DECISION ON AFRICAN CANDIDATURE
WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
Doc. EX.CL/917(XXVII)
The Executive Council,
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Ministerial Committee on African Candidatures within the International System;
2. ENDORSES:
i) for the post of Secretary General of the Commonwealth for the period 2016-2020 during the elections scheduled to take place in November 2015 in Malta, the candidature of Mrs. Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba, of the Republic of Botswana;
ii) for the post of Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, during elections scheduled to take place in 30 June 2015, the candidature of Mr. Juvenal J.M. Shiundu, of the Republic of Kenya;
iii) for membership of the United Nations Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions for the period 2016-2018, during elections scheduled to take place in November 2015 in New York, the candidature of:
• Mr. Babou Sene of the Republic of Senegal;
• Mr. Tesfa Alem Seyoum of the State of Eritrea.
iv) for membership of the United Nations Committee on Contributions, for the period 2016-2018, during elections scheduled to take place in November 2015 in New York, the candidature de Mr. Motumisi Josiel Tawana of the Republic of South Africa;
v) for membership of the United Nations Committee Against Torture, during elections scheduled to take place on 8 October 2015 in Geneva, the candidature of Ambassador Ezzat Saad of the Arab Republic of Egypt;
vi) for membership of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances, during elections scheduled to take place on 23 June 2015 in New York, the candidature of:
Mr. Fortune Gaetan Zongo of Burkina Faso
Mr. Cheikh Saad Bouh Kamara of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania;
vii) for membership of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, during elections scheduled to take place on 25 June in New York, the candidature of:
• Mrs. Fatimata Binta Victoire Dah Diallo of Burkina Faso;
• Mrs. Yemhelha Mint Mohamed of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania;
viii) for membership of the United Nations Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, during elections scheduled to take place on 30 June 2015 in New York, the candidature of
• Mr. Germain Zong-Naba Pime of Burkina Faso;
• Mrs Adelaide Anno-Kumi of the Republic of Ghana;
• Mr Bismillah Elyh Quid Ahmed of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania;
ix) for the post of Head of the United Nations Secretariat for the Arms Trade Treaty during elections scheduled to take place in August 2015 the candidature of Mr. Dladla Simeon Dumisani of the Republic of South Africa.
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x) For the post of Member of the UN Committee on Economic and Social Rights for the period 2017-2020 for which Egypt requested an early endorsement of the candidature of Ambassador Mohamed Azzedine Abdel- Moneim (Arab Republic of Egypt). The Committee stressed that the endorsement of the candidature was not prejudicial to the submission by Member States of candidatures in line with the number of vacant posts.
TAKES NOTE of and DECIDES to endorse the following candidatures:
i) for membership of the Executive Board of UNESCO for the period 2015- 2019 during elections scheduled to take place in Paris, at the 38th General Conference of UNESCO in November 2015, the candidature of:
• the Republic of South Africa;
• the Republic of Senegal;
• the Republic of Niger;
• the Republic of Botswana;
• the Republic of Mali.
ii) for membership of the Executive Board of the International Maritime Organization for the period 2016-2018, during elections scheduled to take place in December 2015, the candidature of:
• the Arab Republic of Egypt in Category C;
• the Republic of South Africa in Category C;
• the Republic of Liberia in Category C.
iii) for the post of Vice-President of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly for the period 2015-2016 during elections to be held in June 2015, the candidature of:
• The Republic of Benin;
• The Republic of Cameroon;
• The Arab Republic of Egypt;
• The State of Eritrea;
• The Republic of Mozambique;
• The Republic of Togo.
iv) for membership of the Economic and Social Council for the Period 2016-2018 during elections scheduled for November 2015 candidature of:
• The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria;
• The Federal Republic of Nigeria;
• The Republic of Rwanda;
• The State of Somalia;
• The Republic of South Africa.
v) for membership of the Social Development Committee for a period 2016-2019 during elections scheduled for February 2016 candidature of:
• The Republic of Ghana;
• The Republic of Rwanda;
• The Republic of Senegal.
With respect to the second post allocated to West Africa, the Committee requested the region concerned to carry consultation in order to nominate a candidate.
vi) for membership of the Statistics Committee for the period 2016-2019 during elections scheduled for November 2015 the candidature of:
• The Republic of Kenya;
• The Republic of Togo.
vii) for membership of the Population and Development Committee for the period 2016-2019 during elections scheduled for November 2015 the candidature of:
• The Republic of Sudan;
• The Republic of Uganda.
viii) for membership of the Committee on the Status of Women for the period 2016-2019 during elections scheduled for November 2015 the candidature of:
• The State of Eritrea;
• The Federal Republic of Nigeria.
ix) for membership of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice for the period 2016-2018 during elections scheduled for November 2015 the candidature of:
• The Republic of Benin;
• The Republic of Cameroon;
• The Republic of Cdte d’Ivoire;
• The Republic of South Africa.
x) for membership of the Committee for Programme and Coordination for the period 2016-2018 during elections scheduled to take place in November 2015. The candidature of:
• The United Republic of Tanzania;
• The Republic of Zimbabwe.
xi) for membership of the Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting for the period 2016-2018, during elections scheduled for November 2015, the candidature of:
• The Republic of Benin;
• The Republic of Cameroon;
• The Republic of Kenya;
• The Republic of Uganda.
The Committee requested the regions concerned to hold consultations in order to nominate one candidate for Central Africa and two candidates for Southern Africa
xii) for membership of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs for the period 2016-2019 during elections scheduled for November 2015.
• The Democratic Republic of Congo;
• The Republic of Kenya;
• The Islamic Republic Mauritania;
• The Republic of South Africa;
• The Republic of Sudan;
• The Republic of Uganda.
xiii) for membership of the Executive Council of the United Nations Children s Fund for the period 2016-2018 during elections scheduled for November 2015 candidature of:
• The Republic of Botswana;
• The Republic of Cameroon;
• The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia;
• The State of Libya;
• The Republic of Sierra Leone.
xiv) for membership of the Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFP) for the period 2016-2018 during elections scheduled to take place in November 2015. The candidature of:
• The Republic of Benin;
• The Republic of Cameroon;
• The Republic of Chad;
• The Republic of Malawi;
• The Republic of Uganda.
xv) for membership of the Executive Council of the United Nations Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment for the period 2016-2018 during elections scheduled for November 2015. The candidature of:
• The Union of the Comoros;
• The Republic of Gabon;
• The Republic of Liberia;
• The Republic of Namibia;
• The Republic of Tunisia.
xvi) for membership of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme for the period 2016-2018 during elections scheduled 2015. The candidature of:
xvii) for membership of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS for the period 2016-2018 during elections scheduled November 2015 candidature of:
• The Republic of Ghana;
• The Republic of Malawi.
xviii)for membership of the UN-HABITAT Governing Council for the period 2016-2019 during elections scheduled for November 2015 the candidature of:
• The Republic of Angola;
• The Republic Chad;
• The Republic Kenya;
• The Federal Republic of Nigeria.
xix) for membership of the Human Rights Council for the period 2016-2018 during elections scheduled November 2015 candidature of:
• The Republic of Cote d’Ivoire;
• The Republic of Burundi;
• The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia;
• The Republic of Uganda;
• The Republic of Togo.
xx) for membership of the Conferences Committee for a period 2016-2018 during elections scheduled November 2015 candidature of-
• The Republic of Ghana;
• The Republic of Liberia.
xxi) for Non-Permanent Member of the United Nations Security Council for the period 2018-2019 the candidature of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea to represent Central Africa.