Note to Correspondents

MEDIA ARRANGEMENTS FOR GENERAL DEBATE OF FIFTY-NINTH SESSION

OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 21 SEPTEMBER - 1 OCTOBER

CUBA:  A MODEL IN HURRICANE RISK MANAGEMENT

International Conference

in Support of the Palestinian People

AM Meeting

Civil Society Conference Presented with Action Plan to Support

Palestinian Rights Through International Law

 

Also Discusses Role of Civil Society

In Alleviating Suffering, Promoting End of Israeli Occupation

WORLD WAS INCREASINGLY LOOKING TO UN TO HELP RESPOND TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES,

NEW GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS AT OPENING OF FIFTY-NINTH SESSION

‘Decentralization:  The new dimension of peace, democracy and development’

to be addressed at Florence meeting 17-21 September

Biographical Note

VALERIY P. KUCHINSKY OF UKRAINE CHAIRMAN OF THIRD COMMITTEE

Valeriy P. Kuchinsky, Permanent Representative of Ukraine, was elected Chairman of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) for the General Assembly’s fifty-ninth session on 10 June.

Biographical Note

MOHAMED BENNOUNA of MOROCCO CHAIRMAN OF SIXTH COMMITTEE

Mohamed Bennouna, Permanent Representative of Morocco, was elected Chairman of the Sixth Committee (Legal) on 10 June.

Biographical Note

KYAW TINT SWE OF MYANMAR CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

Kyaw Tint Swe, Permanent Representative of Myanmar, was elected Chairman of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 10 June this year.

Prior to his appointment as Permanent Representative in April 2001, Mr. Swe was Director-General of the International Organizations and Economic Department of his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

MARCO BALAREZO OF PERU CHAIRMAN OF SECOND COMMITTEE

Marco Balarezo, elected Chairman of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) on 10 June, has served as the Deputy Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations since April 2001.

Biographical Note

LUIS ALFONSO DE ALBA OF MEXICO CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

Luis Alfonso De Alba, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the International Organizations in Geneva, was elected as Chairman of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) on 10 June.