PRESS RELEASE (93)79                          20 December 1993

                  APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL


NATO Secretary General, Mr. Manfred Woerner, has appointed
Ambassador Sergio Silvio Balanzino to the position of Deputy
Secretary General.  Ambassador Balanzino takes up his duties 
on 1 February 1994.  He is currently Italy's Ambassador to
Ottawa.

The Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Amedeo de Franchis, who
will be leaving his post after four and a half years in
Brussels, is taking up a senior position in the Italian Foreign
Ministry.

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COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE (93)79                    20 d‚cembre 1993

            NOMINATION DU NOUVEAU SECRETAIRE GENERAL DELEGUE


Le Secretaire general de l'OTAN, M. Manfred Woerner, a nomme M.
l'Ambassadeur Sergio Silvio Balanzino au poste de Secretaire
general delegue. M. Balanzino prendra ses fonctions le 1er
fevrier 1994. Il est actuellement Ambassadeur d'Italie a Ottawa.

Le Secretaire general delegue, M. l'Ambassadeur Amedeo de
Franchis, qui quittera son poste apres avoir passe quatre ans et
demi … Bruxelles, va exercer de hautes fonctions au Ministere
italien des affaires etrangeres.