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General Assembly Distr.: General October 2007 United Nations A/C.4/62/INF/2 General Assembly Distr.: General October 2007 Original: Arabic/Chinese/English French/Russian/Spanish ﺃﻋﻀﺎﺀ ﳉﻨﺔ ﺍﳌﺴﺎﺋﻞ ﺍﻟﺴﻴﺎﺳﻴﺔ ﺍﳋﺎﺻﺔ ﻭﺇﻬﻧﺎﺀ ﺍﻻﺳﺘﻌﻤﺎﺭ (ﺍﻟﻠﺠﻨﺔ ﺍﻟﺮﺍﺑﻌﺔ) 特别政治和非殖民化委员会成员(第四委员会) Membership of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) Membres de la Commission des questions politiques spéciales et de la décolonisation (Quatrième Commission) Члены Комитета по специальным политическим вопросам и вопросам деколонизации (Четвертый комитет) Miembros de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) ﻣﻠﺤﻮﻇﺔ: ﻳﺮﺟﻰ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﻮﻓﻮﺩ ﺍﻟﱵ ﺗﺮﻳﺪ ﺇﺩﺧﺎﻝ ﺃﻳﺔ ﺗﺼﺤﻴﺤﺎﺕ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺋﻤﺔ ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻟﻴﺔ ﺃﻥ ﺗﺮﺳﻠﻬﺎ، ﻛﺘﺎﺑﺔ، ﺇﱃ ﺃﻣﲔ ﺍﻟﻠﺠﻨﺔ، ﺍﻟﻐﺮﻓﺔ ﺭﻗﻢ S-2977K ﻣﺒﲎ ﺍﻷﻣﺎﻧﺔ ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ. 注意:请各代表团把对以下名单的更正用书面送交秘书处大楼第 S-2977K 室的委员会秘书。 Note: Delegations are requested to send their corrections to the following list in writing to the Secretary of the Committee, room S-2977K, Secretariat Building. Note: Les délégations sont priées d’envoyer leurs corrections à la présente liste, par écrit, au Secrétaire de la Commission, bureau S-2977K, Bátiment du Secrétariat. Примечание: Делегациям предлагается послать свои исправелния к настоящему списку в письменной форме секретарю Комитета, комната S-2977K, здание Секретариата. Nota: Se ruega a las delegaciones se sirvan enviar sus correcciones a la siguiente lista, por escrito, a la Secretaria de la Comisión. oficina S-2977K, Edificio de la Secretaría. ﺍﻟﺮﺋﻴﺲ 主席 Chairman Président Председатель Presidente H.E. Mr. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem MOHAMAD (Sudan) ﻧﻮﺍﺏ ﺍﻟﺮﺋﻴﺲ 副主席 Vice-Chairmen Vice-Présidents Заместители Председателя Vicepresidentes Mr. Hossein MALEKI Ms. Viktoriia KUVSHYNNYKOVA Mr. Alexandros Vidouris (Iran) (Ukraine) (Greece) ﺍﳌﻘﺮﺭ 报告员 Rapporteur Докладчик Relator Mr. Reniery VALLADARES GÓMEZ (Honduras) 07-55522 (M) *0755522* A/C.4/62/INF/2 ﺍﳌﺴﺘﺸﺎﺭﻭﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻠﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻨﺎﻭﺑﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻞ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺪ 国家 代表 候补代表 顾问 Country Representative Alternates Advisers Pays Représentant Suppléants Conseillers Страна Представитель Заместители Советники País Representante Suplentes Consejeros AFGHANISTAN Mr. Zahir Tanin Mr. Youssof Ghafoorzai Mr. Abdul Majied Danishyar ALBANIA Mr. Andi Xhoi ALGERIA Mr. Youcef Yousfi Mr. Larbi Katti Mr. Mourad Benmehidi Mr. Mohamed Sofiane Berrah Mr. Mohamed Tefiani ANDORRA Mr. Carles Font-Rossell Ms. Ester Cañadas ANGOLA Mr. Ismael A. Gaspar Mr. Tete Antonio Mr. Xavier Santos Rosa Martins Ms. Filomena Cunha Mr. José Carlos Daio da Silva ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Mr. Tumasie Blair ARGENTINA Mr. Diego Desmoures Mr. Marcelo Suárez Salvia ARMENIA Mr. Armen Martirosyan Mr. Hrachia Tashchian Mr. Ara Margarian Ms. Lilit Toutkhalian Ms. Lilit Serobyan AUSTRALIA Mr. Rick Nimmo Mr. Tim Simkin Ms. Michelle Wood Mr. David Windsor