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General Assembly Distr.: General 26 October 2007 English Original: English/French United Nations A/C.5/62/INF/1 General Assembly Distr.: General 26 October 2007 English Original: English/French Sixty-second session Fifth Committee Membership of the Fifth Committee Membres de la Cinquième Commission NOTE: Delegations are requested to send their corrections to the following list, in writing, to the Secretary of the Committee, room S-2633, Secretariat building, fax: 212 963 0360. NOTE: Les délégations sont priées d’envoyer leurs corrections à la présente liste, par écrit, au Secrétaire de la Commission, bureau S-2633, bâtiment du Secrétariat, télécopieur: 212 963 0360. Chairman Président H.E. Mr. Hamidon ALI (Malaysia) Vice-Chairmen Vice-présidents Mr. Alejandro TORRES LEPORI Mr. Tomáš MIČÁNEK Mr. Klaus de RIJK (Argentina) (Czech Republic) (Netherlands) Rapporteur Mr. Steven Ssenabulya NKAYIVU (Uganda) Secretariat of the Fifth Committee Secrétariat de la Cinquième Commission Secretary Secrétaire Mr. Movses ABELIAN Acting Deputy Secretary Secrétaire Adjointe Par Intérim Ms. Hannah DAVIES 07-56621 (E) 261007 *0756621* A/C.5/62/INF/1 COUNTRY | PAYS REPRESENTATIVE | REPRESENTANT ALTERNATES | SUPPLÉANTS ADVISERS | CONSEILLERS Dr. Zahir TANIN Mr. Shah Mohammad NIAZI Afghanistan Mr. Wahidullah AMIN Mr. Abdul Majied DANISHYAR Albania Mr. Youcef YOUSFI Algeria Mr. Mourad BENMEHIDI Mr. Abdelatif DEBABECHE Andorra Mr. Andreu JORDI Ms. Sabrina PUJOL Mr. Ismael Abraão Mrs. Margarida IZATA Ms. Elsa Christina de Jesus Angola GASPAR MARTINS Mr. Mariano BAPTISA PATACA Antigua and Mr. Conrod HUNTE Mr. Glentis Theopholus Barbuda THOMAS Mr. Alejandro Ms. Claudia CORTI Argentina TORRES LEPORI Mr. Armen MARTIROSYAN Ms. Lilit TOUTKHALIAN Mr. Ara MAGARIAN Armenia Mr. Hrachia TASHCHIAN Ms. Lilit SEROBYAN Australia Ms. Edwina STEVENS Maj. Jason WILLIAMS Mr. Peter STONE Austria Ms. Barbara KAUDEL Mr. Agshin MEHDIYEV Mr. Ilgar MAMMADOV Mr. Gudrat Azerbaijan BALAKISHIYEV Mrs. Paulette A. BETHEL Mr. Freddie C. TUCKER Ms. Tishka H. FRASER Bahamas Ms. Allison P. BOOKER Ms. Joy NEWBOLD Bahrain Bangladesh Ms. Ismat JAHAN Mr. Muhammad Ali SORCAR Mr. Muhammad A. MUHITH Mr. Christopher Fitzherbert Mrs. Gayle Catherine Barbados HACKETT FRANCIS-VAUGHAN Ms. Aiwekhoe IYAHEN Mr. Igor FISSENKO Mr. Sergei RACHKOV Mr. Yury G. Belarus YAROSHEVICH Mr. Karl Van den BOSSCHE Belgium Mr. Michel VERSAILLE Belize Mrs. Janine COYE-FELSON Ms. Dina SHOMAN Benin Mr. Daw PENJO Mr. LETHO Mr. Sangye RINCHHEN Bhutan Mr. Tshewang Chopel DORJI Bolivia Bosnia and Ms. Šejla DJURBUZOVIČ Herzegovina Botswana Ms. Ntesang MOLEMELE 2 07-56621 A/C.5/62/INF/1 COUNTRY | PAYS REPRESENTATIVE | REPRESENTANT ALTERNATES | SUPPLÉANTS ADVISERS | CONSEILLERS Mrs. Maria Luiza VIOTTI Mr. Paulo Roberto Campos Mr. Fernando de Oliveira Brazil Mr. Piragibe TARRAGÓ TARISSE DA FONTOURA SENA Mrs. Lucia MAIERÁ Mr. Eduardo UZIEL Brunei Mr. Emran BAHAR Ms. Noriah TAHIR Mr. Karim WAHAB Darussalam Ms. Noni Zurainah ISMI Mr. Rayko RAYTCHEV. Ms. Lyuba ZAHARIEVA Bulgaria Mr. Emil YALNAZOV Ms. Juliana GEORGIEVA M. Michel KAFANDO M. Saïdou ZONGO M. Emmanuel K. Burkina Faso Mme Adeline COMBARI YAMEOGO M. Albert SHINGIRO M. Herménégilde Burundi NKURABAGAYA Cambodia M. Martin M. Salomon ANU’A- Mme. Sylvie Michèle TIEK BELINGA-EBOUTOU GHEYLE AZOH-MBI MAMBO Cameroon M. NGANJE KINGUE EWUMBE- MONOMO M. Alain Wilfried BIYA Mr. Chris PLUNKETT Ms. Sue BUTCHART Canada Mr. Olivier POULIN Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile Mr. Abraham QUEZADA Mr. Julio TORRES Mr. LIU Zhenmin Mr. REN Yisheng Ms. YU Hong Mr. SHEN Yanjie Mr. FU Daopeng Mr. WANG Tao China Ms. LIU Bing Mr. CHEN Zhishan Mr. TENG Fei Mrs. Claudia BLUM Mrs. Margarita NAME- Colombia CARDOZO Comoros Mme. Chantal M. Jean Marie BOSSINA M. Pascal OLANDZOBO Congo ITOUA-APOYOLO M. Michel BONDOMA Sr. Jorge URBINA Srta. Cinthia COMISIÓN Srta. Marcela ZAMORA Costa Rica Sr. Saúl WEISLEDER M. Brouz Ralph Enneric Côte d’Ivoire COFFI Croatia Mrs. Jasminka DINIĆ Mr. Ivan MUTAVDŽIČ Lt. Col. Branco ROGIČ Cuba Mr. Andreas D. Ms. Cristiana HADJIPAVLI Cyprus MAVROYIANNIS 07-56621 3 A/C.5/62/INF/1 COUNTRY | PAYS REPRESENTATIVE | REPRESENTANT ALTERNATES | SUPPLÉANTS ADVISERS | CONSEILLERS Czech Mr. Martin PALOUŠ Mr. Tomáš MIČÁNEK Mr. Josef VÍTEK Republic Mrs. Irena BLEHOVÁ Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Mrs. Anja Bille BÄHNCKE Mr. Karsten KOLDING Mr. Simon Borregaard Denmark JACOBSEN Djibouti Mr. Roble OLHAYE Mr. Adou Mohamed ALI Mr. Moussa Djama ALI Dominica Dominican Republic Mr. Rodrigo RIOFRÍO Miss Mónica SÁNCHEZ Ecuador IZQUIERDO Mr. Maged A. ABDELAZIZ Mr. Khaled Aly ELBAKLY Mr. Hesham Mohamed Eman Egypt AFIFI Mr. Eduardo Antonio Miss Claudia VALENZUELA El Salvador SVENDBLAD UMAÑA Mr. Enrique José VÁSQUEZ ROMERO Equatorial Mr. Martíin Ndong NSUE Mr. Daniel Motogo NFONO Guinea Mr. Araya DESTA Eritrea Mr. Tesfa Alem SEYOUM Estonia Mrs. Merike KOKAJEV Ms. Helen KALJULÄTE Ethiopia Mr. Yoseph KASSAYE Fiji Mr. Mason F. SMITH Mr. Esala NAYASI Mrs. Päivi KARHIO- Mr. Mikael VUORINEN Ms. Kristiina KOIVISTO Finland SZILVAY M. Philippe BRUNEL M. Jean-François BELFAIS M. Philippe SUTTER M. Jacques VILLEMAIN France M. Denis PELBOIS