UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has notified the Security Council of his intention to appoint the principal deputy chief of the UN peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire as the new chief of the UN mission in Liberia, UN spokeswoman Marie Okabe said Friday.

Alan Doss, a citizen of the United Kingdom, would replace retired US Air Force Major-General Jacques Paul Klein, whose contract expired in April, as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) and head of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Okabe said.

Doss has had a long and distinguished career with the United Nations, having served as Principal Deputy SRSG in Cote d'Ivoire since June of last year.

Before that, he was Deputy SRSG in Sierra Leone, while concurrently holding the positions there of UN Resident Coordinator, UN Humanitarian Coordinator and UN Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative.

Source: Xinhua