Members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

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The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations has 54 member states, which are elected by the United Nations General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. 14 members represent the African, 11 the Asian, 6 the Eastern European, 10 the Latin American-Caribbean regional group and 13 the group of Western European and other countries. Every year 1/3 of the 54 members are re-elected for a term of 3 years, whereby immediate re-election is not excluded.

Members by regional group

Group of African States

2010 CameroonCameroon Cameroon Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique NigerNiger Niger Ivory CoastIvory Coast Ivory Coast Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau MauritiusMauritius Mauritius MoroccoMorocco Morocco NamibiaNamibia Namibia ComorosComoros Comoros EgyptEgypt Egypt GhanaGhana Ghana RwandaRwanda Rwanda ZambiaZambia Zambia
2011 CameroonCameroon Cameroon GabonGabon Gabon MalawiMalawi Malawi SenegalSenegal Senegal
2012 Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia NigeriaNigeria Nigeria LibyaLibya Libya LesothoLesotho Lesotho
2013 BeninBenin Benin South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa MauritiusMauritius Mauritius SudanSudan Sudan TunisiaTunisia Tunisia
2014 BotswanaBotswana Botswana Congo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo TogoTogo Togo
2015 Burkina FasoBurkina Faso Burkina Faso GhanaGhana Ghana MauritaniaMauritania Mauritania UgandaUganda Uganda ZimbabweZimbabwe Zimbabwe
2016 AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria NigerNiger Niger RwandaRwanda Rwanda SomaliaSomalia Somalia South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
2017 BeninBenin Benin CameroonCameroon Cameroon SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland ChadChad Chad
2018 GhanaGhana Ghana MalawiMalawi Malawi MoroccoMorocco Morocco SudanSudan Sudan TogoTogo Togo
2019 EgyptEgypt Egypt AngolaAngola Angola EthiopiaEthiopia Ethiopia KenyaKenya Kenya MaliMali Mali
2020 BeninBenin Benin BotswanaBotswana Botswana GabonGabon Gabon Congo RepublicRepublic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
2021 still open still open still open still open still open
2022 still open still open still open still open still open

Group of Asian States

2010 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea PakistanPakistan Pakistan MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia IndiaIndia India JapanJapan Japan Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia BangladeshBangladesh Bangladesh IraqIraq Iraq MongoliaMongolia Mongolia PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines
2011 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea PakistanPakistan Pakistan QatarQatar Qatar
2012 IndiaIndia India JapanJapan Japan IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia
2013 KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan KuwaitKuwait Kuwait NepalNepal Nepal TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Turkmenistan
2014 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea BangladeshBangladesh Bangladesh KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
2015 IndiaIndia India JapanJapan Japan PakistanPakistan Pakistan
2016 AfghanistanAfghanistan Afghanistan IraqIraq Iraq LebanonLebanon Lebanon VietnamVietnam Vietnam
2017 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea TajikistanTajikistan Tajikistan United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
2018 IndiaIndia India JapanJapan Japan PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines
2019 IranIran Iran PakistanPakistan Pakistan Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia TurkmenistanTurkmenistan Turkmenistan
2020 BangladeshBangladesh Bangladesh China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea ThailandThailand Thailand
2021 still open still open still open
2022 still open still open still open still open

Group of Eastern European States

2010 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova RussiaRussia Russia PolandPoland Poland EstoniaEstonia Estonia SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia UkraineUkraine Ukraine
2011 LatviaLatvia Latvia RussiaRussia Russia HungaryHungary Hungary
2012 BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria * BelarusBelarus Belarus
2013 AlbaniaAlbania Albania CroatiaCroatia Croatia
2014 GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia RussiaRussia Russia SerbiaSerbia Serbia
2015 EstoniaEstonia Estonia
2016 Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic
2017 AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina RussiaRussia Russia
2018 BelarusBelarus Belarus
2019 ArmeniaArmenia Armenia UkraineUkraine Ukraine
2020 LatviaLatvia Latvia MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro RussiaRussia Russia
2021 still open
2022 still open still open

'*' Bulgaria took over the seat of Hungary from 2012.

Group of Latin American and Caribbean States

2010 BrazilBrazil Brazil GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala Saint LuciaSt. Lucia St. Lucia PeruPeru Peru Saint Kitts NevisSt. Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis UruguayUruguay Uruguay VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela ArgentinaArgentina Argentina BahamasBahamas Bahamas ChileChile Chile
2011 MexicoMexico Mexico NicaraguaNicaragua Nicaragua EcuadorEcuador Ecuador
2012 BrazilBrazil Brazil CubaCuba Cuba Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador
2013 BoliviaBolivia Bolivia HaitiHaiti Haiti ColombiaColombia Colombia
2014 Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda GuatemalaGuatemala Guatemala PanamaPanama Panama
2015 BrazilBrazil Brazil ArgentinaArgentina Argentina HondurasHonduras Honduras Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
2016 ChileChile Chile GuyanaGuyana Guyana PeruPeru Peru
2017 ColombiaColombia Colombia Saint Vincent GrenadinesSt. Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela
2018 EcuadorEcuador Ecuador El SalvadorEl Salvador El Salvador MexicoMexico Mexico UruguayUruguay Uruguay
2019 BrazilBrazil Brazil JamaicaJamaica Jamaica ParaguayParaguay Paraguay
2020 ColombiaColombia Colombia NicaraguaNicaragua Nicaragua PanamaPanama Panama
2021 still open still open still open still open
2022 still open still open still open

Group of Western European and Other States

1990 CanadaCanada Canada FinlandFinland Finland SwedenSweden Sweden United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom ItalyItaly Italy NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand United StatesUnited States United States FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany GreeceGreece Greece IrelandIreland Ireland PortugalPortugal Portugal
1991 FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany AustriaAustria Austria SpainSpain Spain TurkeyTurkey Turkey
1992 ItalyItaly Italy AustraliaAustralia Australia BelgiumBelgium Belgium United StatesUnited States United States
1993 CanadaCanada Canada DenmarkDenmark Denmark NorwayNorway Norway United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1994 FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany GreeceGreece Greece IrelandIreland Ireland PortugalPortugal Portugal
1995 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg AustraliaAustralia Australia NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands United StatesUnited States United States
1996 CanadaCanada Canada FinlandFinland Finland SwedenSweden Sweden United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
1997 FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany IcelandIceland Iceland SpainSpain Spain TurkeyTurkey Turkey
1998 BelgiumBelgium Belgium ItalyItaly Italy New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand United StatesUnited States United States
1999 CanadaCanada Canada DenmarkDenmark Denmark NorwayNorway Norway United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2000 FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany AustriaAustria Austria GreeceGreece Greece PortugalPortugal Portugal
2001 AndorraAndorra Andorra ItalyItaly Italy MonacoMonaco Monaco United StatesUnited States United States MaltaMalta Malta *
2002 AustraliaAustralia Australia FinlandFinland Finland SwedenSweden Sweden United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom SpainSpain Spain *
2003 FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany IrelandIreland Ireland GreeceGreece Greece PortugalPortugal Portugal
2004 BelgiumBelgium Belgium ItalyItaly Italy CanadaCanada Canada United StatesUnited States United States TurkeyTurkey Turkey *
2005 AustraliaAustralia Australia DenmarkDenmark Denmark IcelandIceland Iceland United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom SpainSpain Spain *
2006 FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany AustriaAustria Austria TurkeyTurkey Turkey SpainSpain Spain
2007 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg CanadaCanada Canada United StatesUnited States United States
2008 AustraliaAustralia Australia FinlandFinland Finland NorwayNorway Norway United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2009 FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Liechtenstein MaltaMalta Malta TurkeyTurkey Turkey
2010 BelgiumBelgium Belgium ItalyItaly Italy CanadaCanada Canada United StatesUnited States United States
2011 AustraliaAustralia Australia FinlandFinland Finland NorwayNorway Norway United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland * SpainSpain Spain *
2012 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland * NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands * FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany IrelandIreland Ireland TurkeyTurkey Turkey SpainSpain Spain
2013 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands San MarinoSan Marino San Marino CanadaCanada Canada United StatesUnited States United States
2014 DenmarkDenmark Denmark New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand SwedenSweden Sweden United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2015 AustraliaAustralia Australia FranceFrance France GermanyGermany Germany IrelandIreland Ireland GreeceGreece Greece PortugalPortugal Portugal
2016 FinlandFinland Finland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland AustraliaAustralia Australia BelgiumBelgium Belgium ItalyItaly Italy United StatesUnited States United States
2017 AndorraAndorra Andorra NorwayNorway Norway SwedenSweden Sweden United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
2018 GermanyGermany Germany FranceFrance France IrelandIreland Ireland SpainSpain Spain TurkeyTurkey Turkey
2019 LuxembourgLuxembourg Luxembourg NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands CanadaCanada Canada United StatesUnited States United States
2020 AustraliaAustralia Australia FinlandFinland Finland NorwayNorway Norway SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
2021 still open still open still open still open still open
2022 still open still open still open still open

'*' Seats that changed within an electoral term:
on January 1, 2001: Malta took over the seat of Greece
on January 1, 2002: Spain, the seat of Portugal
on November 11, 2003: Turkey, the seat of Portugal
on January 1, 2005: Spain the seat of Greece

In 2011, Switzerland and Spain appear to have taken over the seats from Liechtenstein and Turkey. On January 1, 2012, Switzerland took over the seat of Norway and the Netherlands took over the seat of Belgium.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Members of the Economic and Social Council (official site )
  2. ↑ Scharioth, Nicolas (2010). Western Democracies in the UN , Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 978-3-8329-5374-4 Statistical Data Appendix

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