NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN OCTOBER

Press Release
SC/6737

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN OCTOBER

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

Security Council

Sergey V. Lavrov (Russian Federation) succeeds Arnold Peter van Walsum (Netherlands) as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

Lieutenant General Anatoly I. Meleshkov (Russian Federation) succeeds Major General Jean-François Louvion (France) as Chairman of the Military Staff Committee.

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