Membership
UNICEF Executive Board Membership
The Executive Board is made up of 36 Member States, elected to three-year terms by the Economic and Social Council, with the following regional allocation: Africa (8 seats), Asia-Pacific (7), Eastern Europe (4), Latin America and Caribbean (5) and Western Europe and Others (12).
| 2026 Executive Board* | ||
Africa Equatorial Guinea Eastern Europe Estonia | Asia-Pacific China Latin America and Caribbean | Western Europe and Others Canada |
* This list reflects the results of elections to ECOSOC subsidiary and related bodies, which were held on 4 April 2025 at its 14th plenary meetings of 2025, and the result of the elections held on 10 December 2025 at its fourth plenary meeting.
| 2027 Executive Board** | ||
Africa Equatorial Guinea
Eastern Europe Georgia
| Asia-Pacific China
Latin America and Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda | Western Europe and Others Australia |
** The composition of the 2027 Executive Board reflects the results of elections to the Economic and Social Council subsidiary and related bodies, which were held on 8 April 2026 at its fifteenth and sixteenth plenary meetings, as well as the rotations of the Group of Western European and Other States.
Election to the Executive Board
Every year, 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.
Each newly elected member starts the following calendar year and usually serves a three-year term. Only a certain number of new members are elected to the Executive Board in any given year, to ensure continuity of experience.
| Election of UNICEF Executive Board Seats | |||||
Regions | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
| Africa (8 seats) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Asia-Pacific (7 seats) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Eastern Europe (4 seats) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Latin America and Caribbean (5 seats) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Western Europe and other States (12 seats)* | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
* The Western European and Others group has established a separate rotation scheme for its members under which some do not serve full three-year terms. The United States of America does not participate in this rotation scheme.
Election 2023–2027
(by United Nations Regional Group of Member States)