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Appendix I

Roster of the United Nations(As at 31 December 1986)

MEMBER

AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaAngolaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelgiumBelizeBeninBhutanBoliviaBotswanaBrazilBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurmaBurundiByelorussian Soviet

Socialist RepublicCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCentral African RepublicChadChileChinaColombiaComorosCongoCosta RicaCote d'IvoireCubaCyprusCzechoslovakiaDemocratic KampucheaDemocratic YemenDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgypt1

El SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaFijiFinlandFranceGabonGambia

DATE OFADMISSION

19 Nov. 194614 Dec. 1955

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German DemocraticRepublic

Germany, FederalRepublic of

GhanaGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesia2

Iran (IslamicRepublic of)

IraqIrelandIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKenyaKuwaitLao People's

Democratic RepublicLebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyan Arab JamahiriyaLuxembourgMadagascarMalawiMalaysia3

MaldivesMaliMaltaMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMongoliaMoroccoMozambiqueNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorwayOmanPakistanPanama

DATE OFADMISSION

18 Sep. 1973

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Papua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRwandaSaint Kitts and Nevis4

Saint LuciaSaint Vincent and

the GrenadinesSamoaSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSingapore3

Solomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSpainSri LankaSudanSurinameSwazilandSwedenSyrian Arab Republic1

ThailandTogoTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyUgandaUkrainian Soviet

Socialist RepublicUnion of Soviet

Socialist RepublicsUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Kingdom of

Great Britain andNorthern Ireland

United Republicof Tanzaniab

United Statesof America

UruguayVanuatuVenezuelaViet NamYemenYugoslaviaZaireZambiaZimbabwe

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1 Egypt and Syria, both of which became Members of the United Nationson 24 October 1945, joined together — following a plebiscite held in thosecountries on 21 February 1958 — to form the United Arab Republic. On 13October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State,also resumed its separate membership in the United Nations; it changed itsname to the Syrian Arab Republic on 14 September 1971. The United ArabRepublic continued as a Member of the United Nations and reverted to thename of Egypt on 2 September 1971.

2 On 20 January 1965, Indonesia informed the Secretary-General that ithad decided to withdraw from the United Nations. By a telegram of 19 Sep-tember 1966, it notified the Secretary-General of its decision to resume par-ticipation in the activities of the United Nations. On 28 September 1966,the General Assembly took note of that decision and the President invited

the representatives of Indonesia to take their seats in the Assembly.3 0n 16 September 1963, Sabah (North Borneo), Sarawak and Singapore

joined with the Federation of Malaya (which became a United Nations Mem-ber on 17 September 1957) to form Malaysia. On 9 August 1965, Singa-pore became an independent State and on 21 September 1965 it becamea Member of the United Nations.

4 Formerly Saint Christopher and Nevis.5 Tanganyika was admitted to the United Nations on 14 December 1961,

and Zanzibar, on 16 December 1963. Following ratification, on 26 April1964, of the Articles of Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the twoStates became represented as a single Member: the United Republic of Tan-ganyika and Zanzibar; it changed its name to the United Republic of Tanza-nia on 1 November 1964.

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Appendix II

Charter of the United Nations andStatute of the International Court of Justice

Charter of the United Nations

NOTE: The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United NationsConference on International Organization, and came into force on24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Jus-tice is an integral part of the Charter.

Amendments to Articles 23, 27 and 61 of the Charter wereadopted by the General Assembly on 17December 1963 and cameinto force on 31 August 1965. A further amendment to Article 61was adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 1971, andcame into force on 24 September 1973. An amendment to Arti-cle 109, adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 1965,came into force on 12 June 1968.

The amendment to Article 23 enlarges the membership of theSecurity Council from 11 to 15. The amended Article 27 providesthat decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shallbe made by an affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven)and on all other matters by an affirmative vote of nine members

(formerly seven), including the concurring votes of the five per-manent members of the Security Council.

The amendment to Article 61, which entered into force on 31August 1965, enlarged the membership of the Economic and So-cial Council from 18 to 27. The subsequent amendment to thatArticle, which entered into force on 24 September 1973, furtherincreased the membership of the Council from 27 to 54.

The amendment to Article 109, which relates to the first para-graph of that Article, provides that a General Conference of Mem-ber States for the purpose of reviewing the Charter may be heldat a date and place to be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the mem-bers of the General Assembly and by a vote of any nine members(formerly seven) of the Security Council. Paragraph 3 of Article109, which deals with the consideration of a possible review con-ference during the tenth regular session of the General Assem-bly, has been retained in its original form in its reference to a "voteof any seven members of the Security Council", the paragraphhaving been acted upon in 1955 by the General Assembly, at itstenth regular session, and by the Security Council.

WE THE PEOPLESOF THE UNITED NATIONSDETERMINEDto save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which

twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, andto reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and

worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men andwomen and of nations large and small, and

to establish conditions under which justice and respect for theobligations arising from treaties and other sources of interna-tional law can be maintained, and

to promote social progress and better standards of life in largerfreedom,

AND FOR THESE ENDSto practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another

as good neighbours, andto unite our strength to maintain international peace and secu-

rity, andto ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of

methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the com-mon interest, and

to employ international machinery for the promotion of the eco-nomic and social advancement of all peoples,

HAVE RESOLVED TOCOMBINE OUR EFFORTS TOACCOMPLISH THESE AIMSAccordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives

assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited theirfull powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed tothe present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby es-tablish an international organization to be known as the UnitedNations.

Chapter IPURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES

Article 1

The Purposes of the United Nations are:1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that

end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention andremoval of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of actsof aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring aboutby peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of jus-tice and international law, adjustment or settlement of interna-tional disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of thepeace;

2. To develop friendly relations among nations based on re-spect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination ofpeoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthenuniversal peace;

3. To achieve international co-operation in solving internationalproblems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian charac-ter, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rightsand for fundamental freedoms for ail without distinction as to race,sex, language, or religion; and

4. To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in theattainment of these common ends.

Article 2

The Organization and its Members, in pursuit of the Purposesstated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following Principles.

1. The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereignequality of all its Members.

2. All Members, in order to ensure to all of them the rights andbenefits resulting from membership, shall fulfil in good faith theobligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Charter.

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3. All Members shall settle their international disputes bypeaceful means in such a manner that international peace andsecurity, and justice, are not endangered.

4. All Members shall refrain in their international relationsfrom the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity orpolitical independence of any state, or in any other manner in-consistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.

5. All Members shall give the United Nations every as-sistance in any action it takes in accordance with the presentCharter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any stateagainst which the United Nations is taking preventive or en-forcement action.

6. The Organization shall ensure that states which are notMembers of the United Nations act in accordance with thesePrinciples so far as may be necessary for the maintenance of in-ternational peace and security.

7. Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorizethe United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentiallywithin the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require theMembers to submit such matters to settlement under the pres-ent Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the applicationof enforcement measures under Chapter VII.

Chapter IIMEMBERSHIP

Article 3

The original Members of the United Nations shall be the stateswhich, having participated in the United Nations Conference onInternational Organization at San Francisco, or having previouslysigned the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942,sign the present Charter and ratify it in accordance with Article110.

Article 4

1. Membership in the United Nations is open to all otherpeace-loving states which accept the obligations contained inthe present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organization,are able and willing to carry out these obligations.

2. The admission of any such state to membership in theUnited Nations will be effected by a decision of the General As-sembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

Article 5

A Member of the United Nations against which preventive orenforcement action has been taken by the Security Council maybe suspended from the exercise of the rights and privileges ofmembership by the General Assembly upon the recommenda-tion of the Security Council. The exercise of these rights andprivileges may be restored by the Security Council.

Article 6

A Member of the United Nations which has persistently vio-lated the Principles contained in the present Charter may be ex-pelled from the Organization by the General Assembly upon therecommendation of the Security Council.

Chapter IIIORGANS

Article 7

1. There are established as the principal organs of the UnitedNations: a General Assembly, a Security Council, an Economicand Social Council, a Trusteeship Council, an International Courtof Justice, and a Secretariat.

2. Such subsidiary organs as may be found necessary maybe established in accordance with the present Charter.

Article 8The United Nations shall place no restrictions on the eligibility

of men and women to participate in any capacity and under con-ditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs.

Chapter IVTHE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

CompositionArticle 9

1. The General Assembly shall consist of all the Members ofthe United Nations.

2. Each Member shall have not more than five representativesin the General Assembly.

Functions and powers

Article 10

The General Assembly may discuss any questions or any mat-ters within the scope of the present Charter or relating to thepowers and functions of any organs provided for in the presentCharter, and, except as provided in Article 12, may make recom-mendations to the Members of the United Nations or to the Secu-rity Council or to both on any such questions or matters.

Article 111. The General Assembly may consider the general principles

of co-operation in the maintenance of international peace andsecurity, including the principles governing disarmament and theregulation of armaments, and may make recommendations withregard to such principles to the Members or to the Security Coun-cil or to both.

2. The General Assembly may discuss any questions relatingto the maintenance of international peace and security broughtbefore it by any Member of the United Nations, or by the Secu-rity Council, or by a state which is not a Member of the UnitedNations in accordance with Article 35, paragraph 2, and, exceptas provided in Article 12, may make recommendations with re-gard to any such questions to the state or states concerned orto the Security Council or to both. Any such question on whichaction is necessary shall be referred to the Security Council bythe General Assembly either before or after discussion.

3. The General Assembly may call the attention of the Secu-rity Council to situations which are likely to endanger internationalpeace and security.

4. The powers of the General Assembly set forth in this Arti-cle shall not limit the general scope of Article 10.

Article 121. While the Security Council is exercising in respect of any

dispute or situation the functions assigned to it in the presentCharter, the General Assembly shall not make any recommenda-tion with regard to that dispute or situation unless the SecurityCouncil so requests.

2. The Secretary-General, with the consent of the SecurityCouncil, shall notify the General Assembly at each session of anymatters relative to the maintenance of international peace andsecurity which are being dealt with by the Security Council andshall similarly notify the General Assembly, or the Members ofthe United Nations if the General Assembly is not in session, im-mediately the Security Council ceases to deal with such matters.

Article 131. The General Assembly shall initiate studies and make

recommendations for the purpose of:a. promoting international co-operation in the political field

and encouraging the progressive development of interna-tional law and its codification;

b. promoting international co-operation in the economic, so-cial, cultural, educational, and health fields, and assistingin the realization of human rights and fundamental freedomsfor all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.

2. The further responsibilities, functions and powers of theGeneral Assembly with respect to matters mentioned in paragraphKb) above are set forth in Chapters IX and X.

Article 14Subject to the provisions of Article 12, the General Assembly

may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any sit-


uation, regardless of origin, which it deems likely to impair thegeneral welfare or friendly relations among nations, including sit-uations resulting from a violation of the provisions of the presentCharter setting forth the Purposes and Principles of the UnitedNations.

Article 151. The General Assembly shall receive and consider annual and

special reports from the Security Council; these reports shall in-clude an account of the measures that the Security Council hasdecided upon or taken to maintain international peace andsecurity.

2. The General Assembly shall receive and consider reportsfrom the other organs of the United Nations.

Article 16The General Assembly shall perform such functions with re-

spect to the international trusteeship system as are assigned toit under Chapters XII and XIII, including the approval of the trustee-ship agreements for areas not designated as strategic.

Article 171. The General Assembly shall consider and approve the

budget of the Organization.2. The expenses of the Organization shall be borne by the

Members as apportioned by the General Assembly.3. The General Assembly shall consider and approve any finan-

cial and budgetary arrangements with specialized agencies re-ferred to in Article 57 and shall examine the administrativebudgets of such specialized agencies with a view to makingrecommendations to the agencies concerned.

Voting

Article 181. Each member of the General Assembly shall have one vote.2. Decisions of the General Assembly on important questions

shall be made by a two-thirds majority of the members presentand voting. These questions shall include: recommendations withrespect to the maintenance of international peace and security,the election of the non-permanent members of the Security Coun-cil, the election of the members of the Economic and Social Coun-cil, the election of members of the Trusteeship Council in accord-ance with paragraph 1(c) of Article 86, the admission of newMembers to the United Nations, the suspension of the rights andprivileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, questionsrelating to the operation of the trusteeship system, and budget-ary questions.

3. Decisions on other questions, including the determinationof additional categories of questions to be decided by a two-thirdsmajority, shall be made by a majority of the members present andvoting.

Article 19A Member of the United Nations which is in arrears in the pay-

ment of its financial contributions to the Organization shall haveno vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equalsor exceeds the amount of the contributions due from it for thepreceding two full years. The General Assembly may, neverthe-less, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the fail-ure to pay is due to conditions beyond the control of the Member.

Procedure

Article 20The General Assembly shall meet in regular annual sessions and

in such special sessions as occasion may require Special sessionsshall be convoked by the Secretary-General at the request of theSecurity Council or of a majority of the Members of the UnitedNations.

Article 21The General Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure.

It shall elect its President for each session.

Article 22The General Assembly may establish such subsidiary organs

as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.

Chapter VTHE SECURITY COUNCIL

Composition

Article 231

1. The Security Council shall consist of fifteen Members ofthe United Nations. The Republic of China, France, the Union ofSoviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britainand Northern Ireland, and the United States of America shall bepermanent members of the Security Council. The General Assem-bly shall elect ten other Members of the United Nations to be non-permanent members of the Security Council, due regard beingspecially paid, in the first instance to the contribution of Mem-bers of the United Nations to the maintenance of internationalpeace and security and to the other purposes of the Organiza-tion, and also to equitable geographical distribution.

2. The non-permanent members of the Security Council shallbe elected for a term of two years. In the first election of the non-permanent members after the increase of the membership of theSecurity Council from eleven to fifteen, two of the four additionalmembers shall be chosen for a term of one year. A retiring mem-ber shall not be eligible for immediate re-election.

3. Each member of the Security Council shall have onerepresentative.


Article 241. In order to ensure prompt and effective action by the United

Nations, its Members confer on the Security Council primaryresponsibility for the maintenance of international peace and secu-rity, and agree that in carrying out its duties under this responsi-bility the Security Council acts on their behalf.

2. In discharging these duties the Security Council shall actin accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Na-tions. The specific powers granted to the Security Council for thedischarge of these duties are laid down in Chapters VI, VII, VIII,and XII.

3. The Security Council shall submit annual and, when neces-sary, special reports to the General Assembly for its consideration.

Article 25The Members of the United Nations agree to accept and carry

out the decisions of the Security Council in accordance with thepresent Charter.

Article 26In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of in-

ternational peace and security with the least diversion for arma-ments of the world's human and economic resources, the Secu-rity Council shall be responsible for formulating, with the

1 Amended text of Article 23, which came into force on 31 August 1965.(The text of Article 23 before it was amended read as follows:

1. The Security Council shall consist of eleven Members of the UnitedNations. The Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet SocialistRepublics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, andthe United States of America shall be permanent members of the Secu-rity Council. The General Assembly shall elect six other Members of theUnited Nations to be non-permanent members of the Security Council,due regard being specially paid, in the first instance to the contributionof Members of the United Nations to the maintenance of internationalpeace and security and to the other purposes of the Organization, andalso to equitable geographical distribution.

2. The non-permanent members of the Security Council shall be electedfor a term of two years. In the first election of non-permanent members,however, three shall be chosen for a term of one year. A retiring membershall not be eligible for immediate re-election.

3. Each member of the Security Council shall have one representative.)

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assistance of the Military Staff Committee referred to in Article47, plans to be submitted to the Members of the United Nationsfor the establishment of a system for the regulation of armaments.

Voting

Article 27 2

1. Each member of the Security Council shall have one vote.2. Decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters

shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members.3. Decisions of the Security Council on ail other matters shall

be made by an affirmative vote of nine members including theconcurring votes of the permanent members; provided that, in de-cisions under Chapter VI, and under paragraph 3 of Article 52,a party to a dispute shall abstain from voting.

Procedure

Article 281. The Security Council shall be so organized as to be able to

function continuously. Each member of the Security Council shallfor this purpose be represented at all times at the seat of the Or-ganization.

2. The Security Council shall hold periodic meetings at whicheach of its members may, if it so desires, be represented by amember of the government or by some other specially designatedrepresentative.

3. The Security Council may hold meetings at such placesother than the seat of the Organization as in its judgment will bestfacilitate its work.

Article 29The Security Council may establish such subsidiary organs as

it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.

Article 30The Security Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, in-

cluding the method of selecting its President.

Article 31Any Member of the United Nations which is not a member of

the Security Council may participate, without vote, in the discus-sion of any question brought before the Security Council when-ever the latter considers that the interests of that Member are spe-cially affected.

Article 32Any Member of the United Nations which is not a member of

the Security Council or any state which is not a Member of theUnited Nations, if it is a party to a dispute under considerationby the Security Council, shall be invited to participate, withoutvote, in the discussion relating to the dispute. The Security Councilshall lay down such conditions as it deems just for the participa-tion of a state which is not a Member of the United Nations.

Chapter VIPACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

Article 331. The parties to any dispute, the continuance of which is likely

to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security,shall, first of all, seek a solution by negotiation, enquiry, media-tion, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort to regionalagencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their ownchoice.

2. The Security Council shall, when it deems necessary, callupon the parties to settle their dispute by such means.

Article 34The Security Council may investigate any dispute or any situa-

tion which might lead to international friction or give rise to a dis-pute, in order to determine whether the continuance of the dis-pute or situation is likely to endanger the maintenance ofinternational peace and security.

Article 351. Any Member of the United Nations may bring any dispute,

or any situation of the nature referred to in Article 34, to the at-tention of the Security Council or of the General Assembly.

2. A state which is not a Member of the United Nations maybring to the attention of the Security Council or of the GeneralAssembly any dispute to which it is a party if it accepts in ad-vance, for the purposes of the dispute, the obligations of pacificsettlement provided in the present Charter.

3. The proceedings of the General Assembly in respect of mat-ters brought to its attention under this Article will be subject tothe provisions of Articles 11 and 12.

Article 361. The Security Council may, at any stage of a dispute of the

nature referred to in Article 33 or of a situation of like nature,recommend appropriate procedures or methods of adjustment.

2. The Security Council should take into consideration anyprocedures for the settlement of the dispute which have alreadybeen adopted by the parties.

3. In making recommendations under this Article the Secu-rity Council should also take into consideration that legal disputesshould as a general rule be referred by the parties to the Interna-tional Court of Justice in accordance with the provisions of theStatute of the Court.

Article 37

1. Should the parties to a dispute of the nature referred to inArticle 33 fail to settle it by the means indicated in that Article,they shall refer it to the Security Council.

2. If the Security Council deems that the continuance of thedispute is in fact likely to endanger the maintenance of interna-tional peace and security, it shall decide whether to take actionunder Article 36 or to recommend such terms of settlement asit may consider appropriate.

Article 38

Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 33 to 37, theSecurity Council may, if all the parties to any dispute so request,make recommendations to the parties with a view to a pacificsettlement of the dispute.

Chapter VIIACTION WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO THE PEACE,BREACHES OF THE PEACE, AND ACTS OF AGGRESSION

Article 39The Security Council shall determine the existence of any threat

to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression and shallmake recommendations, or decide what measures shall be takenin accordance with Articles 41 and 42, to maintain or restore in-ternational peace and security.

Article 40In order to prevent an aggravation of the situation, the Secu-

rity Council may, before making the recommendations or decid-ing upon the measures provided for in Article 39, call upon theparties concerned to comply with such provisional measures asit deems necessary or desirable. Such provisional measures shallbe without prejudice to the rights, claims, or position of the par-ties concerned. The Security Council shall duly take account offailure to comply with such provisional measures.

2 Amended text of Article 27, which came into force on 31 August 1965.(The text of Article 27 before it was amended read as follows:

1. Each member of the Security Council shall have one vote.2. Decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall be

made by an affirmative vote of seven members.3. Decisions of the Security Council on all other matters shall be made

by an affirmative vote of seven members including the concurring votesof the permanent members; provided that, in decisions under Chapter VI,and under paragraph 3 of Article 52, a party to a dispute shall abstainfrom voting.)


Article 41The Security Council may decide what measures not involving

the use of armed force are to be employed to give effect to itsdecisions, and it may call upon the Members of the United Na-tions to apply such measures. These may include complete or par-tial interruption of economic relations and of rail, sea, air, postal,telegraphic, radio, and other means of communication, and theseverance of diplomatic relations.

Article 42Should the Security Council consider that measures provided

for in Article 41 would be inadequate or have proved to be inade-quate, it may take such action by air, sea, or land forces as maybe necessary to maintain or restore international peace and secu-rity. Such action may include demonstrations, blockade, and otheroperations by air, sea, or land forces of Members of the UnitedNations.

Article 431. All Members of the United Nations, in order to contribute

to the maintenance of international peace and security, undertaketo make available to the Security Council, on its call and in ac-cordance with a special agreement or agreements, armed forces,assistance, and facilities, including rights of passage, necessaryfor the purpose of maintaining international peace and security.

2. Such agreement or agreements shall govern the numbersand types of forces, their degree of readiness and general loca-tion, and the nature of the facilities and assistance to be provided.

3. The agreement or agreements shall be negotiated as soonas possible on the initiative of the Security Council. They shallbe concluded between the Security Council and Members or be-tween the Security Council and groups of Members and shall besubject to ratification by the signatory states in accordance withtheir respective constitutional processes.

Article 44When the Security Council has decided to use force it shall,

before calling upon a Member not represented on it to providearmed forces in fulfilment of the obligations assumed under Arti-cle 43, invite that Member, if the Member so desires, to partici-pate in the decisions of the Security Council concerning the em-ployment of contingents of that Member's armed forces.

Article 45In order to enable the United Nations to take urgent military

measures, Members shall hold immediately available national air-force contingents for combined international enforcement action.The strength and degree of readiness of these contingents andplans for their combined action shall be determined, within thelimits laid down in the special agreement or agreements referredto in Article 43, by the Security Council with the assistance ofthe Military Staff Committee.

Article 46Plans for the application of armed force shall be made by the

Security Council with the assistance of the Military Staff Com-mittee.

Article 471. There shall be established a Military Staff Committee to ad-

vise and assist the Security Council on all questions relating tothe Security Council's military requirements for the maintenanceof international peace and security, the employment and com-mand of forces placed at its disposal, the regulation of armaments,and possible disarmament.

2. The Military Staff Committee shall consist of the Chiefs ofStaff of the permanent members of the Security Council or theirrepresentatives. Any Member of the United Nations not perma-nently represented on the Committee shall be invited by the Com-mittee to be associated with it when the efficient discharge ofthe Committee's responsibilities' requires the participation of thatMember in its work.

3. The Military Staff Committee shall be responsible under theSecurity Council for the strategic direction of any armed forces

placed at the disposal of the Security Council. Questions relatingto the command of such forces shall be worked out subsequently.

4. The Military Staff Committee, with the authorization of theSecurity Council and after consultation with appropriate regionalagencies, may establish regional sub-committees.

Article 48

1. The action required to carry out the decisions of the Secu-rity Council for the maintenance of international peace and secu-rity shall be taken by all the Members of the United Nations orby some of them, as the Security Council may determine.

2. Such decisions shall be carried out by the Members of theUnited Nations directly and through their action in the appropri-ate international agencies of which they are members.

Article 49The Members of the United Nations shall join in affording mutual

assistance in carrying out the measures decided upon by theSecurity Council.

Article 50If preventive or enforcement measures against any state are

taken by the Security Council, any other state, whether a Mem-ber of the United Nations or not, which finds itself confronted withspecial economic problems arising from the carrying out of thosemeasures shall have the right to consult the Security Council withregard to a solution of those problems.

Article 51Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right

of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occursagainst a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Coun-cil has taken measures necessary to maintain international peaceand security. Measures taken by Members in the exercise of thisright of self-defence shall be immediately reported to the Secu-rity Council and shall not in any way affect the authority andresponsibility of the Security Council under the present Charterto take at any time such action as it deems necessary in orderto maintain or restore international peace and security.

Chapter VIIIREGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Article 521. Nothing in the present Charter precludes the existence of

regional arrangements or agencies for dealing with such mattersrelating to the maintenance of international peace and securityas are appropriate for regional action, provided that such arrange-ments or agencies and their activities are consistent with the Pur-poses and Principles of the United Nations.

2. The Members of the United Nations entering into such ar-rangements or constituting such agencies shall make every ef-fort to achieve pacific settlement of local disputes through suchregional arrangements or by such regional agencies before refer-ring them to the Security Council.

3. The Security Council shall encourage the development ofpacific settlement of local disputes through such regional arrange-ments or by such regional agencies either on the initiative of thestates concerned or by reference from the Security Council.

4. This Article in no way impairs the application of Articles34 and 35.

Article 531. The Security Council shall, where appropriate, utilize such

regional arrangements or agencies for enforcement action underits authority. But no enforcement action shall be taken underregional arrangements or by regional agencies without the authori-zation of the Security Council, with the exception of measuresagainst any enemy state, as defined in paragraph 2 of this Arti-cle, provided for pursuant to Article 107 or in regional arrange-ments directed against renewal of aggressive policy on the partof any such state, until such time as the Organization may, on re-quest of the Governments concerned, be charged with the respon-sibility for preventing further aggression by such a state.

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2. The term enemy state as used in paragraph 1 of this Arti-cle applies to any state which during the Second World War hasbeen an enemy of any signatory of the present Charter.

Article 54The Security Council shall at all times be kept fully informed of

activities undertaken or in contemplation under regional arrange-ments or by regional agencies for the maintenance of internationalpeace and security.

Chapter IXINTERNATIONAL ECONOMICAND SOCIAL CO-OPERATION

Article 55With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and well-

being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly relations amongnations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, the United Nations shall promote:

a. higher standards of living, full employment, and conditionsof economic and social progress and development;

b. solutions of international economic, social, health, and relatedproblems; and international cultural and educational co-operation; and

c. universal respect for, and observance of, human rights andfundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race,sex, language, or religion.

Article 56All Members pledge themselves to take joint and separate ac-

tion in co-operation with the Organization for the achievement ofthe purposes set forth in Article 55.

Article 571. The various specialized agencies, established by intergovern-

mental agreement and having wide international responsibilities,as defined in their basic instruments, in economic, social, cultural,educational, health, and related fields, shall be brought into rela-tionship with the United Nations in accordance with the provisionsof Article 63.

2. Such agencies thus brought into relationship with the UnitedNations are hereinafter referred to as specialized agencies.

Article 58The Organization shall make recommendations for the co-

ordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies.

Article 59The Organization shall, where appropriate, initiate negotiations

among the states concerned for the creation of any new special-ized agencies required for the accomplishment of the purposes setforth in Article 55.

Article 60Responsibility for the discharge of the functions of the Organi-

zation set forth in this Chapter shall be vested in the General As-sembly and, under the authority of the General Assembly, in theEconomic and Social Council, which shall have for this purposethe powers set forth in Chapter X.

Chapter XTHE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Composition

Article 613

1. The Economic and Social Council shall consist of fifty-fourMembers of the United Nations elected by the General Assembly.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, eighteen membersof the Economic and Social Council shall be elected each year fora term of three years. A retiring member shall be eligible for im-mediate re-election.

3. At the first election after the increase in the membershipof the Economic and Social Council from twenty-seven to fifty-

four members, in addition to the members elected in place of thenine members whose term of office expires at the end of that year,twenty-seven additional members shall be elected. Of these twenty-seven additional members, the term of office of nine members soelected shall expire at the end of one year, and of nine other membersat the end of two years, in accordance with arrangements madeby the General Assembly.

4. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall haveone representative.


Article 621. The Economic and Social Council may make or initiate studies

and reports with respect to international economic, social, cultural,educational, health, and related matters and may make recommen-dations with respect to any such matters to the General Assem-bly, to the Members of the United Nations, and to the specializedagencies concerned.

2. It may make recommendations for the purpose of promot-ing respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamen-tal freedoms for all.

3. It may prepare draft conventions for submission to the GeneralAssembly, with respect to matters falling within its competence.

4. It may call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by theUnited Nations, international conferences on matters falling withinits competence.

Article 631. The Economic and Social Council may enter into agreements

with any of the agencies referred to in Article 57, defining the termson which the agency concerned shall be brought into relationshipwith the United Nations. Such agreements shall be subject to ap-proval by the General Assembly.

2. It may co-ordinate the activities of the specialized agenciesthrough consultation with and recommendations to such agen-cies and through recommendations to the General Assembly andto the Members of the United Nations.

Article 641. The Economic and Social Council may take appropriate steps

to obtain regular reports from the specialized agencies. It may makearrangements with the Members of the United Nations and withthe specialized agencies to obtain reports on the steps taken togive effect to its own recommendations and to recommendationson matters falling within its competence made by the General Assembly.

2. It may communicate its observations on these reports to theGeneral Assembly.

Article 65The Economic and Social Council may furnish information to the

Security Council and shall assist the Security Council upon its request.

Article 661. The Economic and Social Council shall perform such func-

tions as fall within its competence in connexion with the carryingout of the recommendations of the General Assembly.

3 Amended text of Article 61, which came into force on 24 September 1973.(The text of Article 61 as previously amended on 31 August 1965 read as follows:

1. The Economic and Social Council shall consist of twenty-seven Membersof the United Nations elected by the General Assembly.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, nine members of the Eco-nomic and Social Council shall be elected each year for a term of threeyears. A retiring member shall be eligible for immediate re-election.

3. At the first election after the increase in the membership of the Economicand Social Council from eighteen to twenty-seven members, in additionto the members elected in place of the six members whose term of officeexpires at the end of that year, nine additional members shall be elected.Of these nine additional members, the term of office of three membersso elected shall expire at the end of one year, and of three other membersat the end of two years, in accordance with arrangements made by theGeneral Assembly.

4. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall have one represen-tative.)


2. It may, with the approval of the General Assembly, performservices at the request of Members of the United Nations and atthe request of specialized agencies.

3. It shall perform such other functions as are specified else-where in the present Charter or as may be assigned to it by theGeneral Assembly.

Voting

Article 671. Each member of the Economic and Social Council shall have

one vote.2. Decisions of the Economic and Social Council shall be made

by a majority of the members present and voting.

Procedure

Article 68The Economic and Social Council shall set up commissions in

economic and social fields and for the promotion of human rights,and such other commissions as may be required for the perform-ance of its functions.

Article 69The Economic and Social Council shall invite any Member of the

United Nations to participate, without vote, in its deliberations onany matter of particular concern to that Member.

Article 70The Economic and Social Council may make arrangements for

representatives of the specialized agencies to participate, with-out vote, in its deliberations and in those of the commissions es-tablished by it, and for its representatives to participate in the deliber-ations of the specialized agencies.

Article 71The Economic and Social Council may make suitable arrange-

ments for consultation with non-governmental organizations whichare concerned with matters within its competence. Such arrangementsmay be made with international organizations and, where appropriate,with national organizations after consultation with the Memberof the United Nations concerned.

Article 721. The Economic and Social Council shall adopt its own rules

of procedure, including the method of selecting its President.2. The Economic and Social Council shall meet as required in

accordance with its rules, which shall include provision for the conveningof meetings on the request of a majority of its members.

Chapter XIDECLARATION REGARDINGNON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Article 73Members of the United Nations which have or assume respon-

sibilities for the administration of territories whose peoples havenot yet attained a full measure of self-government recognize theprinciple that the interests of the inhabitants of these territoriesare paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation to promoteto the utmost, within the system of international peace and securityestablished by the present Charter, the well-being of the inhabi-tants of these territories, and, to this end:

a. to ensure, with due respect for the culture of the peoplesconcerned, their political, economic, social, and educationaladvancement, their just treatment, and their protection againstabuses;

b. to develop self-government, to take due account of the po-litical aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in theprogressive development of their free political institutions,according to the particular circumstances of each territoryand its peoples and their varying stages of advancement;

c. to further international peace and security;d. to promote constructive measures of development, to en-

courage research, and to co-operate with one another and,

when and where appropriate, with specialized internationalbodies with a view to the practical achievement of the so-cial, economic, and scientific purposes set forth in this Ar-ticle; and

e. to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General for informa-tion purposes, subject to such limitation as security andconstitutional considerations may require, statistical andother information of a technical nature relating to economic,social, and educational conditions in the territories forwhich they are respectively responsible other than thoseterritories to which Chapters XII and XIII apply.

Article 74Members of the United Nations also agree that their policy in

respect of the territories to which this Chapter applies, no lessthan in respect of their metropolitan areas, must be based on thegeneral principle of good-neighbourliness, due account beingtaken of the interests and well-being of the rest of the world, insocial, economic, and commercial matters.

Chapter XIIINTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESHIP SYSTEM

Article 75The United Nations shall establish under its authority an inter-

national trusteeship system for the administration and supervi-sion of such territories as may be placed thereunder by subse-quent individual agreements. These territories are hereinafterreferred to as trust territories.

