Charles, then king of Spain as Charles I, sent an envoy to propose an alliance to the Shah of Iran between 1516 and 1519.

I dispatched a Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau to help ensure that presidential elections were conducted peacefully and transparently in June.

I designated a Special Envoy for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004), which called, among other things, for the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country and the disbanding and disarmament of militias.

He first travelled to Moscow as an agent for the Russia Company, and later acted as an envoy of Tsar Ivan to Queen Elizabeth and then from the English court under Queen Elizabeth to Ivan.

Welcoming the appointment of the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum, and noting that he recently completed consultations in the region,

To facilitate the transition to recovery, I have appointed a Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery, who is working to sustain global attention to and cooperation in long term recovery and reconstruction.

As the Council knows, on 14 April the Quartet principals named Mr. James Wolfensohn as their Special Envoy to coordinate the international community's efforts in support of the disengagement initiative.

The appointment of Mr. James Wolfensohn as the Quartet's Special Envoy was crucial to facilitating economic and logistic measures that are essential to improving the daily lives of the Palestinian population of Gaza.

6. Requests the Secretary General to appoint a special envoy in order to, inter alia, sustain the political will of the international community to support medium and long term rehabilitation, reconstruction and risk reduction efforts

It is our conviction that the Secretary General should dispatch a special envoy to the countries in the region for the required consultations with those countries to facilitate the establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the Middle East.

I have the honour to inform you that your letter dated 25 July 2005 (S 2005 497) concerning your decision to appoint Peter van Walsum (the Netherlands) as your Personal Envoy for Western Sahara has been brought to the attention of the members of the Security Council.

I have the honour to inform you that your letter dated 27 May 2005 (S 2005 364), in which you stated your intention to appoint Mr. Kai Eide as your Special Envoy to undertake a comprehensive review of Kosovo, has been brought to the attention of the members of the Security Council, who have taken note of it.

In this context, in April 2005 the Quartet appointed outgoing World Bank President James Wolfensohn as its special envoy to oversee and coordinate the international community's efforts in support of the disengagement initiative, as well as to promote coordination and cooperation between the parties in this regard.