year as the President of the United Nations General

 Assembly - to commence in September of 2009.

Some background information: HON. DR. ALI A. TREKI -

 Ambassador and Permanent Representative of The Great

 Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamahiriya To the United

 Nations (At the Time of Original Airing) Curriculum Vitae:

 Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki Name: Ali Abdussalam Treki Date &

 Place of Birth: 1938, Misrata / Libya Social Status: Married,
 

 with 4 children. DIPLOMAS: **Masters Degree in History

 from the Faculty of Literature, Garyounes University,

 Benghazi, Libya. **Ph.D in History from Toulouse

 University, France. MEDALS OF HONOR: Decorated with the

 Great Al-Fateh Medal (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya), in addition

to 26 other medals from numerous countries.

RELEVANT FUNCTIONS: 25/8/1970: Plenipotentiary Minister

 (Minister of External Affairs and Unity). 19/9/1970:

 Director of Political Affaires Department. 1972-1974:

 Director of African-Asian Affaires Department. 1974-1976:

 Deputy Secretary of Political Affaires Department, Ministry

 of Foreign Affaires 1976-1979: Secretary of Foreign Affaires,

 (Minister). 1979-1981: Secretary of Foreign Affaires,

 (Minister). 1981-1982: Secretary of Foreign Affaires,

 (Minister). 1982-1984: Permanent Representative of the

 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations. 1984-1986:

 Secretary of the People's Bureau for Foreign Liaison

(Minister). 1986-1991: Permanent Representative of the

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the United Nations. 1991-1994:

 Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to

 the League of Arab States. 1995-1999: Secretary

 (Ambassador) of the People's Bureau in France. 3/1999-

2/2000: Deputy Secretary for African Affaires. 2/2000-

6/2003: Secretary of the General People's Committee for

 African Unity (Minister). 13/9/2003-Present: Ambassador

 and Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab

 Jamahiriya to the United Nations, New York.