STRUCTURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS 723 THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL The Economic and Social Council consists of 18 Mem- mission on the Status of Women; Commission on bers of the United Nations elected by the General Narcotic Drugs; Commission on International Com- Assembly, each for a three-year term of office. modity Trade. MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL IN 1960: STATISTICAL COMMISSION To serve until 31 December 1960: Chile, China, Costa The Statistical Commission consists of 15 members, Rica, France, Netherlands, Sudan. each elected by the Council for a four-year term. To serve until 31 December 1961: Afghanistan, Bul- To serve until 31 December 1960: Cuba, Denmark, garia, New Zealand, Spain, United States, Vene- France, Romania, United Kingdom. zuela. To serve until 31 December 1961: China, Ireland, To serve until 31 December 1962: Brazil, Denmark, Netherlands, USSR, United States. Japan, Poland, USSR, United Kingdom. To serve until 31 December 1963: Australia, Brazil, At its fifteenth session, the General Assembly elected India, New Zealand, Ukrainian SSR. El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Italy, Jordan and The following were elected on 21 April 1960 to Uruguay, each to serve for a three-year term ending serve from 1 January 1961 to 31 December 1964 in on 31 December 1963, in the place of the six mem- the place of those members whose terms of office bers whose terms of office expired on 31 December expired at the end of 1960: Cuba, France, Norway, 1960. Romania, United Kingdom. The members and chief representatives at the Com- SESSIONS IN 1960 mission's eleventh session, held at United Nations The Council held two sessions in 1960, as follows: Headquarters, New York, from 20 April to 5 May Twenty-ninth session, held at United Nations Head- 1960, were as follows: Australia, K. M. Archer; Brazil, quarters from 5 to 21 April 1960. Jesse de Souza Montello; China, Chung-sieu Chen; Thirtieth session, held in Geneva from 5 July to 5 Denmark, Kjeld Bjerke; France, René-Charles Mar- August 1960 and resumed at United Nations Head- chand; India, P. C. Mahalanobis; Ireland, M. D. quarters on 21 and 22 December 1960. McCarthy, Chairman; Netherlands, Ph. J. Idenburg; New Zealand, J. V. T. Baker, Rapporteur; Romania, OFFICERS IN 1960 M. Levente, Vice-Chairman; Ukrainian SSR, L. M. The officers of the Council in 1960 were: Koretsky; USSR, T. V. Ryabushkin; United King- President: C. W. A. Schurmann (Netherlands) dom, Sir Harry Campion; United States, Raymond First Vice-President: Daniel Schweitzer (Chile) T. Bowman. The representative of Cuba, C. Luhrsen Second Vice-President: Omar Abdel Hamid Adeel Gonzalez, was unable to attend. (Sudan). POPULATION COMMISSION Subsidiary organs reporting to the Economic and The Population Commission consists of 15 members, Social Council are of five types: functional commis- each elected by the Council for four years. The Com- sions, regional economic commissions, standing com- mission did not meet in 1960, when its membership mittees, special bodies and ad hoc committees. In was as follows: addition, there are various committees of the whole, To serve until 31 December 1960: Argentina, Belgium, such as the Council's Economic, Social, and Co-ordina- Brazil, Canada, United Arab Republic. tion Committees, which usually meet during Council To serve until 31 December 1961: El Salvador, Japan, sessions. USSR, United Kingdom, United States. A new committee of the whole was set up by the To serve until 31 December 1963: China, France, Economic and Social Council at its thirtieth session Italy, Norway, Ukrainian SSR. in mid-1960—the Committee on Questions relating to The following were elected on 21 April 1960 to the Special Fund and the Expanded Programme of serve from 1 January 1961 to 31 December 1964 in Technical Assistance—to assist in the examination of the place of those members whose terms of office ex- reports submitted to the Council by the United Na- pired at the end of 1960: Belgium, Ceylon, Mexico, tions Special Fund and the Expanded Programme of United Arab Republic, Uruguay. Technical Assistance. This committee met for the first time during the Council's thirtieth session. SOCIAL COMMISSION The Social Commission consists of 18 members, each FUNCTIONAL COMMISSIONS elected by the Council for four years. The Commis- AND SUB-COMMISSION sion did not meet in 1960, when its membership was as follows: The following functional commissions meet once To serve until 31 December 1960: Byelorussian SSR, every two years: Statistical Commission; Population China, Ecuador, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain. Commission; Social Commission. Of these only the To serve until 31 December 1961: Australia, France, Statistical Commission met in 1960. Indonesia, Italy, USSR, United States. The following meet annually: Commission on To serve until 31 December 1963: Brazil, Finland, Human Rights and its Sub-Commission on Prevention United Arab Republic, United Kingdom, Uruguay, of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities; Com- Yugoslavia..