An international lawyer and a former ambassador to Germany, Mr. Kimmitt, 57, is a respected diplomat who helped steer diplomatic efforts during the Persian Gulf war.

He is the most respected professional diplomat to come out of the Arab Mideast.

If confirmed by the Senate, the appointments would put seasoned, respected diplomats into two of the State Department's most challenging posts.

Delenn is one of the most respected and well-liked diplomats aboard the station, and the command staff trust her to help soothe tensions and conflict between different races.

However, the disappearance of Telli, a widely respected international diplomat known for his dignity and good nature, did contribute to growing international awareness of the abuses of the Touré regime.

Egypt has been rallying African and other non-Western nations behind Mr. Boutros-Ghali, one of its most respected diplomats.

A respected diplomat in Haiti, not American, said of the decision to turn the troopship around: "It was a scandal, an idiocy.

The generals named a respected former diplomat and civil servant, Anand Panyarachun, as interim Prime Minister and vowed that there would be a new election in a year.

He has an enduring reputation as one of the most influential and respected diplomats of the nineteenth century.

Although he has not faced a challenge quite like this before and has no previous experience of Iraq, he is a respected and capable diplomat.