ELECTIONS
AND APPOINTMENTS
Subsidiary Organs and other Bodies
ELECTIONS:
COMMITTEE
FOR PROGRAMME
AND COORDINATION
Election
of seven members
On
Monday, 16 October 2000, the General Assembly elected:
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Bahamas
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Botswana
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France
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Mexico
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Russian
Federation
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United Republic of Tanzania
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United
States of America
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members of the
Committee for Programme and Coordination for a three-year term of office
beginning on 1 January 2001.
UNITED
NATIONS COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
Election
of seventeen members
On
Monday, 16 October 2000, the General Assembly elected:
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Benin
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Brazil
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Cameroon
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Canada
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China
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France
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Germany
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Japan
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Mexico
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Morocco
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Russian
Federation
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Rwanda
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Sierra
Leone
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Singapore
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Sweden
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The former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
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United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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members
of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for a six-year
term of office beginning on 25 June 2001.
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES
On Thursday,
26 October 2000, the General Assembly elected Mr. Ruud LUBBERS
(Netherlands) as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for a period of three
years beginning on 1 January 2001.
INTERNATIONAL
TRIBUNAL FOR THE PROSECUTION OF PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERIOUS
VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW COMMITTED IN THE TERRITORY
OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA SINCE 1991
Election
of judges
On
Wednesday, 14 March 2001, the General Assembly elected:
- Mr.
Carmel A. AGIUS (Malta)
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- Mr.
Mohamed Amin El Abassi ELMAHDI (Egypt)
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- Mr.
David HUNT (Australia)
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- Mr.
Claude JORDA (France)
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- Mr. O-gon
KWON (Republic of Korea)
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- Mr.
Richard George MAY (United Kingdom)
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- Mr.
Theodor MERON (United States)
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- Mrs.
Florence Ndepele Mwachande MUMBA (Zambia)
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- Mr.
Alphonsus Martinus Maria ORIE (Netherlands)
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- Mr.
Patrick Lipton ROBINSON (Jamaica)
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- Mr.
Wolfgang SCHOMBURG (Germany)
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- Mr.
Mohamed SHAHABUDDEEN (Guyana)
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judges
of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible
for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in
the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 for a
four-year
term of office beginning on 17 November 2001.
APPOINTMENTS:
COMMITTEE
ON CONTRIBUTIONS
On Monday, 16 October 2000, the General Assembly appointed Mr. WU
Gang (China) a member of the Committee on Contributions for a term
of office beginning on 16 October 2000 and ending on 31 December 2002.
On
Wednesday, 6 December 2000, the General Assembly appointed the following
persons as members of the Committee on Contributions for a three-year
term of office beginning on 1 January 2001: Mr. Petru DUMITRIU (Romania), Mr.
Chinmaya GHAREKHAN (India), Mr. Ihor HUMENNY (Ukraine),
Mr. Gebhard Benjamin KANDANGA (Namibia),
Mr. David LEIS (United States) and Mr. Kazuo WATANABE (Japan).
On Wednesday, 6 December 2000, the General Assembly also appointed Mr.
Henry FOX (Australia) as a member of the Committee on Contributions for a term
of office beginning on 6 December 2000 and ending on 31 December 2001.
CONSULTATIVE
COMMITTEE ON THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN
On
Wednesday, 29 November 2000, the General Assembly took note of the appointment
by the President of Croatia, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Namibia and the
Netherlands as members of the Consultative Committee on the United
Nations Development Fund for Women for a three-year term of office eginning
on 1 January 2001.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AND BUDGETARY QUESTIONS
On Wednesday, 6 December 2000, the General Assembly appointed the following
persons as members of the Advisory Committee on the Administrative and
Budgetary Questions for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January
2001: Mr. Andrzej ABRASZEWSKI (Poland), Mr. Manlan Narcisse
AHOUNOU (Côte d'Ivoire), Mr. Felipe MABILANGAN (Philippines), Mr. Besley
MAYCOCK (Barbados) and Mr.C.S.M. MSELLE (United
Republic of Tanzania).
BOARD OF AUDITORS
On
Wednesday, 6 December 2000, the General Assembly appointed the Court
of Audit of France as a member of the United Nations Board of Auditors
for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 July 2001.
INVESTMENTS
COMMITTEE
On
Wednesday, 6 December 2000, the General Assembly confirmed the appointment
by the Secretary-General of the following persons as members of the
Investment Committee for a three-year term of office beginning on 1
January 2001: Mr. Ahmad ABDULLATIF (Saudi Arabia), Mr. Fernando
CHICO PARDO (Mexico) and
Mr.J. Y. PILLAY (Singapore).
UNITED
NATIONS ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
On
Wednesday, 6 December 2000, the General Assembly appointed the following
persons as members of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal for
a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2001: Mr. Omer
Yousif BIREEDO (Sudan), Mr. Spyridon FLOGAITIS (Greece) and
Ms. Brigitte STERN (France).
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
On
Wednesday, 6 December 2000, the General Assembly appointed the following
persons as members of the International Civil Service Commission for
a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2001: Mr. Alexei
FEDOTOV (Russian Federation), Mr. Asda JAYANAMA (Thailand),
.Mr. Ernest RUSITA (Uganda), Mr.C.M. SHAFI SAMI (Bangladesh)
and Mr. El Hassane ZAHID (Morocco)
COMMITTEE
ON CONFERENCES
On Tuesday, 19 December 2000, the General Assembly took note of the
appointment by the President of ARGENTINA, BENIN, FINLAND, KYRGYZSTAN,
LITHUANIA, PERU and SIERRA LEONE as members of the Committee on
Conferences for a three-year term
of office beginning on 1January 2001.
UNITED
NATIONS STAFF PENSION COMMITTEE
On
Friday, 22 December 2000, the General Assembly appointed the following
persons as members of the United Nations Staff Pension Committee for
a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2001: Mr.
Kenshiro AKIMOTO (Japan), Ms. Valeria María González
POSSE (Argentina), Mr. Riaz HAMIDULLAH (Bangladesh), Mr.
Gerhard KUNTZLE (Germany), Mr. Lovemore MAZEMO
(Zimbabwe), Ms. Susan McLURG (United States), Mr. Philip
Richard OKANDA OWADE (Kenya) and Mr. Victor VISLYKH (Russian
Federation)
