Election of seven members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination
Background
In accordance with paragraph 7 of the terms of reference of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (Economic and Social Council resolution 2008 (LX), annex), the Committee consists of 21 members nominated by the Economic and Social Council and elected by the General Assembly for a term of office of three years on the basis of equitable geographical distribution. At its forty-second session, the Assembly decided (decision 42/450 [page 319]) that the Committee for Programme and Coordination should be composed of 34 States Members of the United Nations, elected for three-year terms on the basis of equitable geographical distribution, as follows:
- Nine seats for African States;
- Seven seats for Asian States;
- Seven seats for Latin American and Caribbean States;
- Seven seats for Western European and other States;
- Four seats for Eastern European States.
At its sixty-first session, the General Assembly elected 6 of the 7 members of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (decision 61/410 [page 12]). At present, the Committee is composed of the following 32 States:
- Term of office expires on 31 December 2007
- Algeria
- China
- Ghana
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kenya
- Republic of Korea
- Term of office expires on 31 December 2008
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Belarus
- Benin
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Central African Republic
- Cuba
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Israel
- Italy
- Pakistan
- Portugal
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Uruguay
- Term of office expires on 31 December 2009
- Comoros
- France
- Haiti
- Russian Federation
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
- Zimbabwe
At its sixty-first session, the General Assembly still needs to fill the remaining seat on the Committee for Programme and Coordination.
At its sixty-second session, the General Assembly will need to fill the seven seats being vacated by the following States: Algeria, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya and Republic of Korea.
Note: At its thirty-fourth session, the General Assembly decided that the practice of dispensing with the secret ballot for elections to subsidiary organs when the number of candidates corresponded to the number of seats to be filled should become standard, unless a delegation specifically requested a vote on a given election (decision 34/401, para. 16).