Article 76The basic objectives of the trusteeship system, in accordance

with the Purposes of the United Nations laid down in Article 1of the present Charter, shall be:

a. to further international peace and security;b. to promote the political, economic, social, and educational

advancement of the inhabitants of the trust territories, andtheir progressive development towards self-government orindependence as may be appropriate to the particular cir-cumstances of each territory and its peoples and the freelyexpressed wishes of the peoples concerned, and as maybe provided by the terms of each trusteeship agreement;

c. to encourage respect for human rights and for fundamen-tal freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, lan-guage, or religion, and to encourage recognition of the in-terdependence of the peoples of the world; and

d. to ensure equal treatment in social, economic, and com-mercial matters for all Members of the United Nations andtheir nationals, and also equal treatment for the latter inthe administration of justice, without prejudice to the at-tainment of the foregoing objectives and subject to the pro-visions of Article 80.

Article 771. The trusteeship system shall apply to such territories in the

following categories as may be placed thereunder by means oftrusteeship agreements:

a. territories now held under mandate;b. territories which may be detached from enemy states as

a result of the Second World War; andc. territories voluntarily placed under the system by states

responsible for their administration.2. It will be a matter for subsequent agreement as to which

territories in the foregoing categories will be brought under thetrusteeship system and upon what terms.

Article 78The trusteeship system shall not apply to territories which have

become Members of the United Nations, relationship among whichshall be based on respect for the principle of sovereign equality.

Article 79The terms of trusteeship for each territory to be placed under

the trusteeship system, including any alteration or amendment,

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shall be agreed upon by the states directly concerned, Includingthe mandatory power In the case of territories held under man-date by a Member of the United Nations, and shall be approvedas provided for in Articles 83 and 85.

Article 801. Except as may be agreed upon in individual trusteeship

agreements, made under Articles 77, 79, and 81, placing eachterritory under the trusteeship system, and until such agreementshave been concluded, nothing in this Chapter shall be construedin or of itself to alter in any manner the rights whatsoever of anystates or any peoples or the terms of existing international instru-ments to which Members of the United Nations may respectivelybe parties.

2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be interpreted as giv-ing grounds for delay or postponement of the negotiation and con-clusion of agreements for placing mandated and other territoriesunder the trusteeship system as provided for in Article 77.

Article 81The trusteeship agreement shall in each case include the terms

under which the trust territory will be administered and designatethe authority which will exercise the administration of the trustterritory. Such authority, hereinafter called the administeringauthority, may be one or more states or the Organization itself.

Article 82There may be designated, in any trusteeship agreement, a stra-

tegic area or areas which may include part or all of the trust terri-tory to which the agreement applies, without prejudice to any spe-cial agreement or agreements made under Article 43.

Article 831. All functions of the United Nations relating to strategic

areas, including the approval of the terms of the trusteeship agree-ments and of their alteration or amendments, shall be exercisedby the Security Council.

2. The basic objectives set forth in Article 76 shall be applica-ble to the people of each strategic area.

3. The Security Council shall, subject to the provisions of thetrusteeship agreements and without prejudice to security con-siderations, avail itself of the assistance of the Trusteeship Coun-cil to perform those functions of the United Nations under thetrusteeship system relating to political, economic, social, andeducational matters in the strategic areas.

Article 84It shall be the duty of the administering authority to ensure that

the trust territory shall play its part in the maintenance of inter-national peace and security. To this end the administering authoritymay make use of volunteer forces, facilities, and assistance fromthe trust territory in carrying out the obligations towards the Secu-rity Council undertaken in this regard by the administeringauthority, as well as for local defence and the maintenance of lawand order within the trust territory.

1. The functions of the United Nations with regard to trustee-ship agreements for all areas not designated as strategic, includ-ing the approval of the terms of the trusteeship agreements andof their alteration or amendment, shall be exercised by the GeneralAssembly.

2. The Trusteeship Council, operating under the authority ofthe General Assembly, shall assist the General Assembly in car-rying out these functions.

Chapter XIIITHE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL

Composition

Article 861. The Trusteeship Council shall consist of the following Mem-

bers of the United Nations:

a. those Members administering trust territories;b. such of those Members mentioned by name in Article 23

as are not administering trust territories; andc. as many other Members elected for three-year terms by the

General Assembly as may be necessary to ensure that thetotal number of members of the Trusteeship Council isequally divided between those Members of the United Na-tions which administer trust territories and those which donot.

2. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall designate onespecially qualified person to represent it therein.


Article 87The General Assembly and, under its authority, the Trusteeship

Council, in carrying out their functions, may:a. consider reports submitted by the administering authority;b. accept petitions and examine them in consultation with the

administering authority;c. provide for periodic visits to the respective trust territories

at times agreed upon with the administering authority; andd. take these and other actions in conformity with the terms

of the trusteeship agreements.

Article 88The Trusteeship Council shall formulate a questionnaire on the

political, economic, social, and educational advancement of theinhabitants of each trust territory, and the administering authorityfor each trust territory within the competence of the General As-sembly shall make an annual report to the General Assembly uponthe basis of such questionnaire.

Voting

Article 891. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall have one vote.2. Decisions of the Trusteeship Council shall be made by a

majority of the members present and voting.

Procedure

Article 901. The Trusteeship Council shall adopt its own rules of proce-

dure, including the method of selecting its President.2. The Trusteeship Council shall meet as required in accord-

ance with its rules, which shall include provision for the conven-ing of meetings on the request of a majority of its members.

Article 91The Trusteeship Council shall, when appropriate, avail itself of

the assistance of the Economic and Social Council and of the spe-cialized agencies in regard to matters with which they are respect-ively concerned.

Chapter XIVTHE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Article 92The International Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial

organ of the United Nations. It shall function in accordance withthe annexed Statute, which is based upon the Statute of the Per-manent Court of International Justice and forms an integral partof the present Charter.

Article 931. All Members of the United Nations are ipso facto parties

to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.2. A state which is not a Member of the United Nations may

become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Jus-tice on conditions to be determined in each case by the GeneralAssembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.

Article 85


Article 941. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to comply

with the decision of the International Court of Justice in any caseto which it is a party.

2. If any party to a case fails to perform the obligations in-cumbent upon it under a judgment rendered by the Court, theother party may have recourse to the Security Council, which may,if it deems necessary, make recommendations or decide uponmeasures to be taken to give effect to the judgment.

Article 95Nothing in the present Charter shall prevent Members of the

United Nations from entrusting the solution of their differencesto other tribunals by virtue of agreements already in existence orwhich may be concluded in the future.

Article 961. The General Assembly or the Security Council may request

the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion onany legal question.

2. Other organs of the United Nations and specialized agen-cies, which may at any time be so authorized by the General As-sembly, may also request advisory opinions of the Court on legalquestions arising within the scope of their activities.

Chapter XVTHE SECRETARIAT

Article 97The Secretariat shall comprise a Secretary-General and such

staff as the Organization may require. The Secretary-General shallbe appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommenda-tion of the Security Council. He shall be the chief administrativeofficer of the Organization.

Article 98The Secretary-General shall act in that capacity in all meetings

of the General Assembly, of the Security Council, of the Economicand Social Council, and of the Trusteeship Council, and shall per-form such other functions as are entrusted to him by these or-gans. The Secretary-General shall make an annual report to theGeneral Assembly on the work of the Organization.

Article 99The Secretary-General may bring to the attention of the Secu-

rity Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten themaintenance of international peace and security.

Article 1001. In the performance of their duties the Secretary-General and

the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any govern-ment or from any other authority external to the Organization.They shall refrain from any action which might reflect on theirposition as international officials responsible only to the Organi-zation.

2. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to respectthe exclusively international character of the responsibilities ofthe Secretary-General and the staff and not to seek to influencethem in the discharge of their responsibilities.

Article 1011. The staff shall be appointed by the Secretary-General under

regulations established by the General Assembly.2. Appropriate staffs shall be permanently assigned to the

Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, and, as re-quired, to other organs of the United Nations. These staffs shallform a part of the Secretariat.

3. The paramount consideration in the employment of thestaff and in the determination of the conditions of service shallbe the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency,competence, and integrity. Due regard shall be paid to the impor-tance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical basis aspossible.

Chapter XVIMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article 1021. Every treaty and every international agreement entered

into by any Member of the United Nations after the presentCharter comes into force shall as soon as possible be registeredwith the Secretariat and published by it.

2. No party to any such treaty or international agreementwhich has not been registered in accordance with the provisionsof paragraph 1 of this Article may invoke that treaty or agree-ment before any organ of the United Nations.

Article 103In the event of a conflict between the obligations of the Mem-

bers of the United Nations under the present Charter and theirobligations under any other international agreement, their obli-gations under the present Charter shall prevail.

Article 104The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each of its

Members such legal capacity as may be necessary for the exer-cise of its functions and the fulfilment of its purposes.

Article 1051. The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each of its

Members such privileges and immunities as are necessary forthe fulfilment of its purposes.

2. Representatives of the Members of the United Nationsand officials of the Organization shall similarly enjoy suchprivileges and immunities as are necessary for the independentexercise of their functions in connexion with the Organization.

3. The General Assembly may make recommendations witha view to determining the details of the application of para-graphs 1 and 2 of this Article or may propose conventions to theMembers of the United Nations for this purpose.

Chapter XVIITRANSITIONAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

Article 106Pending the coming into force of such special agreements

referred to in Article 43 as in the opinion of the Security Councilenable it to begin the exercise of its responsibilities under Article42, the parties to the Four-Nation Declaration, signed atMoscow, 30 October 1943, and France, shall, in accordancewith the provisions of paragraph 5 of that Declaration, consultwith one another and as occasion requires with other Membersof the United Nations with a view to such joint action on behalfof the Organization as may be necessary for the purpose ofmaintaining international peace and security.

Article 107Nothing in the present Charter shall invalidate or preclude ac-

tion, in relation to any state which during the Second World Warhas been an enemy of any signatory to the present Charter,taken or authorized as a result of that war by the Governmentshaving responsibility for such action.

Chapter XVIIIAMENDMENTS

Article 108Amendments to the present Charter shall come into force for

all Members of the United Nations when they have beenadopted by a vote of two thirds of the members of the GeneralAssembly and ratified in accordance with their respective con-stitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the UnitedNations, including all the permanent members of the SecurityCouncil.

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Article 1094

1. A General Conference of the Members of the United Nationsfor the purpose of reviewing the present Charter may be held ata date and place to be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the membersof the General Assembly and by a vote of any nine members ofthe Security Council. Each Member of the United Nations shall haveone vote in the conference.

2. Any alteration of the present Charter recommended by a two-thirds vote of the conference shall take effect when ratified in accord-ance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirdsof the Members of the United Nations including all the permanentmembers of the Security Council.

3. If such a conference has not been held before the tenth an-nual session of the General Assembly following the coming intoforce of the present Charter, the proposal to call such a confer-ence shall be placed on the agenda of that session of the GeneralAssembly, and the conference shall be held if so decided by a majorityvote of the members of the General Assembly and by a vote ofany seven members of the Security Council.

Chapter XIXRATIFICATION AND SIGNATURE

Article 1101. The present Charter shall be ratified by the signatory states

in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.2. The ratifications shall be deposited with the Government

of the United States of America, which shall notify all the signa-tory states of each deposit as well as the Secretary-General of theOrganization when he has been appointed.

3. The present Charter shall come into force upon the depositof ratifications by the Republic of China, France, the Union of SovietSocialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland, and the United States of America, and by a majority ofthe other signatory states. A protocol of the ratifications depositedshall thereupon be drawn up by the Government of the United States

of America which shall communicate copies thereof to all the signatorystates.

4. The states signatory to the present Charter which ratify itafter it has come into force will become original Members of theUnited Nations on the date of the deposit of their respective ratifications.

Article 111The present Charter, of which the Chinese, French, Russian, English,

and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall remain deposited inthe archives of the Government of the United States of America.Duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that Govern-ment to the Governments of the other signatory states.

IN FAITH WHEREOF the representatives of the Governments ofthe United Nations have signed the present Charter.

DONE at the city of San Francisco the twenty-sixth day of June,one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.

4 Amended text of Article 109, which came into force on 12 June 1968.(The text of Article 109 before it was amended read as follows:

1. A General Conference of the Members of the United Nations for thepurpose of reviewing the present Charter may be held at a date and placeto be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the General Assemblyand by a vote of any seven members of the Security Council. Each Mem-ber of the United Nations shall have one vote in the conference.

2. Any alteration of the present Charter recommended by a two-thirdsvote of the conference shall take effect when ratified in accordance withtheir respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Membersof the United Nations including all the permanent members of the Secu-rity Council.

3. If such a conference has not been held before the tenth annual ses-sion of the General Assembly following the coming into force of the presentCharter, the proposal to call such a conference shall be placed on the agendaof that session of the General Assembly, and the conference shall be heldif so decided by a majority vote of the members of the General Assemblyand by a vote of any seven members of the Security Council.)

Statute of the International Court of JusticeArticle 1

THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE established by theCharter of the United Nations as the principal judicial organ of theUnited Nations shall be constituted and shall function in accor-dance with the provisions of the present Statute.

Chapter IORGANIZATION OF THE COURT

bers of the Permanent Court of Arbitration by Article 44 of theConvention of The Hague of 1907 for the pacific settlement ofinternational disputes.

3. The conditions under which a state which is a party to thepresent Statute but is not a Member of the United Nations mayparticipate in electing the members of the Court shall, in the ab-sence of a special agreement, be laid down by the General As-sembly upon recommendation of the Security Council.

Article 2The Court shall be composed of a body of independent judges,

elected regardless of their nationality from among persons of highmoral character, who possess the qualifications required in theirrespective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices,or are jurisconsults of recognized competence in international law.

Article 31. The Court shall consist of fifteen members, no two of whom

may be nationals of the same state.2. A person who for the purposes of membership in the Court

could be regarded as a national of more than one state shall bedeemed to be a national of the one in which he ordinarily exercisescivil and political rights.

Article 41. The members of the Court shall be elected by the General

Assembly and by the Security Council from a list of persons nominatedby the national groups in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, inaccordance with the following provisions.

2. In the case of Members of the United Nations not representedin the Permanent Court of Arbitration, candidates shall be nomi-nated by national groups appointed for this purpose by their govern-ments under the same conditions as those prescribed for mem-

Article 51. At least three months before the date of the election, the

Secretary-General of the United Nations shall address a writtenrequest to the members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration be-longing to the states which are parties to the present Statute, andto the members of the national groups appointed under Article4, paragraph 2, inviting them to undertake, within a given time,by national groups, the nomination of persons in a position to ac-cept the duties of a member of the Court.

2. No group may nominate more than four persons, not morethan two of whom shall be of their own nationality. In no casemay the number of candidates nominated by a group be more thandouble the number of seats to be filled.

Article 6Before making these nominations, each national group is recom-

mended to consult its highest court of justice, its legal facultiesand schools of law, and its national academies and national sec-tions of international academies devoted to the study of law.

Article 7

1. The Secretary-General shall prepare a list in alphabeticalorder of all the persons thus nominated. Save as provided in Arti-cle 12, paragraph 2, these shall be the only persons eligible.


2. The Secretary-General shall submit this list to the GeneralAssembly and to the Security Council.

Article 8The General Assembly and the Security Council shall proceed

independently of one another to elect the members of the Court.

Article 9At every election, the electors shall bear in mind not only that

the persons to be elected should individually possess the qualifi-cations required, but also that in the body as a whole the representationof the main forms of civilization and of the principal legal systemsof the world should be assured.

Article 101. Those candidates who obtain an absolute majority of votes

in the General Assembly and in the Security Council shall be con-sidered as elected.

2. Any vote of the Security Council, whether for the electionof judges or for the appointment of members of the conferenceenvisaged in Article 12, shall be taken without any distinction be-tween permanent and non-permanent members of the Security Council.

3. In the event of more than one national of the same stateobtaining an absolute majority of the votes both of the GeneralAssembly and of the Security Council, the eldest of these only shallbe considered as elected.

Article 11If, after the first meeting held for the purpose of the election,

one or more seats remain to be filled, a second and, if necessary,a third meeting shall take place.

Article 121. If, after the third meeting, one or more seats still remain un-

filled, a joint conference consisting of six members, three appointedby the General Assembly and three by the Security Council, maybe formed at any time at the request of either the General Assemblyor the Security Council, for the purpose of choosing by the voteof an absolute majority one name for each seat still vacant, to submitto the General Assembly and the Security Council for their respectiveacceptance.

2. If the joint conference is unanimously agreed upon any personwho fulfils the required conditions, he may be included in its list,even though he was not included in the list of nominations referredto in Article 7.

3. If the joint conference is satisfied that it will not be successfulin procuring an election, those members of the Court who havealready been elected shall, within a period to be fixed by the SecurityCouncil, proceed to fill the vacant seats by selection from amongthose candidates who have obtained votes either in the GeneralAssembly or in the Security Council.

4. In the event of an equality of votes among the judges, theeldest judge shall have a casting vote.

Article 131. The members of the Court shall be elected for nine years and

may be re-elected; provided, however, that of the judges electedat the first election, the terms of five judges shall expire at the endof three years and the terms of five more judges shall expire atthe end of six years.

2. The judges whose terms are to expire at the end of the above-mentioned initial periods of three and six years shall be chosenby lot to be drawn by the Secretary-General immediately after thefirst election has been completed.

3. The members of the Court shall continue to discharge theirduties until their places have been filled. Though replaced, theyshall finish any cases which they may have begun.

4. In the case of the resignation of a member of the Court, theresignation shall be addressed to the President of the Court fortransmission to the Secretary-General. This last notification makesthe place vacant.

Article 14Vacancies shall be filled by the same method as that laid down

for the first election, subject to the following provision: the Secretary-

General shall, within one month of the occurrence of the vacancy,proceed to issue the invitations provided for in Article 5, and thedate of the election shall be fixed by the Security Council.

Article 15A member of the Court elected to replace a member whose term

of office has not expired shall hold office for the remainder of hispredecessor's term.

Article 161. No member of the Court may exercise any political or ad-

ministrative function, or engage in any other occupation of a profes-sional nature.

2. Any doubt on this point shall be settled by the decision ofthe Court.

Article 171. No member of the Court may act as agent, counsel, or ad-

vocate in any case.2. No member may participate in the decision of any case in

which he has previously taken part as agent, counsel, or advocatefor one of the parties, or as a member of a national or internationalcourt, or of a commission of enquiry, or in any other capacity.

3. Any doubt on this point shall be settled by the decision ofthe Court.

Article 181. No member of the Court can be dismissed unless, in the unani-

mous opinion of the other members, he has ceased to fulfil therequired conditions.

2. Formal notification thereof shall be made to the Secretary-General by the Registrar.

3. This notification makes the place vacant.

Article 19The members of the Court, when engaged on the business of

the Court, shall enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities.

Article 20Every member of the Court shall, before taking up his duties,

make a solemn declaration in open court that he will exercise hispowers impartially and conscientiously.

Article 211. The Court shall elect its President and Vice-President for three

years; they may be re-elected.2. The Court shall appoint its Registrar and may provide for the

appointment of such other officers as may be necessary.

Article 221. The seat of the Court shall be established at The Hague. This,

however, shall not prevent the Court from sitting and exercisingits functions elsewhere whenever the Court considers it desirable.

2. The President and the Registrar shall reside at the seat ofthe Court.

Article 231. The Court shall remain permanently in session, except dur-

ing the judicial vacations, the dates and duration of which shallbe fixed by the Court.

2. Members of the Court are entitled to periodic leave, the datesand duration of which shall be fixed by the Court, having in mindthe distance between The Hague and the home of each judge.

3. Members of the Court shall be bound, unless they are onleave or prevented from attending by illness or other serious rea-sons duly explained to the President, to hold themselves perma-nently at the disposal of the Court.

Article 241. If, for some special reason, a member of the Court considers

that he should not take part in the decision of a particular case,he shall so inform the President.

2. If the President considers that for some special reason oneof the members of the Court should not sit in a particular case,he shall give him notice accordingly.

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3. If in any such case the member of the Court and the Presi-dent disagree, the matter shall be settled by the decision of theCourt.

Article 251. The full Court shall sit except when it is expressly provided

otherwise in the present Statute.2. Subject to the condition that the number of judges availa-

ble to constitute the Court is not thereby reduced below eleven,the Rules of the Court may provide for allowing one or morejudges, according to circumstances and in rotation, to be dis-pensed from sitting.

3. A quorum of nine judges shall suffice to constitute theCourt.

Article 261. The Court may from time to time form one or more cham-

bers, composed of three or more judges as the Court may deter-mine, for dealing with particular categories of cases; for exam-ple, labour cases and cases relating to transit andcommunications.

2. The Court may at any time form a chamber for dealing witha particular case. The number of judges to constitute such a cham-ber shall be determined by the Court with the approval of theparties.

3. Cases shall be heard and determined by the chambersprovided for in this Article if the parties so request.

Article 27A judgment given by any of the chambers provided for in Arti-

cles 26 and 29 shall be considered as rendered by the Court.

Article 28The chambers provided for in Articles 26 and 29 may, with the

consent of the parties, sit and exercise their functions elsewherethan at The Hague.

Article 29With a view to the speedy dispatch of business, the Court shall

form annually a chamber composed of five judges which, at therequest of the parties, may hear and determine cases by summaryprocedure. In addition, two judges shall be selected for the pur-pose of replacing judges who find it impossible to sit.

Article 301. The Court shall frame rules for carrying out its functions.

In particular, it shall lay down rules of procedure.2. The Rules of the Court may provide for assessors to sit with

the Court or with any of its chambers, without the right to vote.

Article 311. Judges of the nationality of each of the parties shall retain

their right to sit in the case before the Court.2. If the Court includes upon the Bench a judge of the nation-

ality of one of the parties, any other party may choose a personto sit as judge. Such person shall be chosen preferably from amongthose persons who have been nominated as candidates asprovided in Articles 4 and 5.

3. If the Court includes upon the Bench no judge of the na-tionality of the parties, each of these parties may proceed tochoose a judge as provided in paragraph 2 of this Article.

4. The provisions of this Article shall apply to the case of Ar-ticles 26 and 29. In such cases, the President shall request oneor, if necessary, two of the members of the Court forming thechamber to give place to the members of the Court of the nation-ality of the parties concerned, and, failing such, or if they are un-able to be present, to the judges specially chosen by the parties.

5. Should there be several parties in the same interest, theyshall, for the purpose of the preceding provisions, be reckonedas one party only. Any doubt upon this point shall be settled bythe decision of the Court.

6. Judges chosen as laid down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 ofthis Article shall fulfil the conditions required by Articles 2, 17(paragraph 2), 20, and 24 of the present Statute. They shall take

part in the decision on terms of complete equality with their col-leagues.

Article 321. Each member of the Court shall receive an annual salary.2. The President shall receive a special annual allowance.3. The Vice-President shall receive a special allowance for

every day on which he acts as President.4. The judges chosen under Article 31, other than members

of the Court, shall receive compensation for each day on whichthey exercise their functions.

5. These salaries, allowances, and compensation shall be fixedby the General Assembly. They may not be decreased during theterm of office.

6. The salary of the Registrar shall be fixed by the General As-sembly on the proposal of the Court.

7. Regulations made by the General Assembly shall fix theconditions under which retirement pensions may be given to mem-bers of the Court and to the Registrar, and the conditions underwhich members of the Court and the Registrar shall have theirtravelling expenses refunded.

8. The above salaries, allowances, and compensation shall befree of all taxation.

Article 33The expenses of the Court shall be borne by the United Nations

in such a manner as shall be decided by the General Assembly.

Chapter IICOMPETENCE OF THE COURT

Article 341. Only states may be parties in cases before the Court.2. The Court, subject to and in conformity with its Rules, may

request of public international organizations information relevantto cases before it, and shall receive such information presentedby such organizations on their own initiative.

3. Whenever the construction of the constituent instrumentof a public international organization or of an international con-vention adopted thereunder is in question in a case before theCourt, the Registrar shall so notify the public international organi-zation concerned and shall communicate to it copies of all thewritten proceedings.

Article 351. The Court shall be open to the states parties to the present

Statute.2. The conditions under which the Court shall be open to other

states shall, subject to the special provisions contained in treatiesin force, be laid down by the Security Council, but in no case shallsuch conditions place the parties in a position of inequality be-fore the Court.

3. When a state which is not a Member of the United Nationsis a party to a case, the Court shall fix the amount which thatparty is to contribute towards the expenses of the Court. This pro-vision shall not apply if such state is bearing a share of the ex-penses of the Court.

Article 361. The jurisdiction of the Court comprises all cases which the

parties refer to it and all matters specially provided for in theCharter of the United Nations or in treaties and conventions inforce.

2. The states parties to the present Statute may at any timedeclare that they recognize as compulsory ipso facto and withoutspecial agreement, in relation to any other state accepting thesame obligation, the jurisdiction of the Court in all legal disputesconcerning:

a. the interpretation of a treaty;b. any question of international law;c. the existence of any fact which, if established, would con-

stitute a breach of an international obligation;d. the nature or extent of the reparation to be made for the

breach of an international obligation.


3. The declarations referred to above may be made uncondi-tionally or on condition of reciprocity on the part of several or cer-tain states, or for a certain time.

4. Such declarations shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall transmit copies thereofto the parties to the Statute and to the Registrar of the Court.

5. Declarations made under Article 36 of the Statute of thePermanent Court of International Justice and which are still inforce shall be deemed, as between the parties to the present Sta-tute, to be acceptances of the compulsory jurisdiction of the In-ternational Court of Justice for the period which they still haveto run and in accordance with their terms.

6. In the event of a dispute as to whether the Court has juris-diction, the matter shall be settled by the decision of the Court.

Article 37Whenever a treaty or convention in force provides for reference

of a matter to a tribunal to have been instituted by the Leagueof Nations, or to the Permanent Court of International Justice, thematter shall, as between the parties to the present Statute, bereferred to the International Court of Justice.

Article 381. The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with

international law such disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply:a. international conventions, whether general or particular, es-

tablishing rules expressly recognized by the contestingstates;

b. international custom, as evidence of a general practice ac-cepted as law;

c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations;d. subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions

and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicistsof the various nations, as subsidiary means for the deter-mination of rules of law.

2. This provision shall not prejudice the power of the Courtto decide a case ex aequo et bono, if the parties agree thereto.

Chapter IIIPROCEDURE

Article 391. The official languages of the Court shall be French and En-

glish. If the parties agree that the case shall be conducted inFrench, the judgment shall be delivered in French. If the partiesagree that the case shall be conducted in English, the judgmentshall be delivered in English.

2. In the absence of an agreement as to which language shallbe employed, each party may, in the pleadings, use the languagewhich it prefers; the decision of the Court shall be given in Frenchand English. In this case the Court shall at the same time deter-mine which of the two texts shall be considered as authoritative.

3. The Court shall, at the request of any party, authorize a lan-guage other than French or English to be used by that party.

Article 401. Cases are brought before the Court, as the case may be,

either by the notification of the special agreement or by a writtenapplication addressed to the Registrar. In either case the subjectof the dispute and the parties shall be indicated.

2. The Registrar shall forthwith communicate the applicationto all concerned.

3. He shall also notify the Members of the United Nationsthrough the Secretary-General, and also any other states entitledto appear before the Court.

Article 411. The Court shall have the power to indicate, if it considers

that circumstances so require, any provisional measures whichought to be taken to preserve the respective rights of either party.

2. Pending the final decision, notice of the measures sug-gested shall forthwith be given to the parties and to the SecurityCouncil.

Article 421. The parties shall be represented by agents.2. They may have the assistance of counsel or advocates be-

fore the Court.3. The agents, counsel, and advocates of parties before the

Court shall enjoy the privileges and immunities necessary to theindependent exercise of their duties.

Article 431. The procedure shall consist of two parts: written and oral.2. The written proceedings shall consist of the communica-

tion to the Court and to the parties of memorials, counter-memorialsand, if necessary, replies; also all papers and documents in support.

3. These communications shall be made through the Regis-trar, in the order and within the time fixed by the Court.

4. A certified copy of every document produced by one partyshall be communicated to the other party.

5. The oral proceedings shall consist of the hearing by the Courtof witnesses, experts, agents, counsel, and advocates.

Article 441. For the service of all notices upon persons other than the

agents, counsel, and advocates, the Court shall apply direct to thegovernment of the state upon whose territory the notice has tobe served.

2. The same provision shall apply whenever steps are to be takento procure evidence on the spot.

Article 45The hearing shall be under the control of the President or, if he

is unable to preside, of the Vice-President; if neither is able to pre-side, the senior judge present shall preside.

Article 46The hearing in Court shall be public, unless the Court shall de-

cide otherwise, or unless the parties demand that the public benot admitted.

Article 471. Minutes shall be made at each hearing and signed by the

Registrar and the President.2. These minutes alone shall be authentic.

Article 48The Court shall make orders for the conduct of the case, shall

decide the form and time in which each party must conclude itsarguments, and make all arrangements connected with the tak-ing of evidence.

Article 49The Court may, even before the hearing begins, call upon the

agents to produce any document or to supply any explanations.Formal note shall be taken of any refusal.

Article 50The Court may, at any time, entrust any individual, body, bureau,

commission, or other organization that it may select, with the taskof carrying out an enquiry or giving an expert opinion.

Article 51During the hearing any relevant questions are to be put to the

witnesses and experts under the conditions laid down by the Courtin the rules of procedure referred to in Article 30.

Article 52After the Court has received the proofs and evidence within the

time specified for the purpose, it may refuse to accept any furtheroral or written evidence that one party may desire to present un-less the other side consents.

Article 531. Whenever one of the parties does not appear before the Court,

or fails to defend its case, the other party may call upon the Courtto decide in favour of its claim.

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2. The Court must, before doing so, satisfy itself, not only thatit has jurisdiction in accordance with Articles 36 and 37, but alsothat the claim is well founded in fact and law.

Article 64Unless otherwise decided by the Court, each party shall bear

its own costs.

Article 541. When, subject to the control of the Court, the agents, coun-

sel, and advocates have completed their presentation of the case,the President shall declare the hearing closed.

2. The Court shall withdraw to consider the judgment.3. The deliberations of the Court shall take place in private

and remain secret.

Article 551. All questions shall be decided by a majority of the judges

present.2. In the event of an equality of votes, the President or the

judge who acts in his place shall have a casting vote.

Article 561. The judgment shall state the reasons on which it is based.2. It shall contain the names of the judges who have taken

part in the decision.

Article 57If the judgment does not represent in whole or in part the unani-

mous opinion of the judges, any judge shall be entitled to delivera separate opinion.

Article 58The judgment shall be signed by the President and by the Regis-

trar. It shall be read in open court, due notice having been givento the agents.

Article 59The decision of the Court has no binding force except between

the parties and in respect of that particular case.

Article 60The judgment is final and without appeal. In the event of dis-

pute as to the meaning or scope of the judgment, the Court shallconstrue it upon the request of any party.

Article 611. An application for revision of a judgment may be made only

when it is based upon the discovery of some fact of such a na-ture as to be a decisive factor, which fact was, when the judg-ment was given, unknown to the Court and also to the party claim-ing revision, always provided that such ignorance was not dueto negligence.

2. The proceedings for revision shall be opened by a judgmentof the Court expressly recording the existence of the new fact,recognizing that it has such a character as to lay the case opento revision, and declaring the application admissible on thisground.

3. The Court may require previous compliance with the termsof the judgment before it admits proceedings in revision.

4. The application for revision must be made at latest withinsix months of the discovery of the new fact.

5. No application for revision may be made after the lapse often years from the date of the judgment.

Article 621. Should a state consider that it has an interest of a legal na-

ture which may be affected by the decision in the case, it maysubmit a request to the Court to be permitted to intervene.

2. It shall be for the Court to decide upon this request.

Article 631. Whenever the construction of a convention to which states

other than those concerned in the case are parties is in question,the Registrar shall notify all such states forthwith.

2. Every state so notified has the right to intervene in theproceedings; but if it uses this right, the construction given bythe judgment will be equally binding upon it.

Chapter IVADVISORY OPINIONS

Article 65

1. The Court may give an advisory opinion on any legal ques-tion at the request of whatever body may be authorized by or inaccordance with the Charter of the United Nations to make sucha request.

2. Questions upon which the advisory opinion of the Courtis asked shall be laid before the Court by means of a written re-quest containing an exact statement of the question upon whichan opinion is required, and accompanied by all documents likelyto throw light upon the question.

Article 661. The Registrar shall forthwith give notice of the request for

an advisory opinion to all states entitled to appear before theCourt.

2. The Registrar shall also, by means of a special and directcommunication, notify any state entitled to appear before theCourt or international organization considered by the Court, or,should it not be sitting, by the President, as likely to be able tofurnish information on the question, that the Court will be pre-pared to receive, within a time limit to be fixed by the President,written statements, or to hear, at a public sitting to be held forthe purpose, oral statements relating to the question.

