UNICEF Executive Board

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).

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.

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)

Asian states (7 seats)

Eastern Europe states (4 seats)

Latin America and Caribbean states (5 seats)

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.

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