Election of Members to the International Narcotics Control Board

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 4 Elections, nominations, confirmations and appointments, published in 2025.

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Election of Members

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At its 40th plenary meeting, on 29 July 2025, the Economic and Social Council, in accordance with article 9, paragraph 1, of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol,27 elected, by secret ballot, Emmanuel Luyirika (Uganda) as a member of the International Narcotics Control Board from among the candidates nominated by the World Health Organization, for a term of office beginning on 29 July 2025 and expiring on 1 March 2027, to fill the vacancy arising from the resignation of Mariângela Simão (Brazil).

As a result, as of 29 July 2025, the International Narcotics Control Board is composed of the following 13 members: César Tomás Arce Rivas** (Paraguay), Sawitri Assanangkornchai** (Thailand), Sevil Atasoy* (Türkiye), Cornelis de Joncheere* (Kingdom of the Netherlands), David T. Johnson* (United States of America), Galina

26 As of 4 April 2025, one vacancy for election by the General Assembly remains to be filled on the Committee for Programme and Coordination for a member from Asia-Pacific States for a three-year term of office beginning on 1 January 2026.

27 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 976, No. 14152.

Korchagina* (Russian Federation), Pierre Lapaque** (France), Lu Lin* (China), Emmanuel Luyirika* (Uganda), Jagjit Pavadia** (India), Nirinomenjanahary Larissa Razanadimby* (Madagascar), Jallal Toufiq** (Morocco) and Zukiswa Zingela** (South Africa).

* Term of office expires on 1 March 2027.

** Term of office expires on 1 March 2030.

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