CHAIRPERSONS AND VICE-CHAIRPERSONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL

SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECTED FOR 2003

NEW YORK, 9 January (Department of Political Affairs) -– Pursuant to paragraph 4 (b) of the note by the President of the Security Council dated

30 October 1998 (document S/1016) and after consultations among the members of the Council, it was agreed to elect the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the following sanctions committees for the period ending 31 December 2003:

Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait:

Chairman: ������������� Gunter Pleuger (Germany)

Vice Chairmen:��������� Bulgaria and Pakistan

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 748 (1992) concerning Libya:

Chairman: ������������� Mamady Traoré (Guinea)�

Vice Chairmen:��������� Bulgaria and Germany

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia:

Chairman: ������������� Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria)

Vice Chairmen:��������� Mexico and Germany

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda:

Chairman: ������������� Mikhail Wehbe (Syrian Arab Republic)

Vice Chairmen:��������� Guinea and Spain

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone:

Chairman: ������������� Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico)

Vice Chairmen:��������� Cameroon and Pakistan

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999):

Chairman: ������������� Juan Gabriel Valdés (Chile)��

Vice Chairmen:��������� Guinea and Spain

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1343 (2001) concerning Liberia:

Chairman:�������������� Munir Akram (Pakistan)

Vice Chairmen:��������� Angola and Syrian Arab Republic

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