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 (7), Eastern Europe (4), Latin America and Caribbean (5) and Western Europe and Others (12).
2025 Executive Board* | ||
Africa Equatorial Guinea Eastern Europe Bulgaria | Asia China
Bolivia (Plurinational | Western Europe and Others Australia |
*This list reflects the results of elections to ECOSOC subsidiary and related bodies, which were held on 9 April 2024 at its twelfth and thirteenth plenary meetings of 2024 and on 16 December 2024 at its fourth plenary meeting of 2025.
2026 Executive Board** | ||
Africa Equatorial Guinea Eastern Europe Estonia | Asia China
Antigua and Barbuda | 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.
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 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Africa (8 seats) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Asia-Pacific (7 seats) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Eastern Europe (4 seats) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Latin America and Caribbean (5 seats) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Western Europe and other States (12 seats)* | 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 2021–2025
(by United Nations Regional Group of Member States)