Appendix

List of Participants for the 259th Session
of the IPU Executive Committee

President: Dr. T.-B. Gurirab (Namibia)

Members and substitutes: Mr. Nhem Thavy (Cambodia), Senator Donald H. Oliver (Canada), Ms. M.A. Saa (Chile), Mr. T. Toga (Ethiopia), Mr. R. del Picchia (France), Mrs S. Moulengui-Mouélé (Gabon), Ms. N. Ali Assegaf (Indonesia), Mr. A. Díaz-Caneja (Mexico), Mr. K. Örnfjäder (Sweden), Mrs. D. Stump (Switzerland), and Mr. Ngo Quang Xuan (Viet Nam)

Absent: Ms. Z. Drif Bitat (Algeria), Mr. M. Vardanyan (Armenia), Mr. M.C. Nago (Benin) and Mr. Young Chin (Republic of Korea)

Observers: Mr. N. Bouchkouj (Secretary General of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union), representing the Arab Group

Secretariat of the IPU: Mr. A.B. Johnsson, Secretary General, and Ms. J. Toedtli, Secretary of the Executive Committee.