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Security Council Membership 2008

Membership and Presidency

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COUNTRY	TERM ENDS	REPRESENTATIVE AMBASSADOR	PRESIDENCY 2008
Belgium	2008	Johan Verbeke [profile]	August
Burkina Faso	2009	Michel Kafando	September
China	Permanent	Wang Guangya [profile]	October
Costa Rica	2009	Jorge Urbina [profile]	November
Croatia	2009	Mirjana Mladineo	December
France	Permanent	Jean-Maurice Ripert
Indonesia	2008	R.M Marty Natalegawa
Italy	2008	Marcello Spatafora [profile]
Libyan Arab Republic	2009	Giadalla A. Ettalhi[profile]	January
Panama	2008	Ricardo Alberto Arias	February
Russian Federation	Permanent	Vitaly Churkin [profile]	March
South Africa	2008	Dumisani Kumalo [profile]	April
United Kingdom	Permanent	John Sawers [profile]	May
United States	Permanent	Zalmay Khalilzad [profile]	June
Viet Nam	2009	Le Luong Minh	July

 

List of Sanction Committee Bureaus

(Resolution that set up the committee is noted in parentheses)

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Somalia [resolution 751 (1992)]
Chair: Dumisani Kumalo (South Africa)

Rwanda [resolution 918 (1994)]
Chair: Rezlan Ishar Jenie (Indonesia)

Sierra Leone [resolution 1132 (1997)]
Chair: Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser  (Qatar)

Al-Qaida and the Taliban and Associated Individuals and Entities [resolution 1267 (1999)]
Chair: Johan C. Verbeke (Belgium)

Counter-Terrorism Committee [resolution 1373 (2001)]
Chair: Ricardo Alberto Arias (Panama)

Iraq [resolution 1518 (2003)]
NB: 661 (1990) Committee - terminated on May 22, 2003 pursuant to resolution 1483
Chair: Nana Effah-Apenteng (Ghana) 

Liberia [resolution 1521 (2003)]
NB: 985 (1995) Committee - terminated on March 7, 2001 pursuant to resolution 1343
Chair: Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser  (Qatar)

Democratic Republic of Congo [resolution 1533 (2004)]
Chair: Jorge Pablo Voto-Bernales (Peru)

Non-Proliferation of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons [resolution 1540 (2004)]
Chair: Mr. Peter Burian (Slovakia)

Cote d'Ivoire [resolution 1572 (2004)]
Chair: Johan C. Verbeke (Belgium)

Sudan/Darfur [resolution 1591 (2005)]
Chair: Marcello Spatafora (Italy)

Syria (UNIIIC Cooperation) [resolution 1636 (2005)]
Chair: Nana Effah-Apenteng (Ghana)

Lebanon [resolution 1718 (2006)]
Chair: Marcello Spatafora (Italy)

Iran [resolution 1737 (2006)]
Chair: Johan C. Verbeke (Belgium)

Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons [resolution 1747 (2007)]
Chair: Dumisani Kumalo (South Africa)

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