Gert Rosenthal, the Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations, was today elected Chairman of the General Assemblys Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).
(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service)
Harri Holkeri, a former Prime Minister of Finland, was today elected the President of the fifty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Mauro Politi of Italy was elected Chairman of the General Assemblys Sixth Committee (Legal) this afternoon. Since 1992, Mr. Politi has been Legal Adviser to the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Yvonne Gittens-Joseph, who was elected Chairperson of the Third Committee (Social, Cultural and Humanitarian) for the General Assembly's fifty-fifth session this afternoon, has been the Deputy Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations since February 1995.
Ugandas Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Matia Mulumba Semakula Kiwanuka, was elected Chairman of the General Assemblys Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon.
(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
Pierre Schori, the new Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan this afternoon.
(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
Mehmet Umit Pamir, the new Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
(Based on information received from Protocol and Liaison Service.)
The new Permanent Representative of Ethiopia, Abdul Mejid Hussein, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.
(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
François Lonseny Fall, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Guinea to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary- General Kofi Annan.
