SC/7627
10 January 2003

Chairpersons And Vice-Chairpersons of Security Council Sanctions Committees Elected for 2003

NEW YORK, 9 January (Department of Political Affairs) -- Pursuant to paragraph 4 (b) of the note by the President of the Security Council dated 30 October 1998 (document S/1016) and after consultations among the members of the Council, it was agreed to elect the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons of the following sanctions committees for the period ending 31 December 2003:

Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait:

Chairman: Gunter Pleuger (Germany)
Vice Chairmen: Bulgaria and Pakistan

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 748 (1992) concerning Libya:

Chairman: Mamady Traoré (Guinea)
Vice Chairmen: Bulgaria and Germany

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia:

Chairman: Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria)
Vice Chairmen: Mexico and Germany

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda:

Chairman: Mikhail Wehbe (Syrian Arab Republic)
Vice Chairmen: Guinea and Spain

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone:

Chairman: Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico)
Vice Chairmen: Cameroon and Pakistan

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999):

Chairman: Juan Gabriel Valdés (Chile)
Vice Chairmen: Guinea and Spain

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1343 (2001) concerning Liberia:

Chairman: Munir Akram (Pakistan)
Vice Chairmen: Angola and Syrian Arab Republic

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