Biographical Note

GRAHAM MAITLAND OF SOUTH AFRICA:  CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

      Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations, Graham Maitland was elected Chairman of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 17 July.

Biographical Note

CHRISTIAN WENAWESER OF LIECHTENSTEIN CHAIRMAN OF THIRD COMMITTEE

      The Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative of Liechtenstein, Christian Wenaweser, was elected Chairman of the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) on 17 July this year.

Biographical Note

MARCO ANTONIO SUAZO FERNANDEZ OF HONDURAS:  CHAIRMAN OF SECOND COMMITTEE

      Marco Antonio Suazo Fernandez was elected Chairman of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the General Assembly on 17 July. 

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in France from South Africa early on Thursday, 5 September.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in South Africa from Mozambique on Sunday, 1 September.

'SWITZERLAND A VIVID EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE UNITED NATIONS

STANDS FOR', SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

'A Peaceful, Multicultural Society Built on Strong Democratic Traditions', He Adds

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the raising of the flag of the Swiss Confederation at the United Nations today:

The Swiss are here.  We have been waiting for them a long time.

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ‘IS NOT –- AND MUST NEVER BECOME -– AN ORGAN

FOR POLITICAL WITCH HUNTING’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS STATES PARTIES

Following is the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the meeting of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court:

Mr. President,

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES NEED FOR ‘MESSAGE OF HOPE’

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Holy Family Church in New York, on 9 September: