Events

Meeting of States parties & 2008 elections

Date

29 April 2008

LOCATION

New York

The election took place in New York, on 29 April 2008 (see E/2008/SR.6, paragraphs 125 - 139).

See below the new membership of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and their terms of office are (as of 1 January 2009):

Name State Term expires 31 December
Mr. Mohamed Ezzeldin ABDEL-MONEIM Egypt 2012
Mr. Clement ATANGANA Cameroon 2010
Ms. Rocío BARAHONA RIERA Costa Rica 2012
Ms. Virginia BONOAN-DANDAN Philippines 2010
Ms. Maria Virginia BRAS GOMES Portugal 2010
Mr . Chandrashekhar DASGUPTA India 2010
Mr. Azzouz KERDOUN Algeria 2010
Mr. Yuri KOLOVSOV Russian Federation 2010
Mr. Zdzislaw KEDZIA Poland 2012
Mr. Jaime MARCHAN ROMERO Ecuador 2010
Mr. Sergei MARTYNOV Belarus 2012
Mr. Ariranga Govindasamy PILLAY Mauritius 2012
Mr. Eibe RIEDEL Germany 2010
Mr . Nikolaas Jan SCHRIJVER Netherlands 2012
Mr. Walid SA'DI Jordan 2012
Mr. Daode ZHAN China 2012
Mr. Philippe TEXIER France 2012
Mr. Alvaro TIRADO MEJIA Colombia 2010

In accordance with ECOSOC Resolution 1985/17 (paragraph (b), in regard to the composition of the Committee, due consideration must be given to equitable geographical distribution and to the representation of different forms of social and legal systems. Accordingly, seats on the Committee are allocated on the basis of regional groupings as follows.

Regional group States parties as at 1 January 2008 Total number of seats on the Committee Number of seats open to election (seats whose term is due to expire on 31 December 2008)
African States 48 4 2
Asian States 33 4 2
Western Europe and Other States 27 4 2
Latin American and the Caribbean States 26 3 1
Eastern Europe States 23 3 2
TOTAL 157 18 9
List of candidates nominated by States parties for the 2008 elections
Symbol number Title
E/2008/9/Add.11 Election of nine members of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: biographical information on candidates
E/2008/9/Add.13 Addendum, Withdrawal of candidatures

 

Region Name State
African States Mr. Mohamed Ezzeddine ABDEL-MONEIM
Mr. Ariranga Govindasamy PILLAY
Mr. Marc Somda
Mr. Jean-Pierre Mavungu		 Egypt
Mauritius
Burkina Faso
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Asian States Mr. Daode ZHAN
Mr. Walid SA'DI		 China
Jordan
Western Europe and Other States Mr. Nicolaas Jan SCHRIJVER
Mr. Philippe TEXIER
Ms. Ismini KRIARI-CATRANIS (withdrawn)		 The Netherlands
France
Greece
Latin American and the Caribbean States Ms. Maria del Rocío BARAHONA RIERA Costa Rica
Eastern Europe States Mr. Sergei N. MARTYNOV
Mr. Devi Tabidze (withdrawn)
Mr. Zdzisław Kędzia		 Belarus
Georgia
Poland

 

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