M. Raphaël MALKIN M. Denis DANGUE M. Jean Christian OBAME Gabon RÉWAKA Gambia Mr. Habib T. B. JARRA Ms. Maia SHANIDZE Georgia Mr. Irakli JGENTI 4 07-56621 A/C.5/62/INF/1 COUNTRY | PAYS REPRESENTATIVE | REPRESENTANT ALTERNATES | SUPPLÉANTS ADVISERS | CONSEILLERS Ms. Victoria Ms. Brita WAGENER Mr. Peter REYKERS ZIMMERMANN Mr. Michael FABRI- Ms. Anke PILARSKI VON SIEFART WEILAND Ms. Claudia GRÄTER- Germany Mr. Peter SILBERBERG Mr. Patrick SPECHT NEJAD Mr. Peter WOESTE Ms. Isabel HOERTREITER Ms. Christiane WELTE Mr. Thomas THOMMA Mr. Martin DIPPL Mr. Leslie KOJO Mrs. Gloria POKU Ghana CHRISTIAN Mr. John MOURIKIS Mr. Alexandros RALLIS Ms. Lena KARANIKA Mr. Dimitri Ms. Elisabeth KARALI Greece ALEXANDRAKIS Mr. Alexios MITSOPOULOS Grenada Dr. Angus FRIDAY Ms. Marguerite ST. JOHN Mr. Jorge SKINNER-KLÉE Miss Karla Gabriela Miss Ana Cristina Mr. José Alberto SAMAYOA-RECARI RODRÍGUEZ-PINEDA Guatemala BRIZ GUTIÉRREZ Miss Melanie SANTIZO- SANDOVAL Guinea Guinea- Bissau Mr. George Wilfred Mr. Troy TORRINGTON Guyana TALBOT M. Jean Wesley CAZEAU M. Stephan DÉJOIE M. James LOUIS Haiti M. Ralph THEODORE Mr. Iván ROMERO- Ms. Edy R. FAJARDO Honduras MARTÍNEZ Hungary Ms. Kinga SIMON Ms. Bernadett KOLLÁR Ms. Anna Dr. Matthías G. PÁLSSON Mr. Agust FLYGENRING Iceland HJARTARDOTTIR India Mr. Nirupam SEN Mr. Ajai MALHOTRA Mr. Nagesh SINGH Mr. Marty M. Mrs. Adiyatwidi Adiwoso NATALEGAWA ASMADY Indonesia Mr. Ade PETRANTO Mr. Parulian G. A. SILALAHI Mr. Bonanza P. TAIHITU Iran (Islamic Mr. Alireza Mr. Alireza ESLAMIZAD Republic of) TOOTOONCHIAN Mr. Gholamhossein DARZI Mr. Hamid AL BAYATI Mr. Mohammed AL- Mr. Younis S. SARHAN Iraq HUMAIMIDI Mr. Issam M. AL-JIBORI Mr. Rawand A. DESAI Ireland Ms. Sarah McGRATH Ms. Fiona McCABE Israel Mr. Ilan FLUSS Mr. Roni BAREKET 07-56621 5 A/C.5/62/INF/1 COUNTRY | PAYS REPRESENTATIVE | REPRESENTANT ALTERNATES | SUPPLÉANTS ADVISERS | CONSEILLERS Mrs. Stefania ROSINI Maj. Gen. Giuliano Italy FERRARI Capt. Luigi CAPONE Mr. Raymond WOLFE Ms. Nadine JAMES Mr. Paul PEART Jamaica Mrs. Angella HAMILTON Ms. Shae-Alicia LEWIS BROWN Mr. Yukio TAKASU Mr. Kenichi MATSUDA Mr. Takahiro SHINYO Mr. Masaki TANI Mr. Masato KITERA Mr. Yasuo KISHIMOTO Mr. Kazuyoshi UMEMOTO Ms. Naoko TAKASUGI Japan Mr. Jiro KODERA Mr. Eiji YASUDA Mr. Akira CHIBA Mr. Akihito TERUUCHI Mr. Takeshi MATSUNAGA Mr. Hitoshi KOZAKI Mr. Kenichiro MUKAI Mr. Jun YAMADA Mr. Yuichi NAKAI Mr. Mohammed F. Jordan AL-ALLAF Mr. Basheer F. ZOUBI Kazakhstan Mrs. Byrganym AITIMOVA Mr. Zhanibek ABDRASHOV Mr. Z. D. MUBURI-MUITA Mr. George O. OWUOR Mr. Anthony ANDANJE Kenya Mr. Michael D. KINYANJUI Ms. Njambi KINYUNGU Ms. Anne C. R. KEAH