UN names UNMOVIC commissioners

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan on Friday named the sixteen commissioners for the United Nations Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) in Iraq.

"The Commissioners will meet regularly to review the implementation of Security Council resolution 1284 (1999) and other relevant resolutions, and provide professional advice and guidance to the Executive Chairman, including on significant policy decisions and on written reports to be submitted to the Council through the Secretary-General," a statement from the office of Annan's spokesman said.

The commissioners are: Abigun Ade Abiodun (Nigeria), Reinhard Böhm (Germany), Ronald Cleminson (Canada), Cong Guang (China), Therese Delpech (France), Robert Einhorn (United States), Yuriy V. Fedotov (Russian Federation), Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (Ukraine), Gunterio G. Heineken (Argentina), Hannelore Hoppe (United Nations-Department of Disarmament Affairs), Takanori Kazuhara (Japan), Roque Monteleone-Neto (Brazil), Annaswamy Narayana Prasad (India), Marjatta Rautio (Finland), Paul Schulte (United Kingdom), and Cheikh Sylla (Senegal).