Here I got a prison assignment.

The story of the rejection last autumn of my appointment to be a member of the European Commission is notorious.

I was hired to hunt not to dig graves or fight Indians.

We have gone further we have formed a relationship with the University of Technology, Jamaica, where I now have an appointment.

Nor did I did introduce the issue of homosexuality into the debate over my appointment.

I recall with fury how I was refused a job in a Damascus school because I refused to wear the Shariah compliant black stockings while at school.

Nine to eleven, every prisoner went into the education program the same den in which they thought they would put me behind the bar and things would be forgotten.

The present report, which you may wish to convey to the members of the Security Council, describes my initial visit to Côte d'Ivoire, following my appointment as High Representative for the elections in that country.

Mr. AYALA LASSO (Ecuador) (interpretation from Spanish) Allow me to begin, Sir, by expressing my appreciation for your kind words regarding my appointment as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

In order to assist the Secretary General in fulfilling his internal oversight responsibilities regarding the resources and staff of the Organization, the General Assembly established an Office of Internal Oversight Services, headed by an Under Secretary General, and approved my appointment of Mr. Karl Theodor Paschke to that post.

It is my fervent hope that my appointment will contribute positively to the Ivorian peace process. I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to you, to your Special Representative and ONUCI in Abidjan, and to the UNDP Resident Coordinator and country office.