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[NEW YORK, 9 May 2006] - Find below the list of the 47 elected members as well as results for the first elections to the Human Rights Council. Preparations will now begin in Geneva for the first meeting of the Council on 19 June 2006. A. Elected members by region: Africa (13 seats): Algeria, Cameroon, Djibouti, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, Zambia Asia (13 seats): Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka Eastern Europe (6 seats): Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Ukraine Latin American/Caribbean States (8 seats): Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay Western Europe/Other (7seats): Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom B. Elected members by term: 1 year term (14): Algeria, Argentina, Bahrain, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Finland, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Tunisia 2 year term (15): Brazil, France, Japan, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Mali, Pakistan, Peru, Republic of Korea, Romania, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Zambia 3 year term (18) : Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Canada, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Germany, Jordan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Switzerland, Uruguay First Members of the Human Rights Council: Human Rights Council Election Results (47 seats, 96 votes required) Candidates: 64 total Final Result 1st Ballot Votes: 191 Member States voting 2nd Ballot: Restricted to 6 counties with highest results in last ballot, 189 Member States voting 3rd Ballot: Restricted to 2 countries with highest results in last ballot, 189 Member States voting Term length (years) African States: 13 Seats; 13 candidates 1. Ghana Elected 183 2 2. Zambia Elected 182 2 3. Senegal Elected 181 3 4. South Africa Elected 179 1 5. Mali Elected 178 2 6. Mauritius Elected 178 3 7. Morocco Elected 178 1 8. Gabon Elected 175 2 9. Djibouti Elected 172 3 10. Cameroon Elected 171 3 11. Tunisia Elected 171 1 12. Nigeria Elected 169 3 13. Algeria Elected 168 1 Asian States: 13 Seats; 18 candidates 1. India Elected 173 1 2. Indonesia Elected 165 1 3. Bangladesh Elected 160 3 4. Japan Elected 158 1 5. Malaysia Elected 158 3 6. Pakistan Elected 149 2 7. Republic of Korea Elected 148 2 8. China Elected 146 3 9. Jordan Elected 137 3 10. Philippines Elected 136 1 11. Bahrain Elected 134 1 12. Saudi Arabia Elected 126 3 13. Sri Lanka Elected 123 2 14. Thailand Not elected 120 15. Lebanon Not elected 112 16. Kyrgyzstan Not elected 58 17. Iran Not elected 58 18. Iraq Not elected 52 Eastern European States: 6 Seats; 13 candidates 1. Russia Elected 137 3 2. Poland Elected 108 1 3. Czech Republic Elected 105 1 4. Azerbaijan Elected 95 103 3 5. Lithuania Not elected 92 86 6. Slovenia Not elected 91 88 80 7. Ukraine Elected 91 109 2 8. Romania Elected 89 95 98 2 9. Hungary Not elected 79 48 10. Armenia Not elected 70 11. Latvia Not elected 50 12. Georgia Not elected 35 13. Albania Not elected 31 Latin American and Caribbean States: 8 Seats; 10 candidates 1. Brazil Elected 165 2 2. Argentina Elected 158 1 3. Mexico Elected 154 3 4. Peru Elected 145 2 5. Guatemala Elected 142 2 6. Uruguay Elected 141 3 7. Cuba Elected 135 3 8. Ecuador Elected 128 1 9. Nicaragua Not elected 119 10. Venezuela Not elected 101 Western European and Other States: 7 Seats; 9 candidates 1. Germany Elected 154 3 2. France Elected 150 2 3. United Kingdom Elected 148 2 4. Switzerland Elected 140 3 5. Netherlands Elected 137 1 6. Finland Elected 133 1 7. Canada Elected 130 3 8. Portugal Not elected 122 9. Greece Not elected 117