Decision nº 2021/201 of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

• Issuer: Economic and Social Council of the United Nation

Decision 2021/201

Elections, nominations, confirmations and appointments to subsidiary and related bodies of the Economic and

Social Council

At its 1st plenary meeting, on 14 September 2020, the Economic and Social Council took the following action with

regard to vacancies in its subsidiary and related bodies:

Elections

STATISTICAL COMMISSION

The Council elected, by acclamation, COLOMBIA, GERMANY, HUNGARY, MEXICO, SWITZERLAND and the UNITED

KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND as members of the Statistical Commission for a four-year term of

office beginning on 1 January 2021.

The Council elected, by secret ballot, JAPA N and SAMOA as members of the Statistical Commission for a four-year

term of office beginning on 1 January 2021.

The newly elected members will fill vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of BELARUS, CHINA,

COLOMBIA, GERMANY, JAPAN, MEXICO, SWITZERLAND and the UNITED KINGDOM OF GRE AT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN

IRELAND.

As a result, as of 1 January 2021, the Statistical Commission is composed of the following 24 Member States:

BRAZIL,** CANADA,* COLOMBIA,*** CZECHIA,** DENMARK,* EGYPT,* EQUATORIAL GUINEA,* GEORGIA,**

GERMANY,*** HUNGARY,*** JAPAN,*** KUWAIT ,** MADAGASCAR,** MEXICO,*** NETHERLANDS,* PERU,* REPUBLIC

OF KOREA** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* SAMOA,*** SIERRA LEONE,** SOUTH AFRICA,* SWITZERLAND,*** UNITED

KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND*** and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.**

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* Term of office expires on 31 December 2021.

** Term of office expires on 31 December 2023.

*** Term of office expires on 31 December 2024.

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT

The Council elected, by secret ballot, BELGIUM, BOTSWANA, the COMOROS, COSTA RICA, CUBA, ETHIOPIA, INDIA,

JAPAN, MEXICO, the PHILIP PINES and the REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA as members of the Commission on Population and

Development for a four-year term of office beginning at the first meeting of the f ifty-fifth session of the Commission in

2021 and expiring at the close of the fifty-eighth session in 2025, to fill vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms

of office of BELGIUM, BRAZIL, CAMEROON, CUBA, DENMARK, FRANCE, INDIA, JAPAN, LUXEMBOURG, MADAGASCAR,

MALI, MEXICO and ROMANIA.

As a result, as of the first meeting of the f ifty-fifth session in 2021, the Commission on Population and Development

is composed of the following 41 Member States:1 ARGENTINA,* BANGLADESH,* BELARUS,** BELGIUM,****

BOTSWANA,**** BULGARIA,* BURKINA FASO,* CANADA,*** CHINA,* COLOMBIA,* COMOROS,**** COSTA RICA,****

CÔTE D’IVOIRE,* CUBA,**** DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO,** EL SALVADOR,** ETHIOPIA,**** GERMANY,*

HAITI,* INDIA,**** IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),** ISRAEL,** JAMAICA,** JAPAN,**** LEBANON,*** LIBYA ,***

MALAYSIA,** MAURITANIA,* MEXICO,**** NEPAL,* NETHERLANDS,* PHILIPPINES,**** REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA,****

RUSSIAN FEDERATION,* SOMALIA,*** TOGO,** TURKEY,*** TURKMENISTAN,*** UKRAINE,*** UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA* and VANUATU.*

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* Term of office expires at the close of the fifty-fifth session in 2022.

** Term of office expires at the close of the fifty-sixth session in 2023.

*** Term of office expires at the close of the fifty-seventh session in 2024.

**** Term of office expires at the close of the fifty-eighth session in 2025.

1 As of the first meeting of the fifty-fifth session of the Commission in 2021, the following vacancies remain to be filled: one vacancy from African

States for a term of office beginning on the date of election and expiring at the close of the fifty-fifth session in 2022, one vacancy from African

States and one vacancy from Latin American and Caribbean States for terms of office beginning on the date of election and expiring at the close

of the fifty-seventh session in 2024, and three vacancies from Western European and other States for a term of office beginning from the date of

election and expiring at the close of the fifty-eighth session in 2025.

COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

The Council elected, by acclamation, ARGENTINA, AUSTRIA, the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ISRAEL, LATV IA , NIGERIA,

TURKEY and ZAMBIA to the Commission on the Status of Women for a four-year term of office beginning at the first

meeting of the sixty-sixth session of the Commission in 2021 and expiring at the close of the sixty-ninth session in 2025.

The Council elected, by secret ballot, AFGHANISTAN and INDIA as members of the Commission on the Status of

Women for a four-year term of offic e beginning at the first meet ing of the sixty-sixth session of the Commission in 2021

and expiring at the close of the sixty-ninth session in 2025.

The newly elected members will fill vacancies occurring on the expiration of the terms of office of BAHRAIN,

CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, ESTONIA, IRELAND, ISRAEL, NAMIBIA, NIGER, PERU and TUNISIA.

As a result, as of the first meeting of the sixty-sixth session in 2021, the Commission on the Status of Women is

composed of the following 44 Member States:2 AFGHANISTAN,**** ALGERIA,* ARGENTINA,**** ARMENIA,**

AUSTRALIA,** AUSTRIA,**** BANGLADESH,** BELARUS,** BRAZIL,*** COLOMBIA,*** COMOROS,* CONGO,* CUBA,**

DENMARK,*** DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,**** ECUADOR,* EQUATORIAL GUINEA,** GHANA,* GERMANY,** HAITI,*

INDIA,**** IRAQ,* ISRAEL,**** JAPAN,* KEN YA,* LAT VI A,**** MA LAY SI A,** MEXICO,*** MONGOLIA,***

NICARAGUA,* NIGERIA,**** PHILIPPINES,*** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,* RUSSIAN FEDERATION,*** SAUDI ARABIA,*

SENEGAL,*** SOMALIA,*** SOUTH AFRICA,** SWITZERLAND,*** TOGO,** TURKEY,**** TURKMENISTAN,* UNITED

STATE S O F AMERICA** and ZAMBIA.****

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* Term of office expires at the close of the sixth-sixth session in 2022.

** Ter m of office expires at the close of the sixty-seventh session in 2023.

*** Term of office expires at the close of the sixty-eighth session in 2024.

**** Term of office expires at the close of the sixty-ninth session in 2025.

COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMIN AL JUSTICE

The Council elected ANGOLA, by acclamation, as a member of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal

Justice for a thre e-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2021, to fill an outstanding vacancy.

As a result, as of 1 January 2021, the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is composed of the

following 36 Member Sta tes:3 ALGERIA,* ANGOLA,** ARMENIA,** AUSTRIA,* BELARUS ,* BRAZIL,* BURKINA FASO,*

CHINA,** COLOMBIA,** CÔTE D’IVOIRE,** CUBA,* ECUADOR,* EL SALVADOR,** ERITREA,** ESWATINI,* FRANCE,*

GERMANY,** GUATEMALA,* INDIA,* IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF),* IRAQ,* ITALY ,** JAPAN,** KEN YA,** KUWA IT ,*

MAURITIUS,** MEXICO,* NIGERIA,* PERU,** REPUBLIC OF KOREA,** RUSSIAN FEDERATION,** SAUDI ARABIA,**

THAILAND,* TURKEY,* UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND** and UNITED STAT E S O F

AMERICA.*

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* Term of office expires on 31 December 2021.

** Term of office expires on 31 December 2023.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS ON INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

OF ACCOUNTING AND REP ORTING  

The Council elected, by acclamation, CHINA, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, the GAMBIA, GERMANY, GUATEMALA, ITALY, SAUDI

ARABIA, the UNITED KINGDOM OF GRE AT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND and the UNITED STAT ES OF AMERICA as

members of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting  for

a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2021.

The Council elected, by secret ballot, the RUSSIAN FEDERATION as a member of the Intergovernmental Working

Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting for a three-year term of office beginning on 1

January 2021.

2 As of the first meeting of the sixty-sixth session of the Commission in 2021, one vacancy remains for a member from African States for a four-

year term of office beginning at the first meeting of the sixty-sixth session in 2021 and expiring at the close of the sixty-ninth session in 2025.

3 As of 1 January 2021, the following vacancies remain to be filled on the Commission: one vacancy from Eastern European States for a term of

office beginning from the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2021, and three vacancies from African States for a term of office

beginning on the date of election and expiring on 31 December 2023.