List of members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

The United Nations Economic and Social Council has 54 member states which are elected by the United Nations General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms, with terms ending on 31 December of the third year. Seats on the Council are based on United Nations Regional Groups, with fourteen seats allocated to the African Group, eleven to the Asia-Pacific Group, six to the Eastern European Group, ten to the Latin American and Caribbean Group, and thirteen to the Western European and Others Group.^[1]

Membership by regional group

African Group

2010	Cameroon	Congo	Mozambique	Niger	Comoros	Egypt	Ghana	Rwanda	Zambia	Cote d'Ivoire	Guinea-Bissau	Mauritius	Morocco	Namibia
2011		Gabon	Malawi	Senegal						Cote d'Ivoire	Guinea-Bissau	Mauritius	Morocco	Namibia
2012										Burkina Faso	Ethiopia	Nigeria	Libya	Lesotho
2013					Benin	Mauritius	South Africa	Sudan	Tunisia
2014	Botswana	Congo	Democratic Republic of Congo	Togo
2015										Burkina Faso	Ghana	Mauritania	Uganda	Zimbabwe
2016					Algeria	Nigeria	Rwanda	Somalia	South Africa
2017	Benin	Cameroon	Chad	Eswatini
2018										Ghana	Malawi	Morocco	Sudan	Togo
2019					Angola	Egypt	Ethiopia	Kenya	Mali
2020	Benin	Botswana	Congo	Gabon
2021										Liberia	Libya	Madagascar	Nigeria	Zimbabwe
2022
2023

Asia-Pacific Group

2010	India	Japan	Saudi Arabia	Bangladesh	Iraq	Mongolia	Philippines	People's Republic of China	Malaysia	Pakistan	Republic of Korea
2011								People's Republic of China	Qatar	Pakistan	Republic of Korea
2012	India	Japan	Indonesia
2013				Kuwait	Kyrgyzstan	Nepal	Turkmenistan
2014								People's Republic of China	Bangladesh	Kazakhstan	Republic of Korea
2015	India	Japan	Pakistan
2016				Afghanistan	Iraq	Lebanon	Viet Nam
2017								People's Republic of China	Republic of Korea	Tajikistan	United Arab Emirates
2018	India	Japan	Philippines
2019				Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Pakistan	Saudi Arabia	Turkmenistan
2020								Bangladesh	China	Republic of Korea	Thailand
2021	Indonesia	Japan	Solomon Islands
2022
2023

Eastern European Group

2010	Moldova	Poland	Russian Federation	Estonia	Slovakia	Ukraine
2011	Latvia	Hungary	Russian Federation
2012		Bulgaria ^[a]		Belarus
2013					Albania	Croatia
2014	Georgia	Serbia	Russian Federation
2015				Estonia
2016					Czech Republic	Republic of Moldova
2017	Azerbaijan	Romania	Russian Federation
2018				Belarus
2019					Armenia	Ukraine
2020	Latvia	Montenegro	Russian Federation
2021				Bulgaria
2022
2023

^ Bulgaria finished the remainder of Hungary's term

Latin American and Caribbean Group

2010	Brazil	Guatemala	Saint Lucia	Argentina	Bahamas	Chile	Peru	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Uruguay	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2011	Mexico	Nicaragua	Ecuador
2012							Brazil	Cuba	Dominican Republic	El Salvador
2013				Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Colombia	Haiti
2014	Antigua and Barbuda	Guatemala	Panama
2015							Brazil	Argentina	Honduras	Trinidad and Tobago
2016				Chile	Guyana	Peru
2017	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Colombia	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
2018							Ecuador	El Salvador	Mexico	Uruguay
2019				Brazil	Paraguay	Jamaica
2020	Colombia	Nicaragua	Panama
2021							Argentina	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Guatemala	Mexico
2022
2023

