(10 Oct 1995) T/I: 10:57:06

UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali informed the UN
Security Council on Tuesday (10/10) that he will remove his
special envoy to the former Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi. In a
letter to the president of the Security Council, Boutros-Ghali
said Akashi would be returned to headquarters in New York and
replaced by a Ghanaian, Kofi Annan, the current head of the
peacekeeping department at UN headquarters.


SHOWS:

BELGRADE, 22/4/1994
Special envoy to the former Yugoslavia, Yasushi Akashi out of
building, following meeting with Serb leadership.
Akashi SOT, saying "We have confronted the crisis over Goradze,
which we have dealt with to the best of our ability and I think
the result should bring relief to all the people concerned."

SARAJEVO, BOSNIA 6/2/94
Akashi touring market place where 66 people were killed and 200
injured in mortar attack.
Crater and blood in market place with flowers.
Akashi, SOT: "I cannot describe it in words. It's terrible."

SARAJEVO 12/7/94
Bosnian president Alija Izetbegovic, into presser.
Media cutaway.
SOT in Serb Croatian, translated into english by Aide, saying "Mr
Akashi is a personification of all the hesitation shown by the
United Nations and that policy has brought us to this situation."

ZAGREB CROATIA, 5/9/95
Akashi SOT "The decision (for NATO jets to attack Bosnian Serb
targets) was in consultation with NATO. I was completely informed
... I am happy with the decision."

UNITED NATIONS, 10/10/95
WS Secretary General spokesman Joe Sills at desk.
Sills reading Ghali letter SOT: "I (boutros ghali) have decided to
appoint temporarily Mr Kofi Annan, as my special envoy to the
former Yugo. These changes will take effect Nov 1, 1995... in
conjunction with the appointment, Mr Akashi will assume the post
as senior UN advisor."

MOGADISHU, 13/10/93
Current head of peacekeeping, Kofi Annan of Ghana in Mogadishu,
SOT:"I expect them to work with the forces who are already on the
ground and implement the mandate of the UN and also ensure that
the troops that are here are protected."

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