Ms. Justine Saunders Ms. Clare Gatehouse Ms. Haidi Willmot AUSTRIA Mr. Philipp Charwath Mr. Peter Huber Mr. Bernd Lubenik Mr. Karl Deuretzbacher 2 07-55522 A/C.4/62/INF/2 ﺍﳌﺴﺘﺸﺎﺭﻭﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻠﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻨﺎﻭﺑﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻞ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺪ 国家 代表 候补代表 顾问 Country Representative Alternates Advisers Pays Représentant Suppléants Conseillers Страна Представитель Заместители Советники País Representante Suplentes Consejeros AZERBAIJAN Mr. Agshin Mehdiyev Mr. Ilgar Mammadov Mr. Aśiĺ Garayev BAHAMAS Ms. Paulette A. Bethel Mr. Freddie C. Tucker Ms. Tishka H. Fraser Ms. Allison P. Booker Ms. Joy Newbold BAHRAIN Mr. Faisal E. Alzayani BANGLADESH Ms. Ismat Jahan Mr. Muhammad Ali Mr. Salahuddin Noman Sorcar Mr. Tareq Md. Ariful Islam BARBADOS Mr. Christopher Hackett Mrs. Gayle Francis-Vaughan Ms. Aiwekhoe Iyahen BELARUS Mr. Vasily Kurlovich Ms. Galina Bubnovskaya Mrs. Irina Velichko Mr. Oleg Samoukin BELGIUM Mr. Axel Kenes Mrs. Christine Detaille Ms. Marie Cherchari Mr. Pierre Cartuyvels Mr. Karl D’Haene Mr. Cyriaque Murangwa BELIZE Mrs. Janine Coye-Felson Ms. Dina S. Shoman BENIN Mr. Jean-Marie Ehouzou Mr. Karimou Alfa Zerandouro 07-55522 3 A/C.4/62/INF/2 ﺍﳌﺴﺘﺸﺎﺭﻭﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻠﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻨﺎﻭﺑﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻞ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺪ 国家 代表 候补代表 顾问 Country Representative Alternates Advisers Pays Représentant Suppléants Conseillers Страна Представитель Заместители Советники País Representante Suplentes Consejeros BHUTAN Mr. Daw Penjo Mr. Tshewang Chophel Mr. Kinga Singye Dorji Mr. Sangye Rinchhen BOLIVIA Mr. Javier Loayza Mr. José Agreda BOSNIA AND Mr. Željko Vukobratović HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA Ms. Gomotsang C. Kealeboga BRAZIL Mrs. Maria Luiza Viotti Mr. Paulo Fontoura Mrs. Maria Teresa Mr. Piragibe Tarragô Mrs. Lucia Maierá Pessôa Mr. Eduardo Uziel Mr. Chistiano Figueirôa BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Mr. Emran Bahar Mr. Karim Wahab Ms. Siti Norhayati Latif Ms. Noni Ismi Mr. Sheikh Abdul Mahdani BULGARIA Mr. Rayko Raytchev Mr. Kamen Velitchkov Mr. Kalin Dimitrov Mr. Petko Doykov Mr. Panteley Spassov Ms. Antonia Alexieva Mr. Rakovski Lashev BURKINA FASO Mr. Michel Kafando Ms. Maïmounata Mr. Inoussa Balbone Compaore BURUNDI Mr.Herménégilde Mr. Albert Shingiro Nkurabagaya 4 07-55522 A/C.4/62/INF/2 ﺍﳌﺴﺘﺸﺎﺭﻭﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻠﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻨﺎﻭﺑﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻞ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺪ 国家 代表 候补代表 顾问 Country Representative Alternates Advisers Pays Représentant Suppléants Conseillers Страна Представитель Заместители Советники País Representante Suplentes Consejeros CAMBODIA CAMEROON Mr. Martin Belinga Eboutou Ms. Julie Kamto Ms. Perpétue Menye Owona Mr. Mouhamadou Youssifou Mr. Mamoudou Mana CANADA Mr. Alan Bowman Mr. Rachna Mishra Mr. Olivier Poulin Mr. Jacques Morneau Ms. Heidi Hulan