New commander of UN troops in Haiti will be named this week 15:26
Érica Santana
Reporter - Agência Brasil
Brasília - This week the United Nations (UN) will choose the new military commander of its peace mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Since the death of general Urano Teixeira Bacellar, the post has been temporarily held by a general from Chile. The Brazilian government indicated two names to be vetted by the UN: generals José Elito Siqueira and Jeannot Jansen.
In an interview with the Agência Brasil, the director of the UN Information Center in Brazil, Carlos dos Santos, confirmed that the new military commander should be named no later than next week, to hasten preparations for accompanying the country's elections, which the Provisional Electoral Council has scheduled for February 7.
According to dos Santos, the UN Department of Peace Operations, together with secretary-general Kofi Annan and his advisers, is evaluating which of the two generals nominated by Brazil is best qualified to assume the command.
Last Wednesday (11), after taking part in the postmortem ceremonies to honor general Barcellar, the Brazilian vice-president and minister of Defense, José Alencar, affirmed that the two generals "are on the same level and are both capable of doing an efficient job."
Translation: David Silberstein
16/01/2006
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The Brazilian General Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar, military chief of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) died in the morning of January 7, in his Port-au-Prince hotel room. 

Early speculations that the commander had committed suicide were supported both by a recently published UN report, and by a separate Brazilian police investigation. Bacellar had been placed in charge of the mission in August 2005, replacing General Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira.

Since Bacellar's death, the post was run by a Chilean general. Carlos dos Santos, the director of the UN Information Center in Brazil, told Agência Brasil that a new commander is presumed to be named no later than next week.

The UN Department of Peace Operations, along with Kofi Annan and advisors, are evaluating which of the two nominees are best suited to the position.