39TH SESSION - UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES INFORMATION BUREAU NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE Date 30 October Room IV From: 12 noon No meeting First meeting Hour To: 1.10 p.m. Chairperson(s) Ms Samira Mohamed Country Oman Moosa Al Moosa SUMMARY OF DEBATE(S) Item 1.5 - Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the General Conference and of the Items Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteurs of the commissions and committees examined Debate no N/A Debate status Item 1.5 (Start) 39 C/NOM/9 Prov. Related 39 C/NOM/1 and Add. documents N/A DRs examined Countries El Salvador, Portugal, Philippines, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Cuba, South Africa that took floor 1. The Chairperson of the Executive Board, Mr Michael Worbs (Germany), opened the Summary first meeting of the Nominations Committee and following the recommendation contained in of debate decision 201 EX/Decision 20.IV, the Committee elected as its Chairperson Ms Samira Mohamed Moosa Al Moosa (Oman). 2. The Nominations Committee approved the recommendation of the Executive Board contained in decision 202 EX/Decision 27.III, to elect Ms Zohour Alaoui (Morocco) as President of the 39th session of the General Conference. 3. On recommendation of the Executive Board at its 202nd session (202 EX/Decision 27.III), as well as on recommendation received by the Secretariat from GRULAC, the Committee approved the Heads of Delegations of 33 Member States for the posts of Vice- Presidents of the 39th session of the General Conference. These Member States are as follows: Australia Denmark Palestine Austria Ecuador Peru Azerbaijan El Salvador Rwanda Bahrain Grenada Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Bangladesh Indonesia Serbia Cameroon Iraq Spain Canada Kuwait Sweden China Latvia Togo Colombia Mauritius Tunisia Democratic Republic of Mozambique Turkmenistan the Congo Netherlands Yemen Philippines 4. Following the recommendations of the Executive Board, 201 EX/Decision 20.IV and 202 EX/Decision 27.III, the Nominations Committee nominated the following Chairpersons for the posts of Chairpersons of the 39th session of the General Conference: . ED Commission – Major Programme I: Mr George GODIA (Kenya); . SC Commission – Major Programme II and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC): Mr Mustafa El TAYEB (Sudan); . SHS Commission – Major Programme III: Mr Milan KONVIT (Slovakia); . CLT Commission – Major programme IV: Ms Vincenza LOMONACO (Italy); . CI Commission – Major Programme V: Mr Martin HADLOW (Australia); . APX Commission – Financial, administrative and general questions, programme support and external relations: Ms Lorena SOL DE POOL (El Salvador); . Legal Committee (LEG Committee): Mr Pierre-Michel EISEMANN (France); . Credentials Committee (CRE Committee): Mr José Antonio RODRÍGUEZ DUVERGÉ (Dominican Republic). 5. The Nominations Committee proceeded to the examination of the nominations for the posts of Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteurs of the Commissions and of the Nomination Committee and approved the following candidatures for the offices of Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteurs: NOM : Nominations Committee Chairperson Ms Samira Mohamed Moosa Al Moosa, Oman – Group V (b) Vice-Chairperson Mr Anar Karimov, Azerbaijan – Group II Vice-Chairperson Ms Dulce María Buergo Rodríguez, Cuba – Group III Vice-Chairperson Ms Denise Houphouet-Boigny, Côte d’Ivoire – Group V (a) Vice-Chairperson Rapporteur APX Commission – Financial, administrative and general questions, programme support and external relations Chairperson Ms Lorena Sol de Pool, El Salvador – Group III Vice-Chairperson Ms María Teresa Lizaranzu Perinat, Spain – Group I Vice-Chairperson Ms Maria Theresa P. Lazaro, Philippines – Group IV Vice-Chairperson Mr Hamda Alsulaiti, Qatar – Group V (b) Vice-Chairperson