CHAIRPERSONS AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECTED FOR 2002

CHAIRPERSONS AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECTED FOR 2002

NEW YORK, 4 January (Department of Political Affairs) -- Pursuant to paragraph 4 (b) of the note by the President of the Security Council dated

30 October 1998 (S/1016) and after consultations among the members of the Council, it was agreed to elect the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the following sanctions committees for the period running until 31 December 2002:

Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait:

Chairman:   Ole Peter Kolby (Norway)

Vice-Chairmen:    Bulgaria and Mauritius

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 748 (1992)

concerning Libya:

Chairman:   François Lonseny Fall (Guinea)

Vice-Chairmen:    Bulgaria and Ireland

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992)

concerning Somalia:

Chairman:   Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria)

Vice-Chairmen:    Mexico and Norway

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993)

concerning the situation in Angola:

Chairman:   Richard Ryan (Ireland)

Vice-Chairmen:    Cameroon and Colombia

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994)

concerning Rwanda:

Chairman:   Mikhail Wehbe (Syria)

Vice-Chairmen:    Guinea and Ireland

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997)

concerning Sierra Leone:

Chairman:   Jorge Eduardo Navarrete (Mexico)

Vice-Chairmen:    Cameroon and Singapore

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999)

concerning Afghanistan:

Chairman:   Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia)

Vice-Chairmen:    Guinea and Singapore

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1343 (2001)

concerning Liberia:

Chairman:   Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore)

Vice-Chairmen:    Mauritius and Syria

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