  {"id":207781,"date":"2005-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=207781"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:26:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:26:45","slug":"auto-insert-207781","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-207781\/","title":{"rendered":"SecGen appoints Detlev Mehlis as Commissioner of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ International Investigation Commission &#8211; Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DETLEV MEHLIS AS HEAD OF Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&#160;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The Secretary-General today sent a letter to the President of the Security Council informing the Council of his intention to appoint Detlev Mehlis of Germany as the Commissioner of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ International Independent Investigation Commission into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Mr. Mehlis is currently the Senior Public Prosecutor in the Office of the Attorney General in Berlin.&#160; 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