UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council appears set to approve on Monday the appointment of Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as the new special envoy to Yemen, diplomats said.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon notified the 15-member council in a letter on Thursday of his intention to appoint Ould Cheikh Ahmed to replace Jamal Benomar, a Moroccan diplomat who brokered a 2011 transition aimed at quelling political turmoil.
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