SC/7835
1 August 2003

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

NEW YORK, 31 July (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 August:

Security Council

Mikhail Wehbe, Permanent Representative of Syria, succeeds Inocencio F. Arias, Permanent Representative of Spain, as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

Rear Admiral Anthony Dymock (United Kingdom) succeeds Lieutenant General Nikolay M. Uvarov (Russian Federation) as Chairman of the Military Staff Committee.

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