First Members of the Human Rights Council Elected


[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

 

 

 

 

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