3. Should any such state entitled to appear before the Courthave failed to receive the special communication referred to inparagraph 2 of this Article, such state may express a desire tosubmit a written statement or to be heard; and the Court willdecide.

4. States and organizations having presented written or oralstatements or both shall be permitted to comment on the state-ments made by other states or organizations in the form, to theextent, and within the time limits which the Court, or, should itnot be sitting, the President, shall decide in each particular case.Accordingly, the Registrar shall in due time communicate any suchwritten statements to states and organizations having submittedsimilar statements.

Article 67The Court shall deliver its advisory opinions in open court, no-

tice having been given to the Secretary-General and to therepresentatives of Members of the United Nations, of other statesand of international organizations immediately concerned.

Article 68In the exercise of its advisory functions the Court shall further

be guided by the provisions of the present Statute which applyin contentious cases to the extent to which it recognizes themto be applicable.

Chapter VAMENDMENT

Article 69

Amendments to the present Statute shall be effected by thesame procedure as is provided by the Charter of the United Na-tions for amendments to that Charter, subject however to any pro-visions which the General Assembly upon recommendation of theSecurity Council may adopt concerning the participation of stateswhich are parties to the present Statute but are not Members ofthe United Nations.

Article 70The Court shall have power to propose such amendments to

the present Statute as it may deem necessary, through writtencommunications to the Secretary-General, for consideration inconformity with the provisions of Article 69.

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Appendix III

Structure of the United Nations

General Assembly

The General Assembly is composed of all the Members of the UnitedNations.

SESSIONSResumed forty-first session: 14 September 1987.Forty-second session:1 15 September-21 December 1987 (sus-

pended).

OFFICERSResumed forty-first sessionPresident: Humayun Rasheed Choudhury (Bangladesh).Vice-Presidents: Benin, Brazil, Byelorussian SSR, China, Cyprus,

Dominican Republic, Fiji, France, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia,Mozambique, Oman, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Suriname,Sweden, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

Forty-second sessionPresident: Peter Florin (German Democratic Republic).a

Vice-Presidents:b Botswana, Cameroon, China, Comoros, France,Jordan, Mauritania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Paraguay,Portugal, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Sri Lanka,Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates.

a Elected on 15 September 1987 (decision 42/302).b Elected on 15 September 1987 (decision 42/304).

The Assembly has four types of committees: (1) Main Commit-tees; (2) procedural committees; (3) standing committees; (4) subsidiaryand ad hoc bodies. In addition, it convenes conferences to dealwith specific subjects.

Main Committees

Seven Main Committees have been established as follows:

Political and Security Committee (disarmament and related inter-national security questions) (First Committee)

Special Political CommitteeEconomic and Financial Committee (Second Committee)Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee (Third Committee)Trusteeship Committee (including Non-Self-Governing Territories)

(Fourth Committee)Administrative and Budgetary Committee (Fifth Committee)Legal Committee (Sixth Committee)

The General Assembly may constitute other committees, on whichall Members of the United Nations have the right to be represented.

OFFICERS OF THE MAIN COMMITTEES

Forty-second sessiona

a Chairmen elected by the Main Committees; announced by the AssemblyPresident on 15 September 1987 (decision 42/303).

First CommitteeChairman: Bagbeni Adeito Nzengeya (Zaire).Vice-Chairmen: Carlos José Gutierrez (Costa Rica), Ali Maher Nashashibi

(Jordan).Rapporteur: Kazimierz Tomaszewski (Poland).

Special Political CommitteeChairman: Hamad Abdelaziz AI-Kawari (Qatar).Vice-Chairmen: Helmut Freudenschuss (Austria), Raimundo Gon-

zález (Chile).Rapporteur: Mpumelelo J. Hlophe (Swaziland).

Second CommitteeChairman: Guennadi Oudovenko (Ukrainian SSR).Vice-Chairmen: Henricus Gajentaan (Netherlands), S. Mohamed

Shaaban (Egypt).Rapporteur: Mojtaba Arastoo (Iran).

Third CommitteeChairman: Jorge E. Ritter (Panama).Vice-Chairmen: Osman M. 0. Dirar (Sudan), Paul Laberge

(Canada).Rapporteur: Ani Santhoso (Indonesia).

Fourth CommitteeChairman: Constantine Moushoutas (Cyprus).Vice-Chairmen: Joaquim Rafael Branco (Sao Tome and Principe),

Alexander Vasilyev (Byelorussian SSR).Rapporteur: Alvaro Carnevali-Villegas (Venezuela).

Fifth CommitteeChairman: Henrik Amneus (Sweden).Vice-Chairmen: Deryck Murray (Trinidad and Tobago), Raj Singh (Fiji).Rapporteur: Felix Aboly-Bi-Kouassi (Côte d'Ivoire).

Sixth CommitteeChairman: Rajab A. Azzarouk (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya).Vice-Chairmen: Vaclav Mikulka (Czechoslovakia), Klaus E. Schari-

oth (Federal Republic of Germany).Rapporteur: Kenneth McKenzie (Trinidad and Tobago).

Procedural committees

General CommitteeThe General Committee consists of the President of the General

Assembly, as Chairman, the 21 Vice-Presidents and the Chairmenof the seven Main Committees.

Credentials CommitteeThe Credentials Committee consists of nine members appointed

by the General Assembly on the proposal of the President.

Forty-second sessionArgentina (Chairman), Barbados, Cape Verde, China, Germany,

Federal Republic of, Kenya, Singapore, USSR, United States,a

a Appointed on 15 September 1987 (decision 42/301).

Standing committees

The two standing committees consist of experts appointed intheir individual capacity for three-year terms.

1 The forty-second session of the General Assembly resumed in 1988 from29 February to 2 March, from 18 to 23 March, from 11 to 13 May, on 16and 17 August and on 19 September.

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Advisory Committee on Administrativeand Budgetary Questions

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Even Fontaine-Ortiz (Cuba); Ul-

rich Kalbitzer (Federal Republic of Germany); Richard Nygard (UnitedStates); Noureddine Sefiani (Morocco); Viktor A. Vislykh (USSR).

To serve until 31 December 1988: Ahmad Fathi AI-Masri (SyrianArab Republic); Ion Gorita (Romania); C. S. M. Mselle, Chair-man (United Republic of Tanzania); Oluseye D. Oduyemi (Nige-ria);a Christopher R. Thomas (Trinidad and Tobago).

To serve until 31 December 1989: Michel Brochard (France); LuizSergio Gama Figueira (Brazil); Ma Longde (China); Irmeli Musto-nen (Finland); Banbit A. Roy (India); Yukio Takasu (Japan).

a Resigned on 30 November 1987; Ferguson O. Iheme (Nigeria) was ap-pointed by the General Assembly on 11 December 1987 (decision 42/312 A)to fill the resultant vacancy.

On 11 December 1987 (decision 42/312 A), the General Assem-bly appointed the following five members for a three-year termbeginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurring on31 December 1987: Bagbeni Adeito Nzengeya (Zaire), EvenFontaine-Ortiz (Cuba), Richard Nygard (United States), Tjaco T.van den Hout (Netherlands), Viktor A. Vislykh (USSR). Also ap-pointed for a term beginning on 1 February 1988 and ending on31 December 1989 was Tadanori Inomata (Japan) to replace YukioTakasu (Japan), who was to resign on 31 January.

Committee on ContributionsMembers:To serve until 31 December 1987: Amjad Ali, Chairman (Pakistan);

Ernesto Battisti (Italy); Feliks N. Kovalev (USSR); Miguel MarínBosch (Mexico); Dominique Souchet (France); Wang Liansheng(China).

To serve until 31 December 1988: Andrzej Abraszewski, Vice-Chairman (Poland); John D. Fox (United States); Elias M. C.Kazembe (Zambia); Yasuo Noguchi (Japan);a Adnan A. Yonis(Iraq); Assen Iliev Zlatanov (Bulgaria).

To serve until 31 December 1989: Bagbeni Adeito Nzengeya(Zaire); Carlos Antonio Bivero García (Venezuela); Lance LouisE. Joseph (Australia);a Atilio Norberto Molteni (Argentina);Dimitri Rallis (Greece); Omar Sirry (Egypt).

a Resigned on 6 November and 31 August 1987, respectively; Kenshiroh

Akimoto (Japan) and Peter Gregg (Australia) were appointed by the GeneralAssembly on 11 December 1987 (decision 42/313) for one- and two-yearterms, respectively, beginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the resultantvacancies.

On 11 December 1987 (decision 42/313), the General Assem-bly appointed the following six members for a three-year term be-ginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31December 1987: Amjad Ali (Pakistan), Ernesto Battisti (Italy), AlainCatta (France), Yuri Chulkov (USSR), Mauro Sergio da FonsecaCosta Couto (Brazil), Wang Liansheng (China).

Subsidiary, ad hoc and related bodies

The following subsidiary, ad hoc and related bodies were in ex-istence or functioning in 1987, or were established during theGeneral Assembly's forty-second session, held from 15 Septem-ber to 21 December 1987. (For other related bodies, see p. 1363.)

Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for theAnnouncement of Voluntary Contributions to the 1988 Programme

of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesAs soon as practicable after the opening of each regular ses-

sion of the General Assembly, an ad hoc committee of the wholeof the Assembly meets, under the chairmanship of the Presidentof the session, to enable Governments to announce pledges ofvoluntary contributions to the programme of UNHCR for the fol-lowing year. Also invited to announce their pledges are Stateswhich are members of specialized agencies but not Members ofthe United Nations. In 1987, the Ad Hoc Committee met on 19November.

Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly for the Announcementof Voluntary Contributions to the United Nations

Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near EastAs soon as practicable after the opening of each regular ses-

sion of the General Assembly, an ad hoc committee of the wholeof the Assembly meets, under the chairmanship of the Presidentof the session, to enable Governments to announce pledges ofvoluntary contributions to the programme of UNRWA for the fol-lowing year. Also invited to announce their pledges are Stateswhich are members of specialized agencies but not Members ofthe United Nations. In 1987, the Ad Hoc Committee met on 23November.

Ad Hoc Committee of the InternationalConference on Kampuchea

The Ad Hoc Committee of the International Conference on Kam-puchea held five meetings between 14 January and 3 Septem-ber 1987, at United Nations Headquarters.

Members: Belgium, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Sene-gal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand.

Chairman: Massamba Sarré (Senegal).Vice-Chairman: Edmonde Dever (Belgium).Rapporteur: Yusof M. Hitam (Malaysia).

Ad Hoc Committee of the Wholeof the General Assembly on the Review and Appraisal

of the United Nations Programme of Actionfor African Economic Recovery and Development 1986-1990

On 8 December 1987, the General Assembly established an AdHoc Committee of the Whole to prepare the review and appraisalof the United Nations Programme of Action for African EconomicRecovery and Development 1986-1990.2 The Committee was tomeet in September 1988 prior to the Assembly's forty-thirdsession.

Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of an InternationalConvention against the Recruitment, Use, Financing

and Training of MercenariesThe 35-member Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of an In-

ternational Convention against the Recruitment, Use, Financingand Training of Mercenaries held its sixth session at United Na-tions Headquarters from 19 January to 6 February 1987.

Members: Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Bulgaria,Canada, Cuba, Democratic Yemen, Ethiopia, France, GermanDemocratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Haiti, India,Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Portugal, Senegal,a

Seychelles, Spain, Suriname, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR, USSR,United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Yugosla-via, Zaire, Zambia.

a Until 31 December 1987, when it withdrew in accordance with a sched-ule of rotation agreed on by the Group of African States. On 7 December(decision 42/310), the General Assembly confirmed the appointment by itsPresident of Togo, effective 1 January 1988, to fill the resultant vacancy.

Chairman: Werner H. W. Vreedzaam (Suriname).Vice-Chairmen: Abdullahi N. Bage (Nigeria), Vladimir Y. Eltchenko

(Ukrainian SSR), Tullio Treves (Italy).Rapporteur: Hameed Mohamed Ali (Democratic Yemen).

Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian OceanIn 1987, the membership of the Ad Hoc Committee on the In-

dian Ocean rose from 48 to 49, pursuant to a 1979 General As-sembly decision to enlarge it.3

The Committee, continuing the preparatory work for the Con-ference on the Indian Ocean (rescheduled for no later than 1990at Colombo, Sri Lanka), held two sessions during the year, at UnitedNations Headquarters: from 23 March to 3 April and from 22 Juneto 2 July.

2 YUN 1986, p. 446, GA res. S-13/2, annex, 1 June 1986.3 YUN 1979, p. 67, GA res. 34/80 B, 11 Dec. 1979.


Members: Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China,Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, GermanDemocratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, India,Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar,Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Netherlands, Norway,Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Poland, Romania, Seychelles, Singa-pore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Uganda, USSR, UnitedArab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania,United States, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.a

a Appointed by the President of the General Assembly's forty-first session,on the basis of a Committee recommendation, as stated in his communica-tion of 6 May 1987 to the Secretary-General.

Sweden, a major maritime user of the Indian Ocean, continuedto participate in the meetings as an observer.

Chairman: Nissanka Wijewardane (Sri Lanka).Vice-Chairmen: Samsi Abdulah (Indonesia), Manuel dos Santos

(Mozambique), Wilhelm Grundmann (German Democratic Repub-lic), John Okely (Australia).

Rapporteur: Jean de Dieu Rakotozafy (Madagascar).

Ad Hoc Committee on the World Disarmament Conference

The 40-member Ad Hoc Committee on the World DisarmamentConference did not meet in 1987.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,Burundi, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia,Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Liberia,Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,Philippines, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tuni-sia, Turkey, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia.

The USSR participates in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee,while China, France, the United Kingdom and the United Statesmaintain contact with it through its Chairman, pursuant to a 1973General Assembly resolution.4

WORKING GROUP

Members: Burundi, Egypt, Hungary, India, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Peru,Poland, Spain, Sri Lanka.

Advisory Committee on the United Nations Educationaland Training Programme for Southern Africa

Members: Byelorussian SSR, Canada, Denmark, India, Japan, Li-beria, Nigeria, Norway, United Republic of Tanzania, United States,Venezuela, Zaire, Zambia.

Chairman: Tom Eric Vraalsen (Norway).Vice-Chairman: Joel Mulule Ngo (Zambia).

Advisory Committee on the United Nations Programmeof Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination

and Wider Appreciation of International LawThe Advisory Committee on the United Nations Programme of

Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Ap-preciation of International Law held its twenty-second session atUnited Nations Headquarters on 28 October 1987.

Members (until 31 December 1987): Barbados, Cyprus, France,Ghana, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Netherlands, Romania, SierraLeone, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom,Venezuela.

Chairman: Augustus Tanoh (Ghana).

On 7 December 1987 (resolution 42/148), the General Assem-bly appointed the following 13 members for a four-year term be-ginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31December 1987: Bangladesh, Cyprus, France, Ghana, Libyan ArabJamahiriya, Mexico, Netherlands, Romania, Turkey, USSR, UnitedKingdom, Venezuela, Zaire.

Board of AuditorsThe Board of Auditors consists of three members appointed by

the General Assembly for three-year terms.

Members:To serve until 30 June 1988: Auditor-General of Ghana.To serve until 30 June 1989: Senior President of the Audit Office

of France.To serve until 30 June 1990: Chairman of the Commission of Audit

of the Philippines.

On 11 December 1987 (decision 42/314), the General Assem-bly appointed the Auditor-General of Ghana for a three-year termbeginning on 1 July 1988.

Collective Measures CommitteeEstablished in 1950 under the General Assembly's "Uniting for

Peace" resolution,5 the Collective Measures Committee reportedthree times to the Assembly. In noting the third report, to its ninth(1954) session, the Assembly directed the Committee to remainin a position to pursue such further studies as it may deem desirableto strengthen the capability of the United Nations to maintain peaceand to report to the Security Council and to the Assembly as ap-propriate.6

Members: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Burma, Canada, Egypt, France,Mexico, Philippines, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States,Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

Commission on Human SettlementsThe Commission on Human Settlements (see p. 1356) reports

to the General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council.

Committee for Programme and Co-ordinationThe Committee for Programme and Co-ordination (see p. 1357)

is the main subsidiary organ of the Economic and Social Counciland of the General Assembly for planning, programming and co-ordination; it reports to both.

Committee for the United Nations Population AwardThe Committee for the United Nations Population Award is com-

posed of: (a) 10 representatives of United Nations Member Stateselected by the Economic and Social Council for a three-year period,with due regard for equitable geographical representation and theneed to include Member States that had made contributions forthe Award; (b) the Secretary-General and the UNFPA Executive Direc-tor, to serve ex officio; and (c) five individuals eminent for theirsignificant contributions to population-related activities, selectedby the Committee, to serve as honorary members in an advisorycapacity for a renewable three-year term.

In 1987, the Committee held three meetings between 27 Januaryand 30 April, at United Nations Headquarters.

Members (until 31 December 1988): Burundi, Colombia, Ecuador,Japan, Mexico, Pakistan, Spain, Sudan, Tunisia, Yugoslavia.

Ex-officio members: The Secretary-General and the UNFPA ExecutiveDirector.

Honorary members (until 31 December 1988): Nobusuke Kishi,a

Edem Kodjo, Carmen Miro, Robert E. Turner III, Simone Veil.

a Died in August 1987; Takeo Fukuda was selected to succeed him.

Chairman: Mahmoud Mestiri (Tunisia).

Committee of Trustees of the United NationsTrust Fund for South Africa

Members: Chile, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sweden.

Chairman: Anders Ferm (Sweden).Vice-Chairman: Joseph N. Garba (Nigeria).

4 YUN 1973, p. 18, GA res. 3183(XXVIII), 18 Dec. 1973.5 YUN 1950, p. 194, GA res. 377(V), part A, para. 11, 3 Nov. 1950.6 YUN 1954, p. 23, GA res. 809(IX), 4 Nov. 1954.

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Committee on Applications for Review ofAdministrative Tribunal Judgements

In 1987, the Committee on Applications for Review of Adminis-trative Tribunal Judgements held two sessions, at United NationsHeadquarters: its twenty-ninth on 19 and 20 February and on 3March; and its thirtieth on 15 and 16 October.

Members (until 14 September 1987) (based on the compositionof the General Committee at the General Assembly's forty-firstsession): Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Byelorussian SSR, China,Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic Yemen, Dominican Republic, Fiji, France,German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Jamaica, Libyan Arab Jama-hiriya, Malaysia, Mozambique, Netherlands, Oman, Rwanda, SierraLeone, Somalia, Suriname, Sweden, Togo, Turkey, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States.

Chairman: Lloyd M. H. Barnett (Jamaica) (twenty-ninth session),Rajab A. Azzarouk (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) (thirtieth session).

Rapporteur: David M. Edwards (United Kingdom).

Members (from 15 September 1987) (based on the compositionof the General Committee at the General Assembly's forty-secondsession): Botswana, Cameroon, China, Comoros, Cyprus, France,German Democratic Republic, Jordan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,Mauritania, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,Portugal, Qatar, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore,Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Sweden, Togo, Tunisia, UkrainianSSR, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Zaire.

Committee on Arrangements for a Conferencefor the Purpose of Reviewing the Charter

All Members of the United Nations are members of the Com-mittee on Arrangements for a Conference for the Purpose of Review-ing the Charter.

The Committee, established in 1955, last met in 1967, follow-ing which the General Assembly decided to keep it in being.7

Committee on ConferencesThe Committee on Conferences consists of 22 Member States

appointed by the President of the General Assembly on the basisof equitable geographical balance, to serve for a three-year term.

Members (until 31 December 1987): Algeria, Argentina, Austria,Bahamas, Byelorussian SSR, Chile, Cyprus, Egypt, France, GermanDemocratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Indonesia,Japan, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Tuni-sia, USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

Chairman: Bernards A. N. Mudho (Kenya).Vice-Chairmen: J. D. Ariyaratne (Sri Lanka); Fernando Danus (Chile)

(until 24 August), Jaime Bazan (Chile) (from 24 August); FalkMeltke (German Democratic Republic).

Rapporteur: Valentin Inzko (Austria) (until 24 August), FranziskaFriessnigg (Austria) (from 24 August).

On 11 December 1987, the General Assembly requested its Pres-ident to reappoint the current members for a one-year term be-ginning on 1 January 1988.

Committee on InformationIn 1987, the 70-member Committee on Information held, at United

Nations Headquarters, an organizational session on 16 March andits ninth session from 15 June to 2 July.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Brazil,Bulgaria, Burundi, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica,Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Sal-vador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, German Democratic Republic,Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea,Guyana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon,Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Nige-ria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sin-gapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Repub-lic, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR,

USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States,Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

Chairman: Pablo Barrios (Spain).Vice-Chairmen: Aneesuddin Ahmed (Pakistan), Ricardo Lagorio (Ar-

gentina), Nabil Osman (Egypt).Rapporteur: Gerhard Haensel (German Democratic Republic).

Committee on Relations with the Host CountryMembers: Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cyprus,

France, Honduras, Iraq, Mali, Senegal, Spain, USSR, United King-dom, United States (host country).

Chairman: Constantine Moushoutas (Cyprus).Vice-Chairmen: Bulgaria, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire.Rapporteur: Emilia Castro de Barish (Costa Rica).

Committee on the Development and Utilization ofNew and Renewable Sources of Energy

The Committee on the Development and Utilization of New andRenewable Sources of Energy, open to the participation of all Statesas full members, did not meet during 1987.

Committee on the Exercise of the InalienableRights of the Palestinian People

Members: Afghanistan, Cuba, Cyprus, German Democratic Republic,Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Lao People'sDemocratic Republic, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Nigeria,Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Turkey, UkrainianSSR, Yugoslavia.

Chairman: Massamba Sarré (Senegal).Vice-Chairmen: Shah Mohammad Dost (Afghanistan), Oscar Oramas-

Oliva (Cuba).Rapporteur: George Agius (Malta) (until 6 July 1987), Saviour Borg

(Malta) (from 7 July to 13 September), Alexander Borg Olivier(Malta) (from 14 September).

WORKING GROUPMembers: Afghanistan, Cuba, German Democratic Republic, Guinea,

Guyana, India (Vice-Chairman), Malta (Chairman), Pakistan, Sene-gal, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR; Palestine Liberation Organi-zation.

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer SpaceThe 53-member Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

held its thirtieth session at United Nations Headquarters from 1to 11 June 1987.

Members: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Benin,Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chile,China, Colombia, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, GermanDemocratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece,a

Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Leba-non, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria,Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Sierra Leone, Spain,a

Sudan, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic, USSR, United Kingdom,United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia.

a Replaced Turkey and Portugal, respectively, in accordance with a three-year system of rotation agreed on by the Group of Western European and OtherStates.

Chairman: Peter Jankowitsch (Austria).Rapporteur: Henrique Rodrigues Valle (Brazil).

LEGAL SUB-COMMITTEE

The Legal Sub-Committee, a committee of the whole, held itstwenty-sixth session at United Nations Headquarters from 16 Marchto 3 April 1987.

Chairman: Ludek Handl (Czechoslovakia).

7 YUN 1967, p. 291, GA res. 2285(XXII), 5 Dec. 1967.


SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEEThe Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee, a committee of the

whole, held its twenty-fourth session at United Nations Headquartersfrom 17 to 27 February 1987.

Chairman: J. H. Carver (Australia).

Disarmament CommissionIn 1987, the Disarmament Commission, composed of all the Mem-

bers of the United Nations, held a series of meetings between 4and 27 May and an organizational meeting on 1 December, all atUnited Nations Headquarters.

Chairman: Dimiter Kostov (Bulgaria).Vice-Chairmen: Austria, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Denmark, Ukrainian

SSR, Uruguay, Venezuela.Rapporteur: Maher Nashashibi (Jordan).

High-level Committee on the Review of TechnicalCo-operation among Developing Countries

The High-level Committee on the Review of Technical Co-operationamong Developing Countries, composed of all States participat-ing in UNDP, held its fifth session at United Nations Headquartersfrom 18 to 22 May and on 27 May 1987.

President: Bernardo Grinspun (Argentina).Vice-Presidents: Mohamed Benomar (Morocco), Heinrich-Dietrich

Dieckmann (Federal Republic of Germany), Blazo Krstajic (Yu-goslavia).

Rapporteur: Pavan K. Varma (India).

Intergovernmental Committee on Science andTechnology for Development

The Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technologyfor Development, open to the participation of all States as full mem-bers, held its ninth session at United Nations Headquarters from27 July to 7 August 1987.

Chairman: Felix N. C. Oragwu (Nigeria).Vice-Chairmen: Soemadi D. M. Brotodiningrat (Indonesia), Boris

N. Goudima (Ukrainian SSR), Sumer Sahin (Turkey).Rapporteur: Glodys St.-Phard (Haiti).

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

The 28-member Advisory Committee on Science and Technol-ogy for Development held its seventh session at Petropolis, Bra-zil, from 2 to 9 February 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Saleh Abdulrahman Al-Athel (Saudi

Arabia); Lars Anell (Sweden); Ang How-Ghee (Singapore); SadakBen Jamaa (Tunisia); Ivan D. Ivanov (USSR); Ernst Keller (Swit-zerland); Stefan Kwiatkowski, Vice-Chairman (Poland); ManlioD. Martínez (Honduras); Abdou Dioffo Moumouni (Niger); V Nyathi(Zimbabwe); Sanga Sabhasri (Thailand); Yannis Tsividis (Greece);Lawrence A. Wilson (Trinidad and Tobago); Xu Zhaoxiang (China).

To serve until 31 December 1989: Carlos Rafael Abeledo (Argen-tina); Elisabeth Birman (Hungary); Harvey Brooks, Vice-Chairman(United States); Essam El-Din Galal, Chairman (Egypt); Karl E.Ganzhorn (Federal Republic of Germany); Yoichi Kaya (Japan);Mumtaz Ali Kazi (Pakistan); Lydia P. Makhubu, Vice-Chairman(Swaziland); Lourival Carmo Monaco (Brazil); Salim Msangi (UnitedRepublic of Tanzania); James Mullin, Rapporteur (Canada); YashPal, Vice-Chairman (India); Nana Claris Efuah Pratt (Sierra Leone);Francisco R. Sagasti, Vice-Chairman (Peru).

On 28 July 1987, the Intergovernmental Committee appointedthe following members of the Advisory Committee for a three-yearterm beginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1987: Saleh Abdulrahman Al-Athel (Saudi Ara-bia), Ali Boussaha (Algeria), Robert Gyabaa Jones Butler (Ghana),Hyung Sup Choi (Republic of Korea), Elisabeth Helander (Finland),David Kear (New Zealand), Stefan Kwiatkowski (Poland), Henry

Isaac Cloore Lowe (Jamaica), Tansia Moldende Monkoy (Zaire), DanielResendiz Núñez (Mexico), Charles Herbert Geoffrey Oldham (UnitedKingdom), Omar bin Abdul Rahman (Malaysia), Alexander P. Vladis-lavlev (USSR), Wu Yikang (China).

Intergovernmental Group to Monitor the Supply and Shippingof Oil and Petroleum Products to South Africa

The Intergovernmental Group to Monitor the Supply and Ship-ping of Oil and Petroleum Products to South Africa is composedof 11 Member States appointed by the Assembly President, in con-sultation with the regional groups and the Chairman of the Spe-cial Committee against Apartheid, on the basis of equitable ge-ographical distribution and ensuring representation of oil-exportingand -shipping States.

Members:a Algeria, Cuba, German Democratic Republic, Indone-sia, Kuwait, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway,Ukrainian SSR, United Republic of Tanzania.

a Appointed by the President of the Assembly's forty-first session, as statedin his communication of 26 February 1987 to the Secretary-General.

Chairman: Tom Eric Vraalsen (Norway).Vice-Chairman: Nabeela Al-Mulla (Kuwait).Rapporteur: Wilbert K. Chagula (United Republic of Tanzania).

Interim Committee of the General AssemblyThe Interim Committee of the General Assembly, on which each

Member of the United Nations has the right to appoint onerepresentative, was originally established by the Assembly in 1947to function between the Assembly's regular sessions. It was re-established in 1948 for a further year and in 19498 for an in-definite period. The Committee has not met since 1961.9

International Civil Service CommissionThe International Civil Service Commission consists of 15 mem-

bers who serve in their personal capacity as individuals of recog-nized competence in public administration or related fields, par-ticularly in personnel management. They are appointed by theGeneral Assembly, with due regard for equitable geographical dis-tribution, for four-year terms.

The Commission held two sessions in 1987, both at United Na-tions Headquarters: its twenty-fifth from 9 to 27 March, and itstwenty-sixth from 6 to 24 July.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1988: Ivan P. Aboimov (USSR); Amjad

AH (Pakistan); Francesca Yetunde Emanuel (Nigeria); Omar Sirry(Egypt); M. A. Vellodi (India).

To serve until 31 December 1989: Genichi Akatani (Japan);a

Michel Auchère (France);a Claudia Cooley (United States); An-tonio Fonseca Pimentel (Brazil); Alexis Stephanou (Greece).

To serve until 31 December 1990: Richard M. Akwei, Chairman(Ghana); Turkia Daddah (Mauritania); Karel Houska (Czechoslo-vakia); André Xavier Pirson (Belgium); Carlos S. Vegega, Vice-Chairman (Argentina).

a Died on 1 September and resigned on 1 October 1987, respectively. KuTashiro (Japan) and Michel Jean Bardoux (France) were appointed by theGeneral Assembly on 11 December 1987 (decision 42/317) for a two-yearterm beginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the resultant vacancies.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON POST ADJUSTMENT QUESTIONSThe Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions con-

sists of six members, of whom five are chosen from the geographi-cal regions of Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, andWestern Europe and other States; and one, from ICSC, who servesex officio as Chairman. Members are appointed by the ICSC Chair-man to serve for four-year terms.

The Advisory Committee held its twelfth session at Turin, Italy,from 5 to 12 May 1987.

8 YUN 1948-49, p. 411, GA res. 295(IV), 21 Nov. 1949.9 YUN 1961, p. 705.

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Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Yuri N. Ivanov (USSR), Carmen

McFarlane (Jamaica).To serve until 31 December 1988: Saw Swee Hock (Singapore).To serve until 31 December 1989: Jeremiah P. Banda (Zambia).To serve until 31 December 1990: Hugues Picard (France).Ex-officio member: Carlos S. Vegega, Chairman (Argentina).

International Law CommissionThe International Law Commission consists of 34 persons of recog-

nized competence in international law, elected by the General Assemblyto serve in their individual capacity for a five-year term. Vacanciesoccurring within the five-year period are filled by the Commission.

The Commission held its thirty-ninth session at Geneva from 4May to 17 July 1987.

Members (until 31 December 1991): Bola Adesumbo Ajibola (Ni-geria); Hussain M. AI-Baharna (Bahrain); Awn S. AI-Khasawneh(Jordan); Riyadh Al-Qaysi, Second Vice-Chairman (Iraq); GaetanoArangio-Ruiz (Italy); Julio Barboza (Argentina); Yuri G. Barsegov(USSR); J. Alan Beesley (Canada); Mohamed Bennouna Louridi(Morocco); Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt); Carlos Calero Rod-rigues (Brazil); Leonardo Díaz-González, First Vice-Chairman(Venezuela); Gudmundur Eiriksson (Iceland); Laurel B. Francis(Jamaica); Bernhard Graefrath (German Democratic Republic);Francis Mahon Hayes (Ireland); Jorge Enrique Illueca (Panama);Andreas J. Jacovides (Cyprus); Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leone);Ahmed Mahiou (Algeria); Stephen C McCaffrey, Chairman (UnitedStates); Frank X. J. C. Njenga (Kenya); Motoo Ogiso (Japan);Stanislaw M. Pawlak, Rapporteur (Poland); Pemmaraju SreenivasaRao (India); Edilbert Razafindralambo (Madagascar); Paul Reuter(France); Emmanuel J. Roukounas (Greece); César SepúlvedaGutiérrez (Mexico); Shi Jiuyong (China); Luis Solari Tudela (Peru);Doudou Thiam (Senegal); Christian Tomuschat (Federal Republicof Germany); Alexander Yankov (Bulgaria).

Investments CommitteeThe Investments Committee consists of nine members appointed

by the Secretary-General, after consultation with the United Na-tions Joint Staff Pension Board and ACABQ, subject to confirma-tion by the General Assembly. Members serve for three-year terms.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Jean Guyot (France); George

Johnston (United States); Michiya Matsukawa (Japan).To serve until 31 December 1988: Aloysio de Andrade Faria (Bra-

zil); Braj Kumar Nehru, Chairman (India); Stanislaw Raczkowski(Poland).

To serve until 31 December 1989: David Montagu, Vice-Chairman(United Kingdom);a Yves Oltramare (Switzerland); Emmanuel NoiOmaboe (Ghana).

a Resigned effective 31 December 1987.

In addition, during 1987, Ahmed Abdullatif (Saudi Arabia) andJuergen Reimnitz (Federal Republic of Germany) served in an adhoc consultative capacity.

