African Candidatures for Posts within the United Nations System and other International Institutions

CM/DEC.431 (LXVIII) AFRICAN CANDIDATURES FOR POSTS WITHIN THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Council:

1. TAKES NOTE of the report of the Standing Committee on candidatures;

2. DECIDES to endorse the recommendations of the Commi ttee and to lend its support to the African candidatures as follows:

1. Candidature of Dr Jacques Diouf as the sole African candidate for a second mandate to the post of Director General of FAO during the elections that will take place in November 1999;

2. Candidature of Dr Ismail Serag El-Din as the sole African candidate to the post of Director General of UNESCO during the elections that will take place in October/November 1999;

3. Candidature of Mr Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Namibia to the post of President of the 54th Session of the U.N General Assembly;

4. Candidature of Tunisia as non-permanent Member of the UN Security Council for the period 2000-2001;

5. Candidature of Prof Godwin Olu Patrick Obasi for re-election as Secretary- General of the World Meteorological Organization;

6. Candidature of Dr Mohamed Salim Mhita to the post of President of the World Meteorological Organization, African Region, during the elections that will take place in October 1999;

7. Candidature of Mr Taieb Cherif as member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) during the ICAO General Assembly meeting in September/October 1998;

8. Candidature of Mr Mohsen Bel Hadj Amor as member and President of the International Civil Service Commission during the elections that will take place within the framework of the 53rd Session of the U.N.O General Assembly;

9. Candidature of Professor Abdelwahab Bouhdiba to the post of Special Repporteur of the Human Rights Commission on the Application of the Right to Education;