[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1249]
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                              CONFIRMATION

  Executive nomination confirmed by the Senate February 11, 1997:


                          department of state

       Bill Richardson, of New Mexico, to be the Representative of 
     the United States of America to the United Nations with the 
     rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States 
     of America in the Security Council of the United Nations.

       The above nomination was approved subject to the nominee's 
     commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify 
     before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.