GA/9577
2 July 1999
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL: Good afternoon, and let me thank you for coming. I must say, we did not do too badly. It is fairly close to 12 o'clock, as we had promised.
In accordance with established practice, the Secretary-General this afternoon drew lots for the purpose of choosing the Member State to occupy the first desk on the General Assembly floor from which the alphabetical seating order will begin. The name drawn was South Africa.