"If they do not do their job, we have to do it in their place," said the top official, Carlos Westendorp, a former Spanish diplomat who has the title of High Representative in Bosnia.
Mr. Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton jointly introduced the emissaries, George J. Mitchell, who will be special envoy for Arab-Israeli affairs, and Richard C. Holbrooke, who will hold the title of special representative and will be responsible for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Mr. Khan will have to drop one of his roles as governor of Herat and commander of the Fourth Army Corps, and General Dostum will no longer bear the title of special representative of the president, which allowed him executive powers over appointments in the north.
An article on Sunday about President Clinton's radio address on the regulation of tobacco misstated the House title and ranking of Representative J. C. Watts of Oklahoma, who said the Food and Drug Administration could not handle an added workload.
Correction: March 30, 2000, Thursday An article on Sunday about President Clinton's radio address on the regulation of tobacco misstated the House title and ranking of Representative J. C. Watts of Oklahoma, who said the Food and Drug Administration could not handle an added workload.
Mr. Magnitsky's mother, Natalia Magnitskaya, responded with a letter denouncing their statements about her son, calling them "shameful and not deserving of the honorable title of people's representative".
The prince has held the title of UK special representative for British trade and investment since 2001 – an unpaid role to promote British business and overseas trade – and according to his website, carried out some 600 engagements last year, including a trip to Singapore, Indonesia and India which reportedly cost £249,000.
He said that the letter of accreditation would confer on Reedman the title of "Accredited Diplomatic Representative", and that Reedman would thereafter head the "Rhodesian Diplomatic Mission" in Lisbon, which would operate on the same level as the Rhodesian office in Pretoria.
Underscoring Ayatollah Khamenei's direct involvement in the issue, Iran's chief negotiator, Saeed Jalili, arrived in Turkey with a new title: "personal representative of the supreme leader".
