Biographical Note

Press Release
BIO/3246
GA/DIS/3137

RAIMUNDO GONZALEZ OF CHILE ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

Raimundo Gonzalez, who was this afternoon elected Chairman of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) for the General Assembly's fifty-fourth session, is Director of Special Political Affairs (Disarmament and International Security) in Chile's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Press Release
BIO/3251
GA/L/3104

PHAKISO MOCHOCHOKO OF LESOTHO ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF SIXTH COMMITTEE

Phakiso Mochochoko, who was elected Chairman of the Sixth Committee (Legal) of the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly this afternoon, is the Senior Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Lesotho.

Press Release
BIO/3249
GA/SPD/155

SOTIRIOS ZACKHEOS OF CYPRUS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

Sotirios Zackheos, Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the United Nations, was this afternoon elected Chairman of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization). He has previously chaired the Committee on Relations with the Host Country.

Press Release
BIO/3247
GA/EF/2856

ROBLE OLHAYE OF DJIBOUTI ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF SECOND COMMITTEE

Press Release
BIO/3245
GA/9592

THEO-BEN GURIRAB OF NAMIBIA ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Press Release
BIO/3250
GA/AB/3306

PENNY WENSLEY OF AUSTRALIA ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF FIFTH COMMITTEE

Penny Wensley, who was elected Chairman of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today, has been Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations at New York Headquarters since September 1997.

Press Release
BIO/3242

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Gerhard Pfanzelter, the new Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary General Kofi Annan today.

Press Release
BIO/3240

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BARBADOS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

June Clarke, the new Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, today presented her credentials to Secretary- General Kofi Annan.

Press Release
BIO/3243*

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF KENYA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Phares Michael Kuindwa, the new Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary- General Kofi Annan.

Press Release
BIO/3241

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ZIMBABWE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Tichaona Joseph Benjamin Jokonya, the new Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.