Election by the General Assembly of 7 Members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission

A/DEC/60/417View PDF

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A Decision of the General Assembly, published in 2007.

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2008	A/DEC/62/419 B	Election by the General Assembly of 5 members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission	—	–
2008	A/DEC/62/419 A	Election by the General Assembly of 5 members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission	—	–
2008	A/DEC/61/416	Election by the General Assembly of 2 members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission	303	–
2007	A/DEC/60/417	Election by the General Assembly of 7 members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission	348	–

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Election of Members

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At its 82nd plenary meeting, on 16 May 2006, the General Assembly, pursuant to its resolutions 60/180 of 20 December 2005 and 60/261 of 8 May 2006, elected as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding Commission for a term of office beginning on 23 June 2006, the day of the first meeting of the Committee:10 CROATIA and JAMAICA for a oneyear term of office; and BURUNDI, CHILE, EGYPT, EL SALVADOR and FIJI for a two-year term of office.

Pursuant to paragraphs 4 (a) to (d) of resolution 60/180, twenty-four States have already been elected and/or selected as members of the Organizational Committee of the Peacebuilding

AMERICA selected by the Security Council; ANGOLA, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, GUINEA-BISSAU, INDONESIA, POLAND and SRI LANKA elected by the Economic and Social Council; GERMANY, ITALY, JAPAN, NETHERLANDS and NORWAY selected by and from among the top ten providers of assessed contributions to United Nations budgets and of voluntary contributions to United Nations funds, programmes and agencies, including a standing peacebuilding fund; and BANGLADESH, GHANA, INDIA, NIGERIA and PAKISTAN selected by and from among the top ten providers of military personnel and civilian police to United Nations missions.

As a result, the Peacebuilding Commission is composed of the following thirty-one Member States: ANGOLA,*** BANGLADESH,*** BELGIUM,*** BRAZIL,*** BURUNDI,*** CHILE,*** CHINA,*** CROATIA,** DENMARK,* EGYPT,*** EL SALVADOR,*** FIJI,*** FRANCE,*** GERMANY,*** GHANA,*** GUINEA-BISSAU,*** INDIA,*** INDONESIA,*** ITALY,*** JAMAICA,**

* Term of office expires on 31 December 2006 (see S/2006/25).

** Term of office expires on 22 June 2007.

*** Term of office expires on 22 June 2008.

10 In accordance with paragraph 4 of resolution 60/261, the members of the Organizational Committee shall serve for a renewable term of two years, as applicable. In accordance with paragraph 6 of the same resolution, the term of membership shall be staggered, and two members from different regional groups, drawn by lots in the first election, shall serve for an initial period of one year.

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