On 11 December 1987 (decision 42/315), the General Assem-bly confirmed the reappointment by the Secretary-General of JeanGuyot (France), George Johnston (United States) and Michiya Mat-sukawa (Japan) as members for a three-year term beginning on1 January 1988.

Joint Advisory Group on the InternationalTrade Centre UNCTAD/GATT

The Joint Advisory Group was established in accordance withan agreement between UNCTAD and GATT with effect from 1 January1968, the date on which their joint sponsorship of the InternationalTrade Centre commenced.

Participation in the Group is open to all States members of UNCTADand to all Contracting Parties to GATT.

The Group held its twentieth session at Geneva from 6 to 10April 1987.

Chairman: J. A. D. de Lanerolle (Sri Lanka).Vice-Chairmen: G. Nanovfszky (Hungary), M. Olarreaga (Uruguay).Rapporteur: Helena Odmark (Sweden).

Joint Inspection Unit

The Joint Inspection Unit consists of not more than 11 Inspec-tors appointed by the General Assembly from candidates nomi-nated by Member States following appropriate consultations, in-cluding consultations with the President of the Economic andSocial Council and with the Chairman of ACC. The Inspectors,chosen for their special experience in national or international ad-ministrative and financial matters, with due regard for equitablegeographical distribution and reasonable rotation, serve in theirpersonal capacity for five-year terms.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987:a Alexander S. Efimov (USSR);

Mohamed Salah Eldin Ibrahim (Egypt); Nasser Kaddour, Vice-Chairman (Syrian Arab Republic); Siegfried Schumm (FederalRepublic of Germany); Norman Williams, Chairman (Panama).

To serve until 31 December 1989: Kahono Martohadinegoro (In-donesia).

To serve until 31 December 1990: Enrique Ferrer Vieyra (Argen-tina); Alain Gourdon (France); Richard Vognild Hennes (UnitedStates); Ivan Kojic (Yugoslavia); Kabongo Tunsala (Zaire).

The replacement members to serve from 1 January 1988 were appointedin 1986 (see YUN 1986, p. 1243).

On 21 December 1987 (decision 42/319), the General Assem-bly appointed Adib Daoudy (Syrian Arab Republic) for a term be-ginning on 27 May 1988 and ending on 31 December 1992.Nasser Kaddour (Syrian Arab Republic) was to remain a memberuntil 31 January 1988; the seat would be vacant until 27 May.

Negotiating Committee on the Financial Emergencyof the United Nations

Established in 1975 by the General Assembly10 to consist of54 Member States appointed by its President on the basis ofequitable geographical balance, the Negotiating Committee on theFinancial Emergency of the United Nations has a membership of48. It has not met since 1976.11

Members: Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Burkina Faso,Canada, Chad, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland,France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Fed-eral Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, India, Indonesia, Iran,Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, LibyanArab Jamahiriya, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan,Philippines, Poland, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Trinidadand Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Venezuela.

Office of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees (UNHCR)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE HIGH

COMMISSIONER'S PROGRAMME

The Executive Committee held its thirty-eighth session atGeneva from 5 to 12 October 1987.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil,Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,Federal Republic of, Greece, Holy See, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan,Lebanon, Lesotho, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia (representedby the United Nations Council for Namibia), Netherlands, Nic-aragua, Nigeria, Norway, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Thai-land, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, United Repub-lic of Tanzania, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

10 YUN 1975, p. 957, GA res. 3538(XXX), 17 Dec. 1975.11 YUN 1976, pp. 889 and 1064.


Chairman: R. H. Robertson (Australia).Vice-Chairman: A. H. Jamal (United Republic of Tanzania).Rapporteur: Surapong Poshyananda (Thailand).

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Jean-PierreHocké.

Deputy High Commissioner: Arthur Eugene Dewey.

On 7 December 1987, the General Assembly decided to in-crease the membership of the Executive Committee from 41 to43 and requested the Economic and Social Council to elect thetwo additional members at its first regular session of 1988.

SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLEON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

The Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protectionheld its twelfth meeting at Geneva on 30 September and 2 Oc-tober 1987.

Chairman: H. Charry-Samper (Colombia).

SUB-COMMITTEE ON

ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL MATTERS

The Sub-Committee on Administrative and Financial Matters,which is composed of all members of the Executive Committee,held its seventh meeting at Geneva concurrently with the twelfthmeeting of the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Pro-tection.

Chairman: R. H. Robertson (Australia).

Panel for Inquiry and ConciliationThe Panel for Inquiry and Conciliation was created by the

General Assembly in 194912 to consist of qualified persons,designated by United Nations Member States, each to serve fora term of five years. Information concerning the Panel's compo-sition had from time to time been communicated to the Assem-bly and the Security Council; the last consolidated list was issuedby the Secretary-General in a note of 20 January 1961.

Panel of External AuditorsThe Panel of External Auditors consists of the members of the

United Nations Board of Auditors and the appointed external au-ditors of the specialized agencies and IAEA.

Panel of Military ExpertsThe General Assembly's "Uniting for Peace" resolution13 called

for the appointment of military experts to be available, on request,to United Nations Member States wishing to obtain technical ad-vice on the organization, training and equipment of elementswithin their national armed forces which could be made availa-ble, in accordance with national constitutional processes, for serv-ice as a unit or units of the United Nations upon the recommen-dation of the Security Council or the Assembly.

Preparatory Committee for the International Conference onthe Relationship between Disarmament and Development

The Preparatory Committee for the International Conference onthe Relationship between Disarmament and Development (seep. 1350), open to the participation of all States, held its fourth(final) session at United Nations Headquarters from 21 April to1 May 1987.

Chairman: Muchkund Dubey (India).Vice-Chairmen: Dietmar Hucke (German Democratic Republic),

Martin Huslid (Norway), Oscar Oramas-Oliva (Cuba).Rapporteur: Bernards A. N. Mudho (Kenya).

Preparatory Committee for the Third Special Sessionof the General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament

The open-ended Preparatory Committee for the Third SpecialSession of the General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament (sched-uled for 1988) met at United Nations Headquarters from 26 Mayto 5 June 1987.

Chairman: Mansur Ahmad (Pakistan).Vice-Chairmen: Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Czechoslovakia,

Hungary, Japan, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, NewZealand, Norway, Romania, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Togo, Uruguay,Yugoslavia, Zaire.

Rapporteur: Pedro Nuñez-Mosquera (Cuba).

Special Committee against ApartheidThe Special Committee against Apartheid has a membership

of 18. Additional members remained to be appointed by the endof 1987 in pursuance of a 1979 General Assembly request14 toincrease that number.

Members: Algeria, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Guinea,Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru,Philippines, Somalia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad andTobago, Ukrainian SSR.

Chairman: Joseph N. Garba (Nigeria).Vice-Chairmen: Serge Elie Charles (Haiti), Guennadi I. Oudovenko

(Ukrainian SSR), Jai Pratap Rana (Nepal).Rapporteur: Arif Shahid Khan (India).

SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS AND INFORMATIONMembers: Algeria (Chairman), German Democratic Republic,

Nepal, Somalia, Trinidad and Tobago.

SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION

OF UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONSAND COLLABORATION WITH SOUTH AFRICAMembers: Ghana (Chairman), Hungary, India, Indonesia, Peru,

Sudan.

Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of thePrinciple of Non-Use of Force in International Relations

The 35-member Special Committee on Enhancing the Effec-tiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Re-lations met at United Nations Headquarters from 9 to 27 March1987, thereby completing its work.

Members: Argentina, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile,Cuba,a Cyprus, Ecuador,a Egypt, Finland, France, Germany,Federal Republic of, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Iraq, Italy,Japan, Mexico,a Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Poland, Romania,Senegal, Somalia, Spain, Togo, Turkey, Uganda, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States.

a Replaced Nicaragua, Panama and Peru, in accordance with a system ofrotation agreed upon by the Latin American States when the Special Com-mittee was constituted.

Chairman: Tullio Treves (Italy).Vice-Chairmen: Maged Abdel Khalik (Egypt), Bruno de Risios Bath

(Brazil), Ivan Stefanov Kulov (Bulgaria).Rapporteur: James C. Droushiotis (Cyprus).

Special Committee on Peace-keeping OperationsThe 33-member Special Committee on Peace-keeping Opera-

tions did not meet in 1987.

Members: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria,Canada, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, GermanDemocratic Republic, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Iraq, Italy,Japan, Mauritania, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Po-land, Romania, Sierra Leone, Spain, Thailand, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

WORKING GROUPMembers: Argentina, Canada, Egypt, France, Hungary, India,

Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, USSR, United Kingdom,United States.

12 YUN 1948-49, p. 416, GA res. 268 D (III), 28 Apr. 1949.

13 YUN 1950, p. 194, GA res. 377(V), part A, para. 10, 3 Nov. 1950.

14 YUN 1979, p. 201, GA res. 34/93 R, 17 Dec. 1979.

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Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and onthe Strengthening of the Role of the Organization

The 47-member Special Committee on the Charter of the UnitedNations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organizationmet at United Nations Headquarters from 9 to 27 February 1987.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, China,Colombia, Congo, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Egypt, ElSalvador, Finland, France, German Democratic Republic, Ger-many, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, India, In-donesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Nepal,New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania,Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zambia.

Chairman: Andrzej W. Kakolecki (Poland).Vice-Chairmen: Ridha Bouabid (Tunisia), Bengt Broms (Finland),

Carlos Tobar-Zaldumbide (Ecuador).Rapporteur: Musa Javed Chohan (Pakistan).

Special Committee on the Situation with regard to theImplementation of the Declaration on the Granting of

Independence to Colonial Countries and PeoplesMembers:a Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Congo, Côte

d'Ivoire, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia, Fiji, India, Indonesia,Iran, Iraq, Mali, Sierra Leone, Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic,Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, USSR, United Republic of Tanza-nia, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

a One seat remained vacant in 1987.

Chairman: Tesfaye Tadesse (Ethiopia).Vice-Chairmen: Bronislav Kulawiec (Czechoslovakia), Oscar

Oramas-Oliva (Cuba), Sten Strömholm (Sweden).Rapporteur: Ahmad Farouk Arnouss (Syrian Arab Republic).

On 4 December 1987 (decision 42/309), the General Assem-bly confirmed the appointment by its President of Norway as amember, with effect from 1 January 1988, to fill the vacancycaused by the withdrawal of Sweden.

SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS,INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCEMembers: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Congo, Cuba, Czechoslovakia

(Chairman), Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Mali, Sierra Leone, Syrian ArabRepublic, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania.

SUB-COMMITTEE ON SMALL TERRITORIESMembers: Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Czech-

oslovakia, Ethiopia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Mali,Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia (Chairman), UnitedRepublic of Tanzania, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

WORKING GROUPIn 1987, the Working Group of the Special Committee, which

functions as a steering committee, consisted of: Congo, Fiji, Iran;the five officers of the Special Committee; and the Chairman ofthe Sub-Committee on Small Territories.

Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting theHuman Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories

Members: Senegal, Sri Lanka (Chairman), Yugoslavia.

Special Committee to Select the Winners ofthe United Nations Human Rights Prize

The Special Committee to Select the Winners of the United Na-tions Human Rights Prize was established pursuant to a 1966General Assembly resolution15 recommending that a prize orprizes in the field of human rights be awarded not more often thanat five-year intervals. Prizes were awarded for the third time on11 December 1978.16

Members: The President of the General Assembly, the Presidentof the Economic and Social Council, the Chairman of the Com-

mission on Human Rights, the Chairman of the Commission onthe Status of Women and the Chairman of the Sub-Commissionon Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.

United Nations Administrative TribunalMembers:To serve until 31 December 1987: Luis María de Posadas Montero,

Second Vice-President (Uruguay); Endre Ustor (Hungary).To serve until 31 December 1988: Ahmed Osman (Egypt); Roger

Pinto (France); Samarendranath Sen, President (India).To serve until 31 December 1989: Jerome Ackerman (United States);

Arnold Wilfred Geoffrey Kean, First Vice-President (United Kingdom).

On 11 December 1987 (decision 42/316), the General Assem-bly appointed Francisco Forteza (Uruguay) and loan Voicu (Romania)for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacanciesoccurring on 31 December 1987.

United Nations Capital Development FundThe United Nations Capital Development Fund was set up as

an organ of the General Assembly to function as an autonomousorganization within the United Nations framework, with the con-trol of its policies and operations to be exercised by a 24-memberExecutive Board elected by the Assembly from Members of theUnited Nations or members of the specialized agencies or of IAEA.The chief executive officer of the Fund, the Managing Director,exercises his functions under the general direction of the Execu-tive Board, which reports to the Assembly through the Economicand Social Council.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

The UNDP Governing Council (see p. 1360) acts as the Execu-tive Board of the Fund — and the UNDP Administrator as its ManagingDirector — in conformity with measures the General Assembly adoptedprovisionally in 196717 and reconfirmed yearly thereafter. In 1981,the Assembly decided that UNDP should continue to provide theFund with, among other things, all headquarters administrative supportservices;18 the Fund thus continued to operate under the samearrangements, which remained unchanged in 1987.

Managing Director: William H. Draper III (UNDP Administrator).

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

EXECUTIVE BOARD

The Executive Board of UNICEF (see p. 1360) reports to the Eco-nomic and Social Council and, as appropriate, to the General Assembly.

United Nations Commission on InternationalTrade Law (UNCITRAL)

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law consistsof 36 members elected by the General Assembly, in accordancewith a formula providing equitable geographical representation andadequate representation of the principal economic and legal sys-tems of the world. Members serve for six-year terms.

The Commission held its twentieth session at Vienna from 20July to 14 August 1987.

Members:To serve until the day preceding the Commission's regular annual

session in 1989: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Central AfricanRepublic, China, Egypt, France, German Democratic Republic,Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Singapore, Sweden, USSR, United Kingdom,United Republic of Tanzania.

To serve until the day preceding the Commission's regular annualsession in 1992: Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia,Hungary. India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jama-hiriya, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Spain, United States, Uruguay,Yugoslavia.

15 YUN 1966, p. 458, GA res. 2217 A (XXI), annex, 19 Dec. 1966.16 YUN 1978, p. 721.17 YUN 1967, p. 372, GA res. 2321(XXII), 15 Dec. 1967.18 YUN 1981, p. 469, GA res. 36/196, 17 Dec. 1981.


Chairman: Ana Piaggi de Vanossi (Argentina).Vice-Chairmen: Miroslav Cuker (Czechoslovakia), Gavan Griffith

(Australia), Henry M. Joko-Smart (Sierra Leone).Rapporteur: Hitoshi Maeda (Japan).

WORKING GROUP ON

INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT PRACTICES

The Working Group on International Contract Practices, com-posed of all States members of UNCITRAL, did not meet in 1987.

WORKING GROUP ON

INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

The Working Group on International Negotiable Instruments,composed of all States members of UNCITRAL, held its fifteenthsession at United Nations Headquarters from 17 to 27 February1987.

Chairman: Willem Vis (Netherlands).Rapporteur: Victor Moore (Nigeria).

The Group was to be renamed the Working Group on Interna-tional Payments at its sixteenth session (see below).

WORKING GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS

The Working Group on International Payments, composed ofall States members of UNCITRAL, held its sixteenth session atVienna from 2 to 13 November 1987.

Chairman: José María Abascal Zamora (Mexico).Rapporteur: Mervyn Alan Keehn (Australia).

WORKING GROUP ON THENEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER

The Working Group on the New International Economic Order,composed of all States members of UNCITRAL, held its ninth ses-sion at United Nations Headquarters from 30 March to 16 April1987.

Chairman: Leif Sevon (Finland).a

Rapporteur: Fabio Konder Comparato (Brazil).

a Elected in his personal capacity.

United Nations Conciliation Commission for PalestineMembers: France, Turkey, United States.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)Members of UNCTAD are Members of the United Nations or

members of the specialized agencies or of IAEA.The Conference held its seventh session at Geneva from 9 July

to 3 August 1987.Following are the States members of UNCTAD:

Part A. Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin,Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam,a Burkina Faso, Burma,Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Kam-puchea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DemocraticYemen, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon,Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran,Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's DemocraticRepublic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania,Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal,Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,Qatar, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Prin-cipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singa-pore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan,Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Tuni-sia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Tanza-nia, Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia,Zimbabwe.

Part B. Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Fin-land, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, Holy See,

Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta,Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, SanMarino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom,United States.

Part C. Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Be-lize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Domin-ica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada,Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nica-ragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis,a SaintLucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad andTobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Part D. Albania, Bulgaria, Byelorussian SSR, Czechoslovakia, Ger-man Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, UkrainianSSR, USSR.

a Became members of UNCTAD after the sixth (1983) session of the Con-ference. By decision of the Board, subsequently included in Parts A and C,respectively, for the purpose of elections, pending approval by the Confer-ence at its seventh session. The Conference granted its approval on 9 July1987.

President: Bernard T. G. Chidzero (Zimbabwe).Vice-Presidents: Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Cameroon,

Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Dominican Republic,Egypt, Germany, Federal Republic of, Hungary, Jamaica, Jor-dan, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Ni-geria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Senegal, Spain, USSR,United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Yugoslavia.

Rapporteur Andrei Ozadovski (Ukrainian SSR).

Chairmen of committees:Committee I: Makoto Taniguchi (Japan).Committee II: Carlos Pérez del Castillo (Uruguay).Committee III: Chak Mun See (Singapore).Committee IV: Martin Huslid (Norway).Credentials Committee: Adolfo Raul Taylhardat (Venezuela).

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD

The Trade and Development Board is a permanent organ ofUNCTAD.

BOARD MEMBERS AND SESSIONS

The membership of the Board is open to all UNCTAD members.Those wishing to become members of the Board communicatetheir intention to the Secretary-General of UNCTAD for transmit-tal to the Board President, who announces the membership onthe basis of such notifications.

The Board held the following sessions in 1987, at Geneva: thesecond part of its thirty-third from 24 March to 3 April and on14 April, its fifteenth special session from 18 to 20 May, and thefirst part of its thirty-fourth session from 5 to 16 October, on 21October and on 20 November.

Members: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Aus-tria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan,Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorus-sian SSR, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad,Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba,Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ec-uador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Ger-man Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of,Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti,Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel,Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libe-ria, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mex-ico, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, NewZealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama,Papua New Guinea, Paraguay,a Peru, Philippines, Poland, Por-tugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sene-gal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thai-land, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda,Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,

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United Republic of Tanzania, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela,Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

a Became a member on 24 March 1987.

OFFICERS (BUREAU) OF THE BOARD

Thirty-third session and fifteenth special sessionPresident: Saad Alfarargi (Egypt).Vice-Presidents: Ronald D. Flack (United States), Erich Hochleit-

ner (Austria), Marko Kosin (Yugoslavia), Galo Leoro Franco (Ec-uador), Gerald Philipp (German Democratic Republic), John A.Sankey (United Kingdom), Vladimir Tchekline (USSR), EnriqueTer Horst (Venezuela), Prosper Thuysbaert (Belgium), Benson

Rapporteur: Lina S. Tukan (Jordan) (thirty-third session), MazenEl-Tal (Jordan) (fifteenth special session).

Thirty-fourth sessionPresident: Georg Massion (Federal Republic of Germany).Vice-Presidents: Gustavo Albin Santos (Mexico), Salem Jaber Al-

Ahmad Al-Sabah (Kuwait), José María Araneo (Uruguay), Tob-gye S. Dorji (Bhutan), Oto Hlavacek (Czechoslovakia), MogensIsaksen (Denmark), Joseph C. Petrone (United States), SamuelErnest Quarm (Ghana), Georg Reisch (Austria), Vladimir Tchek-line (USSR).

Rapporteur: Mohammed Said Benryane (Morocco).

SUBSIDIARY ORGANS OF THETRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD

The main committees of the Board are open to the participa-tion of all interested UNCTAD members, on the understanding thatthose wishing to attend a particular session of one or more ofthe main committees communicate their intention to theSecretary-General of UNCTAD during the preceding regular ses-sion of the Board. On the basis of such notifications, the Boarddetermines the membership of the main committees.

COMMITTEE ON COMMODITIES

The Committee on Commodities held its twelfth session atGeneva from 2 to 17 February 1987.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Ban-gladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma,Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad,Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Czech-oslovakia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DemocraticYemen, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Sal-vador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, German DemocraticRepublic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece,Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indone-sia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan,Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar,Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, NewZealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama,Paraguay,a Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,a Qatar, Repub-lic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Soma-lia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian ArabRepublic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,Uganda, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, UnitedRepublic of Tanzania, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, VietNam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zimbabwe.a

a Declared elected by the Trade and Development Board on 24 March 1987,raising the Committee's membership to 107.

Chairman: N. Parameswaran (Malaysia).Vice-Chairmen: S. Gompertz (France), S. Gulrez Yazdani (Pakistan),

A. Loaiza Mariaca (Bolivia), D. A. Roberts (Canada), S. V.Safronov (USSR).

Rapporteur: M. E. Echeverria (Peru).

COMMITTEE ON TUNGSTEN

The Committee on Tungsten held its nineteenth session atGeneva from 9 to 13 and on 19 November 1987.

Members: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil,Canada, China, Cyprus, France, Gabon, Germany, FederalRepublic of, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Por-tugal, Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Spain, Sweden,Thailand, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

Chairman: J. Denison Cross (United Kingdom).Vice-Chairman/Rapporteur: A. Loaiza Mariaca (Bolivia).

PERMANENT GROUP ON SYNTHETICS AND SUBSTITUTES

The Permanent Group on Synthetics and Substitutes did notmeet in 1987. On 20 November, the Trade and Development Boardabolished the Group and its mandate was absorbed by the Com-mittee on Commodities.

Members: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chad, France, Germany, Fed-eral Republic of, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands,Nigeria, Poland, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda, USSR,United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam.

PERMANENT SUB-COMMITTEE ON COMMODITIES

The Permanent Sub-Committee on Commodities, whose mem-bership was identical to that of the Committee on Commodities,did not meet in 1987. On 20 November, the Trade and Develop-ment Board abolished the Sub-Committee and its mandate wasabsorbed by the Committee on Commodities.

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION

AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

The Committee on Economic Co-operation among DevelopingCountries did not meet in 1987.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Ban-gladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Cam-eroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colom-bia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia,Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Yemen,Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, German Democratic Repub-lic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala,Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait,Lebanon, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malay-sia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, NewZealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama,Paraguay,a Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,a Qatar, Repub-lic of Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Soma-lia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland,Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tu-nisia, Turkey, Uganda, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United King-dom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States, Uruguay,Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zim-babwe.a


COMMITTEE ON INVISIBLES AND FINANCING RELATED TO TRADE

The Committee on Invisibles and Financing related to Trade heldthe second part of its twelfth session at Geneva from 2 to 6 March1987.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Ban-gladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi,Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile,China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Czechoslo-vakia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DemocraticYemen, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Sal-vador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, German Democratic Republic,Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala,Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland,Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon,Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali,Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua,

O. Tonwe (Nigeria).


Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay,a Peru, Philippines,Poland, Portugal,a Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia,Senegal, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzer-land, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tu-nisia, Turkey, Uganda, USSR, United Kingdom, United Republicof Tanzania, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen,Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zimbabwe.

a Declared elected by the Trade and Development Board on 24 March 1987,

raising the Committee's membership to 102.

Chairman: U. Fahr (Federal Republic of Germany).Vice-Chairmen: José María Araneo (Uruguay), B. W. Free (United

States), A. Goenka (India), Boris Pichuguine (USSR), RaymondRaoelina (Madagascar).

Rapporteur: W. Bantayan (Philippines).

COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURES

The Committee on Manufactures did not meet in 1987.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh,Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada,Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica,Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Republicof Korea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ec-uador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, GermanDemocratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece,Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia,Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Malta,Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nica-ragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay,a Peru, Philip-pines, Poland, Portugal,a Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, SaudiArabia, Senegal, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Trinidadand Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom, United Republicof Tanzania, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen,Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.a

a

Declared elected by the Trade and Development Board on 24 March 1987


COMMITTEE ON SHIPPING

The Committee on Shipping did not meet in 1987.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium,Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada,Central African Republic, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica,Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Peo-ple's Republic of Korea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Domini-can Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France,Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republicof, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India,Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya,Kuwait, Lebanon, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar,Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, NewZealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama,Paraguay,a Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republicof Korea, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Spain, SriLanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand,Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, USSR, United ArabEmirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

a

Declared elected by the Trade and Development Board on 24 March 1987


WORKING GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LEGISLATION

The Working Group on International Shipping Legislation, whosemembership is identical to that of the Committee on Shipping, didnot meet in 1987.

COMMITTEE ON TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY

The Committee on Transfer of Technology did not meet in 1987.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh,Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada,Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark,Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland,France, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republicof, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, India,Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jor-dan, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar,Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, NewZealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay,a

Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania,Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka,Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand,Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, USSR, United Arab Emirates,United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States, Uruguay,Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zimbabwe.a


SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PREFERENCES

The Special Committee on Preferences, which is open to the par-ticipation of all UNCTAD members, did not meet in 1987.

United Nations Council for NamibiaMembers: Algeria, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Botswana,

Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Cyprus,Egypt, Finland, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Liberia, Mexico,Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Turkey, USSR,Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zambia.

President: Peter D. Zuze (Zambia).Vice-Presidents: Hocine Djoudi (Algeria); Chinmaya R. Gharekhan

(India); Dragoslav Pejic (Yugoslavia); Noel G. Sinclair (Guyana)(until 9 April), Samuel R. Insanally (Guyana) (from 10 April); IlterTurkmen (Turkey).

United Nations Commissioner for Namibia: Brajesh Chandra Mishra(until 30 June), Bernt Carlsson (from 1 July).

On 8 December 1987 (decision 42/311), the General Assemblyextende d the appointment of Bernt Carlsson for one year begin-ning on 1 January 1988.

COMMITTEE ON THE UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR NAMIBIA

Members: Australia, Finland, India, Nigeria, Romania, Senegal, Turkey,Venezuela (Vice-Chairman/Rapporteur), Yugoslavia, Zambia; thePresident of the Council (ex-officio Chairman).

STANDING COMMITTEE I

Members: Algeria, Cameroon (Chairman), China, Colombia, Fin-land, Haiti, Indonesia, Nigeria, Poland, Senegal, Turkey (Vice-Chairman), USSR, Venezuela, Zambia.

STANDING COMMITTEE II

Members: Algeria, Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Bulgaria,Chile, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, Guyana, India, Liberia,Mexico, Pakistan (Chairman), Romania, Zambia.

STANDING COMMITTEE IIIMembers: Algeria, Angola, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria (Chairman),

Burundi, Colombia, Cyprus, Egypt, India, Mexico (Vice-Chairman),Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zambia.

STEERING COMMITTEE

In 1987, the Steering Committee consisted of the Council's Presidentand five Vice-Presidents, the Chairmen of its three Standing Committeesand the Vice-Chairman/Rapporteur of the Committee on the UnitedNations Fund for Namibia.

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)The United Nations Development Fund for Women is a separate

entity in autonomous association with UNDP. The Director of the

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Fund, appointed by the UNDP Administrator, conducts ail mattersrelated to its mandate and the Administrator is accountable for itsmanagement and operations.

CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

The Consultative Committee on UNIFEM to advise the UNDPAdministrator on all policy matters affecting the Fund's activitiesis composed of five Member States designated by the General As-sembly President with due regard for the financing of the Fundfrom voluntary contributions and to equitable geographical distri-bution. Each State member of the Committee serves for a three-year term and designates a person with expertise in developmentco-operation activities, including those benefiting women.

The Committee held two sessions in 1987, at United NationsHeadquarters: its twenty-first from 30 March to 8 April, and itstwenty-second from 31 August to 4 September.

Members (to serve until 31 December 1988): Colombia, GermanDemocratic Republic, India, Kenya, Norway.

Director of UNIFEM: Margaret Snyder.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

GOVERNING COUNCIL

The Governing Council of UNDP (see p. 1360) reports to the Eco-nomic and Social Council and through it to the Genera] Assembly.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

GOVERNING COUNCIL

The Governing Council of UNEP consists of 58 members electedby the General Assembly for three-year terms.

Seats on the Governing Council are allocated as follows: 16 toAfrican States, 13 to Asian States, 6 to Eastern European States,10 to Latin American States, and 13 to Western European and otherStates.

The Governing Council, which reports to the Assembly throughthe Economic and Social Council, held its fourteenth session atNairobi, Kenya, from 8 to 19 June 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada,

Colombia, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Libyan ArabJamahiriya, Malta, Mexico, Niger, Oman, Panama, Poland, SriLanka, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom.

To serve until 31 December 1988: Argentina, Australia, Barbados,Chile, China, Congo, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Indonesia,Netherlands, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Swaziland, Syrian ArabRepublic, Thailand, Uganda, Yugoslavia, Zambia.

To serve until 31 December 1989: Brazil, Burundi, Dominican Republic,Gabon, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Japan,Mauritania, Republic of Korea, Senegal, Sweden, Switzerland,Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United States, Venezuela, Zaire.

President: Jorge Enrique Illueca (Panama).Vice-Presidents: Z. R. Ansari (India), C. J. Butale (Botswana), D.

Protsenko (Ukrainian SSR).Rapporteur: P. Sutter (Switzerland).

Executive Director of UNEP: Mostafa Kamal Tolba.Deputy Executive Director: William H. Mansfield III.

On 11 December 1987 (decision 42/448), the General Assem-bly extended until 31 December 1988 the term of office of thosemembers whose term was to expire on 31 December 1987.

Also on 11 December (resolution 42/185), the Assembly decidedthat, beginning in 1989, the Council's regular sessions were to beheld only in odd-numbered years; a special one-week session wasto be held every six years, beginning in 1988. The Secretary-Generalwas to establish the necessary transitional arrangements for a changein the term of office of Council members from three to four years,half the membership being elected every two years.

COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES

The open-ended Committee of Permanent Representatives consistsof permanent representatives to UNEP and/or Government-designatedofficials, to consider administrative and budgetary and programmematters, and to review progress in implementing the programmeand Council decisions. In 1987, the Committee met at Nairobi on4 February, 6 and 26 May, 2 September and 9 December.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL INTER-SESSIONAL

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENTALPERSPECTIVE TO THE YEAR 2000 AND BEYOND

The 30-member Intergovernmental Inter-sessional PreparatoryCommittee on the Environmental Perspective to the Year 2000 andBeyond, which reports to the UNEP Governing Council, held threesessions in 1987, at Nairobi: its sixth on 15 January, its seventhfrom 24 to 27 March, and its eighth (final) session from 27 to 30 April.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada,Chile, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Denmark, Germany, Federal Repub-lic of, Greece, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Malawi,Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, SaudiArabia, Switzerland, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, Zaire, Zimbabwe.

Chairman: A. Momen Choudhury (Bangladesh).Vice-Chairmen: Edmond O. Z. Chipamaunga (Zimbabwe), J. Richard

Gaechter (Switzerland).Rapporteur. Kiril A. Tchekotillo (USSR).

WORLD COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

The World Commission on Environment and Development con-sisted of 22 members, 14 from developing countries and 8 fromdeveloped countries, serving in their individual capacity; in 1987,however, there were 21 members.

The Commission held its final meeting in Tokyo from 23 to 28February 1987.

Members: Susanna Agnelli (Italy); Saleh Abdulrahman Al-Athel (SaudiArabia); Gro Harlem Brundtland, Chairman (Norway); BernardT. G. Chidzero (Zimbabwe); Lamine Fadika (Côte d'Ivoire); VolkerHauff (Federal Republic of Germany); Mansour Khalid, Vice-Chairman (Sudan); Istvan Lang (Hungary); Ma Shijun (China);Margarita Marino de Botero (Colombia); Paulo Nogueira-Neto(Brazil); Saburo Okita (Japan); Shridath S. Ramphal (Guyana);William D. Ruckelshaus (United States); Mohamed Sahnoun (Al-geria); Emil Salim (Indonesia); Bukar Shaib (Nigeria); NagendraSingh (India); Vladimir Sokolov (USSR); Janez Stanovnik (Yu-goslavia); Maurice F. Strong (Canada).

United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)

The United Nations Fund for Population Activities, a subsidiaryorgan of the General Assembly, plays a leading role within the UnitedNations system in promoting population programmes and in providingassistance to developing countries at their request in dealing withtheir population problems. It operates under the overall policy guid-ance of the Economic and Social Council and under the financialand administrative policy guidance of the Governing Council of UNDP.

Executive Director: Rafael M. Salas.a

Deputy Executive Director: Heino E. Wittrin (until 30 June), Tat-suro Kunugi (from 8 July).

a Died on 3 March 1987; replaced by Dr. Nafis I. Sadik on 27 April.

On 11 December 1987 (decision 42/430), the General Assem-bly changed the name of the Fund to the United Nations Popula-tion Fund, while retaining the abbreviation UNFPA.

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Studies,composed in 1987 of 24 eminent persons selected on the basisof their personal expertise and taking into account the principle


of equitable geographical representation, functions as the Boardof Trustees of UNIDIR; the Director of UNIDIR reports to theGeneral Assembly and is an ex-officio member of the AdvisoryBoard when it acts as the Board of Trustees.

