI

    Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Brigadier General Christopher Kibet Arap Kuto of Kenya to serve as Deputy Force Commander and Chief Military Observer to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). An official UNMEE statement on 6 February said Brigadier Kuto took up his duties when he arrived in the mission area on Saturday, 3 February. As Deputy Force Commander Brigadier Kuto will be second-in-command to Major-General Patrick Cammaert of the Netherlands who leads the peacekeeping force of up to 4,2000 military personnel, which the UN Secretary-General has charged with monitoring the two parties agreements. Brigadier Kuto has previously served as Chief Military Liaison Officer to the UN Liaison Office in Belgrade and then later as a staff officer in the Office of the Force Commander in Sarajevo.

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