Executive Committee Membership


The Executive Committee currently consists of 76 member States.

Current Members Algeria Argentina Australia Austria Bangladesh Belgium Benin* Brazil Canada Chile China Colombia Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Cyprus Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Ecuador Egypt Estonia Ethiopia Finland France Germany Ghana Greece Guinea Holy See Hungary India Iran (Islamic Republic of) Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jordan Kenya Lebanon Lesotho Luxembourg* Madagascar Mexico Montenegro* Morocco Mozambique Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Pakistan Philippines Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Russian Federation Serbia Somalia South Africa Spain Sudan Sweden Switzerland Thailand The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia* Tunisia Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States of America Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Yemen Zambia

(*) Elected by the Economic and Social Council in accordance with General Assembly resolution A/62/123 of 29 April 2008. This brings the membership of the Executive Committee in 2008 from 72 to 76 States.


ExCom Membership: Year and number of members

Year Members 1958 1963 1967 1979 1982 1988 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 25 30 31 40 41 43 44 46 47 50 51 53 54 56 57 61 64 66 68 70 72 76

Standing Committee Observers
(October 2007 – October 2008)

Afghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Cameroon, Croatia, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Latvia, Nepal, Panama, Slovakia, Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic.