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Members

The Executive Board has 36 members, elected for three-year terms with the following regional allocation of seats:

African states (8 seats), Asian states (7), Eastern European states (4), Latin American and Caribbean states (5) and Western European and Other states (12).

2009 Executive Board 

 Africa
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Ethiopia
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Sudan
Zimbabwe

  Eastern
Europe
Croatia
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovenia

 

Asia
Bangladesh
China
India
Iran
Malaysia
Myanmar
Republic of Korea


Latin America
and the Caribbean
 Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Cuba
Haiti
Uruguay


Western Europe
and Others
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
United States of America

 

 



Election to the Executive Board

Only a certain number of new members are elected to the Executive Board in any given year, to ensure continuity of experience. Each year,  during a resumed organizational session, usually in April or May, the Economic and Social Council elects United Nations Member States from the five regions to serve as members of the Executive Board.

The table below shows the distribution of new seats per region that are up for election by the Economic and Social Council in the next three years.

 

 2009

 2010

2011 

 Africa

5

1

 

 Asia

3

2

2

 Eastern Europe

1

 

 

 Latin America & the Caribbean

1

 

 

 Western Europe & other States

4

 4 

 4 

Each member usually serves a three-year term. However, the Western European and Others group has established a rotation schedule for its members under which some members do not serve a full three-year term.


Executive Board members, 2009-2011

Executive Board seats for which elections have yet to be held are marked with an asterisk (*).

African states (8 seats)

2009 

2010 

2011 

Cameroon

Cape Verde 

Cape Verde

 Central African Republic

Congo

Congo 

  Ethiopia

Liberia  

Liberia   

 Liberia

Malawi

Malawi

 Mali

 Somalia 

  Somalia 

 Mauritania

  Sudan  

 Sudan

 Sudan

  Tunisia

 Tunisia

 Zimbabwe

  Zimbabwe 

 *

Asian states (7 seats)

 2009

2010 

2011 

 Bangladesh 

 Bangladesh

 Bangladesh 

China

 China 

 * 

India

Iran  

 * 

Iran 

 Kazakhstan 

 Kazakhstan 

 Malaysia

 Pakistan

Pakistan

 Myanmar

Qatar

Qatar

 Republic of Korea

 Republic of Korea

 Republic of Korea

Eastern Europe states (4 seats)

2009 

2010 

2011 

Croatia 

Belarus 

Belarus 

Romania

Romania 

 * 

Russian Federation 

Russian Federation 

*

Slovenia

Slovenia 

Slovenia 

Latin America and Caribbean states (5 seats)

2009 

2010 

2011 

Antigua and Barbuda 

 Antigua and Barbuda

 * 

 Bahamas

Cuba

Cuba

 Cuba

El Salvador

 El Salvador

 Haiti 

Haiti 

 *

Uruguay

 Uruguay

 Uruguay

Western Europe and Other states (12 seats)

The Western European and Others group has established a separate rotation scheme that determines the distribution of Executive Board seats for the members of that region. The United States of America do not participate in this rotation scheme. 

Please note that, below, the composition of the Executive Board for 2010 reflects the elections held by ECOSOC on 18 May 2009.
The anticipated composition for 2011 reflects the rotation scheme agreed to by members of this regional group.

2009 

2010 

2011

Canada

Canada

Belgium

Denmark

Denmark

Denmark

Finland† 

France

France

France

Iceland

Germany

Germany

Ireland

Italy

Italy

Italy

Japan

Japan†

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Netherlands†

New Zealand

New Zealand

Norway

Norway

Spain

 Sweden

Switzerland

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

USA

USA

USA

† Member State officially listed by ECOSOC as "retiring member".


 

 

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