Fifty-sixth Session of the General Assembly

NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRESIDENT

STATEMENTS AND MESSAGES

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

President of the fifty-sixth Session: 2001

NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PRESIDENT

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March 2002

	President had Breakfast Meeting with the Permanent Representative of the United States Mission, H. E. Ambassador John D. Negroponte; chaired the 96th Plenary Meeting; chaired second Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council (further information)	13 March 2002
	President had lunch with the Secretary-General; chaired the Bureau Meeting on the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council (further information)	12 March 2002
	President met with the Permanent Observer of Switzerland, H. E. Mr. Jeno C. A. Staehelin; chaired the meeting on the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council; attended reception “Vin d’honneur”; met with the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), Mr. Behrooz Sadry; met with the Representative of UNHCR in New York, Mr. Eric Morris (further information)	11 March 2002
	President attended the International Women’s Day Ceremony; met Student Representatives for Model UN; met with the President of ECOSOC, H. E. Mr. Ivan Simonovic (further information)	8 March 2002
	President met with the President of the Security Council, H. E. Mr. Ole Peter Kolby; met with the Under-Secretary-General of the Department of General Assembly Affairs and Conference Services, Mr. Chen Jian(further information)	7 March 2002
	The President of the General Assembly, Dr. Han Seung-soo, yesterday sent a letter to the Swiss Foreign Minister congratulating him with the positive outcome of the referendum (further information)	4 March 2002

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