UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE CHOSES MEMBERS OF

UNCLAS USUN NEW YORK 001079 SIPDIS FOR IO/MPR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL AORC KUNR SUBJECT: UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE CHOSES MEMBERS OF SUBSIDIARY ORGANS REF: STATE 117913 ¶1. Summary: On November 7, the UN General Assembly Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) held its elections for officers of subsidiary organs, the Committee on Contributions (CoC),the Investments Committee (ISSC),the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),the Staff Pension Committee, and the Advisory Committee for Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ). Appointments begin on January 1, 2009. Regional candidates indicated reftel were chosen by acclamation without debate, including the U.S. candidate for the Staff Pension Committee, Thomas A. Repasch, who was elected to a four-year term, and Susan McLurg, who was re-elected to the ACABQ. End Summary. ¶2. The outcome of the CoC election is as follows: -- Asian States: Mr. Hae-yun Park (Republic of Korea) and Mr. Wu Gang (China) -- Eastern European States: Mr. Vyacheslav Logutov (Russian Federation) -- Latin American and Caribbean States: Mr. Courtney H. Williams (Jamaica) -- Western European and Other States Group: Mr. Richard Moon (UK) and Mr. Thomas Thomma (Germany). ¶3. The outcome of the ISSC election is as follows: -- Mr. Masakazu Arkawa (Japan) -- Mr. Madhav Dhar (India) -- Mr. Memir Kirdar (Iraq). ¶4. The outcome of the ICSC election is as follows: -- African States: Mr. Fatih Bouayad-Agha (Algeria) and Mr. El Hassan Zahid (Morocco) -- Asian States: Mr. Chamsher M. Chowdhury (Bangladesh) and Mr. Xiaoshu Wang (China) -- Eastern Eurpean States: Mr. Vladimir Morozov (Russia). ¶5. The outcome of the UN Staff Pension Committee is as follows: -- Ms. Valeria Maria Gonzalez Posse (Argentina) -- Mr. Andrei V. Kovalenko (Russian Federation) -- Mr. Gerhard Kuntzle (Germany) -- Mr. Philip Richard Okanda Owade (Kenya) -- Mr. Thomas A. Repasch (United States). ¶6. The only contested election occured between the two Eastern European candidates for a term of three years on the ACABQ. 173 votes were cast by secret ballot with no abstentions. The required majority was 87. The outcome is as follows: -- Vladimir Alekseevitch (Russian Federation),116 votes -- Alexander Petrisashvili (Georgia),57 votes. For the uncontested vacancies within ACABQ, the outcome is as follows: -- Ms. Aicha Afifi (Morocco) -- Ms. Renata Archini (Italy) -- Mr. Vladimir Alekseevitch Iosifov (Russian Federation) -- Mr. Alejandro Torres Lepori (Argentina) -- Ms. Susan M. McLurg (United States) -- Mr. Alexander Petriashvili (Georgia). Khalilzad