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UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2005/012/Rev.1 SUPACHAI PANITCHPAKDI NOMINATED TO HEAD UNCTAD
Geneva, Switzerland, 28 February 2005
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has today nominated Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand as Secretary-General of UNCTAD for a term of four years beginning 1 September. Dr. Supachai, the current Director General of the World Trade Organization and a former Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister of Thailand, also served as President of UNCTAD X (Bangkok, 2000).
The nomination will go to the UN General Assembly for confirmation.
If confirmed, he will succeed Rubens Ricupero (Brazil), who headed UNCTAD from September 1995 to September 2004.
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