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PIERRE LELONG OF HAITI ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF SIXTH COMMITTEE

Haiti’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Pierre Lelong, has been elected Chairman of the Sixth Committee (Legal) for the fifty-sixth session of the General Assembly.

Mr. Lelong has been serving as his country’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations since 1996.  From 1991 to 1995, he was Haiti’s Ambassador to Mexico.

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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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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SOMALIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Ahmed Abdi Hashi, the new Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COTE D'IVOIRE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

The new Permanent Representative of Côte d'Ivoire to the United Nations, Djessan Philippe Djangone-Bi, presented his credentials this afternoon to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SAINT VINCENT AND GRENADINES PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Margaret Hughes Ferrari, the new Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, today presented her credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CAPE VERDE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Luis de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca, the new Permanent Representative of Cape Verde to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRALIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

John Dauth, the new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today. 

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NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SENEGAL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

The new Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations, Papa Louis Fall, presented his credentials this afternoon to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.