Ms Marjutka Hafner, Slovenia - Group II Rapporteur Mr Marthinus van Schalkwyk, South Africa – Group V (a) ED Commission – Major Programme I Chairperson Mr George Godia, Kenya – Group V (a) Vice-Chairperson Mr Adnan Boyacı, Turkey – Group I Vice-Chairperson Ms Luz Amparo Medina Gerena, Colombia – Group III Vice-Chairperson Mr Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman, Pakistan – Group IV Vice-Chairperson Rapporteur SC Commission – Major Programme II and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Chairperson Mr. Mustafa El Tayeb, Sudan – Group V (b) Vice-Chairperson Ms. Elizabeth Silva, Portugal – Group I Vice-Chairperson Mr. Tjama Tjivikua, Namibia – Group V (a) Vice-Chairperson Ms Alejandra De Bellis, Uruguay – Group III Vice-Chairperson Rapporteur SHS Commission – Major Programme III Chairperson Mr Milan Konvit, Slovakia – Group II Vice-Chairperson Vice-Chairperson Ms Claudine de Kerdaniel, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Group III Vice-Chairperson Malaysia – Group IV Vice-Chairperson Ms. Immolatrix Geingos-Onuegbu, Namibia – Group V (a) Rapporteur Mr Humoud Fahad Abdullah Alqashan, Kuwait – Group V (b) CLT Commission – Major programme IV Chairperson Ms Vincenza Lomonaco, Italy – Group I Vice-Chairperson Ms Venera Domi, Albania – Group II Vice-Chairperson Mr David Osorio, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela – Group III Vice-Chairperson Mr Virgilio Almario, Philippines – Group IV Vice-Chairperson Mr Collins Chipote, Zambia – Group V (a) Rapporteur Mr Mounir Anastase, Palestine – Group V (b) CI Commission – Major Programme V Chairperson Mr Martin Hadlow, Australia – Group IV Vice-Chairperson Ms Élaine Ayotte, Canada – Group I Vice-Chairperson Mr Atanas Mladenov, Bulgaria– Group II Vice-Chairperson Ms Chafica Haddad, Grenada – Group III Vice-Chairperson Mr Khalil Karam, Lebanon – Group V (b) Rapporteur Ms Patience Mhandu, Zimbabwe – Group V (a) 6. The Chairperson invited Member States to communicate to the Secretariat of the Nominations Committee as soon as possible the names of Vice-Chairs and Rapporteurs which still remain vacant. 7. The Nominations Committee adopted its timetable and the list of items to be examined during the 39th session of the General Conference, document 39 C/NOM/9 Prov. In this regard, the Chairperson informed the Committee that according to the Rules of Procedure of the General Conference (Appendix 2 on Provisions governing the procedure for the election of Member States to the Executive Board, and submission of the names of candidates, Rule 4), the list of candidates to the Executive Board elections will close at 9 a.m. on Monday 6 November 2017. Furthermore, the list of candidates to the elections of members of Headquarters Committee, Legal Committee and other subsidiary organs of the General Conference, and appointment of an External Auditor, will close at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday 7 November 2017. DETAILS NEXT MEETING Thursday, 2 November Date 2017 Room Room IV Second meeting From: 10 a.m. No meeting Hour To: 1 p.m. Item 1.5 – Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the General Conference and of Items to be the Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons and Rapporteurs of the commissions and committees examined Item 13.1 – Election of Members of the Executive Board Items 13.2 to 13.16 – Elections of members of Headquarters Committee, Legal Committee and other subsidiary organs of the General Conference, and appointment of an External Auditor Item 1.5 (continuation) Debate no N/A Debate status Items 13.1; 13.2; 13.3; 13.4; 13.5; 13.6; 13.7; 13.8; 13.9; 13.10; 13.11; 13.12; 13.13; 13.14; 13.15 and 13.16 (Start) 39 C/NOM/1 and Add. Related documents 39 C/NOM/INF.1 39 C/NOM/2 39 C/NOM/INF.2 39 C/NOM/4 39 C/NOM/5 39 C/NOM/6 39 C/NOM/7 39 C/NOM/8 39 C/NOM/8/INF.1 39 C/NOM/8/INF.1 Add. 39 C/NOM/8/INF.1 Add.2 DRs to be N/A examined .