Sat, 08 Sep, 2007 - 15:56
Britain today welcomed the appointment of a new top United Nations envoy to Iraq.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has named long-serving diplomat Staffan de Mistura his special representative in the country, replacing Ashraf Qazi, who is taking on a similar role in strife-wracked Sudan.
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