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ECOSOC MEMBERS

The Council's 54 member Governments are elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. Seats on the Council are allotted based on geographical representation with fourteen allocated to African States, eleven to Asian States, six to Eastern European States, ten to Latin American and Caribbean States, and thirteen to Western European and other States.

Full list of members of the Economic and Social Council for 2013 and the expiration date of membership

Countries Term expires on 31 December
Albania 2015
Austria 2014
Belarus 2014
Benin 2015
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2015
Brazil 2014
Bulgaria 2013
Burkina Faso 2014
Cameroon 2013
Canada 2015
China 2013
Colombia 2015
Croatia 2015
Cuba 2014
Denmark 2013
Dominican Republic 2014
Ecuador 2013
El Salvador 2014
Ethiopia 2014
France 2014
Gabon 2013
Haiti 2015
India 2014
Indonesia 2014
Ireland 2014
Japan 2014
Kuwait 2015
Kyrgyzstan 2015
Latvia 2013
Lesotho 2014
Libya 2014
Malawi 2013
Mauritius 2015
Mexico 2013
Nepal 2015
Netherlands 2015
New Zealand 2013
Nicaragua 2013
Nigeria 2014
Pakistan 2013
Qatar 2013
Republic of Korea 2013
Russian Federation 2013
San Marino 2015
Senegal 2013
South Africa 2015
Spain 2014
Sudan 2015
Sweden 2013
Tunisia 2015
Turkey 2014
Turkmenistan 2015
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2013
United States of America 2015

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