Members: Oluyemi Adeniji (Nigeria); Hadj Benabdelkader Azzout(Algeria); Rolf Björnerstedt (Sweden); James E. Dougherty(United States); Omran El-Shafei (Egypt); Constantin Ene(Romania); Edgar Faure, Chairman (France); Alfonso García Ro-bles (Mexico); Ignac Golob (Yugoslavia); A. C. Shahul Hameed(Sri Lanka); Ryukichi Imai (Japan);a Bjorn Inge Kristvik (Nor-way); Carlos Lechuga Hevia (Cuba); Liang Yufan (China); SirRonald Mason (United Kingdom); William Eteki Mboumoua(Cameroon); Manfred Mueller (German Democratic Republic);Carlos Ortiz de Rozas (Argentina); Maharajakrishna Rasgotra(India); Friedrich Ruth (Federal Republic of Germany); AmadaSegarra (Ecuador); Agha Shahi (Pakistan); Tadeusz Strulak (Po-land); Roland M. Timerbaev (USSR).a

a Appointed on 23 February and 2 April 1987, respectively .

Director of UNIDIR: Jayantha Dhanapala (from 1 July 1987).

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

The Executive Director of UNITAR, in consultation with theBoard of Trustees of the Institute, reports through the Secretary-General to the General Assembly and, as appropriate, to the Eco-nomic and Social Council and other United Nations bodies.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Board of Trustees of UNITAR is composed of: (a) not lessthan 11 and not more than 30 members, which may include oneor more officials of the United Nations Secretariat, appointed ona broad geographical basis by the Secretary-General, in consul-tation with the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Eco-nomic and Social Council; and ( b ) four ex-officio members.

In 1987, the Board held its twenty-fifth session from 30 Marchto 3 April and a special session on 26 and 27 October, both atUnited Nations Headquarters.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Simeon Aké (Côte d'Ivoire);

Adhemar M. A. d'Alcantara (Belgium); Alan Lee Keyes (UnitedStates); Umberto La Rocca (Italy); K. Natwar-Singh (India);Klaus Törnudd (Finland).

To serve until 31 December 1988: Andrés Aguilar (Venezuela); Rafeeud-din Ahmed (Secretariat); J. Isawa Elaigwu (Nigeria); AlexanderF. Fesenko (USSR); Jacques Leprette (France); Missoum Sbih,Vice-Chairman (Algeria); S. Shah Nawaz, Chairman (Pakistan).

To serve until 31 December 1989: D. H. N. Alleyne (Trinidad andTobago); Jaime de Piniés (Secretariat); Lucio García del Solar(Argentina); Kiyoaki Kikuchi (Japan); Franz E. Muheim (Swit-zerland); Ali A. Treiki (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya); Alexander CountYork von Wartenburg (Federal Republic of Germany).a

Ex-officio members: The Secretary-General, the President of theGeneral Assembly, the President of the Economic and SocialCouncil and the Executive Director of UNITAR.

a Resigned on 31 December 1987.

Executive Director of UNITAR: Michel Doo Kingué.

United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board is composed of21 members, as follows:

Six appointed by the United Nations Staff Pension Committee(two from members elected by the General Assembly, two fromthose appointed by the Secretary-General, two from thoseelected by participants).

Fifteen appointed by staff pension committees of other memberorganizations of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund,as follows: two each by WHO, FAO; and one each by ILO, UNESCO,ICAO, IAEA, WMO, IMO, ITU, ICITO/GATT, WIPO, IFAD, UNIDO.

In 1987, the Board held its thirty-seventh session at Genevafrom 3 to 7 August.

Members:United Nations

Representing the General Assembly: Members: Mario Majoli(Italy); Michael George Okeyo (Kenya). Alternates: Ulrich Kal-bitzer (Federal Republic of Germany); Sol Kuttner (UnitedStates); Miguel Ortega-Nalda (Mexico); Yukio Takasu (Japan).

Representing the Secretary-General: Members: J. Richard Foran(Canada); Kofi A. Annan (Ghana). Alternates: Matias de laMota (Spain); Maryan Baquerot (France); Anthony J. Miller(Australia).

Representing the Participants: Members: Susanna H. Johnston(United States); Gualtiero Fulcheri, Chairman (Italy). Alter-nates: Bruce C. Hillis (Canada); Lennox Bourne (United King-dom); Nancy L. Sadka (Australia); George Irving (UnitedStates).

International Labour OrganisationRepresenting the Executive Head: Member: Antonio Busca, First

Vice-Chairman (Italy). Alternates: Jean-Claude Petitpierre(Switzerland); J.-P. Picard (Canada); I. A. Ioannides (Cyprus);D. C. McLean (United Kingdom).

World Health OrganizationRepresenting the Governing Body: Member: John Reid (United

Kingdom). Alternates: Dr. A. A. A. Nasher (DemocraticYemen); Dr. M. Quijano (Mexico); Dr. S. D. M. Fernando (SriLanka); Dr. H. Ntaba (Malawi); Dr. T. Shimao (Japan).

Representing the Executive Head: Member: Warren W. Furth(United States). Alternates: Robert L. Munteanu (Romania);Dr. David E. Barmes (Australia); John E. Morgan (Australia);Herbert R. Crockett (Canada); Dr. Susan E. Hoick (UnitedStates).

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsRepresenting the Governing Body: Member: A. D. Weygandt

(United States). Alternates: John Glistrup (Denmark); I. Kaba(Guinea); V. Isarankura (Thailand); H. Isfahani (Iran); J. Wat-son (Panama).

Representing the Participants: Member: Aurelio Marcucci(Italy). Alternates: Massimo Arrigo (Italy); J. M. Taylor(Sweden); C. Cherubini (Italy); T. Fortunato-Marra (Italy);M. Palmieri (Italy).

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationRepresenting the Governing Body: Member: Gollerkery Vish-

vanath Rao, Second Vice-Chairman (India).International Civil Aviation Organization

Representing the Executive Head: Member: Dieter Goethel (Fed-eral Republic of Germany).

International Atomic Energy AgencyRepresenting the Participants: Member: W. E. Price (United

States). Alternate: W. P. Scherzer (Austria).World Meteorological Organization

Representing the Participants: Member: R. M. Perry, Rappor-teur (United Kingdom). Alternate: S. Mbele-Mbong(Cameroon).

International Maritime OrganizationRepresenting the Governing Body: Member: R. Tchibota-

Souamy (Gabon). Alternate: A. Walczak (Poland).International Telecommunication Union

Representing the Executive Head: Member: A. B. Maclennan(United Kingdom). Alternate: J.-P. Baré (France).

Interim Commission for the International Trade Organiza-tion/General Agreement on Tariffs and TradeRepresenting the Participants: Member: G. Thorn (Belgium). Al-

ternate: R. Delaune (France).World Intellectual Property Organization

Representing the Governing Body: Member: W. Frei (Swit-zerland).

International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentRepresenting the Participants: Member: J. B. McGhie (United

Kingdom).United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Representing the Executive Head: Member: Kamal Ahmed(Sudan).

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On 21 December 1987, the General Assembly decided that,with effect from 1 January 1989, the Board was to consist of:12 members appointed by the United Nations Staff Pension Com-mittee (4 from members elected by the Assembly, 4 from thoseappointed by the Secretary-General, 4 from those elected by par-ticipants); 21 members appointed by staff pension committeesof other member organizations (7 from those chosen by the bod-ies corresponding to the General Assembly, 7 from those ap-pointed by the chief administrative officers, 7 from those chosenby the participants).

United Nations Scientific Advisory CommitteeEstablished by the General Assembly in 1954 as a seven-member

advisory committee on the International Conference on the PeacefulUses of Atomic Energy (1955), the United Nations Scientific Ad-visory Committee was so renamed and its mandate revised by theAssembly in 1958,19 retaining its original composition. The Committeehas not met since 1956.20

Members: Brazil, Canada, France, India, USSR, United Kingdom,United States.

STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE PENSION BOARD

Members (elected at the Board's thirty-seventh session):

United Nations (Group I)Representing the General Assembly: Member: Sol Kuttner. Al-

ternates: Mario Majoli, Michael George Okeyo, Ulrich Kalbit-zer, Miguel Ortega-Nalda, Yukio Takasu.

Representing the Secretary-General: Member: Kofi A. Annan.Alternates: J. Richard Foran, Matias de la Mota, Maryan Ba-querot, Anthony J. Miller.

Representing the Participants: Member: Susanna H. Johnston.Alternates: Gualtiero Fulcheri, Bruce C. Hillis, Lennox Bourne,Nancy L. Sadka, George Irving.

Specialized agencies (Group II)Representing the Governing Body: Member: William M. Yoffee

(ILO). Alternate: E. Zador (UNIDO).Representing the Executive Head: Member: Warren W. Furth

(WHO). Alternates: Robert L. Munteanu (WHO), Dr. DavidE. Barmes (WHO), John E. Morgan (WHO), Herbert R. Crock-ett (WHO).

Representing the Participants: Member: W. E. Price (IAEA). Al-ternates: D. Bertaud (IMO), P. A. Traub (ITU), R. M. Perry(WMO).

Specialized agencies (Group III)Representing the Governing Body: Member: A. D. Weygandt

(FAO). Alternates: John Glistrup (FAO), I. Kaba (FAO).Representing the Executive Head: Member: Y. Kochubey

(UNESCO). Alternate: K. M. Angelides (UNESCO).Representing the Participants: Member: G. Thorn (ICITO). Al-

ternates: Gilles Frammery (WIPO), L Mortimer (ICAO), J. B.McGhie (IFAD).

COMMITTEE OF ACTUARIES

The Committee of Actuaries consists of five members, each rep-resenting one of the five geographical regions of the UnitedNations.

Members: Ajibola 0. Ogunshola (Nigeria), Region I (AfricanStates); Kunio Takeuchi (Japan), Region II (Asian States);Evgeny M. Chetyrkin (USSR), Region III (Eastern EuropeanStates); Gonzalo Arroba (Ecuador), Region IV (Latin AmericanStates); Robert J. Myers (United States), Region V (WesternEuropean and other States).

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for PalestineRefugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

ADVISORY COMMISSION OF UNRWAThe Advisory Commission of UNRWA met at Vienna on 27 Au-

gust 1987.

Members: Belgium, Egypt, France, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, SyrianArab Republic, Turkey (Chairman), United Kingdom, UnitedStates.

WORKING GROUP ON THE FINANCING OF UNRWA

Members: France, Ghana, Japan, Lebanon, Norway (Rapporteur),Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey (Chairman), United Kingdom,United States.

Commissioner-General of UNRWA: Giorgio Giacomelli.Deputy Commissioner-General: Robert S. Dillon.

United Nations Scientific Committee onthe Effects of Atomic Radiation

The 21-member United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effectsof Atomic Radiation held its thirty-sixth session at Vienna from23 to 27 March 1987.

Members: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech-oslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, India,Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Sudan, Sweden, USSR,United Kingdom, United States.

Chairman: B. Lindell (Sweden).Vice-Chairman: K. Lokan (Australia).Rapporteur: J. Maisin (Belgium).

United Nations Special Fund

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

The activities of the United Nations Special Fund were suspended,ad interim, in 1978 by the General Assembly, which assumed thefunctions of the Board of Governors of the Fund. In 1981,21 theAssembly decided to continue performing those functions, withinthe context of its consideration of the item on development andinternational economic co-operation, pending consideration of thequestion in 1983. However, no further action had been taken bythe end of 1987.

United Nations Staff Pension CommitteeThe United Nations Staff Pension Committee consists of three

members elected by the General Assembly, three appointed by theSecretary-General and three elected by the participants in the UnitedNations Joint Staff Pension Fund. The term of office of the electedmembers is three years, or until the election of their successors.

Members:Elected by Assembly (to serve until 31 December 1988): Members:

Sol Kuttner (Chairman), Mario Majoli, Michael George Okeyo.Alternates: Jobst Holborn (until 31 January 1987), Ulrich Kal-bitzer (from 1 February); Miguel A. Ortega; Yukio Takasu.

Appointed by Secretary-General (to serve until further notice): Members:J. Richard Foran, Louis-Pascal Nègre, Paul C. Szasz. Alternates:Raymond Gieri, Victor Elissejev, Matias de la Mota.

Elected by Participants (to serve until 31 December 1989): Mem-bers: Susanna H. Johnston, Gualtiero Fulcheri, Bruce C. Hillis.Alternates: Lennox Bourne, Nancy L. Sadka, George Irving.

On 21 December 1987, the General Assembly decided that, effective1 January 1989, the Committee was to consist of four membersand four alternates elected by the Assembly, four members andtwo alternates appointed by the Secretary-General, and four membersand two alternates elected by the participants in the United Na-tions Joint Staff Pension Fund.

United Nations University

COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY

The Council of the United Nations University, the governing boardof the University, consists of: (a) 24 members appointed jointly

19 YUN 1958, p. 31, GA res. 1344(XIII), 13 Dec. 1958.20 YUN 1956, p. 108.21 YUN 1981, p. 418, GA dec. 36/424, 4 Dec. 1981.

(to provide emergency relief and development assistance)


by the Secretary-General and the Director-General of UNESCO,in consultation with the agencies and programmes concerned in-cluding UNITAR, who serve in their personal capacity for six-yearterms; (b) the Secretary-General, the Director-General of UNESCOand the Executive Director of UNITAR, who are ex-officio mem-bers; and (c) the Rector of the University, who is normally ap-pointed for a five-year term.

In 1987, the Council held two sessions: its twenty-ninth atEspoo, Finland, from 6 to 10 July, and its thirtieth in Tokyo from7 to 11 December.

Members:To serve until 2 May 1989: Bakr Abdullah Bakr (Saudi Arabia);

Bashir Bakri, Vice-Chairman (Sudan); Marie-Therese Basse(Senegal); André Blanc-Lapierre, Vice-Chairman (France); Mer-cedes a Concepción (Philippines); Helge Gyllenberg, Vice-Chairman (Finland); Walter Joseph Kamba, Chairman (Zim-babwe); Gerald Cecil Lalor (Jamaica); Maria de Lourdes Pin-tasilgo (Portugal); Yevgeniy M. Primakov, Vice-Chairman(USSR); Alberto Wagner de Reyna, Vice-Chairman (Peru); ZhaoDihua, Vice-Chairman (China).

To serve until 2 May 1992: Mary F. Berry (United States); AlfonsoBorrero (Colombia); Umberto Colombo (Italy); Keith B. Griffin(United Kingdom); Heitor Gurgulino de Souza (Brazil);a JosephKi-Zerbo (Burkina Faso); M. G. K. Menon (India); Martha V.Mvungi (United Republic of Tanzania); Mihaly Simai (Hungary);b

Rehman Sobhan (Bangladesh); Ryozo Sunobe (Japan);c JustinThorens (Switzerland).

Ex-officio members: The Secretary-General, the Director-Generalof UNESCO and the Executive Director of UNITAR.

a Resigned in August 1987; Candido Mendes de Almeida (Brazil) was ap-pointed on 23 December to fill the resultant vacancy.

b Appointed in May 1987 to fill a vacancy created in 1986.c Resigned in November 1987; Kuniyoshi Date (Japan ) wa s appointed in

December to fill the resultant vacancy.

Rector of the United Nations University: Mr. Soedjatmoko (until31 August 1987), Heitor Gurgulino de Souza (from 1 Sep-tember).

The Council maintained four standing committees during 1987:the Committee on Finance and Budget; the Committee on Institu-tional and Programmatic Development; the Committee on Sta-tutes, Rules and Guidelines; and the Committee on the Report ofthe Council.

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous PopulationsThe United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations

provides financial assistance to representatives of indigenouscommunities and organizations to enable their participation inmeetings of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations, a sub-sidiary of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discriminationand Protection of Minorities.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Board of Trustees to advise the Secretary-General in hisadministration of the Fund consists of five members with rele-vant experience in issues affecting indigenous populations, ap-pointed in their personal capacity by the Secretary-General for athree-year term. At least one member is a representative of awidely recognized organization of indigenous people. The Boarddid not meet in 1987.

Members:a Leif Dunfjeld (Norway), Alioune Sène (Senegal), HiwiTauroa (New Zealand), Danilo Turk (Yugoslovia), AugustoWillemsen-Díaz (Guatemala).

aAppointed on 4 June 1987.

United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Board of Trustees to advise the Secretary-General in hisadministration of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims

of Torture consists of five members with wide experience in thefield of human rights, appointed in their personal capacity by theSecretary-General with due regard for equitable geographical dis-tribution and in consultation with their Governments.

The Board held its sixth session at Geneva from 23 to 25 Febru-ary 1987.

Members (to serve until 31 December 1988): Hans Danelius,Chairman (Sweden); Elizabeth Odio Benito (Costa Rica); WaleedM. Sadi (Jordan); Ivan Tosevski (Yugoslavia); Amos Wako(Kenya).

World Food CouncilThe World Food Council, at the ministerial or plenipotentiary

level, functions as an organ of the United Nations and reports tothe General Assembly through the Economic and Social Council.It consists of 36 members, nominated by the Economic and So-cial Council and elected by the Assembly according to the fol-lowing pattern: nine members from African States, eight fromAsian States, seven from Latin American States, four from so-cialist States of Eastern Europe and eight from Western Europeanand other States. Members serve for three-year terms.

The Council held its thirteenth session in Beijing, China, from8 to 11 June 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China,

Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, UnitedStates, Zambia.

To serve until 31 December 1988: Antigua and Barbuda, Austra-lia, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, GermanDemocratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Guinea,Honduras, Mali, Somalia, USSR.

To serve until 31 December 1989: Argentina, Burundi, Colombia,France, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sweden,Tunisia.

President: Henri Nallet (France).Vice-Presidents: Ibrahim Baluch (Pakistan), Dr. Ernesto Juan

Figueras (Argentina), Gilles Laubhouet-Vally (Cote d'Ivoire),Yovtcho Roussev (Bulgaria).

Executive Director: Gerald Ion Trant.

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council nominated the following 14 States, 12 of which wereto be elected by the General Assembly, for a three-year term be-ginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31December 1987: Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cote d'Ivoire,Indonesia, Madagascar, Mexico, Nepal, Thailand, Turkey, UnitedStates, Uruguay, Zambia. All but Brazil and Nepal were electedby the Assembly on 28 October 1987 (decision 42/307).

Conferences

International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit TraffickingThe International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Traffick-

ing was held at Vienna from 17 to 26 June 1987. Participatingwere the following 138 States:

Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bel-gium, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam,Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian SSR, Cam-eroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica,Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kam-puchea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DemocraticYemen, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, EquatorialGuinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gambia, GermanDemocratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana,Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana,Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland,Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People'sDemocratic Republic, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechten-stein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,

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Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Mozambique,Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway,Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Por-tugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and theGrenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Sene-gal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad andTobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, UnitedArab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania,United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugosla-via, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

President: Mahathir Mohamad (Malaysia).Vice-Presidents for co-ordination: Juhana Idänpään Heikkilä (Fin-

land), Imre Hutas (Hungary).Vice-Presidents: Austria, Bahamas, Burundi, China, Ecuador,

France, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Panama, Senegal,Thailand, Turkey, USSR, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates, Yugoslavia, Zambia.

Rapporteur-General: Philip O. Emafo (Nigeria).

Presiding Officers of committees:Main Committee: Guillermo Bedregal-Gutiérez (Bolivia).Credentials Committee: Jose Francisco Sucre Figarella (Venezuela).

International Conference on the Relationshipbetween Disarmament and Development

The International Conference on the Relationship between Dis-armament and Development was held at United Nations Head-quarters from 24 August to 11 September 1987. Participatingwere the following 150 States and the United Nations Council forNamibia:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia,Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Be-lize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam,Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Byelorussian SSR, Cam-eroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile,China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire,Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea,Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Yemen, Den-mark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, German Democratic Repub-lic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala,Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, ice-land, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica,Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Repub-lic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxem-bourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta,Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal,Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway,Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Por-tugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia,Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles,Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suri-name, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic,Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda,

Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, VietNam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

President: Natwar Singh (India).Vice-Presidents: Czechoslovakia, Democratic Yemen, France, In-

donesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.Rapporteur-General: W. Alexander Morrison (Canada).

Chairmen of committees and working groups:Committee of the Whole: Martin Huslid (Norway).Credentials Committee: Andrés Aguilar (Venezuela) (Presiding

Officer).Working Group I: Dietmar Hucke (German Democratic Republic).Working Group II: Oscar Oramas-Oliva (Cuba).Working Group III: Paul Bamela Engo (Cameroon).

United Nations Conference for the Promotion of InternationalCo-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

The United Nations Conference for the Promotion of Interna-tional Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy washeld at Geneva from 23 March to 10 April 1987. Participating werethe following 106 States and the United Nations Council forNamibia:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain,Bangladesh, Belgium, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Bye-lorussian SSR, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chile,China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech-oslovakia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DemocraticYemen, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia,Finland, France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Germany,Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Holy See, Hun-gary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jor-dan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Luxem-bourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal,Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar,Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia,Senegal, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden,Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey,Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,United Republic of Tanzania, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela,Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

President: Mohamed Ibrahim Shaker (Egypt).Vice-Presidents: Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Cam-

eroon, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,Italy, Kenya, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Sudan, SyrianArab Republic, Swaziland, USSR, United States, Venezuela, Yu-goslavia, Zambia.

Rapporteur-General: H. Thielicke (German Democratic Republic).

Chairmen of committees:Committee I: F. Cuevas Cancino (Mexico).Committee II: I. Makipentti (Finland).Credentials Committee: Adolfo Raul Taylhardat (Venezuela).

Security Council

The Security Council consists of 15 Member States of the UnitedNations, in accordance with the provisions of Article 23 of the UnitedNations Charter as amended in 1965.

MEMBERS

Permanent members: China, France, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates.

Non-permanent members: Argentina, Bulgaria, Congo, Germany,Federal Republic of, Ghana, Italy, Japan, United Arab Emirates,Venezuela, Zambia.

On 15 October 1987 (decision 42/305), the General Assemblyelected Algeria, Brazil, Nepal, Senegal and Yugoslavia for a two-year term beginning on 1 January 1988, to replace Bulgaria, Congo,Ghana, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela, whose terms of of-fice were to expire on 31 December 1987.

PRESIDENTS

The presidency of the Council rotates monthly, according to theEnglish alphabetical listing of its member States. The following servedas Presidents during 1987:


Collective Measures CommitteeThe Collective Measures Committee (see p. 1337) reports to

both the General Assembly and the Security Council.

Military Staff CommitteeThe Military Staff Committee consists of the chiefs of staff of

the permanent members of the Security Council or their represen-tatives. It met fortnightly throughout 1987; the first meeting washeld on 2 January and the last on 18 December.

Standing committeesEach of the three standing committees of the Security Council

is composed of representatives of all Council members:

Committee of Experts (to examine the provisional rules of proce-dure of the Council and any other matters entrusted to it bythe Council)

Committee on the Admission of New MembersCommittee on Council Meetings Away from Headquarters

Ad hoc bodies

Ad Hoc Committee established under resolution 507(1982)Members: France (Chairman), Guyana,a Jordan,a Uganda.a

a Not Council members in 1987.

Ad Hoc Sub-Committee on NamibiaThe Ad Hoc Sub-Committee on Namibia consists of all the

members of the Security Council. It did not meet in 1987.

Committee of Experts established by theSecurity Council at its 1506th meeting

(on the question of micro-States)The Committee of Experts consists of all the members of the

Security Council. It met on 16 October 1987.

Security Council Commission establishedunder resolution 446(1979)

(to examine the situation relating to settlements in theArab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem)

Members: Bolivia,a Portugal,a Zambia.

a Not Council members in 1987.

Security Council Committee established by resolution 421(1977)concerning the question of South Africa

The Committee consists of all the members of the SecurityCouncil.Chairman: Mohammad Hussain Al-Shaali (United Arab Emirates).

PEACE-KEEPING OPERATIONS AND SPECIAL MISSIONS

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General William Callaghan (until 7 June

1987), Lieutentant-General Martin Vadset (from 8 June).

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)Force Commander: Major-General Gustaf Welin.

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)Force Commander: Major-General Gustav Hägglund.

United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Cyprus:

James Holger.Force Commander: Major-General Günther G. Greindl.

United Nations Military Observer Groupin India and Pakistan (UNIOGIP)

Chief Military Observer: Brigadier-General Alf Hammer (until 3 Au-gust 1987), Brigadier-General James Parker (from 22 Sep-tember).

United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)Authorized by the Security Council in 1978,22 the United Na-

tions Transition Assistance Group had not been emplaced in Na-mibia by the end of 1987.

Special Representative of the Secretary-General: Martti Ahtisaari.Commander-designate: Lieutenant-General Dewan Prem Chand.

22 YUN 1978, p. 915, SC res. 435(1978), 29 Sep. 1978.

Economic and Social Council

The Economic and Social Council consists of 54 Member Statesof the United Nations, elected by the General Assembly, each fora three-year term, in accordance with the provisions of Article 61of the United Nations Charter as amended in 1965 and 1973.

MEMBERS

To serve until 31 December 1987: Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia,France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Guinea, Haiti, Iceland,India, Japan, Morocco, Nigeria, Romania, Senegal, Spain, Tur-key, Venezuela, Zimbabwe.

To serve until 31 December 1988: Australia, Belgium, Byelorus-sian SSR, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, German Democratic Repub-lic, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Mozambique, Pakistan, Panama, Peru,Philippines, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab Republic, United States.

To serve until 31 December 1989: Belize, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada,China, Denmark, Iran, Norway, Oman, Poland, Rwanda, Soma-lia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, USSR, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Zaire.

On 21 October and 3 November 1987 (decision 42/306), theGeneral Assembly elected the following 18 States for a three-yearterm beginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1987: Colombia, Cuba, France, Germany, Fed-eral Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, India, Ireland, Japan, Le-sotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Portugal, Saudi Arabia,Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

SESSIONS

Organizational session for 1987: United Nations Headquarters, 3-6February.

First regular session of 1987: United Nations Headquarters, 4-29May.

Second regular session of 1987: Geneva, 23 June-9 July.Resumed second regular session of 1987: United Nations Head-

quarters, 1 and 20 October, 25 November and 4 December.

Month

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJuly

August

SeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Member

VenezuelaZambiaArgentinaBulgariaChinaCongoFrance

Federal Republic ofGermany

GhanaItalyJapanUSSR

Representative

Andrés AguilarPeter D. ZuzeMarcelo E. R. DelpechBoris TsvetkovLi LuyeMartin AdoukiJean-Bernard RaimondPierre-Louis BlancHans Werner Lautenschlager

James Victor GbehoMaurizio BucciKiyoaki KikuchiAleksandr M. Belonogov

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OFFICERS

President: Eugeniusz Noworyta (Poland).Vice-Presidents: Aneesuddin Ahmed (Pakistan) (until 4 May), Mu-

hammad Nasser Mian (Pakistan) (4 May-23 June), Nicasio Val-derrama (Philippines) (23-28 June), Rosario G. Manalo (Philip-pines) (from 29 June); Abdel Halim Badawi (Egypt); Lloyd M.H. Barnett (Jamaica); Paul Laberge (Canada).

Subsidiary and other related organs

SUBSIDIARY ORGANS

In addition to three regular sessional committees, the Economicand Social Council may, at each session, set up other committeesor working groups, of the whole or of limited membership, and referto them any items on the agenda for study and report.

Other subsidiary organs reporting to the Council consist of func-tional commissions, regional commissions, standing committees,expert bodies and ad hoc bodies.

The inter-agency Administrative Committee on Co-ordination alsoreports to the Council.

Sessional bodies

SESSIONAL COMMITTEES

Each of the sessional committees of the Economic and SocialCouncil consists of the 54 members of the Council.

First (Economic) Committee. Chairman: Lloyd M. H. Barnett(Jamaica). Vice-Chairmen: Najib Abdulkarim Mohamed (Somalia),Younes Bin Ali Rahma (Oman).

Second (Social) Committee. Chairman: Paul Laberge (Canada). Vice-Chairmen: Laurent-Marie Biffot (Gabon), Manuel Rodriguez (Peru).

Third (Programme and Co-ordination) Committee. Chairman: NicasioValderrama (Philippines) (23-28 June), Rosario G. Manalo (Philip-pines) (from 29 June). Vice-Chairmen: Bénédicte Frankinet (Bel-gium), Vassili Peshkov (Byelorussian SSR).

Functional commissions

Commission for Social DevelopmentThe Commission for Social Development consists of 32 mem-

bers, elected for four-year terms by the Economic and Social Councilaccording to a specific pattern of equitable geographical distribution.

The Commission held its thirtieth session at Vienna from 23 Febru-ary to 4 March 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Canada, El Salvador, France, Haiti,

Kenya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Morocco, Romania, USSR, UnitedStates.

To serve until 31 December 1988: Chile, Denmark, Indonesia, Italy,Mali, Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Thailand, Zimbabwe.

To serve until 31 December 1990: Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh,Cyprus, Dominican Republic, German Democratic Republic, Ghana,Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Norway,a Togo.

a Elected on 6 February 1987 (decision 1987/103).

Chairman: Michal Dobroczynski (Poland).Vice-Chairmen: Juan Carlos Beltramino (Argentina), Rabia Bhuiyan

(Bangladesh), Mario Majoli (Italy).Rapporteur: Kati Korga (Togo).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council elected the following 11 members for a four-year termbeginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31December 1987: France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Guatemala,Haiti, Iraq, Pakistan, Romania, Sudan, Uganda, USSR, United States.

Commission on Human RightsThe Commission on Human Rights consists of 43 members,

elected for three-year terms by the Economic and Social Councilaccording to a specific pattern of equitable geographical distribution.

The Commission held its forty-third session at Geneva from 2February to 13 March 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Argentina, Australia, Austria,

Bulgaria, China, Congo, Gambia, Germany, Federal Republic of,Japan, Lesotho, Liberia, Peru, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1988: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium,Byelorussian SSR, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Ethiopia, India,Ireland, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Norway, USSR.

76 serve until 31 December 1989: Brazil, France, German DemocraticRepublic, Iraq, Italy, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal,Somalia, Togo, United States, Yugoslavia.

Chairman: Leonid F. Evmenov (Byelorussian SSR).Vice-Chairmen: Abdul Jabbar Al-Haddawi (Iraq), Ole P. Kolby (Norway),

Alioune Sène (Senegal).Rapporteur: María E. Ruesta de Furter (Venezuela).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council elected the following 15 members for a three-year termbeginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31December 1987: Argentina, Botswana, Bulgaria, China, Gambia,Germany, Federal Republic of, Japan, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, SaoTome and Principe, Spain, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Venezuela.

AD HOC WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS(established by Commission on HumanRights resolution 2(XXIII) of 6 March 1967)Members: Mikuin Leliel Balanda, Chairman (Zaire); Humberto Díaz-

Casanueva, Vice-Chairman (Chile); Felix Ermacora (Austria); BranimirM. Jankovic (Yugoslavia); Elly Elikunda E. M'Tango (United Republicof Tanzania); Mulka Govinda Reddy (India).

GROUP OF THREE ESTABLISHED UNDER THEINTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE SUPPRESSION

AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF APARTHEID

The Group of Three held its tenth session at Geneva from 26to 30 January 1987.

Members: Algeria, Nicaragua, Sri Lanka.

Chairman/Rapporteur: Boudjemâa Delmi (Algeria).

SUB-COMMISSION ON PREVENTION OFDISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES

The Sub-Commission consists of 26 members elected by theCommission on Human Rights from candidates nominated by MemberStates of the United Nations, in accordance with a scheme to en-sure equitable geographical distribution. Members serve in theirindividual capacity as experts, rather than as governmental represen-tatives, each for a four-year term.

The Sub-Commission held its thirty-ninth session at Geneva from10 August to 4 September 1987.

Members (until March 1988):a Miguel Alfonso Martínez (Cuba);Awn Shawkat Al Khasawneh (Jordan); Murlidhar ChandrakantBhandare, Vice-Chairman (India); Erica-Irene A. Daes (Greece);Driss Dahak (Morocco); Jules Deschênes (Canada); LeandroDespouy, Chairman (Argentina);b George Dove-Edwin (Nigeria);Gu Yijie (China); Aidiid Abdillahi Ilkahanaf (Somalia); Louis Joi-net. Rapporteur (France); Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa (Egypt); AntonioMartínez Báez (Mexico); Dumitru Mazilu (Romania); Chama L.C. Mubanga-Chipoya (Zambia); John P. Roche (United States);Kwesi B. S. Simpson, Vice-Chairman (Ghana); V. N. Sofinsky (USSR);Masayuki Takemoto (Japan); Danilo Turk, Vice-Chairman (Yu-goslavia);b Antonio Jose Uribe Portocarrero (Colombia); RodrigoValdez Baquero (Ecuador); Theodoor Cornelis van Boven (Nether-lands); Ben Charles George Whitaker (United Kingdom); FissehaYimer (Ethiopia).

a Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (Bangladesh) died prior to the session. On 6 February1987 (decision 1987/102), the Economic and Social Council extended theterm of office of the members for one year until March 1988.

b Alternates for Enzo Giustozzi (Argentina) and Ivan Tosevski (Yugoslavia),respectively, who did not attend the session.


