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4 October 2018
BIO/5151*-GA/SPD/661

Dee-Maxwell Saah Kemayah Sr. of Liberia Chair of Fourth Committee

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected Dee‑Maxwell Saah Kemayah Sr. (Liberia) as its Chair on 4 October.

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1 October 2018
BIO/5149*-GA/AB/4288

Gillian Elizabeth Bird of Australia Chair of Fifth Committee

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) elected Gillian Elizabeth Bird (Australia) as Chair on 5 June.

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1 October 2018
BIO/5147*-GA/SHC/4225

Mahmoud Saikal of Afghanistan Chair of Third Committee

The Third Committee (Social Humanitarian and Cultural) elected Mahmoud Saikal (Afghanistan) as Chair on 5 June.

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1 October 2018
BIO/5150*-GA/L/3565

Michel Xavier Biang of Gabon Chair of Sixth Committee

The Sixth Committee (Legal) elected Michel Xavier Biang (Gabon) Chair on 5 June.

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1 October 2018
BIO/5148*-GA/SPD/659

Lewis Garseedah Brown II of Liberia Chair of Fourth Committee

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) elected Lewis Garseedah Brown II as Chair on 5 June.

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1 October 2018
BIO/5146*-GA/EF/3493

Jorge Skinner-Klee of Guatemala Chair of Second Committee

The Second Committee (Economic and Financial) elected Jorge Skinner‑Klee (Guatemala) as Chair on 5 June.

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1 October 2018
BIO/5145*-GA/DIS/3595

Ion Jinga of Romania Chair of First Committee

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) elected Ion Jinga (Romania) as Chair on 5 June.

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18 September 2018
GA/12056-BIO/5141

María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés of Ecuador President of Seventy-Third General Assembly

On 5 June, the United Nations General Assembly elected María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Foreign Minister of Ecuador, President of its seventy-third session — only the fourth woman to hold that position in the world body’s history and the first since 2006. 

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28 June 2018
GA/PAL/1413

As International Conference Concludes, Speakers Stress Critical Need to Improve Prospects of Youth in East Jerusalem

On its concluding day, the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem focused on two issues:  challenges faced by Palestinian youth in East Jerusalem, including in the realms of education, employment and entrepreneurship; and the international community’s support for Palestinian rights in the city.

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27 June 2018
GA/PAL/1411

At Opening of International Conference on Question of Jerusalem, Speakers Say City Should Remain Final-Status Issue, International Law Protecting It Must Be Upheld

RABAT, Morocco, 26-27 June (United Nations Information Centre) — The fifth International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem opened in Rabat, Morocco, on 26 June with a call by King Mohamed VI of Morocco and Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee for a greater rallying of diplomatic efforts to secure binding international resolutions that protected the city and safeguarded its spiritual, cultural and legal character.

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