{"id":204766,"date":"2007-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=204766"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:50:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:50:26","slug":"auto-insert-204766","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-204766\/","title":{"rendered":"New Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process a.i. named\/USG for Political Affairs to attend Quartet meeting &#8211; Daily press briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" background=\"#000000\" width=\"100%\" style=\"text-align:left;margin-left:initial;margin-right:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border-color:#000000;border-style:solid;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;\">\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>BY MARIE OKABE<br \/>\nDEPUTY SPOKESPERSON FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Tuesday, October 30, 2007<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>\/&#8230;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>NEW U.N. DEPUTY MIDDLE EAST ENVOY IS NAMED<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Secretary-General has asked Max Gaylard of Australia, a senior Â鶹APP official with extensive experience in humanitarian and development coordination, to serve as Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim.&#160;<br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Secretary-General has asked Mr. Gaylard to travel to the region this week to lead the UN country team in the occupied Palestinian territory.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Gaylard is currently serving as the Director of Mine Action with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/Depts\/dpko\/dpko\/\" style=\"color:#0033cc;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">) and has previously served as the Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator in Somalia and as the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">Asked whether the appointment was intended as a replacement for former UN Special Coordinator Michael Williams, the Spokeswoman said that this was an ad interim appointment for the Deputy Special Coordinator, Kevin Kennedy, who had recently left the mission. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<strong>U.N. POLITICAL CHIEF TO ATTEND MIDDLE EAST QUARTET MEETING<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">The Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, B. Lynn Pascoe, is departing New York today and will be attending a meeting in Jerusalem on Thursday of the envoys of the Middle East Quartet.&#160; Pascoe is currently acting as the Secretary-General&#8217;s Envoy to the Quartet.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">In addition to attending the Quartet envoys&#8217; meeting, he plans to hold meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials in Ramallah and Jerusalem.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">En route to Israel, Pascoe will stop in Bahrain, where he plans to meet with the Foreign Minister and to hold discussions at the U.S. Central Command regarding security conditions concerning the work of the Â鶹APP in Iraq<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uniraq.org\/\" style=\"color:#0033cc;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\"><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">.<br \/>\n&#160; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">He will accompany the Secretary-General in Istanbul at the expanded ministerial meeting of Iraq and its neighbors. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;padding-top:10px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General<br \/>\nÂ鶹APP, S-378<br \/>\nNew York, NY 10017<br \/>\nTel. 212-963-7162<br \/>\nFax. 212-963-7055<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOON BRIEFING BY MARIE OKABE DEPUTY SPOKESPERSON FOR SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON Tuesday, October 30, 2007 \/&#8230; NEW U.N. 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