183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS

UNCLAS UNESCO PARIS FR 001587 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SCUL PREL UNESCO SUBJECT: 183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS ¶1. Summary: UNESCO's newly reconstituted Executive Board for the 2009-2011 term met for a one-day meeting on November 23, where the principal business on the agenda was the election of a new Chairman and members of the Board's subsidiary committees and commissions. End summary. ¶2. UNESCO's 183rd Executive Board elected Eleonora MITROFANOVA (Russian Federation ambassador) as its new Chairman. 58 member states voting. No invalid ballots. 56 yes; 2 abstentions. ¶3. The following member states were elected as Vice-Chairs of the Executive Board by acclamation. (Clean slates were reached within each geographic group): Group I - Germany Group II - Latvia Group III - Argentina Group IV - Japan Group V(a) - Cote d'Ivoire Group V(b) - Morocco ¶4. The Executive Board then elected the following committees and committee chairs: Programme and External Relations Commission (PX) Chair: Ms. Shahnaz Wazir ALI (Pakistan) Plenary Commission - all states are members Finance and Administrative Commission (FA) Chair: Ms. Alissandra CUMMINS (Barbados) Plenary Commission - all states are members Special Committee (SP) Chair: Ms. Irene RABENORO (Madagascar) Group I: Denmark, Greece, Monaco Group II: Poland, Russia, Uzbekistan Group III: Haiti, El Salvador, Grenada Group IV: Bangladesh, Japan, Vietnam Group V(a): Djibouti, Madagascar, Zimbabwe Group V(b): Algeria, Kuwait, Syria Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (CR) Chair: Mr. Maurizio SERRA (Italy) Group I: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, USA Group II: Belorussia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia Group III: Chile, Cuba, Peru, St. Lucia, Venezuela Group IV: China, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Republic of Korea Group V(a): Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Niger, Senegal Group V(b): Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Egypt Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Chair: Mr. Hany HELAL (Egypt) Group I: Denmark, France, Greece, Italy Group II: Latvia, Russia, Slovakia Group III: Cuba, El Salvador, Peru, Venezuela Group IV: China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Pakistan Group V(a): Burkina Faso, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia Group V(b): Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Morocco FA Experts Group Group I: Belgium, USA Group II: Latvia, Russia Group III: Chile Group IV: India, Japan Group V(a): Ghana, Tanzania Group V(b): Algeria, Morocco Note: The FA Experts Chairman will be selected at the Financial Experts Groups' first meeting KILLION