Biographical Note Jargalsaikhany Enkhsaikhan, who was, this afternoon, elected Chairman of the Sixth Committee (Legal) for the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, has served as the Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations since 1996. He was a Vice-President of the Assembly at its last session, Vice-Chairman of the Sixth Committee in 1984 and its rapporteur in 1979. Before becoming Permanent Representative of Mongolia, Mr. Enkhsaikhan was Executive Secretary of the Mongolian National Security Council and adviser to the President of Mongolia on national security matters (1994-1996). As Executive Secretary, he was instrumental in organizing the adoption by the Mongolian Parliament of the official concepts of national security and foreign policy.
Mr. Enkhsaikhan joined his country's foreign service in 1974, serving, until 1979, as Secretary of the Legal Department. He represented Mongolia at the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1976-1982) and was Secretary at the Mongolian Mission to the United Nations in New York (1979- 1986). He returned to Mongolia in 1986 to become Acting Head of the Legal and Policy Planning Departments of the Foreign Ministry until 1988 when he was posted to the Mongolian Embassy in Moscow as Minister-Counsellor. He became adviser to the President of Mongolia from 1992 to 1994.
Mr. Enkhsaikhan graduated from the Moscow State Institute for International Relations with a degree in international law in 1974. In 1979, he received a doctorate in law.
Born on 4 September 1950 in Ulaanbaatar, Mr. Enkhsaikhan is married and has six children.
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