On a proposal by the expert from the United States of America, Ms. K. Headrick (Canada) and Mr. S. Benassai (Italy) were elected President and Vice President respectively.

The PRESIDENT (interpretation from Spanish) The Assembly will now hear an address by the President of the Republic of Nicaragua.

My Government apos s commitment to work with the small island developing countries in finding solutions to their difficult problems was evidenced by the presence of a special representative of Prime Minister Bhutto at the high level segment of the Barbados Conference.

All the Club members can join the club fight, thus have a better chance to win the fight and steal a trophy (if any) from the opponent Lady club for extra bonuses.

The ostensible issue that forced Yanukovich to balk was the EU s demand that former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, now serving a seven year prison sentence, be permitted to travel to Germany for medical treatment.

My delegation would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to the President of the Security Council for the month of August, Ambassador Albright of the United States, for her initiative to bring about greater transparency in the work of the Council.

But Koofi's supporters fear that Afghanistan might not yet be ready for a female president Koofi has already survived several Taliban assassination attempts, and although female candidates have run for the presidency before, none have come close to a top five finish.