Genearl Assembly
Decision 42/450
Broad representation in the
Committee for Programme and Coordination

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:

9 seats for African States;
7 seats for Asian States;
7 seats for Latin American and Caribbean States;
7 seats for Western European and other States,
4 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; For the purpose of electing the new members, the Assembly would dispense with the requirement of nomination by the Council.