Biographical Note

Sabri Boukadoum, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) on 13 June 2016 (see Press Release GA/11791).

Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Sixth Committee (Legal) on 13 June 2016 (see Press Release GA/11791).

Vladimir Drobnjak, Permanent Representative of Croatia to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 13 June 2016 (see Press Release GA/11791).

The new Permanent Representative of Benin to the United Nations, Jean-Claude F. do Rego, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

On 13 June 2016, the United Nations General Assembly elected Peter Thomson of Fiji to serve as President of its seventy-first session, which runs from September 2016 to September 2017.

The new Permanent Representative of Oman to the United Nations, Khalifa bin Ali Issa Al-Harthy, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, Adikalie Foday Sumah, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations, Jorge Skinner-Klee, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations, Christian Frédéric Braun, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Malawi to the United Nations, Necton D. Mhura, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.