[04 Jan 1996] SC/6156 : SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1996

4 January 1996

Press Release
SC/6156

SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECT OFFICERS FOR 1996

NEW YORK, 4 January (Department of Political Affairs) -- On 3 January the President of the Security Council, Sir John Weston (United Kingdom), convened meetings of the Council's Sanctions Committees, which are composed of all members of the Council, to elect their respective bureaus for 1996.

The composition of the elected Bureaus is as follows:

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

Chairman Tono Eitel (Germany) Vice-Chairmen Botswana, Poland

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 724 (1991) concerning Yugoslavia

Chairman Juan Somavía (Chile) Vice-Chairmen Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Korea

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 748 (1992) concerning the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Chairman Zbigniew Maria Wlosowicz (Poland) Vice-Chairmen Germany, Republic of Korea

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

Chairman Park Soo Gil (Republic of Korea) Vice-Chairmen Egypt, Honduras

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola

Chairman Nabil A. Elaraby (Egypt) Vice-Chairmen Honduras, Indonesia

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

Chairman Nugroho Wisnumurti (Indonesia) Vice-Chairmen Botswana, Italy

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 985 (1995) concerning Liberia

Chairman Gerardo Martínez Blanco (Honduras) Vice-Chairmen Indonesia, Italy

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