| Date | 22 October 2001 |
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Agenda item 16
Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other elections
(b) Election of twenty-nine members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme
The Acting President
Pursuant to General Assembly decision 43/406, the Assembly will proceed to the election of twenty-nine members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, to replace those members whose term of office expires on 31 December 2001.
The twenty-nine outgoing members are: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, China, the Comoros, Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Nigeria, Norway, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic, the United States of America, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
Those States are eligible for immediate re-election.
I should like to remind members that, after 1 January 2002, the following States will still be members of the Governing Council: the Bahamas, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, the Republic of Moldova, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovakia, Suriname, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Therefore, those 29 States are not eligible in this election.
As members know, in accordance with rule 92 of the rules of procedure, all elections shall be held by secret ballot and there shall be no nominations.
However, I should like to recall paragraph 16 of General Assembly decision 34/401, whereby the practice of dispensing with the secret ballot for elections to subsidiary organs when the number of candidates corresponds to the number of seats to be filled should become standard, unless a delegation specifically requests a vote on a given election.
In the absence of such a request, may I take it that the Assembly decides to proceed to the election on that basis?
The Acting President
Regarding candidatures, I have been informed by the Chairmen of the regional groups that for the eight seats from the African States, the eight endorsed candidates are: Chad, the Congo, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, the Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
For the six seats from the Asian States, the six endorsed candidates are: China, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, the Republic of Korea and the Syrian Arab Republic.
For the three seats from the Eastern European States, the three endorsed candidates are: the Czech Republic, Romania and the Russian Federation.
For the Latin American and Caribbean States, the five endorsed candidates for the five seats are Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Cuba, Nicaragua and Uruguay.
For the seven seats from the Western European and other States, the seven endorsed candidates are Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Switzerland and the United States of America.
Since the number of candidates endorsed by the African States, the Asian States, the Eastern European States, the Latin American and Caribbean States and the Western European and other States corresponds to the number of seats to be filled in each region, may I take it that the General Assembly decides to elect those candidates as members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme for a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2002?
The Acting President
The following 29 States have thus been elected members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme for a four-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2002: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chad, China, the Congo, Cuba, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, the Republic of Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, the Sudan, Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, the United States of America, Uruguay, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
I congratulate the States which have been elected members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme.
This concludes our consideration of sub-item (b) of agenda item 16.
