Ambassador Also to Serve as Personal Representative to Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon elected Ahmed H. Darwish (Egypt), Amjad B. Sial (Pakistan) and Judith Maria Cardoze (Panama) as its Vice Chairmen, and Jan Jaremczuk (Poland) as its Rapporteur. The Committee Chairman, Penny A. Wensley (Australia), was elected on 14 September.
Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Ambassador Ivo Petrov of Bulgaria with effect from 20 September 1999, to succeed Jan Kubis as Special Representative for Tajikistan. Mr. Kubis relinquished his post on 21 June 1999 to become Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Assembly Opens General Debate, Hearing from 4 Heads of State; President of Algeria Stresses Africa's Concerns on Sovereignty
Following is the text as delivered of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's address today, presenting his annual report to the opening meeting of the United Nations General Assembly:
(Reissued as received.)
THE HAGUE, 16 September (ICJ) -- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has fixed time-limits for the filing of written pleadings in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Yugoslavia).
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
