Legislative Mandate/ Terms of reference

ECOSOC res. 920 XXXIV (1962)

ECOSOC res 1171 (XLI) (1966)

GA RES 31/93 (1976)

ECOSOC res 2008 (LX) (1976)

GA Dec 42/450 (1987)

Report of
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42nd Session

42/450. Broad representation in the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination 41

At its 98th plenary meeting, on 17 December 1987, the General Assemby, on the recommendation of the Economic and Social Council 42 concerning broad representation in the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination, decided that:

The Committee for Programme and Co-ordination should, from 1988 onward, be composed of thirty-four 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;

The new members of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination should be elected at the forty-second session of the Assembly; 41

For the purpose of electing the new members, the Assembly would dispense with the requirement of nomination by the Council