THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                             (Oslo, Norway)
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For Immediate Release                                   November 2, 1999

                 PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES REVIUS ORTIQUE 
                AS U.S. ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 

FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS

The President today announced his intent to nominate Revius Ortique to serve as United States Alternate Representative to the Fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Mr. Revius Ortique, of New Orleans, Louisiana, retired as a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1994. A distinguished member of the judicial community, Justice Ortique also was appointed and then elected as a Member of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. He served in that capacity from 1978 until his appointment to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1992. Prior to entering the judiciary, Justice Ortique participated as Co-Counsel on many landmark civil rights cases. Justice Ortique has served on several Boards and Commissions, being chosen by four U.S. Presidents to serve in various capacities. He has been presented with many honors including the Martin Luther King Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Consortium of Loyola, Tulane and Xavier Universities.

Mr. Ortique received his A.B. from Dillard University of New Orleans in 1947, his M.A. from the University of Indiana in 1949 and his J.D. from Southern University Law Center in 1956.

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