Working Group(established by resolution 2(XXIV) of 16 August 1971

of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discriminationand Protection of Minorities pursuant to Economic and

Social Council resolution 1503(XLVIII))

The Working Group on Communications concerning humanrights held its fifteenth session at Geneva from 27 July to 7 Au-gust 1987.

Members: Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare (India); John Carey(United States); Antonio Martínez Báez (Mexico); V. N. Sofinsky(USSR); Fisseha Yimer, Chairman/Rapporteur (Ethiopia).

Working Group(established on 21 August 1974 by resolution 11(XXVII)of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination

and Protection of Minorities)

The Working Group on Slavery held its twelfth session atGeneva from 3 to 6 and on 25 and 26 August 1987.

Members: Jules Deschênes, Chairman/Rapporteur (Canada);a

Dumitru Mazilu (Romania); Chama L. C. Mubanga-Chipoya(Zambia); Masayuki Takemoto (Japan);b Antonio Jose UribePortocarrero (Colombia); Ben Charles George Whitaker (UnitedKingdom).

a Alternate for Mr. Whitaker, who did not attend the session.b Alternate for Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (Bangladesh), who died prior to

the session.

Working Group on DetentionThe Working Group on Detention met at Geneva between 12

and 20 August 1987.

Members: Miguel Alfonso Martínez (Cuba); John Carey, Chair-man/Rapporteur (United States); Driss Dahak (Morocco);Masayuki Takemoto (Japan); Danilo Turk (Yugoslavia).

Working Group on Indigenous PopulationsThe Working Group on Indigenous Populations held its fifth ses-

sion at Geneva from 3 to 7 August 1987.

Members: Miguel Alfonso Martínez (Cuba); Erica-Irene A. Daes,Chairman/Rapporteur (Greece); Gu Yijie (China); Kwesi B. S.Simpson (Ghana); Danilo Turk (Yugoslavia).

WORKING GROUP OF GOVERNMENTALEXPERTS ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

The Working Group of Governmental Experts on the Right toDevelopment held its tenth session at Geneva from 5 to 20 Janu-ary 1987.

Members: Luis Aguirre Gallardo (Panama); Juan Alvarez Vita(Peru); Konstantin Andreev (Bulgaria); Abd-el-Naceur Belaid (Al-geria); Kantilal Lallubhai Dalai, Vice-Chairman/Rapporteur(India); Riyadh Aziz Hadi (Iraq); Julio Heredia Pérez, Vice-Chairman (Cuba); Thomas A. Johnson (United States);a Jean-Pierre Le Court (France); Grigori Morozov (USSR); Fahd Salim(Syrian Arab Republic); Alioune Sène, Chairman (Senegal); Kon-git Sinegiorgis (Ethiopia); Danilo Turk, Vice-Chairman (Yugosla-via); Johannes Zandvliet (Netherlands).

a The United States withdrew from the Group in December 1987.

WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCEDOR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES

The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearancesheld three sessions in 1987: its twenty-first in New York from 4to 8 May, its twenty-second at Geneva from 14 to 18 Septemberand its twenty-third at Geneva from 25 November to 4 December.

Members: Jonas Kwami Dotse Foli (Ghana); Agha Hilaly (Pakistan);Ivan Tosevski, Chairman/Rapporteur (Yugoslavia); Toine vanDongen (Netherlands); Luís Alberto Varela Quirós (Costa Rica).

WORKING GROUPS(to study situations revealing a consistentpattern of gross violations of human rights)

Working Group established by Commission onHuman Rights decision 1986/109 of 13 March 1986:Members: Mairegu Bezabih (Ethiopia); Marc Bossuyt (Belgium);

Todor Dichev (Bulgaria); Victoria Sisante-Bataclan (Philippines);Armando Villanueva del Campo, Chairman/Rapporteur (Peru).

Working Group established by Commission onHuman flights decision 1987/103 of 2 March 1987:Members: Marc Bossuyt (Belgium), Todor Dichev (Bulgaria), Vic-

toria Sisante-Bataclan (Philippines), Mujyanama Theoneste(Rwanda), Armando Villanueva del Campo (Peru).

WORKING GROUPS (OPEN-ENDED)

Working Group established by Commission onHuman Rights resolution 1986/44 of 12 March 1986(to draft a declaration on the right and responsibility ofindividuals, groups and organs of society to promote and protectuniversally recognized human rights and fundamental freedoms):Chairman/Rapporteur: Robert H. Robertson (Australia).

Working Group established by Commission onHuman Rights resolution 1986/59 of 13 March 1986(to draft a convention on the rights of the child):Chairman/Rapporteur: Adam Lopatka (Poland).

Working Group established by Commission onHuman Rights resolution 1986/60 of 13 March 1986(to draft a declaration on the rights of persons belongingto national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities):Chairman/Rapporteur: Zagorka Ilic (Yugoslavia).

Commission on Narcotic DrugsThe Commission on Narcotic Drugs consists of 40 members,

elected for four-year terms by the Economic and Social Councilfrom among the Members of the United Nations and membersof the specialized agencies and the parties to the Single Conven-tion on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, with due regard for the adequaterepresentation of (a) countries which are important producers ofopium or coca leaves, ( b ) countries which are important in themanufacture of narcotic drugs, and (c) countries in which drugaddiction or the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs constitutes an im-portant problem, as well as taking into account the principle ofequitable geographical distribution.

The Commission held its thirty-second session at Vienna from2 to 11 February 1987. It also met as the preparatory body forthe International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking(see p. 1359).

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Algeria, Brazil, Canada, Colom-

bia, Finland, France, German Democratic Republic, Germany,Federal Republic of, Greece, Iran, Italy, Madagascar, Morocco,Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United States,Yugoslavia.

To serve until 31 December 1989: Argentina, Australia, Belgium,Bulgaria, China, Ecuador, Hungary, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia,Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, Turkey, USSR, UnitedKingdom, Venezuela, Zambia.

Chairman: Enrique Parejo González (Colombia).First Vice-Chairman: Philip 0. Emafo (Nigeria).Second Vice-Chairman: Dilshad Najmuddin (Pakistan).Rapporteur: E. A. Babayan (USSR).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council elected the following 20 members for a four-year termbeginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurring on31 December 1987: Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Den-mark, Egypt, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, India, Italy,

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Lebanon, Madagascar, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Swit-zerland, Thailand, United States, Yugoslavia.

SUB-COMMISSION ON ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC ANDRELATED MATTERS IN THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST

The Sub-Commission held its twenty-second session at Viennaon 28 and 29 January 1987.

Members: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Sweden, Turkey.

Chairman: Erdem Erner (Turkey).Vice-Chairman: Dilshad Najmuddin (Pakistan).

MEETINGS OF HEADS OF NATIONALDRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES (HONLEA)

Interregional HONLEAInterregional HONLEA examines in depth the most important

aspects of the drug trafficking problem. All Member States areencouraged to participate, and competent bodies within theUnited Nations system as well as the International Criminal Po-lice Organization (Interpol) and the Customs Co-operation Coun-cil are invited to offer their technical expertise.

Interregional HONLEA did not meet in 1987.

HONLEA, Africa RegionA meeting to co-ordinate regional activities against illicit drug

traffic, convened regularly, is open to any State in the region, aswell as to observers from Interpol, the Customs Co-operationCouncil, other competent international and intergovernmental or-ganizations, and INCB. Any interested Government which is ac-tively involved in countering illicit drug traffic in the region maybe invited by the Secretary-General to send an observer at its ownexpense.

HONLEA, Africa Region, held its first meeting at Addis Ababa,Ethiopia, from 30 March to 3 April 1987.

Chairman: Eshetu Wondemagegnehu (Ethiopia).First Vice-Chairman: Diaraf Farba Payé (Senegal).Second Vice-Chairman: Ismail M. Abdel Wahid (Egypt).Rapporteur: Jean Joseph Malonda (Congo).

HONLEA, Asia and the Pacific Regiona

A meeting to co-ordinate regional activities against illicit drugtraffic, convened annually (except when Interregional HONLEAmeets) in one of the region's capitals, is open to any country orterritory in the region approved by the Commission, as well as toobservers from the Association of South-East Asian Nations, theColombo Plan Bureau, the Customs Co-operation Council, Inter-pol and INCB. Any interested Government outside the region maybe invited by the Secretary-General to send an observer at its ownexpense.

HONLEA, Asia and the Pacific Region, held its thirteenth meet-ing in Tokyo from 30 November to 4 December 1987.

a Formerly HONLEA, Far East Region.

Chairman: E. Uruma (Japan).First Vice-Chairman: Sun Xiwen (China).Second Vice-Chairman: Walter Williams (Australia).Third Vice-Chairman: Mohamad Ghazali bin Yacub (Malaysia).Rapporteur: Dalbir Singh (India).

HONLEA, Latin American and Caribbean RegionOn 26 May 1987, the Economic and Social Council invited Latin

American and Caribbean Governments and other interestedGovernments to participate in a regional HONLEA with a view toestablishing the Meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforce-ment Agencies, Latin American and Caribbean Region.

HONLEA, Latin American and Caribbean Region, held its firstmeeting at Santiago, Chile, from 28 September to 2 October 1987.

Chairman: Fernando Paredes Pizarro (Chile).First Vice-Chairman: Juan Carlos Delconte (Argentina).

Second Vice-Chairman: David Jack (Trinidad and Tobago).Third Vice-Chairman: Jorge Alderete Rosales (Bolivia).Rapporteur: Luis Lamas Puccio (Peru).

Commission on the Status of WomenThe Commission on the Status of Women consists of 32 mem-

bers, elected for four-year terms by the Economic and Social Councilaccording to a specific pattern of equitable geographical distribution.

The Commission met at United Nations Headquarters from 12to 16 January 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: China, Cuba, Denmark, Ecua-

dor, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republicof, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Togo, Zambia.

To serve until 31 December 1988: Brazil, Byelorussian SSR,Canada, France, Greece, India, Japan, Mauritius, Sudan, Tuni-sia, Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1990: Australia, Bangladesh, Côted'Ivoire, Czechoslovakia, Gabon, Italy, Mexico, Philippines,USSR, United States, Zaire.

Chairman: Olga Pellicer (Mexico).Vice-Chairmen: Rabia Bhuiyan (Bangladesh), Lombe Chibesakunda

(Zambia), Hanne Severinsen (Denmark).Rapporteur: Elena K. Ramanovich (Byelorussian SSR).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council elected the following 10 members for a four-year termbeginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurring on31 December 1987: Burkina Faso, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ger-man Democratic Republic, Guatemala, Lesotho, Pakistan, Sweden,Turkey.

Population CommissionThe Population Commission, which consists of 27 members

elected for four-year terms by the Economic and Social Councilaccording to a specific pattern of equitable geographical distri-bution, held its twenty-fourth session at United Nations Headquar-ters from 28 January to 6 February 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Egypt,

France, India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Sweden, Togo.To serve until 31 December 1988: Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia,

Germany, Federal Republic of, Mauritius, Netherlands, Thailand,Turkey, Ukrainian SSR.

To serve until 31 December 1989: Burundi, China, Cuba, Iran,Malawi, Mexico, USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

Chairman: Sergio Thompson-Flores (Brazil).Vice-Chairmen: Visit Boonyakesanond (Thailand), Vladimir Kalaid-

jiev (Bulgaria), Ali Rahmy (Egypt).Rapporteur: Laetitia van den Assum (Netherlands).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council elected the following nine members for a four-yearterm beginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1987: Bolivia, France, Iraq, Japan, Nigeria, Po-land, Rwanda, Sweden, Togo.

Statistical CommissionThe Statistical Commission, which consists of 24 members

elected for four-year terms by the Economic and Social Councilaccording to a specific pattern of equitable geographical distri-bution, held its twenty-fourth session at United Nations Headquar-ters from 23 February to 4 March 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Czech-

oslovakia, Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, United States.To serve until 31 December 1988: Brazil, Finland, India, Japan,

Mexico, New Zealand, Ukrainian SSR, United Kingdom.


To serve until 31 December 1989: Argentina, Egypt, France, Ger-many, Federal Republic of, Spain, Togo, USSR, Zambia.

Chairman: Emmanuel Oti Boateng (Ghana).Vice-Chairmen: Luis Alberto Beccaria (Argentina), Mukhtar

Hallouda (Egypt), Vladimir Micka (Czechoslovakia).Rapporteur: Stephen Kuzmicich (New Zealand).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council elected the following eight members for a four-yearterm beginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1987: Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Ghana,Morocco, Pakistan, Panama, United States.

WORKING GROUP ON INTERNATIONALSTATISTICAL PROGRAMMES AND CO-ORDINATION

The Working Group consists of the Bureau of the StatisticalCommission; the representatives to the Commission of the twomajor contributors to the United Nations budget, unless they arealready represented in the Bureau; and one representative to theCommission from a developing country from among members ofeach of the following: ECA, ECLAC, ESCAP and ESCWA, unlessthey are also already represented in the Bureau. Members servetwo-year terms.

The Working Group held its twelfth session at Geneva from 6to 9 October 1987.

Chairman: Emmanuel Oti Boateng (Ghana).

Regional commissions

Economic and Social Commission forAsia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacificheld its forty-third session at Bangkok, Thailand, from 21 to 30April 1987.

Members: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, BruneiDarussalam, Burma, China, Democratic Kampuchea, Fiji,France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Lao People's DemocraticRepublic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Nether-lands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, SriLanka, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam.

Associate members: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-lands, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam,Hong Kong, Kiribati, Niue, Republic of Palau, Republic of theMarshall Islands.

Switzerland, not a Member of the United Nations, participatesin a consultative capacity in the work of the Commission.

Chairman: Chirayu Isarangkun Na Ayuthaya (Thailand).Vice-Chairmen: Kwang Soo Choi (Republic of Korea), P. R. Das-

munsi (India), S. Dhanabalan (Singapore), Kasitah Gaddam(Malaysia), A. K. Khandker (Bangladesh), Aruru Matiabe (PapuaNew Guinea), Nguyen Dy Nien (Viet Nam), Keiwa Okuda(Japan), Mohan Man Sainju (Nepal), J. B. Sumarlin (Indonesia),Paul J. Tovua (Solomon Islands), Thomas Uren (Australia), WuXuegian (China), M. Roughani Zanjani (Iran).

Rapporteur: Javid Zafar (Pakistan).

Following are the main subsidiary and related bodies of theCommission:Advisory body: Advisory Committee of Permanent Representa-

tives and Other Representatives Designated by Members of theCommission.

Legislative bodies: Committee on Agricultural Development; Committeeon Development Planning; Committee on Industry, Technology,Human Settlements and the Environment; Committee on Nat-ural Resources; Committee on Population; Committee on Shipping,and Transport and Communications; Committee on Social De-velopment; Committee on Statistics; Committee on Trade.

Subsidiary bodies: Governing Board, Asian and Pacific Centre forTransfer of Technology; Governing Board, Regional Co-ordination Centre for Research and Development of CoarseGrains, Pulses, Roots and Tuber Crops in the Humid Tropics ofAsia and the Pacific; Governing Council, Regional MineralResources Development Centre.a

Related intergovernmental bodies: Asian and Pacific DevelopmentCentre; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting forMineral Resources in Asian Offshore Areas; Committee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Resources in SouthPacific Offshore Areas; Interim Committee for Co-ordination ofInvestigations of the Lower Mekong Basin; Typhoon Committee.

Regional institution: Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific.Intergovernmental meeting convened by ESCAP: Special Body on

Land-locked Countries.

a Closed as of 1 March 1987.

Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia held

its fourteenth session at Baghdad, Iraq, on 4 and 5 April 1987.

Members: Bahrain, Democratic Yemen, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan,Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian ArabRepublic, United Arab Emirates, Yemen; Palestine Liberation Or-ganization.

Chairman: Hisham Hassan Tawfiq (Iraq).Vice-Chairmen: Ali Ahmad Ansari (Qatar), Qasim Muhammad Miq-

dad (Syrian Arab Republic).Rapporteur: Sayed Kassem Al-Masri (Egypt).

The Commission's one main subsidiary organ, the TechnicalCommittee, composed of all ESCWA members, reviews the Com-mission's programme of work.

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

The Economic Commission for Africa meets in annual sessionat the ministerial level known as the Conference of Ministers.

The Commission held its twenty-second session (thirteenthmeeting of the Conference of Ministers) at Addis Ababa, Ethio-pia, from 23 to 27 April 1987.

Members: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt,Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mo-zambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe,Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa,a

Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic ofTanzania, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.


a On 30 July 1963, the Economic and Social Council decided that SouthAfrica should not take part in the work of ECA until conditions for construc-tive co-operation had been restored by a change in South Africa's racial policy(YUN 1963. p. 274, ESC res. 974 D IV (XXXVI)).

Chairman: Soumeila Almoustapha (Niger).First Vice-Chairman: Ragaa Abdel Rasoul (Egypt).Second Vice-Chairman: Michael M. Sefali (Lesotho).Rapporteur: Sambwa Pida N'Bagui (Zaire).

The Commission has established the following principal legis-lative organs:

Conference of Ministers; Technical Preparatory Committee ofthe Whole; sectoral ministerial conferences, each assisted by anappropriate committee of technical officials; Council of Ministersof each Multinational Programming and Operational Centre, as-sisted by its committee of officials.

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The Commission has also established the following subsidiarybodies:

Joint Conference of African Planners, Statisticians andDemographers; Intergovernmental Committee of Experts forScience and Technology Development; intergovernmentalRegional Committee on Human Settlements and Environment;Africa Regional Co-ordinating Committee for the Integration ofWomen in Development; Technical Committee of the Pan-AfricanDocumentation and Information System.

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)In 1987, the Economic Commission for Europe held, at Geneva,

its forty-second session from 31 March to 10 April and a specialsession on 9 and 10 November.

Members: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Byelorussian SSR,Canada, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France,German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of,Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta,Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain,Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Yugoslavia.

The Holy See, Liechtenstein and San Marino, which are notMembers of the United Nations, participate in a consultative ca-pacity in the work of the Commission.

Chairman: Georg Reisch (Austria).Vice-Chairman: Peter Dietze (German Democratic Republic).Rapporteurs: Maikki Lemne (Sweden), Frantisek Veres (Czecho-

slovakia).

Following are the principal subsidiary bodies of the Commission:Chemical Industry Committee; Coal Committee; Committee on

Agricultural Problems; Committee on Electric Power; Committeeon Gas; Committee on Housing, Building and Planning; Commit-tee on the Development of Trade; Committee on Water Problems;Conference of European Statisticians; Inland Transport Commit-tee; Meeting of Government Officials Responsible for Standard-ization Policies; Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on Environ-mental Problems; Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on Scienceand Technology; Senior Economic Advisers to ECE Governments;Steel Committee; Timber Committee.

Other subsidiary bodies are: Senior Advisers to ECE Govern-ments on Energy; Working Party on Engineering Industries andAutomation.

Ad hoc meetings of experts are convened for sectors of activitynot dealt with by these principal bodies.

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

did not meet in 1987.

Members: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados,Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,France, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,Peru, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincentand the Grenadines, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Associate members: British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Nether-lands Antilles, United States Virgin Islands.


The Commission has established the following principal sub-sidiary bodies:

Caribbean Development and Co-operation Committee; CentralAmerican Economic Co-operation Committee and its Inter-agencyCommittee; Committee of High-level Government Experts; Com-mittee of the Whole; Technical Committee, Latin American andCaribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning.

The Latin American Demographic Centre forms part of theECLAC system as an autonomous institution.

Standing committees

Commission on Human Settlements

The Commission on Human Settlements consists of 58 mem-bers elected by the Economic and Social Council for four-yearterms according to a specific pattern of equitable geographicaldistribution; it reports to the General Assembly through theCouncil.

The Commission held its tenth session at Nairobi, Kenya, from6 to 16 April 1987; as decided by the Assembly in 1986,23 thesession was open to all States.

Members:To serve until 37 December 1987: Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi,

Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, German Democratic Republic, Ger-many, Federal Republic of, Greece, India, Jamaica, Jordan,Kenya, Lesotho, Mexico, Norway, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, UkrainianSSR.

To serve until 31 December 1988:a Bolivia, Canada, Congo,Dominican Republic, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq,b Italy,Malawi, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, Po-land, Swaziland, Sweden.

To serve until 31 December 1990: Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cam-eroon, Colombia, Ecuador, Finland, Gabon, Iran, Japan,Madagascar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkey,Uganda, USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

a One seat allocated to a member from Asian States remained unfilled in1987.

b Elected on 6 February 1987 (decision 1987/103).

Chairman: S. P. Stainov (Bulgaria).Vice-Chairmen: T. C. E. Gronberg (Finland), N. P. Lego Nirwhono

(Indonesia), E. Peñalosa Camargo (Colombia).Rapporteur: P. Mwanzia (Kenya).

On 27 May (decision 1987/130) and 1 October 1987 (decision1987/193), the Economic and Social Council elected the follow-ing for a four-year term beginning on 1 January 1988 to fill 18of the 19 vacancies occurring on 31 December 1987: Bangladesh,Botswana, Burundi, Byelorussian SSR, Cyprus, Egypt, GermanDemocratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, India,Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Sri Lanka, UnitedRepublic of Tanzania. No further election was held in 1987 to fillthe remaining seat, allocated to a member from Western Euro-pean and other States.

Commission on Transnational CorporationsThe Commission on Transnational Corporations consists of 48

members, elected from all States for three-year terms by the Eco-nomic and Social Council according to a specific pattern of ge-ographical distribution.

In 1987, the Commission reconvened its special session, opento the participation of all States, on 6 April, and held its thirteenthsession from 7 to 16 April, both at United Nations Headquarters.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Algeria, Argentina, Bulgaria,

Cameroon, Canada, Ghana, India, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica,Mauritius, Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR,Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1988: Antigua and Barbuda, Ban-gladesh,a Benin, Brazil, Cuba, Cyprus, Indonesia, Kenya, Mex-ico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Swaziland, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States.

To serve until 31 December 1989: China, Colombia, Czechoslo-vakia, Egypt, Fiji, France, German Democratic Republic, Ger-many, Federal Republic of, Iran, Japan, Peru, Sierra Leone, Sur-iname, Switzerland, Tunisia, Zaire.

23 YUN 1986, p. 672, GA res. 41/189, 8 Dec. 1986.

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Expert advisers (to serve through the fourteenth session): MarkAnderson (United States), Thomas J. Bata (Canada), Ernst-OttoCzempiel (Federal Republic of Germany), Kamal Hossain (Ban-gladesh), Celso Lafer (Brazil), Luis Enrique Marius Martinez (Uru-guay/Italy), Ali Mazrui (Kenya), Brian Price (United Kingdom),John Bower Rhodes (United States), William Robbins (UnitedKingdom), Hassan Sunmonu (Ghana),b Kari Tapiola (Finland),Teng Weizao (China), L. M. Thapar (India), Raul Trajtenberg (Uru-guay/Argentina), Vasiliy P. Trepelkov (USSR).

a Elected on 6 February 1987 (decision 1987/103).

b Selected in 1987, prior to the reconvened special session.

Reconvened special sessionChairman: Miguel Mann-Bosch (Mexico).Vice-Chairmen:a Jürgen Kühn (Federal Republic of Germany),

Wolfgang Sproete (German Democratic Republic).Rapporteur: Magda Shahin (Egypt).

a One seat was vacant.

Thirteenth sessionChairman: Chinmaya R. Gharekhan (India).Vice-Chairmen: Michael 0. Ononaiye (Nigeria), Vincenzo Petrone

(Italy), Jorge Valdez (Peru).Rapporteur: Günter Schumann (German Democratic Republic).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council elected the following 16 members for a three-yearterm beginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1987: Burundi, Byelorussian SSR, Cameroon,Canada, Ghana, India, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Philippines, Poland,Republic of Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Venezuela.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP

OF EXPERTS ON INTERNATIONALSTANDARDS OF ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING

The Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on Interna-tional Standards of Accounting and Reporting (see p. 1358)reports to the Commission on Transnational Corporations.

Committee for Programme and Co-ordination

The Committee for Programme and Co-ordination is the mainsubsidiary organ of the Economic and Social Council and of theGeneral Assembly for planning, programming and co-ordinationand reports directly to both. It consisted of 21 members nomi-nated by the Council and elected by the Assembly for three-yearterms according to a specific pattern of equitable geographicaldistribution.

During 1987, the Committee held, at United Nations Headquar-ters, organizational meetings on 30 March, and its twenty-seventhsession from 27 April to 29 May and from 14 to 30 September.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987: Bangladesh, Byelorussian SSR,

Germany, Federal Republic of, Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago,United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.

To serve until 31 December 1988: Argentina, Benin, France, Peru,USSR, United States, Zambia.

To serve until 31 December 1989: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,China, Indonesia, Japan, Tunisia.

Chairman: A. H. G. Mohiuddin (Bangladesh).Vice-Chairmen: Miodrag Cabric (Yugoslavia), Deryck Lance Mur-

ray (Trinidad and Tobago), Estève Rustico (Benin).Rapporteur. Wilfried Koschorreck (Federal Republic of Germany).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council nominated the following 14 States, 7 of which wereto be elected by the General Assembly, for a three-year term be-ginning on 1 January 1988 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31December 1987: Austria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba,Germany, Federal Republic of, India, Mexico, Poland, Romania,Trinidad and Tobago, Sweden, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia.

On 17 December (decision 42/450), the General Assemblydecided that, from 1988 onward, the Committee would be com-posed of 34 Member States, elected for three-year terms, withthe distribution of seats as follows: nine for African States, seveneach for Asian, Latin American and Caribbean, and Western Eu-ropean and other States, and four for Eastern European States.To elect the new members, the Assembly dispensed with the re-quirement of nomination by the Council.

On the same date (decision 42/318), the Assembly elected thefollowing 20 States for a three-year term beginning on 1 January1988: Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Côted'Ivoire, Cuba, Germany, Federal Republic of, India, Kenya, Mex-ico, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Sweden, Trinidad andTobago, United Kingdom, Uganda, Yugoslavia.

Committee on Natural Resources

The Committee on Natural Resources consists of 54 members,elected by the Economic and Social Council for four-year termsin accordance with the geographical distribution of seats in theCouncil.

The Committee held its tenth session at United Nations Head-quarters from 6 to 15 April 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1988:a Argentina, Bangladesh, Bo-

tswana, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Ec-uador, Egypt, Ghana, Greece, India, Japan, Kenya, Libyan ArabJamahiriya, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, Panama, Sudan,Ukrainian SSR, USSR, Uruguay, Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1990.b Bolivia, Byelorussian SSR,Côte d'Ivoire,c Cuba, Finland, France, German DemocraticRepublic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Hungary, Iran, Nigeria,Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Swaziland,c Sweden, Thailand,Togo, Turkey,c Uganda, United States, Zaire.

a One seat allocated to a member from Western European and other Statesremained unfilled in 1987.

b Five seats allocated to two members from Asian States and three mem-bers from Western European and other States remained unfilled in 1987.

c Elected on 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130).

Chairman: Victor Krishanovsky (Ukrainian SSR).Vice-Chairmen: M'hammed Chafik El Khatib (Morocco), Malik

Azhar Ellahi (Pakistan), Jorge Alberto Helo-Harfouche (Co-lombia).

Rapporteur: Fredericka Gregory (Canada).

Committee on Negotiations with Intergovernmental Agencies

The Committee on Negotiations with Intergovernmental Agen-cies, established by the Economic and Social Council on 16 Febru-ary 1946, was reconstituted by the Council on 4 February 1983for the purpose of negotiating a relationship agreement betweenthe United Nations and UNIDO.

The Committee adjourned sine die on 20 November 1985 uponcompletion of its report on the negotiations.

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations consistsof 19 members elected by the Economic and Social Council fora four-year term according to a specific pattern of equitable ge-ographical representation.

The Committee met at United Nations Headquarters from 17to 27 February 1987.

Members (until 31 December 1990): Bulgaria, Burundi, Colombia,Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, France, Greece, Kenya, Malawi, Nic-aragua, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, SriLanka, Sweden, USSR, United States.

Chairman: Célestin Kabanda (Rwanda).Vice-Chairman: Emil Y. Golemanov (Bulgaria).Rapporteur: Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis (Cyprus).

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Expert bodies

Ad Hoc Group of Experts on InternationalCo-operation in Tax Matters

The membership of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on InternationalCo-operation in Tax Matters — to consist of 25 members drawn from15 developing and 10 developed countries, appointed by the Secretary-General to serve in their individual capacity — remained at 24 in1987, with one member from a developing country still to be appointed.

The Ad Hoc Group, which normally meets biennially, held its fourthmeeting at Geneva from 30 November to 11 December 1987.

Members: Julius Olasoji Akinmola (Nigeria); Mohamed Chkounda(Morocco); Maurice Hugh Collins, Chairman (United Kingdom);Eivany Antonio Da Silva, Rapporteur (Brazil); V. U. Eradi, Vice-Chairman (India); Mordecai S. Feinberg (United States); JoséRamón Fernández-Pérez (Spain); Antonio H. Figueroa (Argen-tina); Mayer Gabay (Israel); Hugo Hanisch-Ovalle (Chile); I. A.Imtiazi (Pakistan); Abdel Fatah Ismail (Egypt); Marwan Koudsi(Syrian Arab Republic); Dominique Lemaire (France); Daniel Lüthi(Switzerland); Reksoprajitno Mansury (Indonesia); Thomas Menck(Federal Republic of Germany); Canute R. Miller (Jamaica); AlfredPhilipp (Austria); Aaron Schwartzman (Mexico); Rainer Söderholm(Finland); André Titty (Cameroon); Koenraad Van der Heeden(Netherlands); Isao Watanabe (Japan).

Committee for Development PlanningThe Committee for Development Planning is composed of 24

experts representing different planning systems. They are appointedby the Economic and Social Council, on nomination by the Secretary-General, to serve in their personal capacity for a term of three years.

The Committee held its twenty-third session at United NationsHeadquarters from 21 to 24 April 1987.

Members (until 31 December 1989):a Abdlatif Y. Al-Hamad, Chair-man (Kuwait); Nicolás Ardito-Barletta (Panama); Gerasimos D.Arsenis (Greece); Edmar Bacha (Brazil); Bernard T. G. Chidzero(Zimbabwe); Hernando de Soto (Peru); Prithvi Nath Dhar (India);Adama Diallo (Senegal); Just Faaland, Rapporteur (Norway); KeithBroadwell Griffin (United Kingdom); Patrick Guillaumont (France);Armin Gutowski (Federal Republic of Germany);b Mahbub ul Haq(Pakistan); Gerald K. Helleiner (Canada); Huan Xiang (China);Helen Hughes (Australia); Shinichi Ichimura (Japan); Henry Nau(United States); G. 0. Nwankwo (Nigeria); Jozef Pajestka (Po-land); Mihaly Simai, Vice-Chairman (Hungary); Igor Sysoyev(USSR); Ferdinand Van Dam (Netherlands).

a Appointed on 6 February 1987 (decision 1987/103); also appointed wasSumitro Djojohadikusumo (Indonesia), who resigned prior to the session.

b Died on 29 November 1987.

Committee of Experts on the Transportof Dangerous Goods

The Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goodsis composed of experts from countries interested in the interna-tional transport of dangerous goods. The experts are made avail-able by their Governments at the request of the Secretary-General.The membership, to be increased to 15 in accordance with a 1975resolution of the Economic and Social Council,24 was 12 in 1987.The Committee did not meet in 1987.

Members: Canada, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Italy, Japan,Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, USSR, United Kingdom,United States.

The Committee may alter, as required, the composition of itssubsidiary bodies. In addition, any Committee member may par-ticipate in the work of and vote in those bodies provided such membernotify the United Nations Secretariat of the intention to do so.

GROUP OF EXPERTS ON EXPLOSIVES

The Group of Experts on Explosives held its twenty-seventh sessionat Geneva from 17 to 21 August 1987.

Chairman: R. Watson (United Kingdom).

GROUP OF RAPPORTEURS OF THE COMMITTEE OFEXPERTS ON THE TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS

The Group of Rapporteurs of the Committee of Experts on theTransport of Dangerous Goods held its thirty-sixth session at Genevafrom 3 to 14 August 1987.

Chairman: L. Grainger (United Kingdom).

Committee on Crime Prevention and ControlThe Committee on Crime Prevention and Control consists of 27

members elected for four-year terms by the Economic and SocialCouncil, according to a specific pattern of equitable geographicalrepresentation, from among experts nominated by Member States.

