Machivenyika Tobias Mapuranga, the new Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations presented his credentials this afternoon to Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
MIDRAND, South Africa, 27 April -- The ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD IX) today elected Alec Erwin of South Africa as President of the Conference, which is being held in Midrand, South Africa, 27 April to 11 May.
VIENNA, 16 April -- Helmut Butke (Germany), who was this morning elected Chairman of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, has headed the Division for Legislation on Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Precursor Chemicals in the German Federal Ministry of Health, since 1982.
Jack Botwe Wilmot, the new Permanent Representative of Ghana to the United Nations, this afternoon presented his credentials to Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
Mohammad Daud, the new Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to the United Nations, this afternoon presented his credentials to Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
Pietro Giacomini, the new Permanent Representative of San Marino to the United Nations, this afternoon presented his credentials to Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
Asda Jayanama, the new Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations, this afternoon presented his credentials to Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
Mr. Gervais, who has been serving as his country's Permanent Representative since 1992, was a Vice-President of the Council in 1995.
