United Nations

SC/8734
     1 June 2006

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in June

NEW YORK, 31 May (UN Headquarters) -- n 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 June:

Security Council

Ellen Margrethe Løj, Permanent Representative of Denmark, succeeds Basile Ikouebe, Permanent Representative of Congo, as President of the Security Council.

Military Staff Committee

Lieutenant General Nikolay M. Uvarov (Russian Federation) succeeds Major General Pascal Vinchon (France) as Chairman of the Military Staff Committee.

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