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Election of twenty-nine members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme

Background

In accordance with General Assembly resolution 2997 (XXVII), section I, paragraph 1, and decision 43/406 [page 319], the Governing Council of UNEP consists of 58 members elected by the Assembly according to the following pattern:

  1. Sixteen seats for African States;
  2. Thirteen seats for Asian States;
  3. Six seats for Eastern European States;
  4. Ten seats for Latin American States;
  5. Thirteen seats for Western European and other States.

At its sixtieth session, in 2005, the General Assembly elected 29 members of the Governing Council (decision 60/406 [page 9]). At present, the Council is composed of the following 58 members:

At its sixty-second session, the General Assembly will need to fill the seats being vacated by the following States: Bahamas, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ghana, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sweden, Turkey, Tuvalu, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United Republic of Tanzania. Members of the Governing Council are eligible for immediate re-election.

References for the sixtieth session (agenda item 112 (b))

[Source: Annotated preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the sixty-second regular session of the General Assembly (A/62/100, Corr. 1 and Add.1)]