Kiribati Kuwait Mr. Ziad MONAYAIR Mr. Khaled AL-KHURAINEJ Mr. Abdullah Al-FADHLI Kyrgyzstan Ms. Meerim BESHIMOVA Lao People’s Mrs. Kanika Mr. Phomma Mrs. Vatsana VONGPHYLA Democratic PHOMMACHANH KHAMMANICHANH Republic Latvia Mr. Klavs SNIEDZE Lebanon Dr. Nawaf SALAM Mr. Majdi RAMADAN Lesotho Mr. Milton Nathaniel Mr. Kawyienne Karl Liberia BARNES ANDREWS Mr. Jeff Gongoer DOWANA Libyan Arab Mr. Husein O. Mr. Fathi Y. M. TOOMI Mr. Salaheddin M. Jamahiriya ABUSHAWASHI ABUABOUD Mr. Christian Mr. Stefan BARRIGA Ms. Ulla HEHER Liechtenstein WENAWESER Lithuania Luxembourg M. Antoine BERNARDY Mr. Zina M. Boafa Daniel Madagascar ANDRIANARIVELO- ANDRIAMAHAROSOA RAZAFY Mr. Felix Silvester Faison Malawi CHANDO 6 07-56621 A/C.5/62/INF/1 COUNTRY | PAYS REPRESENTATIVE | REPRESENTANT ALTERNATES | SUPPLÉANTS ADVISERS | CONSEILLERS Mr. Hamidon ALI Mr. Zainol Rahim Ms. Sharon HO SWEE ZAINNUDIN PENG Malaysia Mr. Johan Arif ABDUL RAZAK Maldives Mr. Asheer Abdul AZEEZ Mr. Mohamed NIUSHAD Mali M. Issa KONFOUROU Mr. N’golo FOMBA Malta Mr. Saviour F. BORG Mr. Walter MALLIA Marshall Mr. Rina M. TAREO Mr. Matthew VAN ETTEN Islands Mr. Yung-Jen LI Mr. Maximilian MUELLER M. El Hacen OULD M. Sidi OULD GHADI Mauritania AHMED OULD AHMEDANE Mr. Yousouf M. Mr. Israhyananada RAMJANALLY DHALLADOO Mauritius Mr. Jaysen Kovalen| RAMASAMY Mexico Mr. Carlos RUÍZ-MASSIEU Mrs. Ingrid BERLANGA Micronesia Mr. Masao NAKAYAMA Mr. Jeem LIPPWE Mr. Martin ZVACHULA (Federated States of) Moldova Mr. Alexandru CUJBA M. Gilles NOGHÈS M. Johannes de MILLO Monaco TERRAZZANI Mr. Ochir ENKHTSETSEG Mr. Tulga NARKHUU Mongolia Maj. Gen. Gur RAGCHAA Mr. Nebojša Mr. Gojko ČELEBIČ Mrs. Maja SCHMIDT- Montenegro KALUDJEROVIČ GUTZAT Morocco M. Nordine SADOUK Mrs. Albertina Mozambique MABUIANGUE Ms. Natália MULUANA Myanmar Mr. Phae Than OO Mr. Maung WAI Mrs. Aye Aye PHYU Namibia Mr. Kaire M. MBUENDE Ms. Frieda ITHETE Ms. Evangeline HELU Ms. Marlene MOSES Ms. Chiara BIAGIONI Nauru Mr. Fu EN-PING Mr. Madhu Raman Mr. Nanda Kumar PRASAI ACHARYA Mr. Pari THAPA Mr. Madhuban Prasad Nepal PAUDEL Mr. Rudra Kumar NEPAL Mr. Tirtha Raj WAGLE Mr. Klaus de RIJK Ms. Brechje Ms. Merel MOLENKAMP SCHWACHÖFER Netherlands Mr. Eric HILBERINK Mr. Vincent ROZA 07-56621 7 A/C.5/62/INF/1 COUNTRY | PAYS REPRESENTATIVE | REPRESENTANT ALTERNATES | SUPPLÉANTS ADVISERS | CONSEILLERS New Zealand Mr. Phillip TAULA Mr. Paul BALLANTYNE Ms. María Rubiales de Mr. Danilo Rosales DIÁZ CHAMORRO Mr. Jaime Hermida Nicaragua CASTILLO Mr. Mario Castellón DUARTE Mme. Aicha LOUCHÉ M. Boubacar SEDIC Niger MALAM SAIDI Nigeria Norway Ms.
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