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BIO/3697-GA/L/3272

JUAN ANTONIO YANEZ-BARÑUEVO OF SPAIN CHAIRMAN OF SIXTH COMMITTEE

13/09/2005
General AssemblyBIO/3697*
GA/L/3272
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


JUAN ANTONIO YANEZ-BARÑUEVO OF SPAIN CHAIRMAN OF SIXTH COMMITTEE


Juan Antonio Yañez-Barnuevo, who was elected Chairman of the Sixth Committee (Legal) on 13 June, has been the Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations since May 2004.

BIO/3694-GA/SHC/3813

FRANCIS BUTAGIRA OF UGANDA THIRD COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

13/09/2005
General AssemblyBIO/3694*
GA/SHC/3813
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


FRANCIS BUTAGIRA OF UGANDA THIRD COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN


Francis Butagira, the Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations, was elected Chairman of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) on 13 June.

BIO/3693-GA/EF/3107

AMINU BASHIR WALI OF NIGERIA SECOND COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

13/09/2005
General AssemblyBIO/3693*
GA/EF/3107
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


AMINU BASHIR WALI OF NIGERIA SECOND COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN


Aminu Bashir Wali, elected Chairman of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) on 13 June, has served as Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations since June 2004.

BIO/3692-GA/DIS/3293

Y.J CHOI OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA FIRST COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

13/09/2005
General AssemblyBIO/3692*
GA/DIS/3293
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


Y.J CHOI OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA FIRST COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN


Y.J. Choi, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, was elected Chairman of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) on 13 June.

SG/SM/10087

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS TO ANNUAL HOLY FAMILY CHURCH SERVICE, CITES NEED TO STRENGTHEN UN, ‘THE INDISPENSABLE COMMON HOUSE OF OUR HUMAN FAMILY’

12/09/2005
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10087
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS TO ANNUAL HOLY FAMILY CHURCH SERVICE, CITES NEED


TO STRENGTHEN UN, ‘THE INDISPENSABLE COMMON HOUSE OF OUR HUMAN FAMILY’


Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the Holy Family Church in New York, 12 September:

Note No. 5963

LEADERS INVITED TO SIGN, RATIFY KEY TREATIES AT 2005 WORLD SUMMIT

12/09/2005
Press ReleaseNote No. 5963
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Note to Correspondents


LEADERS INVITED TO SIGN, RATIFY KEY TREATIES AT 2005 WORLD SUMMIT


Nuclear Terrorism Treaty to Be Opened for Signature