NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN FEBRUARY

2 February 1998

Press Release
SC/6475

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN FEBRUARY

19980202 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for February:

Security Council

Denis Dangue Rewaka (Gabon) succeeds Alain Dejammet (France) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

Major-General Aleksandr N. Tishchenko (Russian Federation) succeeds Brigadier-General Jean-Francois Louvion (France) as Chairman of the Military Staff Committee.

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