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Interim head named

Ramiro Lopes da Silva

United Nations Aug. 23. The U.N. Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has named Ramiro Lopes da Silva, U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, as his acting special representative to the war-torn country to succeed Sergio Vieira de Mello who was killed in Tuesday's suicide bombing at the agency's headquarters in Baghdad.

Mr. Annan sent a letter to the Security Council informing it about the interim appointment of Lopes da Silva, a Portuguese national who had also suffered injuries in the blast, in a letter yesterday, U.N. officials said.

Lopes da Silva, 54, has been with United Nations and its agencies since 1985 and has worked mostly in humanitarian field. — PTI

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