MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 1998 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Press Release
ORG/1261
MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 1998 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
19980105 The General Assembly is composed of all 185 United Nations Member States. The States, and the dates on which they became Members, are listed in Press Release ORG/1250, issued 9 October 1997.SECURITY COUNCIL
The Security Council has 15 members. The United Nations Charter designates five States as permanent members, and the General Assembly elects 10 other members for two-year terms. The term of office for each non- permanent member of the Council ends on 31 December of the year indicated in parentheses next to its name.
The five permanent members of the Security Council are China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and the United States.
The 10 non-permanent members of the Council in 1998 are Bahrain (1999), Brazil (1999), Costa Rica (1998), Gabon (1999), Gambia (1999), Japan (1998), Kenya (1998), Portugal (1998), Slovenia (1999) and Sweden (1998).
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
The Economic and Social Council has 54 members, elected for three-year terms by the General Assembly. The term of office for each member expires on 31 December of the year indicated in parentheses next to its name. In 1998, the Council is composed of the following 54 States:
Algeria (2000) Argentina (1998) Bangladesh (1998) Belarus (2000) Belgium (2000) Brazil (2000) Canada (1998) Cape Verde (1999) Central African Republic (1998) Chile (1999) China (1998) Colombia (2000) Comoros (2000) Cuba (1999) Czech Republic (1998) Djibouti (1999) El Salvador (1999) Finland (1998) France (1999) Gabon (1998) Gambia (1999) Germany (1999) Guyana (1998) Iceland (1999) India (2000) Italy (2000) Japan (1999) Jordan (1998) Latvia (1999) Lebanon (1998) Lesotho (2000) Mauritius (2000) Mexico (1999) Mozambique (1999) New Zealand (2000) Nicaragua (1998)
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Oman (2000) Pakistan (2000) Poland (2000) Republic of Korea (1999) Romania (1998) Russian Federation (1998) Saint Lucia (2000) Sierra Leone (2000) Spain (1999) Sri Lanka (1999) Sweden (1998) Togo (1998) Tunisia (1998) Turkey (1999) United Kingdom (1998) United States (2000) Zambia (1999) Viet Nam (2000)
TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL
The Trusteeship Council has five members: China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and the United States. With the independence of Palau, the last remaining United Nations trust territory, the Council formerly suspended operation on 1 November 1994. By a resolution adopted on that day, the Council amended its rules of procedure to drop the obligation to meet annually and agreed to meet as occasion required -- by its decision or the decision of its President, or at the request of a majority of its members or the General Assembly or the Security Council.
INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
The International Court of Justice has 15 members, elected by both the General Assembly and the Security Council. Judges hold nine-year terms, which end on 5 February of the year indicated in parentheses next to their names.
As of 6 February 1998, the composition of the Court will be: Mohammed Bedjaoui (Algeria) (2006), Carl-August Fleischhauer (Germany) (2003), Gilbert Guillaume (France) (2000), Géza Herczegh (Hungary) (2003), Rosalyn Higgins (United Kingdom) (2000), Shi Jiuyong (China) (2003), Pieter H. Kooijmans (Netherlands) (2006), Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leone) (2003), Shigeru Oda (Japan) (2003), Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren (Venezuela) (2000), Raymond Ranjeva (Madagascar) (2000), José Francisco Rezek (Brazil) (2006), Stephen M. Schwebel (United States) (2006), Christopher G. Weeramantry (Sri Lanka) (2000) and Vladlen S. Vereshchetin (Russian Federation) (2006).
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