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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THAILAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Chuchai Kasemsarn, the new Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAINT LUCIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Earl Stephen Huntley, the new Permanent Representative of Saint Lucia to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on iformation received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Oswaldo de Rivero, the new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations, presented his credentials to the Secretary-General today.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF UNITED STATES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, John D. Negroponte, presented his credentials this afternoon to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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FRANCISCO SEIXAS DA COSTA OF PORTUGAL ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF SECOND COMMITTEE

Francisco Seixas da Costa, the Permanent Representative of Portugal to the United Nations, was today elected Chairman of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) for the General Assembly’s fifty-sixth session.

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HASMY AGAM OF MALAYSIA ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

Hasmy Agam, the Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations, was elected Chairman of the General Assembly's Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon.

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NANA EFFAH-APENTENG OF GHANA ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF FIFTH COMMITTEE

The Permanent Representative of Ghana, Nana Effah-Apenteng, was elected Chairman of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today.

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