5 January 1999


Press Release
SC/6621


CHAIRMEN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEES ELECTED FOR 1999

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NEW YORK, 5 January (Department of Political Affairs) -- With reference to paragraph 4 (b) of the Note by the President of the Security Council dated 30 October 1998 (S/1998/1016), and following consultations among the members of the Security Council under the no-objection procedure, the members of the Security Council agreed to elect the following Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the respective Sanctions Committees for a period running until 31 December 1999:

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

Chairman: Peter van Walsum (Netherlands) Vice-Chairmen: Argentina, Gabon

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

Chairman: Danilo Türk (Slovenia) Vice-Chairmen: Brazil, Gabon

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

Chairman: Jassim Mohammed Buallay (Bahrain) Vice-Chairmen: Gambia, Netherlands

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning Angola:

Chairman: Robert R. Fowler (Canada) Vice-Chairmen: Argentina, Malaysia

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

Chairman: Hasmy Agam (Malaysia) Vice-Chairmen: Bahrain, Canada

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

Chairman: Martin Andjaba (Namibia) Vice-Chairmen: Canada, Malaysia

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

Chairman: Fernando Enrique Petrella (Argentina) Vice-Chairmen: Bahrain, Namibia

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1160 (1998):

Chairman: Celso L. N. Amorim (Brazil) Vice-Chairmen: Gambia, Netherlands

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