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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release October 7, 1997
              PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES U.S. REPRESENTATIVES AND 
       U.S. ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FIFTY-SECOND SESSION 
                OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS

President Clinton today announced his nomination of Bill Richardson and A. Peter Burleigh to be U.S. Representatives and Richard Sklar, Victor Marrero and Nancy Soderberg to be U.S. Alternate Representatives to the Fifty-Second General Assembly of the United Nations.

Ambassador Richardson, of New Mexico, serves as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations and the U.S. Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations.

Ambassador Burleigh, of California, serves as the U.S. Deputy Representative to the United Nations.

Ambassador Sklar, of California, serves as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations for Management and Reform.

Ambassador Marrero, of New York, serves as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations on the Economic and Social Council.

Ms. Soderberg, of Washington, D.C. has been nominated by the President as Alternate United States Representative for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations, with the Rank of Ambassador.