Biographical Note

Andrej Logar, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) on 15 June 2015.

Karel Jan Gustaaf van Oosterom, Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) on 15 June.

Eden Charles, Deputy Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Sixth Committee (Legal) on 15 June 2015. 

Brian G. Bowler, Permanent Representative of Malawi to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 15 June 2015.  

Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations, was elected Chair of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on 15 June 2015. 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Lieutenant-General Ajax Porto Pinheiro of Brazil as the Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).

On 15 June, the United Nations General Assembly elected Mogens Lykketoft of Denmark to serve as the President of its seventieth session, which runs from September 2015 to September 2016.

The new Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations, Omer Dahab Fadl Mohamed, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Austria, Jan Kickert, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

The new Permanent Representative of Niger to the United Nations, Abdallah Wafy, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.