January 18, 2000
NEW YORK, 17 January (Department of Political Affairs) -- With reference to paragraph 4 (b) of the Note by the President of the Security Council dated 30 October 1998 (S/1998/1016), and following consultations among the members of the Security Council under the no-objection procedure, the members of the Security Council agreed to elect the following Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons of the respective Sanctions Committees for a period running until 31 December 2000:
Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait: Chairman: Peter van Walsum (Netherlands) Vice Chairmen: Argentina and Ukraine
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 748 (1992) concerning the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: Chairman: Volodymyr Yu. Yel'chenko (Ukraine) Vice Chairmen: Jamaica and Bangladesh
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia: Chairman: Said Ben Mustapha (Tunisia) Vice Chairmen: Jamaica and the Netherlands
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 864 (1993) concerning the situation in Angola: Chairman: Robert R. Fowler (Canada) Vice Chairmen: Argentina and Malaysia
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda: Chairman: Hasmy Agam (Malaysia) Vice Chairmen: Canada and Tunisia
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 985 (1995) concerning Liberia: Chairman: Martin Andjaba (Namibia) Vice Chairmen: Canada and Malaysia
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1132 (1997) concerning Sierra Leone: Chairman: Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (Bangladesh) Vice Chairmen: Mali and Namibia
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1160 (1998) concerning Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Chairperson: M. Patricia Durrant, (Jamaica) Vice Chairmen: Tunisia and the Netherlands
Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Afghanistan: Chairman: Arnoldo Manuel Listre (Argentina) Vice Chairmen: Mali and Ukraine