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Global Geospatial Information Management

As described in the Rules of Procedure, the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) elects up to three co-Chairs and a Rapporteur at the commencement of each session from among its Member State delegations. This group of persons constitutes the Bureau of the Committee. The Bureau is responsible for directing and controlling the discussions at all plenary meetings and sessions of the Committee. The Bureau is also responsible for directing and monitoring the work of the Committee during intercessional periods. Find the of elected Bureau members since the inception of the Committee of Experts in 2011 in the past Bureau tab.

Officers elected at the fifteenth session of the Committee of Experts in August 2025

Co-Chairs

Rapporteur

10-11 February 2026, UNOV, Vienna, Austria
8 August 2025, UNHQ, New York, USA
3 February 2025, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
24 January 2024, Aguascalientes, Mexico
3 August 2023, UNHQ, New York, USA
14 October 2022, Hyderabad, India
4 August 2022, UNHQ, New York, USA
11 March 2021 (Virtual meeting)
14 May 2020 (Virtual meeting)
1 April 2019, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
23 November 2018, Deqing, China
- Presentation materials
1 December 2017, Mexico City, Mexico
7-9 December 2016, UNHQ, New York, USA
7-9 December 2015, UNHQ, New York, USA

Session	Co-Chairs	Rapporteur
Fifteenth Session (2025)	Mr. Mohammed Yahya Al-Sayel (Saudi Arabia) Mr. Clinton Heimann (South Africa) Ms. Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop (United States of America)	Ms. Meizyanne Hicks (Fiji)
Fourteenth session (2024)	Ms. Ingrid Vanden Berghe (Belgium) Mr. Fernand Eanes Bale (Côte d’Ivoire) Ms. Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop (United States of America)	Ms. Meizyanne Hicks (Fiji)
Thirteenth session (2023)	Ms. Ingrid Vanden Berghe (Belgium) Mr. Fernand Eanes Bale (Côte d’Ivoire) Ms. Paloma Merodio Gomez (Mexico)	Mr. Kamal Outghouliast (Morocco)
Twelfth session (2022)	Ms. Ingrid Vanden Berghe (Belgium) Mr. Tulu Besha Bedada (Ethiopia) Ms. Paloma Merodio Gomez (Mexico)	Mr. Kamal Outghouliast (Morocco)
Eleventh session (2021)	Ms. Ingrid Vanden Berghe (Belgium) Ms. Paloma Merodio Gomez (Mexico) Ms. Rosamond Bing (Tonga)	Mr. Kamal Outghouliast (Morocco)
Tenth session (2020)	Ms. Ingrid Vanden Berghe (Belgium) Mr. Fernand Guy Isseri (Cameroon) Ms. Rosamond Bing (Tonga)	Ms. Macarena Pérez Garcia (Chile)
Ninth session (2019)	Mr. Fernand Guy Isseri (Cameroon) Ms. Dorine Burmanje (the Netherlands) Ms. Rosamond Bing (Tonga)	Ms. Macarena Pérez Garcia (Chile)
Eighth session (2018)	Mr. Fernand Guy Isseri (Cameroon) Mr. Li Pengde (China) Ms. Dorine Burmanje (the Netherlands)	Ms. Macarena Pérez Garcia (Chile)
Seventh session (2017)	Mr. Li Pengde (China) Ms. Dorine Burmanje (the Netherlands) Mr. Tim Trainor (United States of America)	Mr. Fernand Guy Isseri (Cameroon)
Sixth session (2016)	Mr. Li Pengde (China) Mr. Rolando Ocampo (Mexico) Mr. Tim Trainor (United States of America)	Mr. Abdoulaye Belem (Burkina Faso)
Fifth session (2015)	Mr. Li Pengde (China) Mr. Rolando Ocampo (Mexico) Mr. Tim Trainor (United States of America)	Mr. Abdoulaye Belem (Burkina Faso)
Fourth session (2014)	Mr. Li Pengde (China) Mr. Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape (Mexico) Ms. Vanessa Lawrence (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)	Mr. Sultan Mohamed Alya (Ethiopia)
Third session (2013)	Mr. Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape (Mexico) Ms. Vanessa Lawrence (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)	Mr. Derek Clark (South Africa)
Second session (2012)	Mr. Mansoor Ahmed Al Malki (Qatar) Ms. Vanessa Lawrence (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)	Mr. Derek Clark (South Africa)
First session (2011)	Mr. Seong-An Leem (Republic of Korea) Ms. Vanessa Lawrence (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)	Mr. Esteban Toha Gonzalez (Chile)