SC/8636
            13 February 2006

Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Security Council Committees for 2006

NEW YORK, 10 February (Department of Political Affairs) -- Pursuant to the Note by the President of the Security Council, S/2006/7 and S/2006/66, dated 5 and 31 January 2006, the respective chairmen and vice-chairmen have been elected for the following committees for the period ending 31 December 2006:

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

Chairman:

H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser (Qatar)

Vice-chairmen:

Ghana and Slovakia

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

Chairman:

H.E. Mr. César Mayoral (Argentina)

Vice-chairmen:

Greece and Qatar

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

Chairman:

H.E. Mr. Augustine P. Mahiga (United Republic of Tanzania)

Vice-chairmen:

Argentina and Congo

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated individuals and entities

Chairman:

H.E. Mr. César Mayoral (Argentina)

Vice-chairmen:

Ghana and Greece

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism

Chairman:

H.E. Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj (Denmark)

Vice-chairmen:

Greece, Peru and Qatar

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003)

Chairman:

H.E. Mr. Nana Effah-Apenteng (Ghana)

Vice-chairmen:

Congo and Denmark

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia

Chairman:

H.E. Ms. Ellen Margrethe Løj (Denmark)

Vice-chairmen:

Japan and Qatar

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Chairman:

H.E. Mr. Oswaldo de Rivero (Peru)

Vice-chairman:

Japan

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004)

Chairman:

H.E. Mr. Peter Burian (Slovakia)

Vice-chairmen:

Ghana, Japan and United Kingdom

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Côte d'Ivoire

Chairman:

H.E. Mr. Adamantios Th. Vassilakis (Greece)

Vice-chairmen:

Denmark and United Republic of Tanzania

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan

Chairman:

H.E. Mr. Adamantios Th. Vassilakis (Greece)

Vice-chairmen:

Argentina and Slovakia

Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1636 (2005)

Chairman:

H.E. Mr. Kenzo Oshima (Japan)

Vice-chairmen:

Denmark and Slovakia

The secretaries of the above committees can be reached by contacting the Security Council Subsidiary Organs Branch, telephone number (212) 963-4071, fax. numbers (212) 963-1300/3778.

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