About UNICEF

UNICEF Executive Board

(as of January 2005)

UNICEF is governed by a 36-member Executive Board, an intergovernmental body that establishes policies, approves programmes and decides on administrative and financial plans and budgets. Members are elected by the United Nations Economic and Social Council for a three-year term.

OFFICERS FOR 2005

President:
H.E. Mr. Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi (Islamic Republic of Iran)

Vice-Presidents:
H.E. Mr. Paul Badji (Senegal)
Mr. Uladzimir A. Gerus (Belarus)
Ms. Romy Tincopa (Peru)
Ms. Unni Rambøll (Norway)

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

Terms of office expiring on:

31 December 2005:
Eritrea, France, Ghana, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Republic of Moldova, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America

31 December 2006:
Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Burundi, Djibouti, El Salvador, Finland, Italy, Lebanon, Malawi, Myanmar, Senegal, Sweden

31 December 2007:
Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, China, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Germany, Japan, Mozambique, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Ukraine