ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TO OCCUPY FIRST SEAT ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL AT FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION

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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TO OCCUPY FIRST SEAT ON GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL AT FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION

In accordance with established practice, the Secretary-General Monday, 24 July, drew lots for the purpose of choosing the Member State to occupy the first desk on the General Assembly floor from which the alphabetical seating order will begin. The name drawn was Antigua and Barbuda.

Consequently, the delegation of that country will sit at first desk at the right of the President, and the other countries will follow in the English alphabetical order. The same order will be observed in the Main Committees.

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