Secretary General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that he had selected former President Bill Clinton to be his special envoy for the countries affected by the tsunami in southern Asia. Mr. Clinton's role is expected to last two years. Mr. Eckhard said Mr. Clinton would most likely be called on to help settle longtime disputes between the governments and rebel forces in Indonesia and Sri Lanka where solutions might be more easily reached after the unifying experience of shared tragedy.
At the same time Jesse Helms, the former Republican senator from North Carolina, in a fund-raising letter for his senatorial library, has raised the issue of possible ambitions by Mr. Clinton to become secretary general.
According to The Associated Press, the letter said, "I'm sure you might agree that putting a left-wing, undisciplined and ethically challenged former president of the United States into a position of such power would be a tragic mistake." (NY Times)
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