CHAIRMEN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES FOR 2006

CHAIRMEN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES FOR 2006

NEW YORK, 10 February (Department of Political Affairs) -- Pursuant to the Note by the President of the Security Council, S/2006/7 and S/2006/66, dated 5 and 31 January 2006, the respective chairmen and vice-chairmen have been elected for the following committees for the period ending 31 December 2006:

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia
Chairman:	H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser ( Qatar)
Vice-chairmen:	Ghana and Slovakia
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda
Chairman:	H.E. Mr. César Mayoral ( Argentina)
Vice-chairmen:	Greece and Qatar
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone
Chairman:	H.E. Mr. Augustine P. Mahiga (United Republic of Tanzania)
Vice-chairmen:	Argentina and Congo
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities
Chairman:	H.E. Mr. César Mayoral ( Argentina)
Vice-chairmen:	Ghana and Greece
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism
Chairman:	H.E. Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj ( Denmark)
Vice-chairmen:	Greece, Peru and Qatar
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003)
Chairman:	H.E. Mr. Nana Effah-Apenteng ( Ghana)
Vice-chairmen:	Congo and Denmark
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia
Chairman:	H.E. Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj ( Denmark)
Vice-chairmen:	Japan and Qatar
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Chairman:	H.E. Mr. Oswaldo de Rivero ( Peru)
Vice-chairman:	Japan
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004)
Chairman:	H.E. Mr. Peter Burian ( Slovakia)
Vice-chairmen:	Ghana, Japan and United Kingdom
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Côte d’Ivoire
Chairman:	H.E. Mr. Adamantios Th. Vassilakis ( Greece)
Vice-chairmen:	Denmark and United Republic of Tanzania
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan
Chairman:	H.E. Mr. Adamantios Th. Vassilakis ( Greece)
Vice-chairmen:	Argentina and Slovakia
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1636 (2005)
Chairman:	H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima ( Japan)
Vice-chairmen:	Denmark and Slovakia

The secretaries of the above committees can be reached by contacting the Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch, telephone number (212) 963-4071, fax. numbers (212) 963-1300/3778.

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