Word: dhanapala
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Kofi Annan may feel like he has the raw end of the deal Wednesday. While his appointed deputy, Jayantha Dhanapala, touches down in Baghdad to head up the diplomatic posse that will enter the long-disputed presidential palaces, the secretary general embarks on a rather riskier mission: Selling the U.N. in Washington. And Annan, ever the consummate diplomat, will be making his own pointed diplomatic gesture -- by steering well clear of Capitol Hill...
...YORK: Jayantha Dhanapala is not a name you're likely to remember in a hurry. Yet the 59-year-old Sri Lankan diplomat, a former ambassador to the U.S., has just become one of the most important people in the Iraq crisis. Dhanapala was tapped by Kofi Annan to lead the U.N.'s "white glove" team of chaperones that will accompany weapons inspectors into Iraqi palaces...
...Never mind that Annan's accord has yet to be ratified by the Security Council and faces increasing opposition on Capitol Hill; Dhanapala, who was once in the running for secretary general, will be officially named head chaperone Thursday...