Western European and Others Group

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1990	Canada	Finland	Sweden	United Kingdom	Italy	Netherlands	New Zealand	United States	France	Germany	Greece	Ireland	Portugal
1991									France	Germany	Austria	Spain	Turkey
1992					Italy	Australia	Belgium	United States
1993	Canada	Denmark	Norway	United Kingdom
1994									France	Germany	Greece	Ireland	Portugal
1995					Luxembourg	Australia	Netherlands	United States
1996	Canada	Finland	Sweden	United Kingdom
1997									France	Germany	Iceland	Spain	Turkey
1998					Belgium	Italy	New Zealand	United States
1999	Canada	Denmark	Norway	United Kingdom
2000									France	Germany	Austria	Greece	Portugal
2001					Andorra	Italy	Monaco	United States				Malta^[a]
2002	Australia	Finland	Sweden	United Kingdom									Spain^[b]
2003									France	Germany	Ireland	Greece	Portugal
2004					Belgium	Italy	Canada	United States					Turkey^[c]
2005	Australia	Denmark	Iceland	United Kingdom								Spain^[d]
2006									France	Germany	Austria	Turkey	Spain
2007					Netherlands	Luxembourg	Canada	United States
2008	Australia	Finland	Norway	United Kingdom
2009									France	Germany	Liechtenstein	Malta	Turkey
2010					Belgium	Italy	Canada	United States
2011	Australia	Finland	Norway	United Kingdom							Switzerland^[e]		Spain^[f]
2012			Switzerland^[g]		Netherlands^[h]				France	Germany	Ireland	Turkey	Spain
2013	New Zealand^[i]	Denmark^[j]	Sweden^[k]		Netherlands	San Marino	Canada	United States		Austria^[l]
2014	Finland	Switzerland	Sweden	United Kingdom
2015									France	Germany	Ireland	Greece	Portugal
2016					Australia	Belgium	Italy	United States
2017	Norway	Denmark	Andorra	United Kingdom
2018									France	Germany	Ireland	Spain	Turkey
2019					Canada	Luxembourg	Netherlands	United States
2020	Australia	Finland	Norway	Switzerland
2021									Austria	France	Germany	Portugal	United Kingdom
2022
2023

^ Malta finished the remainder of Greece's term
^ Spain finished the remainder of Portugal's term
^ Turkey finished the remainder of Portugal's term
^ Spain finished the remainder of Greece's term
^ Switzerland finished the remainder of Liechtenstein's term
^ Spain finished the remainder of Turkey's term
^ Switzerland finished the remainder of Norway's term
^ Netherlands finished the remainder of Belgium's term
^ New Zealand finished the remainder of Australia's term
^ Denmark finished the remainder of Finland's term
^ Sweden finished the remainder of Switzerland's term
^ Austria finished the remainder of Germany's term

Non-members

The list is a summary of all countries that have never been a member of United Nations Economic and Social Council.

UN Member state	Regional Group
Bahrain	Asia-Pacific
Barbados	GRULAC
Belize	GRULAC
Bhutan	Asia-Pacific
Bosnia and Herzegovina	E. European
Brunei	Asia-Pacific
Burundi	African
Cape Verde	African
Central African Republic	African
Costa Rica	GRULAC
Cyprus	Asia-Pacific
Djibouti	African
Dominica	GRULAC
East Timor	Asia-Pacific
Equatorial Guinea	African
Eritrea	African
Fiji	Asia-Pacific
Gambia	African
Guinea	African
Grenada	GRULAC
Israel	WEOG
Jordan	Asia-Pacific
Kiribati	None^[a]
Laos	Asia-Pacific
Liberia	African
Liechtenstein	WEOG
Lithuania	E. European
Madagascar	African
Maldives	Asia-Pacific
Marshall Islands	Asia-Pacific
Micronesia	Asia-Pacific
Myanmar	Asia-Pacific
Nauru	Asia-Pacific
North Korea	Asia-Pacific
North Macedonia	E. European
Oman	Asia-Pacific
Palau	Asia-Pacific
Papua New Guinea	Asia-Pacific
Samoa	Asia-Pacific
São Tomé and Príncipe	African
Seychelles	Asia-Pacific
Sierra Leone	African
Singapore	Asia-Pacific
Slovenia	E. European
Solomon Islands	Asia-Pacific
South Sudan	African
Sri Lanka	Asia-Pacific
Suriname	GRULAC
Syria	Asia-Pacific
Tanzania	African
Tonga	Asia-Pacific
Tuvalu	Asia-Pacific
Uzbekistan	Asia-Pacific
Vanuatu	Asia-Pacific

^ As of May 2006, Kiribati is not a member of any regional group.

References

^ UN Economic and Social Council Members list (official site)
^ Scharioth, Nicolas (2010). Western Democracies in the UN, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 978-3-8329-5374-4 Statistical Data Appendix
^ Members of the Economic and Social Council for 2007

External links

Official Document System of the United Nations – source of UN electoral records

[2] Bulgaria finished the remainder of Hungary's term

[5] Malta finished the remainder of Greece's term

[6] Spain finished the remainder of Portugal's term

[7] Turkey finished the remainder of Portugal's term

[8] Spain finished the remainder of Greece's term

[9] Switzerland finished the remainder of Liechtenstein's term

[10] Spain finished the remainder of Turkey's term

[11] Switzerland finished the remainder of Norway's term

[12] Netherlands finished the remainder of Belgium's term

[13] New Zealand finished the remainder of Australia's term

[14] Denmark finished the remainder of Finland's term

[15] Sweden finished the remainder of Switzerland's term

[16] Austria finished the remainder of Germany's term

[17] As of May 2006, Kiribati is not a member of any regional group.

[1] UN Economic and Social Council Members list (official site)

[Scharioth-3] Scharioth, Nicolas (2010). Western Democracies in the UN, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, ISBN 978-3-8329-5374-4 Statistical Data Appendix

[4] Members of the Economic and Social Council for 2007

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