CAPE VERDE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE Mr. Heraldo Muñoz Mr. Armin Andereya Ms. Karina Cartagena Mr. Alfredo Labbé Mr. Rodrigo Toledo Ms. Tatiana Segura Mr. José Antonio Cousiño Mr. Eduardo Díaz Ms. María Isabel Seguel 07-55522 5 A/C.4/62/INF/2 ﺍﳌﺴﺘﺸﺎﺭﻭﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻠﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻨﺎﻭﺑﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻞ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺪ 国家 代表 候补代表 顾问 Country Representative Alternates Advisers Pays Représentant Suppléants Conseillers Страна Представитель Заместители Советники País Representante Suplentes Consejeros CHINA Mr. Liu Zhenmin Mr. Li Junhua Ms. Yan Jiarong Mr. Du Xiaocong Ms. Feng Ying Mr. Li Kexin Mr. Pan Xiongwen Mr. Rao Wu Mr. Huang Hongjiang Mr. Cheng Lie Ms. Cheng Hong Mr. Sun Zhiqiang COLOMBIA Ms. Claudia Blum Mr. Jairo Montoya Mrs. Luz Marina Rivera COMOROS CONGO Mr. Luc J. Okio Mr. Raphaël Maboundou Mrs. Annick Mr. Boniface Lezona Nzounza-Lekaka Mr. Paul Maloukou COSTA RICA Mr. Jorge Urbina Ms. Marcela Zamora Ms. Marcela Calderón Mr. Saúl Weisleder CÔTE D’IVOIRE Mr. Alcide Djedje Mr. Michel Kouadio Ms. Adjoussou Caroline Kouakou Mr. Bernard Tanoh- Boutchoue Mr. Bailly Niagri Guillaume CROATIA Ms. Kristina Lahovski Ms. Lara Romano Mr. Branko Rogić Mrs. Vesna Vuković CUBA Mr. Rodrigo Ms. Ileana Ms. Rebeca Hernández Malmierca Díaz Núñez Mordoche Toledano 6 07-55522 A/C.4/62/INF/2 ﺍﳌﺴﺘﺸﺎﺭﻭﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻠﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻨﺎﻭﺑﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻞ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺪ 国家 代表 候补代表 顾问 Country Representative Alternates Advisers Pays Représentant Suppléants Conseillers Страна Представитель Заместители Советники País Representante Suplentes Consejeros CYPRUS Mr. Andreas Mr. Louis Telemachou Hadjicrysanthou CZECH REPUBLIC Mr. Martin Palouš Mr. Miroslav Klíma Mr. René Dlabal Mr. Karel Komárek Mr. Josef Vítek DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO DENMARK Mr. Klaus Simoni Ms. Tania Dyck-Madsen Pedersen DJIBOUTI Mr. Roble Olhaye Ms. Kadra Ahmed Mrs. Saada Daher Hassan Hassan DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Mr. Enriquillo A. del Mr. Sully Saneaux Rosario C. Mr. Andrés R. Apolinar Mr. Juan Isidro Martinez Espinal Mr. Erick Espinal Mr. José Veloz ECUADOR Mr. Rodrigo Riofrío Ms. Verónica Gómez Ms. Mónica Sánchez 07-55522 7 A/C.4/62/INF/2 ﺍﳌﺴﺘﺸﺎﺭﻭﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻠﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻨﺎﻭﺑﻮﻥ ﺍﳌﻤﺜﻞ ﺍﻟﺒﻠﺪ 国家 代表 候补代表 顾问 Country Representative Alternates Advisers Pays Représentant Suppléants Conseillers Страна Представитель Заместители Советники País Representante Suplentes Consejeros EGYPT Mr. Maged Abdelaziz Mr. Khaled Elbakly Mr. Amr Elsherbini Mr. Mohamed Mostafa EL SALVADOR Mr. Carlos Enrique Mrs. Ana Artiga García EQUATORIAL GUINEA Mr. Gabriel-Juan Ondó Mr. Benjamín Maye Ntutumu Matogo ERITREA Mr. Araya Desta Ms. Saba Habte Ms. Elsa Haile ESTONIA Ms. Minna-Liina Lind ETHIOPIA FIJI Mr. Mason F. Smith Mr. Sainivalati S. 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