37th Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly 70th Session

General Assembly Elects 18 Members of Economic and Social Council
Seventieth Session, 37th Meeting (AM)

• Categories: Meetings & Events / General Assembly
• Video Length: 00:15:07
• Production Date: 21 October 2015
• Asset Language: Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
• Corporate Name: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL - ECOSOC
• Subject Topical: ELECTIONS
• MAMS Id: 1480951
• Parent Id: 1478126

Description

The General Assembly today elected 18 members of the Economic and Social Council to serve three-year terms beginning 1 January 2016. Those elected today were Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Guyana, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Nigeria, Peru, Republic of Moldova, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, United States and Viet Nam.

The 18 outgoing members were Albania, Australia, Benin, Bolivia, Colombia, Croatia, Haiti, Italy, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Mauritius, Nepal, San Marino, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan and the United States. Of those, Australia, Italy, South Africa and the United States were re-elected.

The new members were elected according to the following pattern: five from African States; four from Asia-Pacific States; two from Eastern European States; three from Latin American and Caribbean States; and four from Western European and other States.

As of 1 January 2016, the remaining States making up the 54-member body will be Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mauritania, Pakistan, Panama, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.

The General Assembly will reconvene at 3 p.m. on Monday, 26 October, to hold a discussion on “sport for development and peace”.