The Committee did not meet in 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1988: Mohamed Boulasri (Morocco),

David Faulkner (United Kingdom), Ronald L Gainer (United States),Jozsef Godony (Hungary), Aura Guerra de Villaláz (Panama), A.R. Khandker (Bangladesh), Abdul Meguid Ibrahim Kharbit (Kuwait),Farouk A. Mourad (Saudi Arabia), Bertin Pandi (Central AfricanRepublic), Aregba Polo (Togo), Miguel A. Sánchez Méndez (Co-lombia), Abdel Aziz Abdalla Shiddo (Sudan), Bo Svensson (Sweden).

To serve until 31 December 1990:a Cheng Weiqiu (China), RogerS. Clark (New Zealand), Dusan Cotic (Yugoslavia), Hedi Fessi(Tunisia), Eugene Jules Henri Frencken (Belgium), Aleksei Y. Kudryavtsev(USSR), Albert Llewelyn Olawole Metzger (Sierra Leone), JorgeArturo Montero Castro (Costa Rica), Abdul Karim Nasution (In-donesia), Victor Ramanitra (Madagascar), Simone Andrée Rozes(France), Minoru Shikita (Japan), Adolfo Luis Tamini (Argentina).

a One seat remained vacant in 1987 due to the death in 1986 of ManuelLópez-Rey y Arrojo (Bolivia)

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsThe Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights con-

sists of 18 experts serving in their personal capacity, elected bythe Economic and Social Council from among persons nominatedby States parties to the International Covenant on Economic, So-cial and Cultural Rights. The experts have recognized competencein the field of human rights, with due consideration given to equitablegeographical distribution and to the representation of different formsof social and legal systems. Members serve for four-year terms.

The Committee held its first session at Geneva from 9 to 27 March1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1988: Juan Alvarez Vita, Vice-Chairman

(Peru); Mohamed Lamine Fofana (Guinea); María de los AngelesJiménez Butragueño (Spain); Samba Cor Konate (Senegal); VassilMratchkov (Bulgaria); Wladyslaw Neneman, Vice-Chairman (Po-land); Kenneth Osborne Rattray (Jamaica); Mikis Demetriou Sparsis(Cyprus); Philippe Texier (France).

To serve until 31 December 1990: Philip Alston, Rapporteur (Aus-tralia); Ibrahim Ali Badawi El-Sheikh, Chairman (Egypt); AdibDaoudy, Vice-Chairman (Syrian Arab Republic); Jaime AlbertoMarchan Romero (Ecuador); Alexandre Muterahejuru (Rwanda);Bruno Simma (Federal Republic of Germany); Eduard P. Sviridov(USSR); Chikako Taya (Japan); Javier Wimer Zambrano (Mexico).

Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on InternationalStandards of Accounting and Reporting

The Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on InternationalStandards of Accounting and Reporting, which reports to the Com-mission on Transnational Corporations (see p. 1356), consists of34 members, elected for three-year terms by the Economic andSocial Council according to a specific pattern of equitable geographi-cal distribution. Each State elected appoints an expert with ap-propriate experience in accounting and reporting.

The Group held its fifth session at United Nations Headquartersfrom 2 to 13 March 1987.

24 YUN 1975, p. 734, ESC res. 1973(LIX), 30 July 1975.


Members:To serve until 31 December 1987:a Barbados, Brazil, Canada,

China, Egypt, France, Malaysia, Norway, Pakistan, Spain,Swaziland, Switzerland, Zaire.

To serve until 31 December 1988:b Cyprus, Germany, FederalRepublic of, India, Italy, Japan, Malawi, Netherlands, Nigeria,Panama, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay.

a Four seats allocated to two members from African States and one mem-ber each from Eastern European and Latin American States remained un-filled in 1987.

b Four seats allocated to one member each from Asian and Latin Ameri-can States and two members from Eastern European States remained un-filled in 1987.

Chairman: Mohamed Adel El-Safty (Egypt).Vice-Chairmen: Tomás Garrido (Uruguay), Asta Tjolsen (Norway).Rapporteur: Theophilos Theophilou (Cyprus).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council elected the following for a three-year term beginningon 1 January 1988 to fill 9 of the 17 vacancies occurring on 31December 1987: Brazil, Canada, China, France, Kenya, Norway,Spain, Swaziland, Zaire. No further elections were held in 1987to fill the seats allocated to two members each from African, Asianand Latin American States, and one member each from EasternEuropean and Western European and other States.

United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Namesrepresents various geographical/linguistic divisions, of which therewere 17 in 1987, as follows: Africa Central; Africa East; AfricaWest; Arabic; Asia East (other than China); Asia South-East andPacific South-West; Asia South-West (other than Arabic); China;Dutch- and German-speaking; East Central and South-East Eu-rope; India; Latin America; Norden; Romano-Hellenic; Union of So-viet Socialist Republics; United Kingdom; United States ofAmerica/Canada.

The Group of Experts held its thirteenth session at Montreal,Canada, on 17 and 31 August 1987.

Chairman: Dirk P. Blok (Netherlands).Vice-Chairman: Ydelis Velásquez García (Cuba).Rapporteur: Alan Rayburn (Canada).

Ad hoc bodies

Commission on Narcotic Drugs acting as thePreparatory Body for the International Conference on

Drug Abuse and Illicit TraffickingThe Commission on Narcotic Drugs acting as the Preparatory

Body for the International Conference on Drug Abuse and IllicitTrafficking (see p. 1349) held its second (final) session at Viennafrom 12 to 18 February 1987; the officers were the same as atthe Commission's thirty-second session (see p. 1353).

Special Commission of the Economic and Social Council on theIn-depth Study of the United Nations Intergovernmental

Structure and Functions in the Economic and Social FieldsOn 6 February 1987 (decision 1987/112), the Economic and So-

cial Council established a Special Commission, open to the fullparticipation of all Member States, to carry out an in-depth studyof the United Nations intergovernmental structure and functionsin the economic and social fields and its Secretariat supportstructures.

The Commission held four sessions in 1987, at United NationsHeadquarters: its first from 2 to 6 March, its second from 18 to20 March, its third from 27 April to 1 May, and its fourth from1 to 4 September.

Chairman: Abdel Halim Badawi (Egypt).Vice-Chairmen: Chinmaya R. Gharekhan (India), Adriaan

Jacobovits de Szeged (Netherlands), Lev I. Maksimov (Byelorus-sian SSR), Mario Moya-Palencia (Mexico).

Administrative Committee on Co-ordinationThe Administrative Committee on Co-ordination held four ses-

sions in 1987: an organizational session at United Nations Head-quarters on 9 and 10 February; its first session at Rome, Italy, on22 and 23 April; a special session at Geneva on 21 June; and itssecond session at United Nations Headquarters on 22 and 23October.

The membership of ACC, under the chairmanship of theSecretary-General of the United Nations, includes the executiveheads of ILO, FAO, UNESCO, ICAO, WHO, the World Bank, IMF,UPU, ITU, WMO, IMO, WIPO, IFAD, UNIDO, IAEA and thesecretariat of the Contracting Parties to GATT.

Also taking part in the work of ACC are the United NationsDirector-General for Development and International Economic Co-operation; the Under-Secretaries-General for International Eco-nomic and Social Affairs, for Administration and Management,and for Technical Co-operation for Development; and the execu-tive heads of UNCTAD, UNDP, UNEP, UNFPA, UNHCR, UNICEF,UNITAR, UNRWA and WFP.

ACC has established subsidiary bodies on organizational, ad-ministrative and substantive questions.

Other related bodies

Intergovernmental Committee on Science andTechnology for Development

The Intergovernmental Committee on Science and Technologyfor Development (see p. 1339) reports to the General Assemblythrough the Economic and Social Council.

International Research and Training Institutefor the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)

The International Research and Training Institute for the Ad-vancement of Women, a body of the United Nations financedthrough voluntary contributions, functions under the authority ofa Board of Trustees.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Board of Trustees is composed of 11 members serving intheir individual capacity, appointed by the Economic and SocialCouncil on the nomination of States; and ex-officio members.Members serve for three-year terms, with a maximum of twoterms.

The Board, which reports periodically to the Council and whereappropriate to the General Assembly, held its seventh session atSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic, from 2 to 6 February 1987.

Members (until 30 June 1987):To serve until 30 June 1987: Daniela Colombo (Italy); Zhor Laz-

rak (Morocco); Achie Sudiarti Luhulima, President (Indonesia).To serve until 30 June 1988: Fabiola Cuvi Ortiz, Vice-President

(Ecuador); Ingrid Eide (Norway); Elena Atanassova Lagadinova,Rapporteur (Bulgaria); Lin Shangzhen (China); Victoria N. Okobi(Nigeria).

To serve until 30 June 1989: Inés Alberdi (Spain); Siga Seye (Sene-gal); Berta Torrijos de Arosemena (Panama).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council appointed the following three members for a three-year term beginning on 1 July 1987 to fill the vacancies occur-ring on 30 June: Daniela Colombo (Italy), Tawhida 0. Hadra(Sudan), Achie Sudiarti Luhulima (Indonesia). The Council also ap-pointed Kristin Tornes (Norway) to fill a vacancy created by theresignation of Ingrid Eide (Norway) after the Board's seventhsession.

Members (from 1 July 1987):To serve until 30 June 1988: Fabiola Cuvi Ortiz (Ecuador), Elena

Atanassova Lagadinova (Bulgaria), Lin Shangzhen (China), Vic-toria N. Okobi (Nigeria), Kristin Tornes (Norway).

To serve until 30 June 1989: Inés Alberdi (Spain), Siga Seye (Sene-gal), Berta Torrijos de Arosemena (Panama).

To serve until 30 June 1990: Daniela Colombo (Italy), Tawhida0. Hadra (Sudan), Achie Sudiarti Luhulima (Indonesia).

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Ex-officio members: The Director of the Institute, and a represen-tative of the Secretary-General, each of the regional commis-sions and the Institute's host country (Dominican Republic).

Director of the Institute: Dunja Pastizzi-Ferencic.

Office of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees (UNHCR)

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (seep. 1340) reports annually to the General Assembly through theEconomic and Social Council.

United Nations Capital Development Fund

EXECUTIVE BOARD

The Executive Board of the United Nations Capital DevelopmentFund (see p. 1342) reports to the General Assembly through theEconomic and Social Council.

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

EXECUTIVE BOARD

The UNICEF Executive Board consists of 41 members electedby the Economic and Social Council from Member States of theUnited Nations or members of the specialized agencies or of IAEA,for three-year terms.

The Board held its 1987 regular session from 20 April to 1 Mayand (with its composition as of 1 August) an organizational ses-sion on 10 June, both at United Nations Headquarters.

Members (until 31 July 1987):To serve until 31 July 1987: Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Denmark,

India, Indonesia, Niger, Romania, Switzerland, Venezuela.To serve until 31 July 1988: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bul-

garia, Chile, Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Italy,Japan, Mali, Mexico, Netherlands, Oman, Pakistan, Tunisia,USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

To serve until 31 July 1989: Canada, China, Colombia, Germany,Federal Republic of, Guyana, Lesotho, Norway, Poland, Thailand,Turkey.

Chairman: Maurizio Bucci (Italy).First Vice-Chairman: Salim Bin Hamdan Al-Akhzami (Oman).Second Vice-Chairman: Poliana Cristescu (Romania).Third Vice-Chairman: A. P. Maruping (Lesotho).Fourth Vice-Chairman: Gabriel Restrepo (Colombia).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council elected the following 10 members for a three-yearterm beginning on 1 August 1987 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 July: Australia, Belgium, Benin, India, Indonesia, Liberia,Philippines, Switzerland, Uruguay, Yugoslavia.

Members (from 1 August 1987):To serve until 31 July 1988: Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bul-

garia, Chile, Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Italy,Japan, Mali, Mexico, Netherlands, Oman, Pakistan, Tunisia,USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

To serve until 31 July 1989: Canada, China, Colombia, Germany,Federal Republic of, Guyana, Lesotho, Norway, Poland, Thailand,Turkey.

To serve until 31 July 1990: Australia, Belgium, Benin, India, In-donesia, Liberia, Philippines, Switzerland, Uruguay, Yugoslavia.

Chairman: A. P. Maruping (Lesotho).First Vice-Chairman: Makoto Taniguchi (Japan).Second Vice-Chairman: Stanislaw Trepczynski (Poland).Third Vice-Chairman: Vacant.Fourth Vice-Chairman: Rawle Lucas (Guyana).

Executive Director of UNICEF: James P. Grant.

COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE

The Committee on Administration and Finance is a committeeof the whole of the UNICEF Executive Board.

Chairman: Erik Fiil (Denmark) (until 31 July), Suyono Yahya (Indonesia)(from 1 August).

Vice-Chairman: Margarita Dieguez-Armas (Mexico) (until 31 July),Nicole Senécal (Canada) (from 1 August).

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Programme Committee is a committee of the whole of theUNICEF Executive Board.

Chairman: Apilas Osatananda (Thailand) (until 31 July), H. Chr.Bugge (Norway) (from 1 August).

Vice-Chairman: Moussa Coulibaly (Mali) (until 31 July), MargaritaDieguez-Armas (Mexico) (from 1 August).

UNICEF/WHO Joint Committee on Health PolicyThe UNICEF/WHO Joint Committee on Health Policy consists

of: six members of the UNICEF Executive Board, among whom arethe chairmen of the Executive Board and the Programme Committeewho serve ex officio; and six members of the WHO Executive Board.

The Joint Committee, which meets biennially, held its twenty-sixth session at Geneva from 27 to 29 January 1987.

Members:UNICEF ex-officio members: Dr. Adyatma, Rapporteur (Indonesia);

Maurizio Bucci (Italy).Elected by UNICEF: Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (Bangladesh); Mar-

garita Dieguez-Armas (Mexico); Pierre Edon (Benin); Linda Vogel(United States).

Appointed by WHO: J.-F. Girard (France); Dr. R. Hapsara, Chair-man (Indonesia); Dr. W. Koinange (Kenya); Dr. A. P. Maruping,Rapporteur (Lesotho);a J. R. Menchaca (Cuba); M. Steinbach(Federal Republic of Germany).

a Alternate for Dr. Sung Woo Lee.

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARDThe Trade and Development Board (see p. 1343) reports to

UNCTAD; it also reports annually to the General Assembly throughthe Economic and Social Council.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

GOVERNING COUNCIL

The Governing Council of UNDP consists of 48 members,elected by the Economic and Social Council from Member Statesof the United Nations or members of the specialized agencies orof IAEA. Twenty-seven seats are allocated to developing coun-tries as follows: 11 to African countries, 9 to Asian countries andYugoslavia, and 7 to Latin American countries. Twenty-one seatsare allocated to economically more advanced countries as follows:17 to Western European and other countries, and 4 to EasternEuropean countries. The term of office is three years, one thirdof the members being elected each year.

In 1987, the Governing Council held, at United Nations Head-quarters, an organizational meeting on 17 and 20 February, a spe-cial session from 17 to 20 February and its thirty-fourth sessionfrom 26 May to 19 June.

Members:To serve until the day preceding the February 1988 organizational

session: Austria, Benin, Chile, China, Cuba, Italy, Japan, Mex-ico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland, Sweden, Tunisia, USSR,United Kingdom, United States.

To serve until the day preceding the February 1989 organizationalsession: Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada,Cape Verde, Denmark, France, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malawi,Mauritius, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Spain.

To serve until the day preceding the February 1990 organizationalsession: Argentina, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ecuador, Fiji, Fin-land, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Repub-lic of, India, Liberia, Netherlands, Poland, Sudan, Switzerland,Thailand, Turkey.


President: Bjorn Olsen (Denmark).Vice-Presidents: Anton Baramov (Bulgaria), Hassen Elghouayel (Tunisia),

Even Fontaine-Ortiz (Cuba), Winston Thompson (Fiji).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council elected the following 16 members for a three-year termbeginning on the first day of the February 1988 organizational sessionto fill the vacancies occurring the preceding day: Austria, China,Cuba, Ghana, Guatemala, Italy, Japan, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Norway,Peru, Syrian Arab Republic, USSR, United Kingdom, United States,Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe.

Administrator of UNDP: William H. Draper III.Associate Administrator: G. Arthur Brown.

BUDGETARY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

The Budgetary and Finance Committee, a committee of the whole,held a series of meetings at United Nations Headquarters between26 May and 18 June 1987.

Chairman: Even Fontaine-Ortiz (Cuba).Rapporteur: Hans Olsson (Sweden).

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

The Governing Council resolved itself into a Committee of theWhole and held meetings between 5 and 19 June 1987 to con-sider matters related to programme management. The Presidentof the Council presided.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

GOVERNING COUNCIL

The Governing Council of UNEP (see p. 1346) reports to the GeneralAssembly through the Economic and Social Council.

United Nations Institute for Trainingand Research (UNITAR)

The Executive Director of UNITAR (see p. 1347) reports to theGeneral Assembly and, as appropriate, to the Economic and So-cial Council.

United Nations Research Institute forSocial Development (UNRISD)

BOARD OF DIRECTORSThe Board of Directors of UNRISD reports to the Economic and

Social Council through the Commission for Social Development.The Board consists of:

The Chairman, appointed by the Secretary-General: Paul-Marc Henry(France);

Seven members, nominated by the Commission for Social Devel-opment and confirmed by the Economic and Social Council (until30 June 1987): Gustavo Esteva (Mexico), Ulf Hannerz (Sweden);(to serve until 30 June 1989): Ismail Sabri Abdalla (Egypt), SartajAziz (Pakistan), Vida Cok (Yugoslavia), Louis Emerij (Netherlands),Sally Weaver (Canada);

Seven other members, as follows: a representative of the Secretary-General, the Director of the Latin American Institute for Eco-nomic and Social Planning, the Director of the African Institutefor Economic Development and Planning, the Executive Secre-tary of ESCWA, the Director of UNRISD (ex officio), and the represen-tatives of two of the following specialized agencies appointedas members and observers in annual rotation: ILO and FAO (mem-bers); UNESCO and WHO (observers).

On 27 May 1987 (decision 1987/130), the Economic and So-cial Council confirmed the nomination by the Commission for So-cial Development of the following two members for terms begin-ning on 1 July to fill the vacancies occurring on 30 June: for a four-yearterm, Lucio Kowarick (Brazil); for a two-year term, Ulf Hannerz (Sweden).

Director of the Institute: Enrique Oteiza (until 31 July 1987), DharamGhai (from 18 September).

United Nations Special Fund

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

The Board of Governors of the United Nations Special Fund (seep. 1348) reports annually to the General Assembly through theEconomic and Social Council.

United Nations University

COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY

The Council of the United Nations University (see p. 1348), thegoverning board of the University, reports annually to the GeneralAssembly, to the Economic and Social Council and to the UNESCOExecutive Board through the Secretary-General and the UNESCODirector-General.

World Food CouncilThe World Food Council (see p. 1349), an organ of the United

Nations at the ministerial or plenipotentiary level, reports to theGeneral Assembly through the Economic and Social Council.

World Food Programme

COMMITTEE ON FOOD AID POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES

The Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes, the gov-erning body of WFP, consists of 30 members, of which 15 areelected by the Economic and Social Council and 15 by the FAOCouncil, from Member States of the United Nations or from mem-bers of FAO. Members serve for three-year terms.

The Committee reports annually to the Economic and SocialCouncil, the FAO Council and the World Food Council.

The Committee held two sessions during 1987, at Rome, Italy:its twenty-third from 25 May to 4 June and its twenty-fourth from19 to 29 October.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1987:

Elected by Economic and Social Council: Belgium (Chairman),Denmark, Japan, Lesotho, Pakistan.

Elected by FAO Council: Brazil, Congo, Kenya, Netherlands,Thailand.

To serve until 31 December 1988:Elected by Economic and Social Council: Argentina, Cape Verde,

Colombia, Finland, United Kingdom.Elected by FAO Council: Ethiopia, France, Germany, Federal

Republic of, Sao Tome and Principe, Venezuela.To serve until 31 December 1989:

Elected by Economic and Social Council: Hungary, India, Italy,Sweden, Tunisia.

Elected by FAO Council: Australia, Bangladesh (First Vice-Chairman), Canada, Saudi Arabia, United States (SecondVice-Chairman).

On 27 May (decision 1987/130) and 1 October 1987 (decision1987/193), the Economic and Social Council elected Belgium,Japan, Kenya, Norway and Pakistan, and, on 27 November, theFAO Council elected Brazil, Cameroon, China, Madagascar andthe Netherlands, all for a three-year term beginning on 1 January1988 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31 December 1987.

Executive Director of WFP: James Charles Ingram.Deputy Executive Director: Salahuddin Ahmed.

Conferences

Eleventh United Nations Regional CartographicConference for Asia and the Pacific

The Eleventh United Nations Regional Cartographic Conferencefor Asia and the Pacific was held at Bangkok, Thailand, from 5to 16 January 1987. Participating were Hong Kong and the fol-lowing 33 States:

Australia, Canada, China, Democratic Kampuchea, Ecuador,Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Federal Republic of,Holy See, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia,

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Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Oman, Peru, Philippines, Po-land, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland,Thailand, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen.

President: Vichien Sungpriwon (Thailand).First Vice-President: Takahiro Sato (Japan).Second Vice-President: Chen Junyong (China).Rapporteur: Vic North (Australia).

Chairmen of committees:Committee I: Jacub Rais (Indonesia).Committee II: Lowell Starr (United States).Committee III: G. Konecny (Federal Republic of Germany).Committee IV: Jose Solis (Philippines).

Fifth United Nations Conference on theStandardization of Geographical Names

The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Standardization ofGeographical Names was held at Montreal, Canada, from 18 to31 August 1987. Participating were the following 53 States:

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon,Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador,Ethiopia, Finland, France, German Democratic Republic, Germany,Federal Republic of, Greece, Guatemala, Holy See, Honduras, In-donesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Malaysia,Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal,Republic of Korea, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, SouthAfrica, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia.

President: Jean-Paul Drolet (Canada).First Vice-President: Abdelhadi Tazi (Morocco).Second Vice-President: Li Ximu (China).Third Vice-President: José María Gonzalez Aboin (Spain).Rapporteur: Alan Rayburn (Canada).

Chairmen of committees:Committee I: Jean Ramondou (France).Committee II: H. A. G. Lewis (United Kingdom).Committee III: Henri Dorion (Canada).

Trusteeship Council

Article 86 of the United Nations Charter lays down that theTrusteeship Council shall consist of the following:

Members of the United Nations administering Trust Territories;Permanent members of the Security Council which do not ad-

minister Trust Territories;As many other members elected for a three-year term by the

General Assembly as will ensure that the membership of theCouncil is equally divided between United Nations Memberswhich administer Trust Territories and those which do not.a

a During 1987, only one Member of the United Nations was an ad-ministering member of the Trusteeship Council, while four permanentmembers of the Security Council continued as non-administeringmembers.

SESSIONSFifty-fourth session: United Nations Headquarters, 11-28 May and

14-16 December 1987.Eighteenth special session: United Nations Headquarters, 13 Au-

gust 1987.

OFFICERSPresident: John A. Birch (United Kingdom).Vice-President: Jean-Michel Gaussot (France).

United Nations Visiting Mission to Observe the Plebiscite inPalau, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, June 1987

Members: Stephen Barampataz (Papua New Guinea); John A. Birch,Chairman (United Kingdom); Pascal Maubert (France); Raj Singh(Fiji).

MEMBERSMember administering a Trust Territory: United States.Non-administering members: China, France, USSR, United

Kingdom.

United Nations Visiting Mission to Observe the Plebiscite inPalau, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, August 1987

Members: Joseph Browne (Fiji); Frank Iki (Papua New Guinea); AndrewR. Murray, Chairman (United Kingdom); Thiery Terrier (France).

International Court of Justice

Judges of the CourtThe International Court of Justice consists of 15 Judges elected

for nine-year terms by the General Assembly and the Security Council.The following were the Judges of the Court serving in 1987, listed

in the order of precedence:

JudgeNagendra Singh, PresidentKéba Mbaye, Vice-Presidentb

Guy Ladreit de Lacharrièrec

Manfred LachsJosé María RudaTaslim Olawale EliasShigeru OdaRoberto AgoJosé Sette CâmaraStephen M. SchwebelSir Robert Y. JenningsMohammed BedjaouiNi ZhengyuJens EvensenNikolai K. Tarassov

Country ofnationality

IndiaSenegalFrancePolandArgentinaNigeriaJapanItalyBrazilUnited StatesUnited KingdomAlgeriaChinaNorwayUSSR

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199119911991199419911994199419881988198819911988199419941988

a Term expires on 5 February of the year indicated.b Elected Vice-President following the death of Guy Ladreit de Lacharrière.c Died on 10 March 1987; Gilbert Guillaume (France) was elected on 14 Sep-

tember by both the General Assembly (decision 41/321) and the Security Councilto fill the resultant vacancy.

Registrar: Eduardo Valencia-Ospina.Deputy Registrar: Bernard Noble.

On 11 November 1987, elections were held in both the GeneralAssembly (decision 42/308) and the Security Council to fill thevacancies occurring on 6 February 1988 with the expiration of theterms of office of the following Judges: Roberto Ago (Italy), JoséSette Câmara (Brazil), Stephen M. Schwebel (United States), Mo-hammed Bedjaoui (Algeria), Nikolai K. Tarassov (USSR).

The following Judges were elected for a term of office endingon 5 February 1997: Roberto Ago (Italy), Mohammed Bedjaoui (Algeria),Stephen M. Schwebel (United States), Mohamed Shahabuddeen(Guyana), Nikolai K. Tarassov (USSR).

Chamber formed in the case concerningElettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI)

(United States of America v. Italy)On 2 March 1987, in accordance with Article 26 of its Statute,

the Court constituted a Chamber to deal with the case concern-


ing Elettronica Sicula S.p.A. (ELSI) (United States of America v.Italy).

Members: Nagendra Singh (President), Shigeru Oda, Roberto Ago,Stephen M. Schwebel, Sir Robert Y. Jennings.

Chamber formed in the case concerning the Land, Insular andMaritime Frontier Dispute (El Salvador/Honduras)

On 8 May 1987, in accordance with Article 26, paragraph 2,of its Statute, the Court constituted a Chamber to deal with thecase concerning the Land, Insular and Maritime Frontier Dispute(El Salvador/Honduras)

Members: José Sette Câmara (President), Shigeru Oda, Sir RobertY. Jennings.

Ad hoc members:a Nicolas Valticos, Michel Virally.

a Appointed by El Salvador and Honduras, respectively, in accordance with

Article 31 of the Court's Statute.

Chamber of Summary Procedure(as constituted by the Court on 18 February 1987}

Members: Nagendra Singh (ex officio), Guy Ladreit de Lacharrièrelex officio) (until 10 March), José María Ruda, Kéba Mbaye, NiZhengyu.

Substitute members: Sir Robert Y. Jennings, Jens Evensen.

Parties to the Court's StatuteAll Members of the United Nations are ipso facto parties to the

Statute of the International Court of Justice. Also parties to it arethe following non-members: Liechtenstein, San Marino, Switzerland.

States accepting the compulsory jurisdiction of the CourtDeclarations made by the following States, a number with reser-

vations, accepting the Court's compulsory jurisdiction (or madeunder the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Jus-tice and deemed to be an acceptance of the jurisdiction of theInternational Court) were in force at the end of 1987:

Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Canada, Co-lombia, Costa Rica, Democratic Kampuchea, Denmark, Domini-

can Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, Gambia, Haiti, Honduras,India, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi,Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua,Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Sene-gal, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname,a Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland,Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay.

a Filed its declaration of acceptance on 31 August 1987.

United Nations organs and specialized and related agenciesauthorized to request advisory opinions from the Court

Authorized by the United Nations Charter to request opinions onany legal question: General Assembly, Security Council.

Authorized by the General Assembly in accordance with the Char-ter to request opinions on legal questions arising within thescope of their activities: Economic and Social Council, Trustee-ship Council, Interim Committee of the General Assembly, Com-mittee on Applications for Review of Administrative TribunalJudgements, ILO, FAO, UNESCO, ICAO, WHO, World Bank, IFC,IDA, IMF, ITU, WMO, IMO, WIPO, IFAD, UNIDO, IAEA.

Committees of the Court

BUDGETARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

Members: Nagendra Singh (ex officio); Guy Ladreit de Lacharrière(ex officio) (until 10 March), Kéba Mbaye (ex officio) (from 11March); Taslim Olawale Elias; José Sette Câmara; Stephen M.Schwebel.

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONSMembers: Mohammed Bedjaoui, Ni Zhengyu, Jens Evensen.

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Members: José María Ruda, Shigeru Oda, Sir Robert Y. Jennings,Ni Zhengyu.

RULES COMMITTEEMembers: Manfred Lachs, Shigeru Oda, Roberto Ago, José Sette

Câmara, Sir Robert Y. Jennings, Kéba Mbaye, Nikolai K.Tarassov.

Other United Nations-related bodies

The following bodies are not subsidiary to any principal organ ofthe United Nations but were established by an international treatyinstrument or arrangement sponsored by the United Nations andare thus related to the Organization and its work. These bodies,often referred to as "treaty organs", are serviced by the UnitedNations Secretariat and may be financed in part or wholly fromthe Organization's regular budget, as authorized by the GeneralAssembly, to which most of them report annually.

Committee against TortureThe Committee against Torture was established under the Con-

vention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or DegradingTreatment or Punishment.25 It consists of 10 experts elected bythe States parties to the Convention to serve in their personal ca-pacity, with due regard for equitable geographical distribution andfor the usefulness of the participation of some persons havinglegal experience. Members serve for four-year terms, except thatafter the first election on 26 November 1987 five were chosenby lot to serve for two years.

The Committee, which was to report annually to the GeneralAssembly, did not meet in 1987.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1989: Alexis Dipanda Mouelle (Cam-

eroon), Yuri A. Khitrin (USSR), Dimitar Nikolov Mikhailov (Bul-garia), Bent Sorensen (Denmark), Joseph Voyame (Switzerland).

To serve until 31 December 1991: Alfredo R. A. Bengzon (Philip-pines), Peter Thomas Burns (Canada), Christine Chanet

(France), Socorro Díaz Palacios (Mexico), Ricardo Gil Lavedra(Argentina).

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination againstWomen was established under the Convention on the Eliminationof All Forms of Discrimination against Women.26 It consists of23 experts elected by the States parties to the Convention to servein their personal capacity, with due regard for equitable geographi-cal distribution and for representation of the different forms ofcivilization and principal legal systems. Members serve for four-year terms.

The Committee, which reports annually to the General Assem-bly through the Economic and Social Council, held its sixth ses-sion at Vienna from 30 March to 10 April 1987.

Members:To serve until 15 April 1988: Désirée P. Bernard, Chairman

(Guyana); Marie Caron (Canada); Elizabeth Evatt (Australia);Aida González Martinez (Mexico); Chryssanthi Laiou-Antoniou(Greece); Alma Montenegro de Fletcher (Panama); Edith Oeser(German Democratic Republic); Maria Margarida Salema (Por-tugal); Kongit Sinegiorgis (Ethiopia); Esther Véliz Díaz de Villal-villa (Cuba); Margareta Wadstein, Rapporteur (Sweden).

25 YUN 1984, p. 815, GA res. 39/46, annex, article 17, 10 Dec. 1984.26 YUN 1979, p. 898, GA res. 34/180, annex, article 17, 18 Dec. 1979.

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To serve until 15 April 1990:a Ryoko Akamatsu, Vice-Chairman(Japan); Ivanka Corti (Italy); Hadja Assa Diallo Soumare, Vice-Chairman (Mali); Ruth Escobar (Brazil); Norma M. Forde (Bar-bados); Guan Minqian (China); Zagorka Ilic (Yugoslavia); ElviraNovikova, Vice-Chairman (USSR); Lily Pilataxi de Arenas (Ec-uador); Mervat Tallawy (Egypt); Rose N. Ukeje (Nigeria).

a One seat remained vacant in 1987.

Committee on the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationThe Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was

established under the International Convention on the Eliminationof All Forms of Racial Discrimination.27 It consists of 18 expertselected by the States parties to the Convention to serve in theirpersonal capacity, with due regard for equitable geographical dis-tribution and for representation of the different forms of civiliza-tion and principal legal systems. Members serve for four-yearterms.

The Committee, which reports annually to the General Assem-bly through the Secretary-General, held two sessions in 1987, atGeneva: its thirty-fourth from 2 to 20 March; and its thirty-fifthfrom 3 to 7 August.

Members:To serve until 19 January 1988: Nikola Cicanovic, Vice-Chairman

(Yugoslavia); John J. Cremona, Chairman (Malta); Nicolás dePierola y Balta (Peru); Matey Karasimeonov (Bulgaria); KjellOberg (Sweden); Shanti Sadiq Ali, Rapporteur (India); SongShuhua (China); Gleb B. Starushenko (USSR); Mario JorgeYutzis, Vice-Chairman (Argentina).

To serve until 19 January 1990: Mahmoud Aboul-Nasr (Egypt);Hamzat Ahmadu (Nigeria); Michael Parker Banton (United King-dom); Mohamed Omer Beshir (Sudan); André Braunschweig(France); George O. Lamptey, Vice-Chairman (Ghana); Karl JosefPartsch (Federal Republic of Germany); Agha Shahi (Pakistan);Michael E. Sherifis (Cyprus).

