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SG/A/793-DCF/414

SERGEI ORDZHONIKIDZE APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

19/03/2002
Press Release
SG/A/793
DCF/414


SERGEI ORDZHONIKIDZE APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT


The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


Following consultations with the Conference on Disarmament, the Secretary-General has announced the appointment of Sergei Ordzhonikidze, with immediate effect, as Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament.  In that capacity, Mr. Ordzhonikidze will also act as the Secretary-General's Personal Representative to the Conference.


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