SC/7581
2 December 2002

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND
CHAIRMAN OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER

NEW YORK, 29 November (UN Headquarters) -- In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for December:

Security Council

Alfonso Valdivieso, Permanent Representative of Colombia, succeeds Wang Yingfan, Permanent Representative of China, as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

Major General Chen Feng (China) succeeds Lieutenant General George W. Casey (United States) as Chairman of the Military Staff Committee.

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