SERGEI ORDZHONIKIDZE APPOINTED SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

United Nations

SG/A/793-DCF/414

19 March 2002

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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