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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 2012 and the expiration date of membership

Countries Term expires on 31 December
Argentina 2012
Australia 2013
Bahamas 2012
Bangladesh 2012
Belarus 2014
Brazil 2014
Bulgaria 2013
Burkina Faso 2014
Cameroon 2013
Canada 2012
Chile 2012
China 2013
Comoros 2012
Cuba 2014
Dominican Republic 2014
Ecuador 2013
Egypt 2012
El Salvador 2014
Ethiopia 2014
Finland 2013
France 2014
Gabon 2013
Germany 2014
Ghana 2012
India 2014
Indonesia 2014
Iraq 2012
Ireland 2014
Italy 2012
Japan 2014
Latvia 2013
Lesotho 2014
Libya 2014
Malawi 2013
Mexico 2013
Mongolia 2012
Netherlands 2012
Nicaragua 2013
Nigeria 2014
Pakistan 2013
Philippines 2012
Qatar 2013
Republic of Korea 2013
Russian Federation 2013
Rwanda 2012
Senegal 2013
Slovakia 2012
Spain 2014
Switzerland 2013
Turkey 2014
Ukraine 2012
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2013
United States of America 2012
Zambia 2012

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