Conference on DisarmamentThe Conference on Disarmament, the multilateral negotiating

forum on disarmament, reports annually to the General Assem-bly and is serviced by the United Nations Secretariat. It was com-posed of 40 members in 1987.

During 1987, the Conference met at Geneva from 3 Februaryto 30 April and from 9 June to 28 August.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,Burma, Canada, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia,France, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Repub-lic of, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mex-ico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,Poland, Romania, Sri Lanka, Sweden, USSR, United Kingdom,United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

The presidency, which rotates in English alphabetical orderamong the members, was held by the following in 1987: Febru-ary, China; March, Cuba; April and the recess between the firstand second parts of the 1987 session, Czechoslovakia; June,Egypt; July, Ethiopia; August and the recess until the 1988 ses-sion, France.

Human Rights CommitteeThe Human Rights Committee was established under the In-

ternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.28 It consistsof 18 experts elected by the States parties to the Covenant toserve in their personal capacity for four-year terms.

In 1987, the Committee, which reports annually to the GeneralAssembly through the Economic and Social Council, held threesessions, at Geneva: its twenty-ninth from 23 March to 10 April,its thirtieth from 6 to 24 July and its thirty-first from 26 Octoberto 13 November.

Members:To serve until 31 December 1988: Andrés Aguilar (Venezuela);

Rosalyn Higgins (United Kingdom); Rajsoomer Lallah

(Mauritius); Andreas V. Mavrommatis (Cyprus); Anatoly P. Mov-chan (USSR); Fausto Pocar, Vice-Chairman (Italy); AlejandroSerrano Caldera (Nicaragua); S. Amos Wako (Kenya); Adam Zie-linski (Poland).

To serve until 31 December 1990: Nisuke Ando (Japan); ChristineChanet (France); Joseph A. L. Cooray, Vice-Chairman (SriLanka); Vojin Dimitrijevic, Rapporteur (Yugoslavia); Omran El-Shafei (Egypt); Joseph A. Mommersteeg (Netherlands); BirameNdiaye, Vice-Chairman (Senegal); Julio Prado Vallejo, Chairman(Ecuador); Bertil Wennergren (Sweden).

International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)The International Narcotics Control Board, established under

the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as amended bythe 1972 Protocol, consists of 13 members, elected by the Eco-nomic and Social Council for five-year terms, three from candi-dates nominated by WHO and 10 from candidates nominated byMembers of the United Nations and parties to the Single Con-vention.

The Board held two sessions in 1987, at Vienna: its forty-firstfrom 18 to 22 May; and its forty-second from 12 to 23 October.

Members:To serve until 1 March 1990: Dr. Cai Zhi-ji (China); Dr. John C.

Ebie (Nigeria);a Dr. Diego Garcés-Giraldo, First Vice-President(Colombia); Ben J. A. Huyghe-Braeckmans (Belgium); MohsenKchouk, Rapporteur (Tunisia); Sahibzada Raoof AN Khan, Pres-ident (Pakistan).

To serve until 1 March 1992: Sirad Atmodjo (Indonesia);a Dr.Nikolai K. Barkov (USSR); Abdullahi S. Elmi (Somalia); Betty C.Gough (United States); Dr. S. Oguz Kayaalp, Second Vice-President (Turkey);a Paul Reuter (France); Dr. Tulio Velásquez-Quevedo (Peru).

a Elected from candidates nominated by WHO.

Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-Bed Authorityand for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

The Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-BedAuthority and for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seawas established by the Third United Nations Conference on theLaw of the Sea. It consists of States, Namibia (represented bythe United Nations Council for Namibia), self-governing associatedStates, territories enjoying full internal self-government and inter-national organizations which have signed or acceded to the UnitedNations Convention on the Law of the Sea. As of 31 December1987, the Commission had 159 members.

In 1987, the Commission held its fifth session at Kingston,Jamaica, from 30 March to 16 April and meetings at United Na-tions Headquarters from 27 July to 21 August.

Members: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Ar-gentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bar-bados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Bra-zil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi,Byelorussian SSR, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central Afri-can Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo,Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech-oslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic People's Repub-lic of Korea, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica,Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea,Ethiopia, European Economic Community, Fiji, Finland, France,Gabon, Gambia, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Greece,Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti,Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland,Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's DemocraticRepublic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco,Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia (United Nations

27 YUN 1965, p. 443, GA res. 2106 A (XX), annex, article 8, 21Dec. 1965.

28 YUN 1966, p. 427, GA res. 2200 A (XXI), annex, part IV, 16 Dec. 1966.


Council for), Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicara-gua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama,Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts andNevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa,Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles,Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, SouthAfrica, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden,Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United Arab Emirates,United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Viet Nam,Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Chairman: Joseph S. Warioba (United Republic of Tanzania) (until5 August 1987), José Luis Jesus (Cape Verde) (from 6 August).

Vice-Chairmen: Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, China,France, India, Iraq, Japan, Liberia, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, USSR.

Rapporteur-General: Kenneth O. Rattray (Jamaica).

CREDENTIALS COMMITTEEMembers: Austria, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire.

Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Somalia.Chairman: Karl Wolf (Austria).

GENERAL COMMITTEE

The General Committee consists of the Commission's Chairman,the 14 Vice-Chairmen, the Rapporteur-General and the 20 officersof the four Special Commissions.

SPECIAL COMMISSIONS

The four Special Commissions are each composed of all the mem-bers of the Commission:

Special Commission 1 (on the problem of land-based producers)Chairman: Hasjim Djalal (Indonesia).Vice-Chairmen: Austria, Cuba, Romania, Zambia.

Special Commission 2 Ion the Enterprise)Chairman: Lennox Ballah (Trinidad and Tobago).Vice-Chairmen: Canada, Mongolia, Senegal, Yugoslavia.

Special Commission 3 Ion the mining code)Chairman: Jaap A. Walkate (Netherlands).Vice-Chairmen: Gabon, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland.

Special Commission 4 (on the International Tribunal for the Lawof the Sea)

Chairman: Günter Goerner (German Democratic Republic).Vice-Chairmen: Colombia, Greece, Philippines, Sudan.

Principal members of the United Nations Secretariat

fas at 31 December 1987)

Secretariat

The Secretary-General: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

Office of the Director-General for Developmentand International Economic Co-operation

Director-General: Jean L. RipertAssistant Secretary-General: Alister McIntyre

Executive Office of the Secretary-GeneralUnder-Secretary-General, Chef de Cabinet: Virendra Dayal

Assistant Secretary-General, Chief of Protocol: My I. Teymour

Office of the Under-Secretaries-Generalfor Special Political Affairs

Under-Secretaries-General: Diego Cordovez, Marrack I. Goulding

Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Political andGeneral Assembly Affairs and Secretariat Services

Under-Secretary-General: Joseph Verner Reed

Office for Research and the Collection of InformationAssistant Secretary-General: James O. C. Jonah

Office of Legal AffairsUnder-Secretary-General, the Legal Counsel: Carl-August

Fleischhauer

Office for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the SeaUnder-Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-

General: Satya N. Nandan

Department of Political and Security Council AffairsUnder-Secretary-General: Vasiliy S. Safronchuk

Assistant Secretary-General, Centre against Apartheid: SotiriosMousouris

Department for Special Political Questions,Regional Co-operation, Decolonization and Trusteeship

Under-Secretary-General: Abdulrahim Abby Farah

OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSIONER FOR NAMIBIAAssistant Secretary-General, Commissioner for Namibia: Bernt

Carlsson

Department for Disarmament AffairsUnder-Secretary-General: Yasushi Akashi

Department of International Economic and Social AffairsUnder-Secretary-General: Rafeeuddin Ahmed

Assistant Secretary-General for Development Research and PolicyAnalysis: P. Göran Ohlin

Department of Technical Co-operation for DevelopmentUnder-Secretary-General: Xie Qimei

Centre for Science and Technology for DevelopmentAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Director: Sergio C. Trindade

United Nations Centre on Transnational CorporationsAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Director: Peter Hansen

United Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentUnder-Secretary-General, Secretary-General of the Conference:

Kenneth K. S. DadzieAssistant Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General of the

Conference: Yves Berthelot

Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinatorUnder-Secretary-General, Disaster Relief Co-ordinator: M'Hamed

Essaafi

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesUnder-Secretary-General, High Commissioner: Jean-Pierre Hocké

Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy High Commissioner: Ar-thur Eugene Dewey

United Nations Environment ProgrammeUnder-Secretary-General, Executive Director Mostafa Kamal Tolba

Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director: WilliamH. Mansfield Ml

Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Executive Director, Of-fice of the Environment Programme: Genady N. Golubev

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United Nations Centre for Human SettlementsUnder-Secretary-General, Executive Director Arcot Ramachandran

Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Administrator Sumihiro Kuyama

Economic Commission for EuropeUnder-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary: Gerald Hinteregger

International Court of Justice RegistryAssistant Secretary-General, Registrar: Eduardo Valencia-Ospina

International Trade Centre UNCTAD/GATTAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Director: Göran M.

Engblom

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificUnder-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary: Shah A. M. S.

Kibria

Economic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanUnder-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary: Norberto González

Economic Commission for AfricaUnder-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary: Adebayo Adedeji

Economic and Social Commission for Western AsiaUnder-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary: Mohammed Said

Nabulsi

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for PalestineRefugees in the Near East

Under-Secretary-General, Commissioner-General: Giorgio Gia-comelliAssistant Secretary-General, Deputy Commissioner-General:

Robert S. Dillon

World Food CouncilAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Director: Gerald Ion Trant

Department of Public InformationUnder-Secretary-General: Thérèse P. Sévigny

Department of Conference ServicesUnder-Secretary-General for Conference Services and Special As-

signments: Eugeniusz Wyzner

Department of Administration and ManagementUnder-Secretary-General: Martti Ahtisaari

OFFICE FOR PROGRAMME PLANNING, BUDGETING, MONITORING ANDEVALUATION

Assistant Secretary-General, Controller: Luis Maria Gómez

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Assistant Secretary-General: Kofi A. AnnanAssistant Secretary-General, Co-ordinator for the Improvement

of the Status of Women in the Secretariat: Mercedes Pulidode Briceño

OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICESAssistant Secretary-General: J. Richard Foran

United Nations Office at GenevaUnder-Secretary-General, Director-General of the United Nations

Office at Geneva and head of the Centre for Human Rights: JanMartensonAssistant Secretary-General, Personal Representative of the

Secretary-General, Secretary-General of the Conference onDisarmament: Miljan Komatina

United Nations Office at ViennaUnder-Secretary-General, Director-General of the United Nations

Office at Vienna and head of the Centre for Social Develop-ment and Humanitarian Affairs: Margaret Joan Anstee

Secretariats of subsidiary organs,special representatives and other related bodies

International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit TraffickingAssistant Secretary-General, Secretary-General of the Conference:

Tamar Oppenheimer

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General forCo-ordination of Kampuchean Humanitarian Assistance Programmes

Assistant Secretary-General, Special Representative of theSecretary-General: Shah A. M. S. Kibria

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-Generalfor Emergency Operations in Ethiopia

Assistant Secretary-General, Special Representative of theSecretary-General: Michael Priestley

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-Generalfor Humanitarian Affairs in South-East Asia

Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General: Rafeeuddin Ahmed

Office of the Special Representative ofthe Secretary-General for Namibia

Under-Secretary-General, Special Representative of the Secretary-General: Martti Ahtisaari

United Nations Children's FundUnder-Secretary-General, Executive Director: James P. Grant

Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director, Oper-ations: Karl-Eric Knutsson

Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director,Programmes: Richard Jolly

Assistant Secretary-General, Deputy Executive Director for Ex-ternal Relations: Varindra T. Vittachi

United Nations Conference for the Promotion of InternationalCo-operation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy

Assistant Secretary-General, Secretary-General of the Conference:Amrik S. Mehta

United Nations Development ProgrammeAdministrator: William H. Draper III

Associate Administrator: G. Arthur BrownDeputy Assistant Administrator and Director, Division of Fi-

nance: M. Douglas StaffordDeputy Assistant Administrator and Director, Division of Per-

sonnel: Eugene YoukelAssistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Special Activi-

ties: Paul ThynessAssistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Programme

Policy and Evaluation: Ryokichi HironoExecutive Director, United Nations Population Fund: Dr. Nafis

I. SadikDeputy Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund:

Tatsuro KunugiAssistant Administrator and Regional Director, Regional Bureau

for Africa: Pierre-Claver DamibaAssistant Administrator and Regional Director, Regional Bureau

for Arab States and European Programmes: Mohamed Ab-dalla Nour

Assistant Administrator and Regional Director, Regional Bureaufor Asia and the Pacific: Andrew J. Joseph

Assistant Administrator and Regional Director, Regional Bureaufor Latin America and the Caribbean: Hugo Navajas-Mogro

United Nations Disengagement Observer ForceAssistant Secretary-General, Force Commander: Major-General

Gustaf Welin

United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse ControlAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Director: Giuseppe di

Gennaro


United Nations institute for Training and ResearchUnder-Secretary-General, Executive Director: Michel Doo Kingué

United Nations Interim Force in LebanonAssistant Secretary-General, Force Commander: Major-General

Gustav Hägglund

United Nations Peace-keeping Force in CyprusAssistant Secretary-General, Force Commander: Major-General

Günther G. GreindlActing Special Representative of the Secretary-General: James Holger

United Nations Truce Supervision OrganizationAssistant Secretary-General, Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General

Martin Vadset

United Nations UniversityUnder-Secretary-General, Rector: Heitor Gurgulino de Souza

Assistant Secretary-General, Director, World Institute forDevelopment Economics Research: Lalith R. U. Jayawar-dena

On 31 December 1987, the total number of staff of the UnitedNations holding permanent, probationary and fixed-term ap-pointments with service or expected service of a year or morewas 13,421. Of these, 4,732 were in the Professional and highercategories and 8,689 were in the General Service, Manual

Worker and Field Service categories. Of the same total, 12,199were regular staff serving at Headquarters or other establishedoffices and 1,222 were assigned as project personnel to techni-cal co-operation projects. In addition, UNRWA had some 16,885local area staff. Figures do not include UNDP and UNICEF.

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Appendix IV

Agenda of United Nations principal organs in 1987

This appendix lists the items on the agenda of the General As-sembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Counciland the Trusteeship Council during 1987. For the Assembly andthe Economic and Social Council, the column headed "Allocation"indicates the assignment of each item to plenary meetings or com-mittees.

Agenda item titles have been shortened by omitting mentionof reports following the subject of the item. Thus, "Question ofCyprus: report of the Secretary-General" has been shortened to"Question of Cyprus". Where the subject-matter of the item isnot apparent from its title, the subject is identified in squarebrackets; this is not part of the title.

General Assembly

Agenda items considered at the resumed forty-first session(14 September 1987)

ItemNo. Title

2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation.8. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.

15. Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs:(c) Election of a member of the International Court of Justice.1

38. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations.

43. Question of Cyprus.

44. Implementation of the resolutions of the United Nations.

45. Consequences of the prolongation of the armed conflict between Iran and Iraq.

62. Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assem-bly at its tenth special session:(d) Comprehensive programme of disarmament.

116. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations.

140. Current financial crisis of the United Nations.146. Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 concerning military and paramilitary

activities in and against Nicaragua: need for immediate compliance.

Allocation

Plenary

Plenary

Plenary2

3

Plenary

Plenary

4

5

Plenary

Plenary

Agenda of the forty-second session(first part, 15 September-21 December 1987)

ItemNo. Title

1. Opening of the session by the Chairman of the delegation of Bangladesh.

2. Minute of silent prayer or meditation.

3. Credentials of representatives to the forty-second session of the General Assembly:(at Appointment of the members of the Credentials Committee;(b) Report of the Credentials Committee.

4. Election of the President of the General Assembly.5. Election of the officers of the Main Committees.

6. Election of the Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly.

7. Notification by the Secretary-General under Article 12, paragraph 2, of the Charter of the UnitedNations.

8. Adoption of the agenda and organization of work.

9. General debate.10. Report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization.

Allocation

Plenary

Plenary

PlenaryPlenary

PlenaryPlenary

Plenary

Plenary

Plenary

Plenary

Plenary

1 Sub-item added at the resumed session.

2 Allocated to the plenary and Fifth Committee at the first part of the session in 1986 but considered only in plenary meeting at the resumed session.3 Not allocated and consideration deferred to the forty-second session.

4 Allocated to the First Committee at the first part of the session in 1986 but considered only in plenary meeting at the resumed session.5 Allocated to the Fifth Committee at the first part of the session in 1986 but considered only in plenary meeting at the resumed session.

Agenda of United Nations principal organs in 1987 1369

ItemNo. Title

11. Report of the Security Council.12. Report of the Economic and Social Council.

13. Report of the International Court of Justice.

14. Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency.15. Elections to fill vacancies in principal organs:

(a) Election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council;(b) Election of eighteen members of the Economic and Social Council;(c) Election of five members of the International Court of Justice.

16. Elections to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs:(a) Election of twenty members of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment

Programme;(b) Election of twelve members of the World Food Council;(c) Election of twenty members of the Committee for Programme and Co-ordination.

17. Appointments to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs and other appointments:(a) Appointment of members of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary

Questions;(b) Appointment of members of the Committee on Contributions;(c) Appointment of a member of the Board of Auditors;(d) Confirmation of the appointment of members of the Investments Committee;(e) Appointment of members of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal;(f) Appointment of the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia ;(g) Appointment of members of the International Civil Service Commission;(h) Appointment of a member of the Joint Inspection Unit.

18. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries andPeoples.

19. Admission of new Members to the United Nations.20. Return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin.21. Critical economic situation in Africa: United Nations Programme of Action for African Economic

Recovery and Development 1986-1990.22. Co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

23. Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States.24. The situation in Kampuchea.25. Co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity.26. International Year of Peace.27. Zone of peace and co-operation of the South Atlantic.28. Armed Israeli aggression against the Iraqi nuclear installations and its grave consequences for the es-

tablished international system concerning the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the non-proliferation ofnuclear weapons and international peace and security.

29. Question of the Comorian island of Mayotte.30. Judgment of the International Court of Justice of 27 June 1986 concerning military and paramilitary

activities in and against Nicaragua: need for immediate compliance.31. The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security.32. Law of the sea.33. Policies of apartheid of the Government of South Africa.

34. The situation in Central America: threats to international peace and security and peace initiatives.35. Declaration of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity

on the aerial and naval military attack against the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya by thepresent United States Administration in April 1986.

36. Question of Namibia.

37. Question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

38. Question of Palestine.39. The situation in the Middle East.40. United Nations Conference for the Promotion of International Co-operation in the Peaceful Uses of

Nuclear Energy.

Allocation

PlenaryPlenary,

2nd, 3rd,4th, 5th

PlenaryPlenary

PlenaryPlenaryPlenary


5th5th5th5th5th

Plenary5th

Plenary

Plenary,4th

PlenaryPlenary

Plenary

Plenary

PlenaryPlenaryPlenaryPlenaryPlenary

PlenaryPlenary


Plenary,SPC 6

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PlenaryPlenary,

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PlenaryPlenary

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6 Hearings of organizations and individuals having an interest in the question.7 Hearings of organizations.

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ItemNo. Title

41. Review of the efficiency of the administrative and financial functioning of the United Nations.

42. Question of peace, stability and co-operation in South-East Asia.

43. Current financial crisis of the United Nations.

44. Launching of global negotiations on international economic co-operation for development.

45. Question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council.

46. Question of Cyprus.

47. Consequences of the prolongation of the armed conflict between Iran and Iraq.

48. Implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/45 concerning the signature and ratification of Ad-ditional Protocol I of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty ofTlatelolco).

49. Cessation of all nuclear-test explosions.

50. Urgent need for a comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty.

51. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East.

52. Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in South Asia.

53. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which MayBe Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects.

54. Conclusion of effective international arrangements on the strengthening of the security of non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.

55. Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against theuse or threat of use of nuclear weapons.

56. Prevention of an arms race in outer space.

57. Implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/54 on the immediate cessation and prohibition ofnuclear-weapon tests.

58. Implementation of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africa.

59. Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction andnew systems of such weapons.

60. Reduction of military budgets.

61. Chemical and bacteriological (biological) weapons.

62. General and complete disarmament:(a) Prohibition of the development, production, stockpiling and use of radiological weapons;(b) Objective information on military matters;(c) Conventional disarmament;(d) Nuclear disarmament;(e) Naval armaments and disarmament;(f) Prohibition of the production of fissionable material for weapons purposes;(g) Conventional disarmament on a regional scale;(h) Notification of nuclear tests;(i) Review of the role of the United Nations in the field of disarmament.

63. Review and implementation of the Concluding Document of the Twelfth Special Session of theGeneral Assembly:(a) Regional disarmament;(b) World Disarmament Campaign;(c) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa;(d) Freeze on nuclear weapons;(e) Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons;(f) United Nations programme of fellowships on disarmament;(g) Implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/60 I on a nuclear-arms freeze;(h) United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America.

64. Third special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament.

65. World Disarmament Conference.

66. Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions adopted by the General Assem-bly at its tenth special session:(a) Report of the Disarmament Commission;(b) Report of the Conference on Disarmament;(c) Status of multilateral disarmament agreements;(d) Advisory Board on Disarmament Studies;(e) United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research;(f) Review and appraisal of the implementation of the Declaration of the 1980s as the Second

Disarmament Decade;(g) Non-use of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear war;

Allocation

5thPlenary

5th

Plenary

Plenary

Plenary,SPC8

Plenary

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

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1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st

1st

1st

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1st1st

8 Hearings of representatives of the Cypriot communities.

ItemNo. Title

(h) United Nations disarmament studies;(i) Disarmament Week;(j) Cessation of the nuclear-arms race and nuclear disarmament;(k) Prevention of nuclear war;(l) Review of the implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the tenth special

session;(m) Implementation of the recommendations and decisions of the tenth special session;(n) Comprehensive programme of disarmament.

67. Implementation of the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace.

68. Israeli nuclear armament.

69. Relationship between disarmament and development.

70. Question of Antarctica.

71. Strengthening of security and co-operation in the Mediterranean region.

72. Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International Security:(a) Implementation of the Declaration on the Preparation of Societies for Life in Peace;(b) Review of the implementation of the Declaration on the Strengthening of International

Security.

73. Comprehensive system of international peace and security.

74. Effects of atomic radiation.

75. Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of thePopulation of the Occupied Territories.

76. International co-operation in the peaceful uses of outer space.

77. Comprehensive review of the whole question of peace-keeping operations in all their aspects.

78. Questions relating to information.

79. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.

80. Question of the Malagasy islands of Glorieuses, Juan de Nova, Europa and Bassas da India.

81. Question of the composition of the relevant organs of the United Nations.

82. Development and international economic co-operation:(a) Trade and development;(b) Implementation of the Substantial New Programme of Action for the 1980s for the Least

Developed Countries;(c) Effective mobilization and integration of women in development;(d) Economic and technical co-operation among developing countries;(e) Environment;(f) Desertification and drought;(g) Human settlements;(h) Science and technology for development;(i) New international human order: moral aspects of development.

83. Operational activities for development:(a) Operational activities of the United Nations system;(b) United Nations Development Programme;(c) United Nations Capital Development Fund;(d) United Nations technical co-operation activities;(e) United Nations Volunteers programme.

84. Training and research: United Nations Institute for Training and Research.

85. External debt crisis and development.

86. Special programmes of economic assistance.

87. Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and RacialDiscrimination.

88. National experience in achieving far-reaching social and economic changes for the purpose of socialprogress.

89. Question of aging.

90. Policies and programmes involving youth.

91. Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedygranting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observ-ance of human rights.

92. Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination:(a) Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination;(b) Status of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of

Apartheid;(c) Question of financing the expenses of the members of the Committee on the Elimination

of Racial Discrimination.

93. Implementation of the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons and United NationsDecade of Disabled Persons.


Allocation

1st1st1st1st

1st1st1st

1st

1st1st

1st

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1st

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1st

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SPCSPC

SPCSPCSPCSPCSPC

2nd

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ItemNo. Title

94. Crime prevention and criminal justice.95. Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women:

(a) Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women;(b) Status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

96. Forward-looking strategies for the advancement of women to the year 2000:(a) Implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women;(b) Implementation of the Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting Interna-

tional Peace and Co-operation;(c) United Nations Development Fund for Women.

97. International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women.

98. Elimination of all forms of religious intolerance.

99. Human rights and scientific and technological developments.

100. Question of a convention on the rights of the child.

101. International Covenants on Human Rights:(a) Report of the Human Rights Committee;(b) Status of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Interna-

tional Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Optional Protocol to the InternationalCovenant on Civil and Political Rights;

(c) Elaboration of a second optional protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Politi-cal Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty;

(d) Efforts and measures for promoting the eradication of illiteracy.

102. Reporting obligations of States parties to United Nations conventions on human rights.

103. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:(a) Report of the High Commissioner;(b) Question of the continuation of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees;(c) Assistance to refugees in Africa.

104. International campaign against traffic in drugs:(a) International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking;(b) Draft convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;(c) Implementation of General Assembly resolution 41/127.

105. Alternative approaches and ways and means within the United Nations system for improving the ef-fective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms:(a) International conditions and human rights;(b) National institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights;(c) Right to development;(d) Respect for the right of everyone to own property alone as well as in association with

others and its contribution to the economic and social development of Member States.

106. New international humanitarian order.

107. Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

108. Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of theUnited Nations.

109. Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of theDeclaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in allother Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racialdiscrimination in southern Africa.

110. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoplesby the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations.

111. United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa.

112. Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Terri-tories.

113. Financial reports and audited financial statements, and reports of the Board of Auditors:(a) United Nations Development Programme;(b) United Nations Children's Fund;(c) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East;(d) United Nations Institute for Training and Research;(e) Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;( f ) United Nations Fund for Population Activities.

114. Programme budget for the biennium 1986-1987.

115. Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1988-1989.

116. Programme planning.117. Financial emergency of the United Nations.

118. Administrative and budgetary co-ordination of the United Nations with the specialized agencies andthe International Atomic Energy Agency:

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(a) Report of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions;(b) Effective administrative and budgetary co-ordination within the framework of the United

Nations system;(c) Feasibility of establishing a single administrative tribunal.

119. Joint Inspection Unit.

120. Pattern of conferences.

121. Scale of assessments for the apportionment of the expenses of the United Nations.

122. Personnel questions;(a) Composition of the Secretariat;(b) Respect for the privileges and immunities of officials of the United Nations and the spe-

cialized agencies and related organizations;(c) Other personnel questions.

123. United Nations common system.

124. United Nations pension system.125. Financing of the United Nations peace-keeping forces in the Middle East:

(a) United Nations Disengagement Observer Force;(b) United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon;(c) Review of the rates of reimbursement to the Governments of troop-contributing States.

126. Measures to prevent international terrorism which endangers or takes innocent human lives or jeop-ardizes fundamental freedoms and study of the underlying causes of those forms of terrorism andacts of violence which lie in misery, frustration, grievance and despair and which cause some peopleto sacrifice human lives, including their own, in an attempt to effect radical changes:(a) Report of the Secretary-General;(b) Convening, under the auspices of the United Nations, of an international conference to de-

fine terrorism and to differentiate it from the struggle of peoples for national liberation.127. United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Apprecia-

tion of International Law.128. Progressive development of the principles and norms of international law relating to the new interna-

tional economic order.

129. Peaceful settlement of disputes between States.

130. Draft Code of Offences against the Peace and Security of Mankind.

131. Report of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Forcein International Relations.

132. Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its twentiethsession.

133. Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic andconsular missions and representatives.

134. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of an International Convention against the Recruit-ment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries.

135. Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its thirty-ninth session.

136. Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country.137. Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of

the Role of the Organization.138. Development and strengthening of good-neighbourliness between States.139. Draft Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Im-

prisonment.140. Observer status for the African Development Bank in the General Assembly.

141. Interregional Consultation on Developmental Social Welfare Policies and Programmes.142. Co-operation between the United Nations and the Organization of American States.143. Co-operation between the United Nations and the Latin American Economic System.

144. Application of the Republic of Nauru to become a party to the Statute of the International Court ofJustice.

Security CouncilAgenda items considered during 1987

ItemNo.9 Title

1. The situation in the Middle East.

2. The question of South Africa.

9 Numbers indicate the order in which items were taken up in 1987.

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3. Date of an election to fill a vacancy in the International Court of Justice.

4. The situation in Namibia.

5. The situation in Cyprus.

6. The situation between Iran and Iraq.

7. Election of a member of the International Court of Justice.

8. Letter dated 21 August 1987 from the Acting President and Minister for External Affairs of the Republic of Nauruaddressed to the Secretary-General, concerning Nauru's application to become a party to the Statute of the Interna-tional Court of Justice.

9. Report of the Chairman of the Committee of Experts concerning the conditions on which the Republic of Nauru maybecome a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.

10. Election of five members of the International Court of Justice.

11. Complaint by Angola against South Africa.

12. The situation in the occupied Arab territories.

Economic and Social Council

Agenda of the organizational session for 1987(3-6 February 1987)

ItemNo. Title

1. Election of the Bureau.

2. Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters.

3. Basic programme of work of the Council for 1987 and 1988.

4. Elections to subsidiary bodies of the Council, appointments, and confirmation of representatives onthe functional commissions.

5. Provisional agenda for the first regular session of 1987 and other organizational matters.

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ItemNo. Title


2. Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and RacialDiscrimination.

3. In-depth study of the United Nations intergovernmental structure and functions in the economic andsocial fields.

4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

5. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

6. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

7. Non-governmental organizations.

8. United Nations University.

9. Transport of dangerous goods.

10. Public administration and finance.

11. Statistical questions.

12. Cartography.

13. Transnational corporations.

14. Natural resources.

15. Desertification and drought.

16. Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance.

17. Human rights.

18. Social development.19. Advancement of women.

20. Narcotic drugs.

21. Elections and nominations.22. Consideration of the provisional agenda for the second regular session of 1987.

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Agenda of the second regular session of 1987(23 June-9 July 1987; resumed 1 and 20 October, 25 November and 4 December)

ItemNo. Title

1. Opening of the session.


3. General discussion of international economic and social policy, including regional and sectoral de-velopments.

4. In-depth study of the United Nations intergovernmental structure and functions in the economic andsocial fields.

5. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

6. Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories.

7. Effective mobilization and integration of women in development.

8. Regional co-operation.

9. Food problems.

10. International co-operation on the environment.11. International co-operation in the field of human settlements.

12. Population questions.

13. Special economic, humanitarian and disaster relief assistance.

14. Operational activities for development.

15. International co-operation and co-ordination within the United Nations system.

16. Proposed programme budget for the biennium 1988-1989.

17. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoplesby the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations.

18. Calendar of conferences and meetings for 1988 and 1989.

19. Public administration and finance.

20. Trade and development.

21. Science and technology for development.

22. Elections.

Trusteeship CouncilAgenda of the fifty-fourth session

(11-28 May and 14-16 December 1987)

ItemNo. Title

1. Adoption of the agenda.2. Report of the Secretary-General on credentials.

3. Election of the President and the Vice-President.

4. Examination of the annual report of the Administering Authority for the year ended 30 September 1986: Trust Territoryof the Pacific Islands.

5. Examination of petitions listed in the annex to the agenda.

6. Report of the United Nations Visiting Mission to Observe the Plebiscite in Palau, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,December 1986.

7. Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Trust Territories.

8. Dissemination of information on the United Nations and the International Trusteeship System in Trust Territories.

9. Co-operation with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

10. Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination.

11. Attainment of self-government or independence by the Trust Territories and the situation in Trust Territories with re-gard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

12. Co-operation with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on theGranting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

10 Considered also at the resumed session.

11 Considered only at the resumed session.

12 Considered only in plenary meetings at the resumed session.

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13. Letter dated 4 May 1987 from the Acting Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the UnitedNations addressed to the Secretary-General, containing a request for the dispatch of a visiting mission of the Trustee-ship Council to observe a plebiscite in Palau, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

14. Report of the United Nations Visiting Mission to Observe the Plebiscite in Palau, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,June 1987; report of the United Nations Visiting Mission to Observe the Plebiscite in Palau, Trust Territory of thePacific Islands, August 1987.

15. Adoption of the report of the Trusteeship Council to the Security Council.

Agenda of the eighteenth special session(13 August 1987)

ItemNo. Title

1. Adoption of the agenda.

2. Report of the Secretary-General on credentials.

3. Letter dated 7 August 1987 from the Acting Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the UnitedNations addressed to the Secretary-General, containing a request for a special session of the Trusteeship Council toconsider the dispatch of a mission to observe a plebiscite scheduled for 21 August 1987 in Palau on the Compact ofFree Association.

4. Examination of petitions listed in the annex to the agenda and related to item 3 of the agenda.

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