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Chairmanship of the Informal Working Group

On 31 January 2006 (S/2006/66) the Security Council decided to end the monthly rotation of the chairmanship of the Working Group. Since then, the Working Group has been chaired by a member of the Security Council for an extended period, currently for 12 months. The most recent chairmen of the Working Group are listed below:

H.E. Mr. Ricardo Alberto Arias

Panama

3 January 2008 – 31 December 2008

H.E. Mr. Peter Burian

Slovakia

18 January 2007 – 31 December 2007

H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima

Japan

31 January 2006 – 31 December 2006






Statements by the Chairman of the Informal Working Group

The Chairman of the Working Group occasionally delivers statements, either in his national capacity or as Chairman of the Working Group, regarding the activities and achievements of the Working Group:

Statement by H.E. Mr. Peter Burian, as outgoing Chairman of the Working Group, at the 5806th meeting of the Security Council (pdf)

17 December 2007

Statement by H.E. Mr. Peter Burian, in his capacity as Chairman of the Working Group, to the informal plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council (pdf)

3 May 2007

Statement by H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, as outgoing Chairman of the Working Group, at the 5601st  meeting of the Security Council (pdf)

20 December 2006

Statement by H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, in his capacity as Chairman of the Working Group, to the plenary meeting of the General Assembly on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council (pdf)

20 July 2006

Press statement by H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, following the adoption of the Note by the President S/2006/507(pdf)

19 July 2006

Statement by H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima, in his capacity as Chairman of the Working Group, to the meeting of the General Assembly’s 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 (pdf)

20 April 2006