We look forward to the early appointment of a special envoy to conduct that review.

Despite the improved climate for peace, I continued to express grave concern about the Israeli barrier and its humanitarian impact.

In that regard, we support the idea of the Secretary General to appoint a Special Envoy.

France supports the recommendation of the Secretary General to launch a comprehensive evaluation of the situation and to appoint a Special Envoy for that purpose.

Finally, as we set out to review Kosovo's progress, it is appropriate that the United Nations similarly review its mission in Kosovo to determine whether it is properly organized and sized to meet the current challenges.

Regarding cooperation between the OSCE and the United Nations, I would like to mention briefly that we feel that the role of the United Nations is key, as a new Security Council resolution would be necessary.

We believe that the intention of the Secretary General to appoint a Special Envoy to lead the assessment process, starting this year, will indicate the road ahead.

Recalling the initiatives of the Secretary General to improve food security, including the appointment of the Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa,

Recalling also the initiatives of the Secretary General to improve food security, including the appointment of the Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa,

In the same vein, calls for dialogue and attempts to impose a Special Envoy on the parties were diversions designed to slow the process further.

We therefore support the Secretary General's intention to appoint a Special Envoy to conduct that review in the near future, and we welcome the openness and broad scope of the review process.

My delegation commends the Secretary General for his decision to send a special envoy for emergency assistance and reconstruction to the countries affected by the tsunami of 26 December.

6. Further welcomes the initiative taken by the Secretary General in appointing a Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, with the objective of mobilizing resources for relief support as well as the sustainable development of the affected areas

For us, irrespective of the designations given to, and rationale advanced for, appointing a special envoy, the act can only be tantamount to the establishment of a new mechanism .

The United States was clearly aiming at system change and the collapse of the country's Government, with its North Korea Human Rights Act and the appointment of a special envoy for human rights in North Korea.

As the summit was being held in Malawi, however, where Sata s deportation was still pending in the courts, the new Zambian president declined to attend the summit, telling a Malawian special envoy

There were contacts between spokespersons from the ELN, representatives of the Government and representatives of the Government of Mexico, a country that agreed to act as a facilitator through a special envoy.

We welcome the Secretary General's decision to initiate a comprehensive review this summer of Kosovo's progress in implementing the United Nations endorsed standards, and his intention to appoint a special envoy to carry out that review.

In April 2005, a Special Envoy of the Secretary General was appointed for Guinea Bissau to facilitate peaceful and credible presidential elections as an important transitional step towards the full restoration of constitutional order and stability.

9. Welcomes the initiative taken by the Secretary General in appointing a Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa, with the objective of mobilizing resources to address the root causes of food insecurity as well as the sustainable development of the affected areas

On the basis of all those considerations, my delegation wishes to express its support for the Secretary General's recommendation that a special envoy be appointed to conduct a field assessment this summer of the implementation of the standards and to shed light on future steps.

The Secretary General went further, with the apparent acquiescence of the Security Council, to placate Ethiopia by appointing a Special Envoy to explore the options of an alternative mechanism as Ethiopia had requested.

To organize discussion of these broader issues, the US and others should explore the possibility of appointing a special envoy perhaps a former Chief of State under UN auspices to engage Iran in new ways.

John Harrison was an English representative in Morocco in the 17th century.

Meeting with Mohamed Ali Foum, Special Envoy for Somalia of the Africa Union

After all, the Cyprus conflict has dragged on since 1974, wearing out United Nations Secretary Generals and special representatives of all sorts, as well as bringing down governments in both Greece and Cyprus.

United Nations (UN) Special Representative to Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš has stressed the need to prevent the recruitment of children as soldiers.

On 3 June I appointed a Special Envoy to carry out a comprehensive review of Kosovo, as indicated in my recent report on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, endorsed by the Security Council on 27 May.

6. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary General for his continued efforts to make the international community aware of the difficulties faced by Djibouti, and welcomes his initiative to appoint a special envoy for humanitarian affairs for the Horn of Africa, with the objective of mobilizing resources for relief support as well as sustainable development

The process could include appointing a US envoy to Iran.

The United Nations envoy, Jan Kubis, has also dismissed predictions that Afghanistan is heading for collapse after 2014.

The mission met with Mohamed Ali Foum, Special Envoy for Somalia of the Africa Union, on 7 February.

We believe that Kerry is a skilled emissary and can help the parties find the compromises necessary for peace.

But Obama s peace envoy, George Mitchell, resigned, and the quartet (the United Nations, the European Union, Russia, and the United States) was sidelined.

The appointment of a new Personal Envoy for Western Sahara was a hopeful step towards resuscitating the stalled negotiating process.

The appointment of a new UN envoy should prove a more efficient way of coordinating Afghanistan s international helpmates.

Tony Blair, the new envoy of the Quartet (the US, the European Union, the United Nations, and Russia), has called for a conference with substance.

Zapatero eventually felt it necessary to tell a Vatican envoy that Spanish bishops should stop meddling in the elections (which he won).

2.10 On 5 March 2003, the Swedish Ambassador met the complainant with a human rights envoy from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

I note, in closing, the comments of the Quartet Special Envoy, James Wolfensohn, at the recent donor meeting in London.

Moreover, Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN and Arab League special envoy for Syria, reports that opposition forces include 38 nationalities.

We wish to commend the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Quartet, Mr. James Wolfensohn, to secure that assistance and to help the two parties to reach appropriate solutions.

Brigadier General Kyaw Hsan, a representative of the military, recently told UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari that the marchers in the streets were bogus monks.

At its recent summit in Libya, the Arab League rejected the proximity talks proposed by the United States Middle East peace envoy, George Mitchell.

Indeed, last March, US Climate Envoy Todd Stern began to speak positively about China s domestic efforts to address climate change.