Executive Board Membership: Composition and Officers for 2021
United Nations E/ICEF/2021/2
Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 12 January 2021
Original: English
United Nations Children’s Fund Executive Board First regular session 2021 9–12 February 2021 Item 3 of the provisional agenda*
Executive Board membership: composition and officers for 2021
I. Composition
The composition of the Executive Board for the period 1 January to 31 December 2021 is as follows:
Terms of office expiring on
31 December 2021 31 December 2022 31 December 2023 Australia China Argentina Bangladesh Cuba Belgium Benin Estonia Costa Rica Burundi Italy Ethiopia Cameroon Norway Kazakhstan Djibouti Paraguay Liberia Finland Russian Federation Netherlands Germany Switzerland New Zealand Japan United Kingdom of Republic of Korea Lithuania Great Britain and Slovakia Mexico Northern Ireland United States of America Mongolia Yemen Morocco Zimbabwe Pakistan
* E/ICEF/2021/1.
21-00377 (E) 120121 *2100377*
E/ICEF/2021/2
Executive Board membership by regional groupings in 2021
Africa (8) Asia-Pacific (7) Eastern Europe (4) Benin Bangladesh Estonia Burundi China Lithuania Cameroon Kazakhstan Russian Federation Djibouti Mongolia Slovakia Ethiopia Pakistan Liberia Republic of Korea Morocco Yemen Zimbabwe
Latin America and Caribbean (5) Western Europe and Others (12) Argentina Australia Costa Rica Belgium Cuba Finland Mexico Germany Paraguay Italy Japan Netherlands New Zealand Norway Switzerland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America
II. Officers
The Bureau of the Executive Board consists of a president and four vice- presidents representing the five regional groups. The composition of the Bureau of the Executive Board for the year 2021 is as follows:
President: H.E. Ms. Audra Plepytė, Permanent Representative (Lithuania)
Vice-Presidents: H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative (Morocco) H.E. Mr. Craig J. Hawke, Permanent Representative (New Zealand) H.E. Mr. Rodrigo A. Carazo, Permanent Representative (Costa Rica) H.E. Ms. Hyunjoo Oh, Deputy Permanent Representative (Republic of Kore a)
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