Press Release

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

Plenary

1^st Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OPENS ‘ACTION-ORIENTED’ FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION,

URGING DELEGATIONS TO WORK TOGETHER QUICKLY, DECISIVELY

Biographical Note

ENRIQUE LOEDEL OF URUGUAY FOURTH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

Enrique Loedel, Minister Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Uruguay to the United Nations, was elected Chairman of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 6 June this year.

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MARTIN BELINGA-EBOUTOU OF CAMEROON, CHAIRMAN OF THIRD COMMITTEE

Martin Belinga-Eboutou, Permanent Representative of Cameroon, was elected Chairperson of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) on 6 June.

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IFTEKHAR AHMED CHOWDHURY (BANGLADESH) CHAIRMAN OF SECOND COMMITTEE

Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury (Bangladesh) was elected Chairman of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) on 6 June.

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LAURO LIBOON BAJA (PHILIPPINES) CHAIRMAN OF SIXTH (LEGAL) COMMITTEE

            Lauro Liboon Baja Jr. (Philippines) was elected Chairman of the Sixth Committee (Legal) by the General Assembly on 6 June.

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JARMO SAREVA OF FINLAND CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

Jarmo Sareva, Deputy Permanent Representative of Finland, was elected as Chairman of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) on

6 June. 

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HYNEK KMONÍČEK OF CZECH REPUBLIC CHAIRMAN OF FIFTH COMMITTEE

Hynek Kmoníček, the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic, was elected as Chair of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) on 6 June this year.

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PRESIDENT OF FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JULIAN ROBERT HUNTE (SAINT LUCIA)

Julian Robert Hunte (Saint Lucia), President of the fifty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, is Minister for External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation of Saint Lucia, a Senator and Member of Parliament, a Justice of the Peace and a business executive.

COMMISSION ON HIV/AIDS AND GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA

TO BE LAUNCHED IN ADDIS ABABA

(Reissued as received)

ANNUAL SERVICE HELD AT TIME WHEN UNITED NATIONS FAMILY BADLY NEEDS

SOLACE OF PRAYER, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following are the remarks delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the prayer service held at the Holy Family Church in New York today: