appendix i roster of the united nations

Appendix I

Roster of the United Nations(As at 31 December 1975)

DATE OF ADMIS-MEMBER SION TO U. N.

AfghanistanAlbaniaAlgeriaArgentinaAustraliaAustriaBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelgiumBenin 1

BhutanBoliviaBotswanaBrazilBulgariaBurmaBurundiByelorussian Soviet

Socialist RepublicCambodia 2

CanadaCape VerdeCentral African

RepublicChadChileChinaColombiaComorosCongoCosta RicaCubaCyprusCzechoslovakiaDemocratic YemenDenmarkDominican RepublicEcuadorEgypt 3

El SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEthiopiaFijiFinlandFranceGabonGambiaGerman Democratic

Republic

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Oct.Dec.Nov.Sep.

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Sep.

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1973

DATE OF ADMIS-MEMBER SION TO U. N.

Germany, FederalRepublic of

GhanaGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuineaGuinea-BissauGuyanaHaitiHondurasHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesia4

IranIraqIrelandIsraelItalyIvory CoastJamaicaJapanJordanKenyaKuwaitLao People's Demo-

cratic Republic 5

LebanonLesothoLiberiaLibyan Arab RepublicLuxembourgMadagascarMalawiMalaysia6

MaldivesMaliMaltaMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMongoliaMoroccoMozambiqueNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeria

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Dec.Oct.Oct.Nov.Dec.Oct.Sep.Dec.Sep.Sep.Sep.Dec.Oct.Apr.Nov.Oct.Nov.Sep.Dec.Dec.Oct.Oct.Sep.Oct.

1973195719451974194519581974196619451945195519461945195019451945195519491955196019621956195519631963

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NorwayOmanPakistanPanamaPapua New GuineaParaguayPeruPhilippinesPolandPortugalQatarRomaniaRwandaSao Tome and PrincipeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSierra LeoneSingapore *SomaliaSouth AfricaSpainSri LankaSudanSurinamSwazilandSwedenSyrian Arab Republic 3

ThailandTogoTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyUgandaUkrainian Soviet

Socialist RepublicUnion of Soviet

Socialist RepublicsUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited Republic

of CameroonUnited Republic

of Tanzania7

United StatesUpper VoltaUruguayVenezuelaYemenYugoslaviaZaireZambia

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The Republic of Dahomey changed its name to the People's Republic of Benin on 1 December 1975.2 The Khmer Republic reverted to the name of Cambodia on 30 April 1975.3

Egypt and Syria, both of which became Members of the United Nations on 24 October 1945, joined together—following a plebiscite held in those countries on 21 February 1958—to form the United Arab Republic. On 13 October1961, the Syrian Arab Republic, having resumed its status as an independent State, also resumed its separate mem-

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bership in the United Nations, and the United Arab Republic continued as a Member of the United Nations. TheUnited Arab Republic reverted to the name of Egypt on 2 September 1971.

4 In a letter dated 20 January 1965, Indonesia informed the Secretary-General that it had decided "at this stage

and under the present circumstances" to withdraw from the United Nations. In a telegram dated 19 September 1966,Indonesia notified the Secretary-General of its decision "to resume full co-operation with the United Nations and toresume participation in its activities starting with the twenty-first session of the General Assembly." On 28 SeptemberI966, the General Assembly took note of the decision of the Government of Indonesia and the President invited therepresentatives of that country to take their seats in the Assembly.

5 The Kingdom of Laos changed its name to the Lao People's Democratic Republic on 2 December 1975.6 On 16 September 1963, Sabah (North Borneo), Sarawak and Singapore joined with the Federation of Malaya

(which became a United Nations Member on 17 September 1957) to form Malaysia. On 9 August 1965, Singapore be-came an independent State and on 21 September 1965 it became a Member of the United Nations.

7 Tanganyika was a Member of the United Nations from 14 December 1961, and Zanzibar was a Member from16 December 1963. Following the ratification, on 26 April 1964, of Articles of Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar,the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar continued as a single Member of the United Nations; on 1 Novem-ber 1964, it changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania.

Appendix II

The Charter of the United Nations and theStatute of the International Court of Justice

The Charter of the United Nations

NOTE: The Charter of the United Nations was signed on26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion ofthe United Nations Conference on International Organi-zation, and came into force on 24 October 1945. TheStatute of the International Court of Justice is an inte-gral part of the Charter.

Amendments to Articles 23, 27 and 61 of the Charterwere adopted by the General Assembly on 17 Decem-ber 1963 and came into force on 31 August 1965. A fur-ther amendment to Article 61 was adopted by the Gen-eral Assembly on 20 December 1971, and came intoforce on 24 September 1973. An amendment to Article109, adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December1965, came into force on 12 June 1968.

The amendment to Article 23 enlarges the member-ship of the Security Council from 11 to 15. Theamended Article 27 provides that decisions of the Secu-rity Council on procedural matters shall be made by anaffirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven) andon all other matters by an affirmative vote of nine mem-

bers (formerly seven), including the concurring votes ofthe five permanent members of the Security Council.

The amendment to Article 61, which entered intoforce on 31 August 1965, enlarged the membership ofthe Economic and Social Council from 18 to 27. Thesubsequent amendment to that Article, which enteredinto force on 24 September 1973, further increased themembership of the Council from 27 to 54.

The amendment to Article 109, which relates to thefirst paragraph of that Article, provides that a GeneralConference of Member States for the purpose of review-ing the Charter may be held at a date and place to befixed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Gen-eral Assembly and by a vote of any nine members (for-merly seven) of the Security Council. Paragraph 3 of Ar-ticle 109, which deals with the consideration of apossible review conference during the tenth regular ses-sion of the General Assembly, has been retained in itsoriginal form in its reference to a "vote of any sevenmembers of the Security Council," the paragraph havingbeen acted upon in 1955 by the General Assembly, atits tenth 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 life-time has brought untoldsorrow to mankind, and

to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in thedignity and worth of the human person, in the equalrights of men and women and of nations large andsmall, and

to establish conditions under which justice and respectfor the obligations arising from treaties and othersources of international law can be maintained, and

to promote social progress and better standards of lifein larger freedom,

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 security, andto ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the insti-

tution of methods, that armed force shall not be used,save in the common interest, and

to employ international machinery for the promotion ofthe economic and social advancement of all peoples,

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

sentatives assembled in the city of San Francisco,who have exhibited their full powers found to be ingood and due form, have agreed to the presentCharter of the United Nations and do hereby establishan international organization to be known as theUnited Nations.

Chapter IPURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES

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

to that end: to take effective collective measures for theprevention and removal of threats to the peace, and forthe suppression of acts of aggression or other breachesof the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means,and in conformity with the principles of justice and in-ternational law, adjustment or settlement of internationaldisputes or situations which might lead to a breach ofthe peace;

2. To develop friendly relations among nations basedon respect for the principle of equal rights and self-de-termination of peoples, and to take other appropriatemeasures to strengthen universal peace;

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3. To achieve international co-operation in solving in-ternational problems of an economic, social, cultural, orhumanitarian character, and in promoting and encourag-ing respect for human rights and for fundamental free-doms for all without distinction as to race, sex,language, or religion; and

4. To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of na-tions in the attainment of these common ends.

Article 2The Organization and its Members, in pursuit of the

Purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordancewith the following Principles.

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

2. All Members, in order to ensure to all of them therights and benefits resulting from membership, shall ful-fil in good faith the obligations assumed by them inaccordance with the present Charter.

3. All Members shall settle their international disputesby peaceful means in such a manner that internationalpeace and security, and justice, are not endangered.

4. All Members shall refrain in their international rela-tions from the threat or use of force against the terri-torial integrity or political independence of any state, orin any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes ofthe United Nations.

5. All Members shall give the United Nations everyassistance in any action it takes in accordance with thepresent Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistanceto any state against which the United Nations is takingpreventive or enforcement action.

6. The Organization shall ensure that states which arenot Members of the United Nations act in accordancewith these Principles so far as may be necessary forthe maintenance of international peace and security.

7. Nothing contained in the present Charter shall au-thorize the United Nations to intervene in matters whichare essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of anystate or shall require the Members to submit such mat-ters to settlement under the present Charter; but thisprinciple shall not prejudice the application of enforce-ment measures under Chapter VII.

Chapter IIMEMBERSHIP

Article 3The original Members of the United Nations shall be

the states which, having participated in the United Na-tions Conference on International Organization at SanFrancisco, or having previously signed the Declarationby United Nations of 1 January 1942, sign the presentCharter and ratify it in accordance with Article 110.

Article 41. Membership in the United Nations is open to all

other peace-loving states which accept the obligationscontained in the present Charter and, in the judgmentof the Organization, are able and willing to carry outthese obligations.

2. The admission of any such state to membership inthe United Nations will be effected by a decision of theGeneral Assembly upon the recommendation of the Se-curity Council.

Article 5A Member of the United Nations against which pre-

ventive or enforcement action has been taken by theSecurity Council may be suspended from the exerciseof the rights and privileges of membership by the Gen-eral Assembly upon the recommendation of the SecurityCouncil. The exercise of these rights and privileges maybe restored by the Security Council.

Article 6A Member of the United Nations which has persist-

ently violated the Principles contained in the presentCharter may be expelled from the Organization by theGeneral Assembly upon the recommendation of the Se-curity Council.

Chapter IIIORGANS

Article 71. There are established as the principal organs of the

United Nations: a General Assembly, a Security Council,an Economic and Social Council, a Trusteeship Council,an International Court of Justice, and a Secretariat.

2. Such subsidiary organs as may be found necessarymay be established in accordance with the presentCharter.

Article 8The United Nations shall place no restrictions on the

eligibility of men and women to participate in any ca-pacity and under conditions of equality in its principaland subsidiary organs.

Chapter IVTHE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

CompositionArticle 9

1. The General Assembly shall consist of all the Mem-bers of the United Nations.

2. Each Member shall have not more than five repre-sentatives in the General Assembly.

Functions and powersArticle 10

The General Assembly may discuss any questions orany matters within the scope of the present Charter orrelating to the powers and functions of any organs pro-vided for in the present Charter, and, except as pro-vided in Article 12, may make recommendations to theMembers of the United Nations or to the Security Coun-cil 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 interna-tional peace and security, including the principles gov-erning disarmament and the regulation of armaments,and may make recommendations with regard to suchprinciples to the Members or to the Security Council orto both.

2. The General Assembly may discuss any questionsrelating to the maintenance of international peace andsecurity brought before it by any Member of the UnitedNations, or by the Security Council, or by a state whichis not a Member of the United Nations in accordancewith Article 35, paragraph 2, and, except as provided inArticle 12, may make recommendations with regard toany such questions to the state or states concerned orto the Security Council or to both. Any such questionon which action is necessary shall be referred to theSecurity Council by the General Assembly either beforeor after discussion.

3. The General Assembly may call the attention ofthe Security Council to situations which are likely toendanger international peace and security.

4. The powers of the General Assembly set forth inthis Article 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

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in the present Charter, the General Assembly shall notmake any recommendation with regard to that disputeor situation unless the Security Council so requests.

2. The Secretary-General, with the consent of the Se-curity Council, shall notify the General Assembly ateach session of any matters relative to the maintenanceof international peace and security which are beingdealt with by the Security Council and shall similarlynotify the General Assembly, or the Members of theUnited Nations if the General Assembly is not in ses-sion, immediately the Security Council ceases to dealwith 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 developmentof international law and its codification;

b. promoting international co-operation in the eco-nomic, social, cultural, educational, and healthfields, and assisting in the realization of humanrights and fundamental freedoms for all without dis-tinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.

2. The further responsibilities, functions and powersof the General Assembly with respect to matters men-tioned in paragraph 1(b) above are set forth in Chap-ters IX and X.

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

Assembly may recommend measures for the peacefuladjustment of any situation, regardless of origin, whichit deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendlyrelations among nations, including situations resultingfrom a violation of the provisions of the present Chartersetting 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 include an account of the measuresthat the Security Council has decided upon or taken tomaintain international peace and security.

2. The General Assembly shall receive and considerreports from the other organs of the United Nations.

Article 16The General Assembly shall perform such functions

with respect to the international trusteeship system asare assigned to it under Chapters XII and XIII, includ-ing the approval of the trusteeship agreements for areasnot 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 Assem-bly.

3. The General Assembly shall consider and approveany financial and budgetary arrangements with special-ized agencies referred to in Article 57 and shall exam-ine the administrative budgets of such specialized agen-cies with a view to making recommendations to theagencies concerned.

VotingArticle 18

1. Each member of the General Assembly shall haveone vote.

2. Decisions of the General Assembly on importantquestions shall be made by a two-thirds majority of themembers present and voting. These questions shall in-

clude: recommendations with respect to the mainte-nance of international peace and security, the electionof the non-permanent members of the Security Council,the election of the members of the Economic and So-cial Council, the election of members of the TrusteeshipCouncil in accordance with paragraph 1(c) of Article 86,the admission of new Members to the United Nations,the suspension of the rights and privileges of member-ship, the expulsion of Members, questions relating tothe operation of the trusteeship system, and budgetaryquestions.

3. Decisions on other questions, including the deter-mination of additional categories of questions to be de-cided by a two-thirds majority, shall be made by a ma-jority of the members present and voting.

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

in the payment of its financial contributions to the Or-ganization shall have no vote in the General Assemblyif the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds theamount of the contributions due from it for the preced-ing two full years. The General Assembly may, never-theless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfiedthat the failure to pay is due to conditions beyond thecontrol of the Member.

ProcedureArticle 20

The General Assembly shall meet in regular annualsessions and in such special sessions as occasion mayrequire. Special sessions shall be convoked by the Sec-retary-General at the request of the Security Council orof a majority of the Members of the United Nations.

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 itsfunctions.

Chapter VTHE SECURITY COUNCIL


1. The Security Council shall consist of fifteen Mem-bers of the United Nations. The Republic of China,France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the

1Amended 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 ofthe United Nations. The Republic of China, France, theUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United Statesof America shall be permanent members of the SecurityCouncil. The General Assembly shall elect six other Membersof the United Nations to be non-permanent members of theSecurity Council, due regard being specially paid, in thefirst instance to the contribution of Members of the UnitedNations to the maintenance of international peace and se-curity and to the other purposes of the Organization, andalso to equitable geographical distribution.

2. The non-permanent members of the Security Councilshall be elected for a term of two years. In the first electionof non-permanent members, however, three shall be chosenfor a term of one year. A retiring member shall not beeligible for immediate re-election.

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

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,and the United States of America shall be permanentmembers of the Security Council. The General Assem-bly shall elect ten other Members of the United Nationsto be non-permanent members of the Security Council,due regard being specially paid, in the first instance tothe contribution of Members of the United Nations tothe maintenance of international peace and security andto the other purposes of the Organization, and also toequitable geographical distribution.

2. The non-permanent members of the Security Coun-cil shall be elected for a term of two years. In the firstelection of the non-permanent members after the in-crease of the membership of the Security Council fromeleven to fifteen, two of the four additional membersshall 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 haveone representative.


1. In order to ensure prompt and effective action bythe United Nations, its Members confer on the SecurityCouncil primary responsibility for the maintenance of in-ternational peace and security, and agree that in carry-ing out its duties under this responsibility the SecurityCouncil acts on their behalf.

2. In discharging these duties the Security Councilshall act in accordance with the Purposes and Princi-ples of the United Nations. The specific powers grantedto the Security Council for the discharge of these dutiesare laid down in Chapters VI, VII, Vlll, and XII.

3. The Security Council shall submit annual and,when necessary, special reports to the General Assem-bly for its consideration.

Article 25The Members of the United Nations agree to accept

and carry out the decisions of the Security Council inaccordance with the present Charter.

Article 26In order to promote the establishment and mainte-

nance of international peace and security with the leastdiversion for armaments of the world's human and eco-nomic resources, the Security Council shall be responsi-ble for formulating, with the assistance of the MilitaryStaff Committee referred to in Article 47, plans to besubmitted to the Members of the United Nations for theestablishment of a system for the regulation of arma-ments.

VotingArticle 27*

1. Each member of the Security Council shall haveone vote.

2. Decisions of the Security Council on proceduralmatters shall be made by an affirmative vote of ninemembers.

3. Decisions of the Security Council on all othermatters shall be made by an affirmative vote of ninemembers including the concurring votes of the perma-nent members; provided that, in decisions under Chap-ter VI, and under paragraph 3 of Article 52, a party to adispute shall abstain from voting.

ProcedureArticle 28

1. The Security Council shall be so organized as tobe able to function continuously. Each member of the

Security Council shall for this purpose be representedat all times at the seat of the Organization.

2. The Security Council shall hold periodic meetingsat which each of its members may, if it so desires, berepresented by a member of the government or bysome other specially designated representative.

3. The Security Council may hold meetings at suchplaces other than the seat of the Organization as in itsjudgment will best facilitate its work.

Article 29The Security Council may establish such subsidiary

organs as it deems necessary for the performance of itsfunctions.

Article 30The Security Council shall adopt its own rules of pro-

cedure, including the method of selecting its President.

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

member of the Security Council may participate, withoutvote, in the discussion of any question brought beforethe Security Council whenever the latter considers thatthe interests of that Member are specially affected.

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

member of the Security Council or any state which isnot a Member of the United Nations, if it is a party to adispute under consideration by the Security Council,shall be invited to participate, without vote, in the dis-cussion relating to the dispute. The Security Councilshall lay down such conditions as it deems just for theparticipation of a state which is not a Member of theUnited Nations.

Chapter VIPACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

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

which is likely to endanger the maintenance of interna-tional peace and security, shall, first of all, seek a solu-tion by negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, ar-bitration, judicial settlement, resort to regional agenciesor arrangements, or other peaceful means of their ownchoice.

2. The Security Council shall, when it deems neces-sary, call upon the parties to settle their dispute bysuch means.

Article 34The Security Council may investigate any dispute, or

any situation which might lead to international frictionor give rise to a dispute, in order to determine whetherthe continuance of the dispute or situation is likely to

2Amended 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 onevote.

2. Decisions of the Security Council on procedural mat-ters shall be made by an affirmative vote of seven members.

3. Decisions of the Security Council on all other mattersshall be made by an affirmative vote of seven members in-cluding the concurring votes of the permanent members;provided that, in decisions under Chapter VI, and underparagraph 3 of Article 52, a party to a dispute shall abstainfrom voting.)

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endanger the maintenance of international peace andsecurity.

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

dispute, or any situation of the nature referred to in Ar-ticle 34, to the attention of the Security Council or ofthe General Assembly.

2. A state which is not a Member of the United Na-tions may bring to the attention of the Security Councilor of the General Assembly any dispute to which it is aparty if it accepts in advance, for the purposes of thedispute, the obligations of pacific settlement provided inthe present Charter.

3. The proceedings of the General Assembly in re-spect of matters brought to its attention under this Arti-cle will be subject to the provisions of Articles 11 and 12.

Article 361. The Security Council may, at any stage of a dis-

pute of the nature referred to in Article 33 or of a situ-ation of like nature, recommend appropriate proceduresor methods of adjustment.

2. The Security Council should take into considera-tion any procedures for the settlement of the disputewhich have already been adopted by the parties.

3. In making recommendations under this Article theSecurity Council should also take into considerationthat legal disputes should as a general rule be referredby the parties to the International Court of Justice inaccordance with the provisions of the Statute of theCourt.

Article 371. Should the parties to a dispute of the nature re-

ferred to in Article 33 fail to settle it by the means in-dicated in that Article, they shall refer it to the SecurityCouncil.

2. If the Security Council deems that the continuanceof the dispute is in fact likely to endanger the mainte-nance of international peace and security, it shalldecide whether to take action under Article 36 or torecommend such terms of settlement as it may considerappropriate.

Article 38Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 33 to

37, the Security Council may, if all the parties to anydispute so request, make recommendations to the par-ties with a view to a pacific settlement of the dispute.

Chapter VIIACTION WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TOTHE 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 ofaggression and shall make recommendations, or decidewhat measures shall be taken in accordance with Articles41 and 42, to maintain or restore international peace andsecurity.

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

the Security Council may, before making the recommen-dations or deciding upon the measures provided for inArticle 39, call upon the parties concerned to complywith such provisional measures as it deems necessaryor desirable. Such provisional measures shall be withoutprejudice to the rights, claims, or position of the partiesconcerned. The Security Council shall duly take accountof failure to comply with such provisional measures.

Article 41The Security Council may decide what measures not

involving the use of armed force are to be employed togive effect to its decisions, and it may call upon theMembers of the United Nations to apply such measures.These may include complete or partial interruption ofeconomic relations and of rail, sea, air, postal, tele-graphic, radio, and other means of communication, andthe severance of diplomatic relations.

Article 42

Should the Security Council consider that measuresprovided for in Article 41 would be inadequate or haveproved to be inadequate, it may take such action by air,sea, or land forces as may be necessary to maintain orrestore international peace and security. Such actionmay include demonstrations, blockade, and other opera-tions by air, sea, or land forces of Members of theUnited Nations.

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

contribute to the maintenance of international peaceand security, undertake to make available to the Secu-rity Council, on its call and in accordance with a spe-cial agreement or agreements, armed forces, assistance,and facilities, including rights of passage, necessary forthe purpose of maintaining international peace and se-curity.

2. Such agreement or agreements shall govern thenumbers and types of forces, their degree of readinessand general location, and the nature of the facilitiesand assistance to be provided.

3. The agreement or agreements shall be negotiatedas soon as possible on the initiative of the SecurityCouncil. They shall be concluded between the SecurityCouncil and Members or between the Security Counciland groups of Members and shall be subject to ratifica-tion by the signatory states in accordance with their re-spective constitutional processes.

Article 44When the Security Council has decided to use force

it shall, before calling upon a Member not representedon it to provide armed forces in fulfilment of the obliga-tions assumed under Article 43, invite that Member, ifthe Member so desires, to participate in the decisionsof the Security Council concerning the employment ofcontingents of that Member's armed forces.

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

military measures, Members shall hold immediatelyavailable national air-force contingents for combined in-ternational enforcement action. The strength and degreeof readiness of these contingents and plans for theircombined action shall be determined, within the limitslaid down in the special agreement or agreements re-ferred to in Article 43, by the Security Council with theassistance of the Military Staff Committee.

Article 46

Plans for the application of armed force shall bemade by the Security Council with the assistance of theMilitary Staff Committee.

Article 471. There shall be established a Military Staff Commit-

tee to advise and assist the Security Council on allquestions relating to the Security Council's military re-quirements for the maintenance of international peaceand security, the employment and command of forces

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placed at its disposal, the regulation of armaments, andpossible disarmament.

2. The Military Staff Committee shall consist of theChiefs of Staff of the permanent members of the Secu-rity Council or their representatives. Any Member of theUnited Nations not permanently represented on theCommittee shall be invited by the Committee to be as-sociated with it when the efficient discharge of theCommittee's responsibilities requires the participation ofthat Member in its work.

3. The Military Staff Committee shall be responsibleunder the Security Council for the strategic direction ofany armed forces placed at the disposal of the SecurityCouncil. Questions relating to the command of suchforces shall be worked out subsequently.

4. The Military Staff Committee, with the authorizationof the Security Council and after consultation with ap-propriate regional agencies, may establish regional sub-committees.

Article 481. The action required to carry out the decisions of

the Security Council for the maintenance of interna-tional peace and security shall be taken by all theMembers of the United Nations or by some of them, asthe Security Council may determine.

2. Such decisions shall be carried out by the Mem-bers of the United Nations directly and through their ac-tion in the appropriate international agencies of whichthey are members.

Article 49The Members of the United Nations shall join in af-

fording mutual assistance in carrying out the measuresdecided upon by the Security Council.

Article 50If preventive or enforcement measures against any

state are taken by the Security Council, any other state,whether a Member of the United Nations or not, whichfinds itself confronted with special economic problemsarising from the carrying out of those measures shallhave the right to consult the Security Council with re-gard to a solution of those problems.

Article 51Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inher-

ent right of individual or collective self-defence if anarmed attack occurs against a Member of the UnitedNations, until the Security Council has taken measuresnecessary to maintain international peace and security.Measures taken by Members in the exercise of thisright of self-defence shall be immediately reported tothe Security Council and shall not in any way affect theauthority and responsibility of the Security Councilunder the present Charter to take at any time such ac-tion as it deems necessary in order to maintain or re-store international peace and security.

Chapter VlllREGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Article 521. Nothing in the present Charter precludes the exist-

ence of regional arrangements or agencies for dealingwith such matters relating to the maintenance of inter-national peace and security as are appropriate for re-gional action, provided that such arrangements or agen-cies and their activities are consistent with thePurposes and Principles of the United Nations.

2. The Members of the United Nations entering intosuch arrangements or constituting such agencies shallmake every effort to achieve pacific settlement of local

disputes through such regional arrangements or by suchregional agencies before referring them to the SecurityCouncil.

3. The Security Council shall encourage the develop-ment of pacific settlement of local disputes throughsuch regional arrangements or by such regional agen-cies either on the initiative of the states concerned orby reference from the Security Council.

4. This Article in no way impairs the application ofArticles 34 and 35.

Article 531. The Security Council shall, where appropriate, uti-

lize such regional arrangements or agencies for en-forcement action under its authority. But no enforcementaction shall be taken under regional arrangements or byregional agencies without the authorization of the Secu-rity Council, with the exception of measures against anyenemy state, as defined in paragraph 2 of this Article,provided for pursuant to Article 107 or in regional ar-rangements directed against renewal of aggressive policyon the part of any such state, until such time as theOrganization may, on request of the Governments con-cerned, be charged with the responsibility for preventingfurther aggression by such a state.

2. The term enemy state as used in paragraph 1 ofthis Article applies to any state which during the Sec-ond World War has been an enemy of any signatory ofthe present Charter.

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

informed of activities undertaken or in contemplationunder regional arrangements or by regional agencies forthe maintenance of international peace and security.

Chapter IXINTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANDSOCIAL CO-OPERATION

Article 55

With a view to the creation of conditions of stabilityand well-being which are necessary for peaceful andfriendly relations among nations based on respect forthe principle of equal rights and self-determination ofpeoples, the United Nations shall promote:

a. higher standards of living, full employment, andconditions of economic and social progress and de-velopment;

b. solutions of international economic, social, health,and related problems; and international cultural andeducational co-operation; and

c. universal respect for, and observance of, humanrights and fundamental freedoms for all without dis-tinction as to race, sex, language, or religion.

Article 56

All Members pledge themselves to take joint and sep-arate action in co-operation with the Organization forthe achievement of the purposes set forth in Article 55.

Article 57

1. The various specialized agencies, established byintergovernmental agreement and having wide interna-tional responsibilities, as defined in their basic instru-ments, in economic, social, cultural, educational, health,and related fields, shall be brought into relationshipwith the United Nations in accordance with the provi-sions of Article 63.

2. Such agencies thus brought into relationship withthe United Nations are hereinafter referred to as spe-cialized agencies.


Article 58The Organization shall make recommendations for the

co-ordination of the policies and activities of the spe-cialized agencies.

Article 59The Organization shall, where appropriate, initiate ne-

gotiations among the states concerned for the creationof any new specialized agencies required for the ac-complishment of the purposes set forth in Article 55.

Article 60Responsibility for the discharge of the functions of

the Organization set forth in this Chapter shall bevested in the General Assembly and, under the author-ity of the General Assembly, in the Economic and So-cial Council, which shall have for this purpose the pow-ers set forth in Chapter X.

Chapter XTHE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL


1. The Economic and Social Council shall consist offifty-four Members of the United Nations elected by theGeneral Assembly.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, eighteenmembers of the Economic and Social Council shall beelected each year for a term of three years. A retiringmember shall be eligible for immediate re-election.

3. At the first election after the increase in the mem-bership of the Economic and Social Council from twen-ty-seven to fifty-four members, in addition to the mem-bers elected in place of the nine members whose termof office expires at the end of that year, twenty-sevenadditional members shall be elected. Of these twenty-seven additional members, the term of office of ninemembers so elected shall expire at the end of oneyear, and of nine other members at the end of twoyears, in accordance with arrangements made by theGeneral Assembly.

4. Each member of the Economic and Social Councilshall have one representative.


1. The Economic and Social Council may make or in-itiate studies and reports with respect to internationaleconomic, social, cultural, educational, health, and re-lated matters and may make recommendations with re-spect to any such matters to the General Assembly, tothe Members of the United Nations, and to the special-ized agencies concerned.

2. It may make recommendations for the purpose ofpromoting respect for, and observance of, human rightsand fundamental freedoms for all.

3. It may prepare draft conventions for submission tothe General Assembly, with respect to matters fallingwithin its competence.

4. It may call, in accordance with the rules pre-scribed by the United Nations, international conferenceson matters falling within its competence.

Article 631. The Economic and Social Council may enter into

agreements with any of the agencies referred to in Arti-cle 57, defining the terms on which the agency con-cerned shall be brought into relationship with theUnited Nations. Such agreements shall be subject to ap-proval by the General Assembly.

2. It may co-ordinate the activities of the specializedagencies through consultation with and recommenda-tions to such agencies and through recommendations tothe General Assembly and to the Members of theUnited Nations.

Article 641. The Economic and Social Council may take appro-

priate steps to obtain regular reports from the special-ized agencies. It may make arrangements with the Mem-bers of the United Nations and with the specializedagencies to obtain reports on the steps taken to giveeffect to its own recommendations and to recommenda-tions on matters falling within its competence made bythe General Assembly.

2. It may communicate its observations on these re-ports to the General Assembly.

Article 65The Economic and Social Council may furnish infor-

mation to the Security Council and shall assist the Se-curity Council upon its request.

Article 661. The Economic and Social Council shall perform

such functions as fall within its competence in connex-ion with the carrying out of the recommendations of theGeneral Assembly.

2. It may, with the approval of the General Assembly,perform services at the request of Members of theUnited Nations and at the request of specializedagencies.

3. It shall perform such other functions as are speci-fied elsewhere in the present Charter or as may be as-signed to it by the General Assembly.

VotingArticle 67

1. Each member of the Economic and Social Councilshall have one vote.

2. Decisions of the Economic and Social Councilshall be made by a majority of the members presentand voting.

ProcedureArticle 68

The Economic and Social Council shall set up com-missions in economic and social fields and for the pro-motion of human rights, and such other commissions asmay be required for the performance of its functions.

3 Amended text of Article 61, which came into force on 24September 1973.(The text of Article 61 as previously amended on 31 August1965 read as follows:

1. The Economic and Social Council shall consist oftwenty-seven Members of the United Nations elected by theGeneral Assembly.

2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, nine mem-bers of the Economic and Social Council shall be electedeach year for a term of three years. A retiring member shallbe eligible for immediate re-election.

3. At the first election after the increase in the member-ship of the Economic and Social Council from eighteen totwenty-seven members, in addition to the members electedin place of the six members whose term of office expires atthe end of that year, nine additional members shall beelected. Of these nine additional members, the term ofoffice of three members so elected shall expire at the end ofone year, and of three other members at the end of twoyears, in accordance with arrangements made by the Gen-eral Assembly.

4. Each member of the Economic and Social Councilshall have one representative.)

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Article 69The Economic and Social Council shall invite any

Member of the United Nations to participate, withoutvote, in its deliberations on any matter of particularconcern to that Member.

Article 70The Economic and Social Council may make arrange-

ments for representatives of the specialized agencies toparticipate, without vote, in its deliberations and inthose of the commissions established by it, and for itsrepresentatives to participate in the deliberations of thespecialized agencies.

Article 71The Economic and Social Council may make suitable

arrangements for consultation with non-governmental or-ganizations which are concerned with matters within itscompetence. Such arrangements may be made with in-ternational organizations and, where appropriate, withnational organizations after consultation with the Mem-ber of the United Nations concerned.

Article 721. The Economic and Social Council shall adopt its

own rules of procedure, including the method of select-ing its President.

2. The Economic and Social Council shall meet asrequired in accordance with its rules, which shall in-clude provision for the convening of meetings on therequest of a majority of its members.

Chapter XIDECLARATION REGARDINGNON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Article 73Members of the United Nations which have or assume

responsibilities for the administration of territorieswhose peoples have not yet attained a full measure ofself-government recognize the principle that the inter-ests of the inhabitants of these territories are para-mount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation topromote to the utmost, within the system of internationalpeace and security established by the present Charter,the well-being of the inhabitants of these territories,and, to this end:

a. to ensure, with due respect for the culture of thepeoples concerned, their political, economic, social,and educational advancement, their just treatment,and their protection against abuses;

b. to develop self-government, to take due account ofthe political aspirations of the peoples, and to as-sist them in the progressive development of theirfree political institutions, according to the particularcircumstances of each territory and its peoples andtheir varying stages of advancement;

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

to encourage research, and to co-operate with oneanother and, when and where appropriate, with spe-cialized international bodies with a view to thepractical achievement of the social, economic, andscientific purposes set forth in this Article; and

e. to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General forinformation purposes, subject to such limitation assecurity and constitutional considerations may re-quire, statistical and other information of a techni-cal nature relating to economic, social, and educa-tional conditions in the territories for which theyare respectively responsible other than those territo-ries 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 Chapterapplies, no less than in respect of their metropolitanareas, must be based on the general principle of good-neighbourliness, due account being taken of the inter-ests and well-being of the rest of the world, in social,economic, and commercial matters.

Chapter XII

INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESHIP SYSTEM

Article 75The United Nations shall establish under its authority

an international trusteeship system for the administrationand supervision of such territories as may be placedthereunder by subsequent individual agreements. Theseterritories are hereinafter referred to as trust territories.

Article 76The basic objectives of the trusteeship system, in ac-

cordance with the Purposes of the United Nations laiddown in Article 1 of the present Charter, shall be:

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

cational advancement of the inhabitants of the trustterritories, and their progressive development to-wards self-government or independence as may beappropriate to the particular circumstances of eachterritory and its peoples and the freely expressedwishes of the peoples concerned, and as may beprovided by the terms of each trusteeship agree-ment;

c. to encourage respect for human rights and for fun-damental freedoms for all without distinction as torace, sex, language, or religion, and to encouragerecognition of the interdependence of the peoplesof the world; and

d. to ensure equal treatment in social, economic, andcommercial matters for all Members of the UnitedNations and their nationals, and also equal treat-ment for the latter in the administration of justice,without prejudice to the attainment of the foregoingobjectives and subject to the provisions of Article 80.

Article 771. The trusteeship system shall apply to such territo-

ries in the following categories as may be placed there-under by means of trusteeship 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 bebrought under the trusteeship system and upon whatterms.

Article 78The trusteeship system shall not apply to territories

which have become Members of the United Nations, re-lationship among which shall be based on respect forthe principle of sovereign equality.

Article 79The terms of trusteeship for each territory to be

placed under the trusteeship system, including any al-teration or amendment, shall be agreed upon by thestates directly concerned, including the mandatorypower in the case of territories held under mandate 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 trust-

eeship agreements, made under Articles 77, 79, and 81,placing each territory under the trusteeship system, anduntil such agreements have been concluded, nothing inthis Chapter shall be construed in or of itself to alter inany manner the rights whatsoever of any states or anypeoples or the terms of existing international instru-ments to which Members of the United Nations may re-spectively be parties.

2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be interpretedas giving grounds for delay or postponement of the ne-gotiation and conclusion of agreements for placing man-dated and other territories under the trusteeship systemas provided for in Article 77.

Article 81The trusteeship agreement shall in each case include

the terms under which the trust territory will be admin-istered and designate the authority which will exercisethe administration of the trust territory. Such authority,hereinafter called the administering authority, may beone or more states or the Organization itself.

Article 82There may be designated, in any trusteeship agree-

ment, a strategic area or areas which may include partor all of the trust territory to which the agreement ap-plies, without prejudice to any special agreement oragreements made under Article 43.

Article 831. All functions of the United Nations relating to stra-

tegic areas, including the approval of the terms of thetrusteeship agreements and of their alteration or amend-ment, shall be exercised by the Security Council.

2. The basic objectives set forth in Article 76 shall beapplicable to the people of each strategic area.

3. The Security Council shall, subject to the provi-sions of the trusteeship agreements and without preju-dice to security considerations, avail itself of theassistance of the Trusteeship Council to perform thosefunctions of the United Nations under the trusteeshipsystem relating to political, economic, social, and edu-cational matters in the strategic areas.

Article 84

It shall be the duty of the administering authority toensure that the trust territory shall play its part in themaintenance of international peace and security. To thisend the administering authority may make use of volun-teer forces, facilities, and assistance from the trust terri-tory in carrying out the obligations towards the SecurityCouncil undertaken in this regard by the administeringauthority, as well as for local defence and the mainte-nance of law and order within the trust territory.

Article 851. The functions of the United Nations with regard to

trusteeship agreements for all areas not designated asstrategic, including the approval of the terms of thetrusteeship agreements and of their alteration or amend-ment, shall be exercised by the General Assembly.

2. The Trusteeship Council, operating under the au-thority of the General Assembly, shall assist the Gen-eral Assembly in carrying out these functions.

Chapter XIIITHE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL


1. The Trusteeship Council shall consist of thefollowing Members of the United Nations:

a. those Members administering trust territories;b. such of those Members mentioned by name in Arti-

cle 23 as are not administering trust territories; andc. as many other Members elected for three-year

terms by the General Assembly as may be neces-sary to ensure that the total number of members ofthe Trusteeship Council is equally divided betweenthose Members of the United Nations which admin-ister trust territories and those which do not.

2. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall des-ignate one specially qualified person to represent ittherein.


The General Assembly and, under its authority, theTrusteeship Council, in carrying out their functions,may:

a. consider reports submitted by the administering au-thority;

b. accept petitions and examine them in consultationwith the administering authority;

c. provide for periodic visits to the respective trustterritories at times agreed upon with the administer-ing authority; and

d. take these and other actions in conformity with theterms of the trusteeship agreements.

Article 88The Trusteeship Council shall formulate a question-

naire on the political, economic, social, and educationaladvancement of the inhabitants of each trust territory,and the administering authority for each trust territorywithin the competence of the General Assembly shallmake an annual report to the General Assembly uponthe basis of such questionnaire.

VotingArticle 89

1. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall haveone vote.

2. Decisions of the Trusteeship Council shall be madeby a majority of the members present and voting.

ProcedureArticle 90

1. The Trusteeship Council shall adopt its own rulesof procedure, including the method of selecting itsPresident.

2. The Trusteeship Council shall meet as required inaccordance with its rules, which shall include provisionfor the convening of meetings on the request of a ma-jority of its members.

Article 91The Trusteeship Council shall, when appropriate, avail

itself of the assistance of the Economic and SocialCouncil and of the specialized agencies in regard tomatters with which they are respectively concerned.

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Chapter XIVTHE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

Article 92The International Court of Justice shall be the princi-

pal judicial organ of the United Nations. It shall func-tion in accordance with the annexed Statute, which isbased upon the Statute of the Permanent Court of Inter-national Justice and forms an integral part of the pres-ent 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 Inter-national Court of Justice on conditions to be deter-mined in each case by the General Assembly upon therecommendation of the Security Council.

Article 941. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to

comply with the decision of the International Court ofJustice in any case to which it is a party.

2. If any party to a case fails to perform the obliga-tions incumbent upon it under a judgment rendered bythe Court, the other party may have recourse to theSecurity Council, which may, if it deems necessary,make recommendations or decide upon measures to betaken to give effect to the judgment.

Article 95Nothing in the present Charter shall prevent Members

of the United Nations from entrusting the solution oftheir differences to other tribunals by virtue of agree-ments already in existence or which may be concludedin the future.

Article 961. The General Assembly or the Security Council may

request the International Court of Justice to give anadvisory opinion on any legal question.

2. Other organs of the United Nations and specializedagencies, which may at any time be so authorized bythe General Assembly,' may also request advisory opin-ions of the Court on legal questions arising within thescope of their activities.

Chapter XVTHE SECRETARIAT

Article 97The Secretariat shall comprise a Secretary-General

and such staff as the Organization may require. TheSecretary-General shall be appointed by the GeneralAssembly upon the recommendation of the SecurityCouncil. He shall be the chief administrative officer ofthe Organization.

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

meetings of the General Assembly, of the SecurityCouncil, of the Economic and Social Council, and ofthe Trusteeship Council, and shall perform such otherfunctions as are entrusted to him by these organs. TheSecretary-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 Security Council any matter which in his opinionmay threaten the maintenance of international peaceand security.

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

General and the staff shall not seek or receive instruc-tions from any government or from any other authorityexternal to the Organization. They shall refrain from anyaction which might reflect on their position as interna-tional officials responsible only to the Organization.

2. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes torespect the exclusively international character of theresponsibilities of the Secretary-General and the staffand not to seek to influence them in the discharge oftheir responsibilities.

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

eral under regulations established by the GeneralAssembly.

2. Appropriate staffs shall be permanently assigned tothe Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Coun-cil, and, as required, to other organs of the UnitedNations. These staffs shall form a part of the Secretariat.

3. The paramount consideration in the employment ofthe staff and in the determination of the conditions ofservice shall be the necessity of securing the higheststandards of efficiency, competence, and integrity. Dueregard shall be paid to the importance of recruiting thestaff on as wide a geographical basis as possible.

Chapter XVI

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article 1021. Every treaty and every international agreement

entered into by any Member of the United Nations afterthe present Charter comes into force shall as soon aspossible be registered with the Secretariat and pub-lished by it.

2. No party to any such treaty or international agree-ment which has not been registered in accordance withthe provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article may invokethat treaty or agreement before any organ of the UnitedNations.

Article 103

In the event of a conflict between the obligations ofthe Members of the United Nations under the presentCharter and their obligations under any other interna-tional agreement, their obligations under the presentCharter shall prevail.

Article 104The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of each

of its Members such legal capacity as may be neces-sary for the exercise of its functions and the fulfilmentof its purposes.

Article 1051. The Organization shall enjoy in the territory of

each of its Members such privileges and immunities asare necessary for the fulfilment of its purposes.

2. Representatives of the Members of the UnitedNations and officials of the Organization shall similarlyenjoy such privileges and immunities as are necessary


for the independent exercise of their functions in con-nexion with the Organization.

3. The General Assembly may make recommendationswith a view to determining the details of the applicationof paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article or may proposeconventions to the Members of the United Nations forthis purpose.

Chapter XVIITRANSITIONAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

Article 106Pending the coming into force of such special agree-

ments referred to in Article 43 as in the opinion of theSecurity Council enable it to begin the exercise of itsresponsibilities under Article 42, the parties to theFour-Nation Declaration, signed at Moscow, 30 October1943, and France, shall, in accordance with the provi-sions of paragraph 5 of that Declaration, consult withone another and as occasion requires with other Mem-bers of the United Nations with a view to such jointaction on behalf of the Organization as may be neces-sary for the purpose of maintaining international peaceand security.

Article 107Nothing in the present Charter shall invalidate or pre-

clude action, in relation to any state which during theSecond World War has been an enemy of any signatoryto the present Charter, taken or authorized as a resultof that war by the Governments having responsibility forsuch action.

Chapter XVIIIAMENDMENTS

Article 108Amendments to the present Charter shall come into

force for all Members of the United Nations when theyhave been adopted by a vote of two thirds of the mem-bers of the General Assembly and ratified in accord-ance with their respective constitutional processes bytwo thirds of the Members of the United Nations,including all the permanent members of the SecurityCouncil.

Article 1094

1. A General Conference of the Members of theUnited Nations for the purpose of reviewing the presentCharter may be held at a date and place to be fixed bya two-thirds vote of the members of the General Assem-bly and by a vote of any nine members of the SecurityCouncil. Each Member of the United Nations shall haveone vote in the conference.

2. Any alteration of the present Charter recommendedby a two-thirds vote of the conference shall take effectwhen ratified in accordance with their respective consti-tutional processes by two thirds of the Members of theUnited Nations including all the permanent members ofthe Security Council.

3. If such a conference has not been held before thetenth annual session of the General Assembly followingthe coming into force of the present Charter, the pro-posal to call such a conference shall be placed on theagenda of that session of the General Assembly, andthe conference shall be held if so decided by a major-ity vote of the members of the General Assembly and

by a vote of any seven members of the Security Coun-cil.

Chapter XIXRATIFICATION AND SIGNATURE

Article 1101. The present Charter shall be ratified by the signa-

tory states in accordance with their respective constitu-tional processes.

2. The ratifications shall be deposited with theGovernment of the United States of America, whichshall notify all the signatory states of each deposit aswell as the Secretary-General of the Organization whenhe has been appointed.

3. The present Charter shall come into force upon thedeposit of ratifications by the Republic of China,France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,and the United States of America, and by a majority ofthe other signatory states. A protocol of the ratificationsdeposited shall thereupon be drawn up by the Govern-ment of the United States of America which shall com-municate copies thereof to all the signatory states.

4. The states signatory to the present Charter whichratify it after it has come into force will become origi-nal Members of the United Nations on the date of thedeposit of their respective ratifications.

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

Russian, English, and Spanish texts are equally authen-tic, shall remain deposited in the archives of the Gov-ernment of the United States of America. Duly certifiedcopies thereof shall be transmitted by that Governmentto the Governments of the other signatory states.

IN FAITH WHEREOF the representatives of the Gov-ernments of the United Nations have signed the presentCharter.

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

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

1. A General Conference of the Members of the UnitedNations for the purpose of reviewing the present Chartermay be held at a date and place to be fixed by a two-thirdsvote of the members of the General Assembly and by avote of any seven members of the Security Council. EachMember of the United Nations shall have one vote in theconference.

2. Any alteration of the present Charter recommended bya two-thirds vote of the conference shall take effect whenratified in accordance with their respective constitutionalprocesses by two thirds of the Members of the UnitedNations including all the permanent members of the SecurityCouncil.

3. If such a conference has not been held before thetenth annual session of the General Assembly following thecoming into force of the present Charter, the proposal tocall such a conference shall be placed on the agenda ofthat session of the General Assembly, and the conferenceshall be held if so decided by a majority vote of the mem-bers of the General Assembly and by a vote of any sevenmembers of the Security Council.)

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The Statute of the International Court of Justice

Article 1THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE estab-

lished by the Charter of the United Nations as the prin-cipal judicial organ of the United Nations shall be con-stituted and shall function in accordance with theprovisions of the present Statute.

Article 2The Court shall be composed of a body of independ-

ent judges, elected regardless of their nationality fromamong persons of high moral character, who possessthe qualifications required in their respective countriesfor appointment to the highest judicial offices, or arejurisconsults of recognized competence in internationallaw.

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 thanone state shall be deemed to be a national of the onein which he ordinarily exercises civil and politicalrights.

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

General Assembly and by the Security Council from alist of persons nominated by the national groups in thePermanent Court of Arbitration, in accordance with thefollowing provisions.

2. In the case of Members of the United Nations notrepresented in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, can-didates shall be nominated by national groupsappointed for this purpose by their governments underthe same conditions as those prescribed for members ofthe Permanent Court of Arbitration by Article 44 of theConvention of The Hague of 1907 for the pacific settle-ment of international disputes.

3. The conditions under which a state which is a partyto the present Statute but is not a Member of the UnitedNations may participate in electing the members of theCourt shall, in the absence of a special agreement, belaid down by the General Assembly upon recommenda-tion of the Security Council.

Article 51. At least three months before the date of the elec-

tion, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shalladdress a written request to the members of the Perma-nent Court of Arbitration belonging to the states whichare parties to the present Statute, and to the membersof the national groups appointed under Article 4, para-graph 2, inviting them to undertake, within a given time,by national groups, the nomination of persons in a posi-tion to accept the duties of a member of the Court.

2. No group may nominate more than four persons,not more than two of whom shall be of their ownnationality. In no case may the number of candidatesnominated by a group be more than double the numberof seats to be filled.

Article 6Before making these nominations, each national group

is recommended to consult its highest court of justice,

its legal faculties and schools of law, and its nationalacademies and national sections of international acade-mies devoted to the study of law.

Article 71. The Secretary-General shall prepare a list in alpha-

betical order of all the persons thus nominated. Save asprovided in Article 12, paragraph 2, these shall be theonly persons eligible.

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

Article 8The General Assembly and the Security Council shall

proceed independently of one another to elect the mem-bers of the Court.

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

only that the persons to be elected should individuallypossess the qualifications required, but also that in thebody as a whole the representation of the main formsof civilization and of the principal legal systems of theworld should be assured.

Article 101. Those candidates who obtain an absolute majority

of votes in the General Assembly and in the SecurityCouncil shall be considered as elected.

2. Any vote of the Security Council, whether for theelection of judges or for the appointment of members ofthe conference envisaged in Article 12, shall be takenwithout any distinction between permanent and non-per-manent members of the Security Council.

3. In the event of more than one national of the samestate obtaining an absolute majority of the votes both ofthe General Assembly and of the Security Council, theeldest of these only shall be considered as elected.

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

election, one or more seats remain to be filled, asecond and, if necessary, a third meeting shall takeplace.

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

remain unfilled, a joint conference consisting of sixmembers, three appointed by the General Assembly andthree by the Security Council, may be formed at anytime at the request of either the General Assembly orthe Security Council, for the purpose of choosing by thevote of an absolute majority one name for each seatstill vacant, to submit to the General Assembly and theSecurity Council for their respective acceptance.

2. If the joint conference is unanimously agreed uponany person who fulfils the required conditions, he maybe included in its list, even though he was not includedin the list of nominations referred to in Article 7.

3. If the joint conference is satisfied that it will notbe successful in procuring an election, those membersof the Court who have already been elected shall,within a period to be fixed by the Security Council, pro-ceed to fill the vacant seats by selection from amongthose candidates who have obtained votes either in theGeneral Assembly or in the Security Council.

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

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The Statute of the International Court of Justice 1109

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

nine years and may be re-elected; provided, however,that of the judges elected at the first election, the termsof five judges shall expire at the end of three years andthe terms of five more judges shall expire at the end ofsix years.

2. The judges whose terms are to expire at the endof the above-mentioned initial periods of three and sixyears shall be chosen by lot to be drawn by the Secre-tary-General immediately after the first election hasbeen completed.

3. The members of the Court shall continue to dis-charge their duties until their places have been filled.Though replaced, they shall finish any cases which theymay have begun.

4. In the case of the resignation of a member of theCourt, the resignation shall be addressed to the Presi-dent of the Court for transmission to the Secretary-Gen-eral. This last notification makes the place vacant.

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

laid down for the first election, subject to the followingprovision: the Secretary-General shall, within one monthof the occurrence of the vacancy, proceed to issue theinvitations provided for in Article 5, and the date of theelection 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 officefor the remainder of his predecessor's term.

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

or administrative function, or engage in any other occu-pation of a professional nature.

2. Any doubt on this point shall be settled by thedecision of the Court.

Article 171. No member of the Court may act as agent, coun-

sel, or advocate 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 advocate for one of the parties, or as amember of a national or international court, or of acommission of enquiry, or in any other capacity.

3. Any doubt on this point shall be settled by thedecision of the Court.

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

in the unanimous opinion of the other members, he hasceased to fulfil the required conditions.

2. Formal notification thereof shall be made to theSecretary-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 privilegesand immunities.

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

duties, make a solemn declaration in open court that hewill exercise his powers impartially and conscientiously.

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

dent for three years; they may be re-elected.2. The Court shall appoint its Registrar and may pro-

vide for the appointment of such other officers as maybe necessary.

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

Hague. This, however, shall not prevent the Court fromsitting and exercising its functions elsewhere wheneverthe Court considers it desirable.

2. The President and the Registrar shall reside at theseat of the Court.

Article 231. The Court shall remain permanently in session,

except during the judicial vacations, the dates and dura-tion of which shall be fixed by the Court.

2. Members of the Court are entitled to periodicleave, the dates and duration of which shall be fixed bythe Court, having in mind the distance between TheHague and the home of each judge.

3. Members of the Court shall be bound, unless theyare on leave or prevented from attending by illness orother serious reasons duly explained to the President,to hold themselves permanently at the disposal of theCourt.

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

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

2. If the President considers that for some specialreason one of the members of the Court should not sitin a particular case, he shall give him notice accord-ingly.

3. If in any such case the member of the Court andthe President disagree, the matter shall be settled bythe decision of the Court.

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

available to constitute the Court is not thereby reducedbelow eleven, the Rules of the Court may provide forallowing one or more judges, according to circum-stances and in rotation, to be dispensed from sitting.

3. A quorum of nine judges shall suffice to constitutethe Court.

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

chambers, composed of three or more judges as theCourt may determine, for dealing with particular catego-ries of cases; for example, labour cases and casesrelating to transit and communications.

2. The Court may at any time form a chamber fordealing with a particular case. The number of judges toconstitute such a chamber shall be determined by theCourt with the approval of the parties.

3. Cases shall be heard and determined by the cham-bers provided for in this Article if the parties sorequest.

Article 27A judgment given by any of the chambers provided

for in Articles 26 and 29 shall be considered as ren-dered by the Court.

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

with the consent of the parties, sit and exercise theirfunctions elsewhere than at The Hague.

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

Court shall form annually a chamber composed of fivejudges which, at the request of the parties, may hearand determine cases by summary procedure. In addi-tion, two judges shall be selected for the purpose ofreplacing 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 proce-dure.

2. The Rules of the Court may provide for assessorsto sit with the Court or with any of its chambers, with-out 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 theCourt.

2. If the Court includes upon the Bench a judge ofthe nationality of one of the parties, any other partymay choose a person to sit as judge. Such person shallbe chosen preferably from among those persons whohave been nominated as candidates as provided in Arti-cles 4 and 5.

3. If the Court includes upon the Bench no judge ofthe nationality of the parties, each of these parties mayproceed to choose a judge as provided in paragraph 2of this Article.

4. The provisions of this Article shall apply to thecase of Articles 26 and 29. In such cases, the Presidentshall request one or, if necessary, two of the membersof the Court forming the chamber to give place to themembers of the Court of the nationality of the partiesconcerned, and, failing such, or if they are unable to bepresent, to the judges specially chosen by the parties.

5. Should there be several parties in the same inter-est, they shall, for the purpose of the preceding provi-sions, be reckoned as one party only. Any doubt uponthis point shall be settled by the decision of the Court.

6. Judges chosen as laid down in paragraphs 2, 3,and 4 of this Article shall fulfil the conditions requiredby Articles 2, 17 (paragraph 2), 20, and 24 of the pres-ent Statute. They shall take part in the decision onterms of complete equality with their colleagues.

Article 321. Each member of the Court shall receive an annual

salary.2. The President shall receive a special annual allow-

ance.3. The Vice-President shall receive a special allow-

ance 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 foreach day on which they exercise their functions.

5. These salaries, allowances, and compensation shallbe fixed by the General Assembly. They may not bedecreased during the term of office.

6. The salary of the Registrar shall be fixed by theGeneral Assembly on the proposal of the Court.

7. Regulations made by the General Assembly shallfix the conditions under which retirement pensions maybe given to members of the Court and to the Registrar,and the conditions under which members of the Court

and the Registrar shall have their travelling expensesrefunded.

8. The above salaries, allowances, and compensationshall be free of all taxation.

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

United Nations in such a manner as shall be decidedby 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 organizationsinformation relevant to cases before it, and shallreceive such information presented by such organiza-tions on their own initiative.

3. Whenever the construction of the constituent instru-ment of a public international organization or of aninternational convention adopted thereunder is in ques-tion in a case before the Court, the Registrar shall sonotify the public international organization concernedand shall communicate to it copies of all the writtenproceedings.

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 provi-sions contained in treaties in force, be laid down bythe Security Council, but in no case shall such condi-tions place the parties in a position of inequality beforethe Court.

3. When a state which is not a Member of the UnitedNations is a party to a case, the Court shall fix theamount which that party is to contribute towards the ex-penses of the Court. This provision shall not apply ifsuch state is bearing a share of the expenses of theCourt.

Article 361. The jurisdiction of the Court comprises all cases

which the parties refer to it and all matters speciallyprovided for in the Charter of the United Nations or intreaties and conventions in force.

2. The states parties to the present Statute may atany time declare that they recognize as compulsoryipso facto and without special agreement, in relation toany other state accepting the same obligation, the juris-diction of the Court in all legal disputes concerning:

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

would constitute a breach of an international obli-gation;

d. the nature or extent of the reparation to be madefor the breach of an international obligation.

3. The declarations referred to above may be madeunconditionally or on condition of reciprocity on thepart of several or certain states, or for a certain time.

4. Such declarations shall be deposited with the Sec-retary-General of the United Nations, who shall transmitcopies thereof to the parties to the Statute and to theRegistrar of the Court.

5. Declarations made under Article 36 of the Statuteof the Permanent Court of International Justice and


which are still in force shall be deemed, as betweenthe parties to the present Statute, to be acceptances ofthe compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court ofJustice for the period which they still have to run andin accordance with their terms.

6. In the event of a dispute as to whether the Courthas jurisdiction, the matter shall be settled by the deci-sion of the Court.

Article 37Whenever a treaty or convention in force provides for

reference of a matter to a tribunal to have been insti-tuted by the League of Nations, or to the PermanentCourt of International Justice, the matter shall, as be-tween the parties to the present Statute, be referred tothe International Court of Justice.

Article 381. The Court, whose function is to decide in accord-

ance with international law such disputes as are submit-ted to it, shall apply:

a. international conventions, whether general or partic-ular, establishing rules expressly recognized by thecontesting states;

b. international custom, as evidence of a generalpractice accepted as law;

c. the general principles of law recognized by civi-lized nations;

d. subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial de-cisions and the teachings of the most highly quali-fied publicists of the various nations, as subsidiarymeans for the determination of rules of law.

2. This provision shall not prejudice the power of theCourt to decide a case ex aequo et bono, if the partiesagree thereto.

Chapter IIIPROCEDURE

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

and English. If the parties agree that the case shall beconducted in French, the judgment shall be delivered inFrench. If the parties agree that the case shall be con-ducted in English, the judgment shall be delivered inEnglish.

2. In the absence of an agreement as to which lan-guage shall be employed, each party may, in the plead-ings, use the language which it prefers; the decision ofthe Court shall be given in French and English. In thiscase the Court shall at the same time determine whichof the two texts shall be considered as authoritative.

3. The Court shall, at the request of any party, au-thorize a language other than French or English to beused by that party.

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

may be, either by the notification of the special agree-ment or by a written application addressed to the Reg-istrar. In either case the subject of the dispute and theparties shall be indicated.

2. The Registrar shall forthwith communicate the ap-plication to all concerned.

3. He shall also notify the Members of the UnitedNations through the Secretary-General, and also anyother states entitled to appear before the Court.

Article 41

1. The Court shall have the power to indicate, if itconsiders that circumstances so require, any provisional

measures which ought to be taken to preserve the re-spective rights of either party.

2. Pending the final decision, notice of the measuressuggested shall forthwith be given to the parties and tothe Security Council.

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

cates before the Court.3. The agents, counsel, and advocates of parties be-

fore the Court shall enjoy the privileges and immunitiesnecessary to the independent exercise of their duties.

Article 431. The procedure shall consist of two parts: written

and oral.2. The written proceedings shall consist of the com-

munication to the Court and to the parties of memori-als, counter-memorials and, if necessary, replies; alsoall papers and documents in support.

3. These communications shall be made through theRegistrar, in the order and within the time fixed by theCourt.

4. A certified copy of every document produced byone party shall be communicated to the other party.

5. The oral proceedings shall consist of the hearingby the Court of witnesses, experts, agents, counsel, andadvocates.

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

than the agents, counsel, and advocates, the Court shallapply direct to the government of the state upon whoseterritory the notice has to be served.

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

Article 45The hearing shall be under the control of the Presi-

dent or, if he is unable to preside, of the Vice-Presi-dent; if neither is able to preside, the senior judgepresent shall preside.

Article 46

The hearing in Court shall be public, unless the Courtshall decide otherwise, or unless the parties demandthat the public be not admitted.

Article 47

1. Minutes shall be made at each hearing and signedby 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 eachparty must conclude its arguments, and make all ar-rangements connected with the taking of evidence.

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

upon the agents to produce any document or to supplyany explanations. Formal note shall be taken of any re-fusal.

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

body, bureau, commission, or other organization that itmay select, with the task of carrying out an enquiry orgiving an expert opinion.

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Article 51During the hearing any relevant questions are to be

put to the witnesses and experts under the conditionslaid down by the Court in the rules of procedure re-ferred to in Article 30.

Article 52After the Court has received the proofs and evidence

within the time specified for the purpose, it may refuseto accept any further oral or written evidence that oneparty may desire to present unless the other side con-sents.

Article 53

1. Whenever one of the parties does not appear be-fore the Court, or fails to defend its case, the otherparty may call upon the Court to decide in favour of itsclaim.

2. The Court must, before doing so, satisfy itself, notonly that it has jurisdiction in accordance with Articles36 and 37, but also that the claim is well founded infact and law.

Article 54

1. When, subject to the control of the Court, theagents, counsel, and advocates have completed theirpresentation of the case, the President shall declare thehearing 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 55

1. All questions shall be decided by a majority of thejudges present.

2. In the event of an equality of votes, the Presidentor the judge who acts in his place shall have a castingvote.

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 unanimous opinion of the judges, any judgeshall be entitled to deliver a separate opinion.

Article 58The judgment shall be signed by the President and

by the Registrar. It shall be read in open court, due no-tice having been given to the agents.

Article 59

The decision of the Court has no binding force ex-cept between the parties and in respect of that particu-lar case.

Article 60

The judgment is final and without appeal. In theevent of dispute as to the meaning or scope of thejudgment, the Court shall construe it upon the requestof any party.

Article 61

1. An application for revision of a judgment may bemade only when it is based upon the discovery of somefact of such a nature as to be a decisive factor, whichfact was, when the judgment was given, unknown to theCourt and also to the party claiming revision, always

provided that such ignorance was not due to negli-gence.

2. The proceedings for revision shall be opened by ajudgment of the Court expressly recording the existenceof the new fact, recognizing that it has such a characteras to lay the case open to revision, and declaring theapplication admissible on this ground.

3. The Court may require previous compliance withthe terms of the judgment before it admits proceedingsin revision.

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

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

Article 62

1. Should a state consider that it has an interest of alegal nature which may be affected by the decision inthe case, it may submit a request to the Court to bepermitted to intervene.

2. It shall be for the Court to decide upon this re-quest.

Article 63

1. Whenever the construction of a convention towhich states other than those concerned in the case areparties is in question, the Registrar shall notify all suchstates forthwith.

2. Every state so notified has the right to intervene inthe proceedings; but if it uses this right, the construc-tion given by the judgment will be equally binding uponit.

Article 64

Unless otherwise decided by the Court, each partyshall bear its own costs.

Chapter IVADVISORY OPINIONS

Article 65

1. The Court may give an advisory opinion on anylegal question at the request of whatever body may beauthorized by or in accordance with the Charter of theUnited Nations to make such a request.

2. Questions upon which the advisory opinion of theCourt is asked shall be laid before the Court by meansof a written request containing an exact statement ofthe question upon which an opinion is required, and ac-companied by all documents likely to throw light uponthe question.

Article 661. The Registrar shall forthwith give notice of the re-

quest for an advisory opinion to all states entitled toappear before the Court.

2. The Registrar shall also, by means of a specialand direct communication, notify any state entitled toappear before the Court or international organizationconsidered by the Court, or, should it not be sitting, bythe President, as likely to be able to furnish informationon the question, that the Court will be prepared to re-ceive, within a time limit to be fixed by the President,written statements, or to hear, at a public sitting to beheld for the purpose, oral statements relating to thequestion.

3. Should any such state entitled to appear before theCourt have failed to receive the special communicationreferred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, such statemay express a desire to submit a written statement orto be heard; and the Court will decide.

4. States and organizations having presented writtenor oral statements or both shall be permitted to com-ment on the statements made by other states or organi-


zations in the form, to the extent, and within the timelimits which the Court, or, should it not be sitting, thePresident, shall decide in each particular case. Accord-ingly, the Registrar shall in due time communicate anysuch written statements to states and organizations hav-ing submitted similar statements.

Article 67The Court shall deliver its advisory opinions in open

court, notice having been given to the Secretary-Gen-eral and to the representatives of Members of theUnited Nations, of other states and of international or-ganizations immediately concerned.

Article 68In the exercise of its advisory functions the Court

shall further be guided by the provisions of the presentStatute which apply in contentious cases to the extentto which it recognizes them to be applicable.

Chapter VAMENDMENT

Article 69Amendments to the present Statute shall be effected

by the same procedure as is provided by the Charter ofthe United Nations for amendments to that Charter, sub-ject however to any provisions which the General As-sembly upon recommendation of the Security Councilmay adopt concerning the participation of states whichare parties to the present Statute but are not Membersof the United Nations.

Article 70The Court shall have power to propose such amend-

ments to the present Statute as it may deem necessary,through written communications to the Secretary-Gen-eral, for consideration in conformity with the provisionsof Article 69.

Appendix III

The structure of the United Nations

The General Assembly

The General Assembly is composed of all the Membersof the United Nations.

SESSIONS IN 1975

Seventh special session: 1-16 September 1975.Resumed twenty-ninth session: 16 September 1975.Thirtieth session: 16 September-17 December 1975.

OFFICERSSeventh special and twenty-ninth sessionsPresident: Abdelaziz Bouteflika (Algeria).Vice-Presidents: Austria, Central African Republic, China,

France, Germany (Federal Republic of), Haiti, IvoryCoast, Lebanon, Mexico, Nepal, Nicaragua, Philippines,Romania, USSR, United Kingdom, United States,Zambia.

Thirtieth sessionPresident: Gaston Thorn (Luxembourg).Vice-Presidents: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Bulgaria,

China, Cuba, France, Mongolia, Mozambique, Norway,Peru, Senegal, Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Zaire.

The Assembly has four types of committees: (1) MainCommittees; (2) procedural committees; (3) standingcommittees; (4) subsidiary and ad hoc bodies.

Main Committees

Seven Main Committees have been established underthe rules of procedure of the General Assembly, asfollows:

Political and Security Committee (including the regula-tion of armaments) (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 Commit-

tee)Legal Committee (Sixth Committee)

In addition to these seven Main Committees, the Gen-eral Assembly may constitute other committees, on whichall Members have the right to be represented.

OFFICERS OF THE MAIN COMMITTEES

Seventh special session

First CommitteeChairman: Carlos Ortiz de Rozas (Argentina).

Special Political CommitteeChairman: Olof Rydbeck (Sweden).

Second CommitteeChairman: Muhammad Mehdi (Iraq).

Third CommitteeChairman: Siragatou Cisse (Mali).

Fourth CommitteeChairman: Tsevegzhavyn Puntsagnorov (Mongolia).

Fifth CommitteeChairman: George Papoulias (Greece).

Sixth CommitteeChairman: Cvijeto Job (Yugoslavia).

Ad Hoc Committee of the Seventh Special SessionChairman: Jan P. Pronk (Netherlands).Vice-Chairmen: Juma Oris Abdalla (Uganda), Anand

Panyarachun (Thailand), Ladislav Smid (Czechoslova-kia).

Rapporteur: Jose Antonio García-Belaúnde (Peru).

Thirtieth session

First CommitteeChairman: Edouard Ghorra (Lebanon).Vice-Chairmen: Patrice Mikanagu (Burundi), Rudiger von

Wechmar (Germany, Federal Republic of).Rapporteur: Horacio Artéaga-Acosta (Venezuela).

Special Political CommitteeChairman: Roberto Martinez Ordóñez (Honduras).Vice-Chairmen: Abdirizak Haji Hussein (Somalia), Erik

Tellmann (Norway).Rapporteur: Guenter Mauersberger (German Democratic

Republic).

Second CommitteeChairman: Olof Rydbeck (Sweden).Vice-Chairmen: Mohamed Wafik Hosny (Egypt), Jaime

Valdes Hertzog (Bolivia).Rapporteur: Fazlul Karim (Bangladesh).

Third CommitteeChairman: Ladislav Smid (Czechoslovakia).Vice-Chairmen: Mrs. Gwen Etondé Burnley (United Re-

public of Cameroon), Mrs. Leticia Ramos Shahani(Philippines).

Rapporteur: Mrs. Sekela Kaninda (Zaire).

Fourth CommitteeChairman: Mrs. Famah J. Joka-Bangura (Sierra Leone).Vice-Chairmen: Amer Salih Araim (Iraq), Bernal Vargas-

Saborío (Costa Rica).Rapporteur: Rui Quartin-Santos (Portugal).

Fifth CommitteeChairman: Christopher R. Thomas (Trinidad and Tobago).

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Vice-Chairmen: Yasushi Akashi (Japan), Y. M. Matseiko(Ukrainian SSR).

Rapporteur: Ahmed Aboul Gheit (Egypt).

Sixth CommitteeChairman: Frank X. J. C. Njenga (Kenya).Vice-Chairmen: Victor Manuel Godoy Figueredo (Para-

guay), Alfons Klafkowski (Poland).Rapporteur: Eike Bracklo (Germany, Federal Republic

of).

Procedural committees

There are two procedural committees of the Assembly:the General Committee and the Credentials Committee.

General CommitteeThe General Committee consists of the President of

the General Assembly, as Chairman, the 17 Vice-Presidents and the Chairmen of the seven Main Com-mittees.*

* For the duration of the seventh special session andwithout in any way constituting a precedent, the Chair-man of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Seventh SpecialSession was accorded full rights of membership in theGeneral Committee, including the right to vote.

Credentials CommitteeThe Credentials Committee consists of nine members

appointed by the General Assembly on the proposal ofthe President.

Seventh special sessionBelgium, China, Costa Rica, Philippines (Chairman),

Senegal, USSR, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates, Venezuela.

Thirtieth sessionBelgium (Chairman), China, Costa Rica, Libyan Arab

Republic, Mali, Mongolia, USSR, United States, Vene-zuela.

Standing committees

The General Assembly has two standing committees:the Advisory Committee on Administrative and BudgetaryQuestions and the Committee on Contributions. Eachconsists of experts appointed in their individual capaci-ties for a three-year term.

Advisory Committee on Administrativeand Budgetary Questions

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Lucio García del Solar

(Argentina); A. V. Grodsky (USSR); Mario Majoli (Italy);David L. Stottlemyer (United States).

To serve until 31 December 1976: Paulo Lopes Corrêa(Brazil); C. S. M. Mselle, Chairman (United Republic ofTanzania); Louis-Dominique Ouedraogo (Upper Volta);Stanislaw Raczkowski (Poland).

To serve until 31 December 1977: Yasushi Akashi (Japan);Hou Tung (China); Andre Naudy (France); MichaelF. H. Stuart (United Kingdom); Morteza Talieh (Iran).

On 30 October 1975, the General Assembly appointedthe following for a three-year term starting on 1 January1976 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31 December1975: Lucio Garcia del Solar (Argentina), A. V. Grodsky

(USSR), Rudolf Schmidt (Germany, Federal Republic of),David L. Stottlemyer (United States).

Members for 1976: Yasushi Akashi (Japan), Paulo LopesCorrea (Brazil), Lucio Garcia del Solar (Argentina),A. V. Grodsky (USSR), Hou Tung (China), C. S. M.Mselle (United Republic of Tanzania), Andre Naudy(France), Louis-Dominique Ouedraogo (Upper Volta),Stanislaw Raczkowski (Poland), Rudolf Schmidt (Ger-many, Federal Republic of), David L. Stottlemyer(United States), Michael F. H. Stuart (United Kingdom),Morteza Talieh (Iran).

Committee on ContributionsMembers in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Syed Amjad Ali, Chair-

man (Pakistan); Santiago Meyer-Pic6n (Mexico); MichelRouge (France); V. S. Safronchuk (USSR); Wang Wei-tsai (China).

To serve until 31 December 1976: Richard V. Hennes(United States); Takeshi Naito (Japan);* Jozsef Tardos(Hungary).

To serve until 31 December 1977: Abdel Hamid Abdel-Ghani (Egypt); Japhet Gideon Kiti (Kenya); Angus J.Matheson (Canada); John I. M. Rhodes (United King-dom); David Silveira da Mota, Jr., Vice-Chairman(Brazil).

* Resigned with effect from 31 December 1975. On 15December 1975, the General Assembly appointed JunpeiKato (Japan) to fill the resulting vacancy for the unex-pired portion of the term.

On 20 November 1975, the General Assembly appointedthe following for a three-year term starting on 1 January1976 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31 December1975: Syed Amjad Ali (Pakistan), A. S. Chistyakov(USSR), Miguel A. Davila Mendoza (Mexico), MichelRouge (France), Tien Yi-nung (China).

Members for 1976: Abdel Hamid Abdel-Ghani (Egypt),Syed Amjad Ali (Pakistan), A. S. Chistyakov (USSR),Miguel A. Davila Mendoza (Mexico), Richard V. Hennes(United States), Junpei Kato (Japan), Japhet GideonKiti (Kenya), Angus J. Matheson (Canada), John I. M.Rhodes (United Kingdom), Michel Rouge (France),David Silveira da Mota, Jr. (Brazil), Jozsef Tardos(Hungary), Tien Yi-nung (China).

Subsidiary, ad hoc and related bodies

The following subsidiary, ad hoc and related bodieswere either in existence or functioning in 1975, or elsewere established during the General Assembly's seventhspecial session, held from 1 to 16 September 1975, orthirtieth session, held from 16 September to 17 December1975. Those bodies marked * were set up or began tofunction during 1975, and those marked † were discon-tinued in 1975.

Interim Committee of the General AssemblySpecial Committee on Peace-keeping Operations

Working GroupDisarmament CommissionAd Hoc Committee on the World Disarmament Confer-

enceAd Hoc Committee on the Review of the Role of the

United Nations in the Field of Disarmament*Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian OceanCommittee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

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Scientific and Technical Sub-CommitteeLegal Sub-CommitteeWorking Group on Direct Broadcast SatellitesWorking Group on a Navigation Services Satellite

SystemUnited Nations Scientific Advisory CommitteeUnited Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of

Atomic RadiationPanel for Inquiry and ConciliationPeace Observation CommissionCollective Measures CommitteePanel of Military ExpertsUnited Nations Conciliation Commission for PalestineCommittee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of

the Palestinian People*United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine

Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)Advisory Commission of UNRWAWorking Group on the Financing of UNRWA

Special Committee on the Situation with regard to theImplementation of the Declaration on the Grantingof Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples

Working GroupSub-Committee on Petitions and InformationSub-Committee ISub-Committee IIWorking Group on the Implementation by the Specialized

Agencies and the International Institutions Asso-ciated with the United Nations of the Declarationon the Granting of Independence to ColonialCountries and Peoples and Other Relevant Resolu-tions of the United Nations

Special Committee against ApartheidSub-Committee on Petitions and InformationSub-Committee on the Implementation of United Nations

Resolutions and Collaboration with South AfricaCommittee of Trustees of the United Nations Trust Fund

for South AfricaUnited Nations Council for Namibia

Standing Committee IStanding Committee IIStanding Committee IIICommittee on the United Nations Fund for Namibia

Sub-Committee on the Situation in AngolaAdvisory Committee on the United Nations Educational

and Training Programme for Southern AfricaUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development

(UNCTAD)Trade and Development Board

Advisory Committee to the Board and to the Com-mittee on Commodities

Committee on CommoditiesPermanent Group on Synthetics and SubstitutesCommittee on Tungsten

Committee on ManufacturesCommittee on Invisibles and Financing related to

TradeCommittee on Shipping

Working Group on International Shipping Legisla-tion

Special Committee on PreferencesCommittee on Transfer of Technology

Joint Advisory Group on the UNCTAD/GATT InternationalTrade Centre

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)United Nations Capital Development Fund

Executive BoardUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization

(UNIDO)Industrial Development Board

Permanent Committee

Committee on the Drafting of a Constitution for theUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization*

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Governing CouncilEnvironment Co-ordination Board

Preparatory Committee for Habitat: United Nations Con-ference on Human Settlements

United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements Founda-tion*

Advisory Board*United Nations Special Fund

Board of GovernorsGroup of Experts on the Structure of the United Nations

System†Ad Hoc Committee on the Restructuring of the Economic

and Social Sectors of the United Nations System*World Food CouncilUnited Nations Institute for Training and Research

(UNITAR)Board of Trustees

United Nations UniversityCouncil of the United Nations University

Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Youth†United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)Committee on the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationSpecial Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affect-

ing the Human Rights of the Population of the Oc-cupied Territories

Special Committee to Select the Winners of the UnitedNations Human Rights Prize

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner forRefugees (UNHCR)

Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Pro-gramme

Sub-Committee on International Protection*Group of Experts on the Draft Convention on Territorial

Asylum†Consultative Committee for the Conference of the Inter-

national Women's Year†Group of Experts on the Establishment of an International

Research and Training Institute for the Advancementof Women*

Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole AssemblyUnited Nations Joint Staff Pension Board

Standing Committee of the Pension BoardCommittee of Actuaries

United Nations Staff Pension CommitteeInvestments CommitteeBoard of AuditorsPanel of External AuditorsJoint Inspection UnitConsultative Panel on Public InformationCommittee on ConferencesInternational Civil Service Commission

Advisory Committee on Post Adjustment Questions*Working Group on United Nations Programme and Bud-

get Machinery†Negotiating Committee on the Financial Emergency of

the United Nations*United Nations Administrative TribunalCommittee on Applications for Review of Administrative

Tribunal JudgementsInternational Law CommissionCommittee on Arrangements for a Conference for the

Purpose of Reviewing the CharterAd Hoc Committee on the Charter of the United Nations†Commission on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural

ResourcesAdvisory Committee on the United Nations Programme

of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Disseminationand Wider Appreciation of International Law


United Nations Commission on International Trade Law(UNCITRAL)

Working Group on the International Sale of GoodsWorking Group on International Legislation on Ship-

pingWorking Group on International Negotiable Instruments

Committee on Relations with the Host CountryWorking Group

Interim Committee of the General AssemblyEach Member of the United Nations has the right to

be represented on the Interim Committee of the GeneralAssembly. It did not meet in 1975.

Special Committee on Peace-keeping OperationsIn 1975, the Special Committee on Peace-keeping

Operations held meetings at United Nations Headquarters,New York, on 14 March and 17 November.

Members in 1975: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Aus-tralia, Austria, Brazil (Vice-Chairman), Canada (Vice-Chairman), Czechoslovakia (Vice-Chairman), Denmark,Egypt (Rapporteur), El Salvador, Ethiopia, France,Hungary, India, Iraq, Italy, Japan (Vice-Chairman),Mauritania, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria (Chairman),Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sierra Leone, Spain,Thailand, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Vene-zuela, Yugoslavia.

WORKING GROUPMembers in 1975: Argentina, France, India, Pakistan,

USSR, United Kingdom, United States and the officersof the Special Committee on Peace-keeping Operations(Brazil, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Japan, Nigeria).

Disarmament CommissionThe Disarmament Commission consists of all the Mem-

bers of the United Nations. It did not meet in 1975.

Ad Hoc Committee on the World Disarmament ConferenceIn 1975, the Ad Hoc Committee on the World Disarma-

ment Conference held meetings at United Nations Head-quarters, New York, between 1 April and 27 August.

Members in 1975: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium,Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, Chile, Colombia,Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Hungary, India, Indo-nesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Liberia, Mexico,Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan,Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sri Lanka,Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire,Zambia.

France, the USSR and the United Kingdom participatedin the work of the Ad Hoc Committee, while China andthe United States maintained contact with it through itsChairman, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 3183(XXVIII) of 18 December 1973.

Chairman: Fereydoun Hoveyda (Iran).Vice-Chairmen: Zdzislav Ludwiczak (Poland),* Patrice

Mikanagu (Burundi), Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peru).Rapporteur: Antonio Ellas (Spain).

* Elected on 1 April 1975 to replace Eugeniusz Kulaga(Poland), who was unable to attend the 1975 meetings.

Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the Role of theUnited Nations in the Field of Disarmament

On 12 December 1975, the General Assembly estab-lished an ad hoc committee to conduct a basic review

of the role of the United Nations in disarmament. It wasto be open to the participation of all Member Statesand was to report to the Assembly at its thirty-firstsession.

The Ad Hoc Committee did not meet in 1975.

Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian OceanThe Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean held a

series of meetings at United Nations Headquarters, NewYork, between 5 June and 7 October 1975.

Members in 1975: Australia, Bangladesh, China, India,Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar,Malaysia, Mauritius, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka,United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia.

Chairman: H. S. Amerasinghe (Sri Lanka).Vice-Chairman: Djoko Joewono (Indonesia).Rapporteur: Henri Rasolondraibe (Madagascar).

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer SpaceThe Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

held its eighteenth session at United Nations Headquar-ters, New York, from 9 to 20 June 1975.

Members in 1975: Albania.* Argentina, Australia, Austria,Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chad, Chile, Cze-choslovakia, Egypt, France, German Democratic Re-public, Germany, Federal Republic of, Hungary, India,Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico,Mongolia, Morocco,* Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Ro-mania, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Sweden, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Venezuela.

* Did not attend the eighteenth session.

Chairman: Peter Jankowitsch (Austria).Vice-Chairman: Ion Datcu (Romania).Rapporteur: Luiz Felipe de Seixas-Corrêa (Brazil) (until

9 June 1975), Luiz Paulo Lindenberg Sette (Brazil)(from 9 June 1975).

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SUB-COMMITTEEThe Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee, a com-

mittee of the whole, held its twelfth session at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 21 April to 2 May1975.

Chairman: J. H. Carver (Australia).

LEGAL SUB-COMMITTEEThe Legal Sub-Committee, a committee of the whole,

held its fourteenth session at United Nations Headquar-ters, New York, from 10 February to 7 March 1975.

Chairman: Eugeniusz Wyzner (Poland).

WORKING GROUP ON DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITESThe Working Group did not meet in 1975.

WORKING GROUP ON A NAVIGATIONSERVICES SATELLITE SYSTEM

The Working Group adjourned sine die in July 1967.

United Nations Scientific Advisory CommitteeMembers in 1975: Brazil, Canada, France, India, USSR,

United Kingdom, United States.

The Committee did not meet in 1975.

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United Nations Scientific Committee on theEffects of Atomic Radiation

The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effectsof Atomic Radiation held its twenty-fourth session atUnited Nations Headquarters, New York, from 15 to 19September 1975.

Members in 1975: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil,Canada, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, France, Germany,Federal Republic of, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico,Peru, Poland, Sudan, Sweden, USSR, United Kingdom,United States.

Chairman: F. H. Sobels (Belgium).Vice-Chairman: M. Klimek (Czechoslovakia).Rapporteur: Z. Jaworowski (Poland).

Panel for Inquiry and ConciliationThe Panel for Inquiry and Conciliation was established

by the General Assembly in 1949 (by resolution268 D (III))' to consist of qualified persons, designatedby United Nations Member States, each to serve a termof five years.

The Panel was not called upon in 1975.

Peace Observation CommissionThe Peace Observation Commission did not meet in

1975.

Members (until 31 December 1975): Czechoslovakia,France, Honduras, India, Iraq, Israel, New Zealand,Pakistan, Sweden, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Uruguay.

On 8 December 1975, the General Assembly, on theproposal of its President, reappointed the members ofthe Commission for 1976 and 1977, excepting Iraq, whichexpressed its desire not to be reappointed.

Collective Measures CommitteeMembers in 1975: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Burma,

Canada, Egypt, France, Mexico, Philippines, Turkey,United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.


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

of 3 November 1950 (resolution 377(V))2 called for theappointment of military experts to be available, on re-quest, to United Nations Member States wishing to obtaintechnical advice on the organization, training and equip-ment of elements within their national armed forceswhich could be made available, in accordance withnational constitutional processes, for service as a unit orunits of the United Nations upon the recommendationof the Security Council or the General Assembly.

United Nations Conciliation Commission for PalestineMembers in 1975: France, Turkey, United States.

Committee on the Exercise of the InalienableRights of the Palestinian People

On 10 November 1975, the General Assembly estab-lished the Committee on the Exercise of the InalienableRights of the Palestinian People, consisting of 20 MemberStates appointed by the Assembly. The Committee was tosubmit its report to the Secretary-General no later than1 June 1976, for transmittal to the Security Council; it

was to report further to the Assembly at its thirty-firstsession.


Members:* Afghanistan, Cuba, Cyprus, German Demo-cratic Republic, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia,Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Malay-sia, Malta, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone,Tunisia, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR, Yugoslavia.

* Appointed on 17 December 1975.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for PalestineRefugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Commissioner-General: Sir John Shaw Rennie.Deputy Commissioner-General: Thomas W. McElhiney.

ADVISORY COMMISSION OF UNRWAIn 1975, the Advisory Commission of UNRWA held

meetings at Beirut, Lebanon on 21 March, 12 June and4 September.

Members in 1975: Belgium, Egypt, France (Chairman,March meeting), Japan (Chairman, June meeting),Jordan (Chairman, September meeting), Lebanon,Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, United Kingdom, UnitedStates.

WORKING GROUP ON THE FINANCING OF UNRWAMembers in 1975: France, Ghana (Vice-Chairman), Japan,

Lebanon, Norway (Rapporteur), Trinidad and Tobago,Turkey (Chairman), United Kingdom, United States.

Special Committee on the Situation with regard to theImplementation of the Declaration on the Granting of

Independence to Colonial Countries and PeoplesMembers in 1975: Afghanistan, Australia, Bulgaria, Chile,

China, Congo, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,*Ethiopia, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast,Mali, Sierra Leone, Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad andTobago, Tunisia, USSR, United Republic of Tanzania,Yugoslavia.

* Resigned with effect from 31 December 1975. On 11December 1975, the General Assembly appointed Norwayto fill the resulting vacancy from 1 January 1976.

Chairman: Salim Ahmed Salim (United Republic ofTanzania).

Vice-Chairmen: Chaidir Anwar Sani (Indonesia), A. DuncanCampbell (Australia), Ivan G. Garvalov (Bulgaria).

Rapporteur: Vincent David Lasse (Trinidad and Tobago).

WORKING GROUPIn 1975, the Working Group of the Special Committee,

which functions as a steering committee, consisted ofthe Congo, Cuba, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia andthe five officers of the Special Committee.

SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS AND INFORMATIONMembers in 1975: Cuba, Czechoslovakia, India, Indonesia,

Iraq (Chairman), Ivory Coast, Mali, Sierra Leone.

SUB-COMMITTEE IMembers in 1975: Chile, China, Congo, Cuba, Mali, Sierra

Leone, Syrian Arab Republic (Chairman), USSR,Yugoslavia.

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See Y.U.N., 1948-1949, pp. 416-17.2

See Y.U.N., 1950, pp. 193-95.


SUB-COMMITTEE IIMembers in 1975: Afghanistan (Rapporteur), Australia,

Bulgaria, Chile, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,Ethiopia (Chairman), Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,Ivory Coast (Vice-Chairman), Syrian Arab Republic,Trinidad and Tobago.

WORKING GROUP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION BY THESPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND THE INTERNATIONALINSTITUTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNITED NATIONSOF THE DECLARATION ON THE GRANTING OF INDEPEN-DENCE TO COLONIAL COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES ANDOTHER RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Members in 1975: Bulgaria (Chairman), Denmark, India,Iraq, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania.

Special Committee against ApartheidMembers in 1975: Algeria, German Democratic Republic,*

Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia,*Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Somalia,Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Trinidad and Tobago,Ukrainian SSR.

* Appointed on 19 March 1975 by the President of thetwenty-ninth session of the General Assembly, in pur-suance of the Assembly's decisions of 8 December 1970and 16 December 1974 to enlarge the membership of theSpecial Committee against Apartheid, thus increasing itfrom 16 to 18.

Chairman: Edwin Ogebe Ogbu (Nigeria) (until 3 Septem-ber 1975), Mrs. Jeanne Martin Cisse (Guinea) (from15 October 1975).

Vice-Chairmen: V. N. Martynenko (Ukrainian SSR), EustaceSeignoret (Trinidad and Tobago) (until 14 August 1975),Raoul Siclait (Haiti) (from 15 October 1975).

Rapporteur: Nicasio G. Valderrama (Philippines).

SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS AND INFORMATIONMembers in 1975: Algeria (Chairman), German Democratic

Republic, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Trinidadand Tobago, Ukrainian SSR.

SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE IMPLEMENTATIONOF UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTIONSAND COLLABORATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA

Members in 1975: Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, Malaysia(Chairman), Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Somalia, Sudan,Syrian Arab Republic.

Committee of Trustees of the United NationsTrust Fund for South Africa

Members in 1975: Chile, Morocco, Nigeria (Vice-Chair-man), Pakistan, Sweden (Chairman).

United Nations Council for NamibiaMembers in 1975: Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Bots-

wana, Burundi, Chile, China, Colombia, Egypt, Finland,Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Liberia, Mexico,Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Turkey,USSR, Yugoslavia, Zambia.

President: Rupiah Bwenza Banda (Zambia).*

* On 28 October 1975, the United Nations Council forNamibia elected Dunstan Weston Kamana (Zambia) asPresident with effect from 1 January 1976.

The Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of the Council'sthree standing committees comprise a steering committeewhich performs the functions usually entrusted to arapporteur.

United Nations Commissioner for Namibia: SeanMacBride.*

* On 26 November 1975, the General Assembly ex-tended Sean MacBride's appointment for a further periodof one year to expire on 31 December 1976.

STANDING COMMITTEE IMembers in 1975: Algeria, China, Colombia, Finland

(Vice-Chairman), Haiti, Indonesia, Nigeria (Chairman),Poland, Senegal, Turkey, USSR, Zambia.

STANDING COMMITTEE IIMembers in 1975: Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Chile,

Liberia, Mexico, Pakistan (Vice-Chairman), Romania(Chairman), Zambia.

STANDING COMMITTEE IIIMembers in 1975: Burundi, Egypt, Guyana (Vice-Chair-

man), India (Chairman), Yugoslavia, Zambia.

COMMITTEE ON THE UNITEDNATIONS FUND FOR NAMIBIAMembers in 1975: Finland, India, Nigeria, Senegal, Turkey,

Yugoslavia; the President of the Council (Chairman)and the United Nations Commissioner for Namibia(ex officio).

Sub-Committee on the Situation in AngolaMembers: Benin, Bolivia, Finland, Malaysia, Sudan.

The Sub-Committee reported to both the GeneralAssembly and the Security Council in 1961 and 1962.It adjourned sine die after consideration of its report tothe General Assembly's seventeenth session in December1962.

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

Members in 1975: Canada (Chairman), Denmark, India,United Republic of Tanzania, Venezuela, Zaire, Zambia.

United Nations Conference on Tradeand Development (UNCTAD)

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Develop-ment consists of those States which are Members of theUnited Nations or members of the specialized agenciesor of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD

The Trade and Development Board is a permanentorgan of the United Nations Conference on Trade andDevelopment and consists of 68 members elected fromthe following four groups of States members of UNCTAD:

Group A. 29 of the following States: Afghanistan, Algeria,Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burma,Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde,* Central AfricanRepublic, Chad, China, Congo, Democratic People'sRepublic of Korea,* Democratic Yemen, Egypt, Equa-torial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana,Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,* India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People'sDemocratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, LibyanArab Republic, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozam-bique,* Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philip-pines, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of SouthViet-Nam, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe,* SaudiArabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia,South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian ArabRepublic, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United

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Arab Emirates, United Republic of Cameroon, UnitedRepublic of Tanzania, Upper Volta, Western Samoa,Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia.

Group B. 21 of the following States: Australia, Austria,Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France,Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, Holy See,Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxem-bourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand,Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-land, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.

Group C. 11 of the following States: Argentina, Baha-mas,* Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, CostaRica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,Grenada,* Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru,Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Group D. 7 of the following States: Albania, Bulgaria,Byelorussian SSR, Czechoslovakia, German DemocraticRepublic,* Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukrainian SSR,USSR.

Members of the Trade and Development Board areelected at each regular session of the Conference andserve until the election of their successors.

The States listed with an asterisk (*) became membersof UNCTAD after the third session of the Conference,held at Santiago, Chile, from 13 April to 21 May 1972.

During 1975, the following States became Members ofthe United Nations and, ipso facto, of UNCTAD: CapeVerde, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe, on 16September; Papua New Guinea, on 10 October; the Co-moros, on 12 November; and Surinam, on 4 December.For the purpose of elections, the Board decided on 30 Sep-tember 1975 that Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Sao Tomeand Principe should be treated as if they were among thecountries listed in Group A; and, earlier, on 10 March1975, that Grenada, which became a member of UNCTADon 17 September 1974, as if it were among those listedin Group C. The group listings for Guinea-Bissau and theBahamas were decided upon in 1974; those for the Demo-cratic People's Republic of Korea and the GermanDemocratic Republic, in 1973.

No decision was taken in 1975 with respect to thegroup listings for the Comoros, Papua New Guinea andSurinam.

BOARD MEMBERS IN 1975Group A: China, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, India,

Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Libyan ArabRepublic, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal,Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Senegal, SriLanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Uganda,Upper Volta, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

Group B: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,Finland, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece,Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nor-way, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United King-dom, United States.

Group C: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Group D: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland,Romania, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.

SESSIONS DURING 1975

During 1975, the Trade and Development Board heldthe following sessions, all at Geneva, Switzerland: itssixth special session, from 10 to 21 March; the secondpart of its fourteenth session, on 29 April; the first partof its fifteenth session, from 5 to 16 August, and thesecond part, from 30 September to 2 October.

OFFICERS (BUREAU) OF THE BOARD IN 1975Fourteenth (second part) and sixth special sessionsPresident: Andrey Lukanov (Bulgaria).*Vice-Presidents: Tibor Fabian (Hungary), Jean Fernand-

Laurent (France), Kamal Hasa (Jordan), Martin J. Huslid(Norway), Cinyanta Mutati Kasasa (Zaire), Milos Lalovic(Yugoslavia), Augusto Legnani (Uruguay),† MisbahIbrahim Oreibi (Libyan Arab Republic), Jose SerrateAguilera (Bolivia), Colin F. Teese (Australia).

Rapporteur: Lawrence L. Herman (Canada).**

*ln the absence of the President, Martin J. Huslid(Norway) presided over the second part of the fourteenthsession and Milos Lalovic (Yugoslavia), over the sixthspecial session.

†Did not attend the sixth special session; replaced byPedro Dondo (Uruguay), who was elected by the Boardon 12 March 1975.

**Did not attend the second part of the fourteenthsession; replaced by Richard N. Tetu (Canada), who waselected by the Board on 29 April 1975.

Fifteenth session (first and second parts)President: Kenneth K. S. Dadzie (Ghana).Vice-Presidents: Carlos Alzamora Traverse (Peru), W.

Berhanu (Ethiopia), Antonio Biasi (Italy), TomasGuillermo Ello (Bolivia), Moussa-AI-Reza Ghannadian(Iran),* Janos Nyerges (Hungary),* Luc Putman (Bel-gium), Ismael M. Thajeb (Indonesia),* Tom G. R.Tscherning (Sweden), Kiyohiko Tsurumi (Japan).

Rapporteur: Stefan Wolnik (Poland).

*Did not attend the second part of the fifteenth ses-sion; replaced, respectively, by Siavoch Siassi (Iran), whowas elected by the Board on 2 October 1975, Tibor Fa-bian (Hungary) and Thobias Awuy (Indonesia), who wereelected by the Board on 30 September 1975.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE BOARDAND TO THE COMMITTEE ON COMMODITIES

The Advisory Committee did not meet in 1975.

Members (until 14 February 1975):*S. Osman Ali (Pakistan), elected by the Board as Chair-

man;S. R. Sen (India), nominated by FAO as a person spe-

cifically concerned with agricultural primary commodi-ties;

Bénié Nioupin (Ivory Coast), nominated by the Contract-ing Parties to GATT;

and the following who were appointed by the Boardon the recommendation of the Secretary-General ofUNCTAD:

Michel Cépède (France), as a person with special know-ledge and experience in the problems relating to pri-mary commodities in major consuming countries;

Isaiah Frank (United States), as a person of wide experi-ence in the problems confronting developing countrieswhose economies are primarily dependent on the pro-duction and international marketing of primary com-modities;

D. I. Kostyukhin (USSR), as a person particularly fa-miliar with the problems of State trading in primarycommodities;

Antonio Sanchez de Lozada Bustamante (Bolivia), as aperson particularly concerned with non-agricultural pri-mary commodities.

*Appointment of the succeeding members of the Ad-visory Committee did not take place in 1975.


SUBSIDIARY ORGANS OF THETRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD

The following are the main subsidiary bodies of theTrade and Development Board:

Committee on CommoditiesPermanent Group on Synthetics and SubstitutesCommittee on Tungsten

Committee on ManufacturesCommittee on Invisibles and Financing related to TradeCommittee on Shipping

Working Group on International Shipping LegislationSpecial Committee on PreferencesCommittee on Transfer of Technology

The main committees of the Board are open to theparticipation of all interested States members ofUNCTAD, on the understanding that those wishing toattend a particular session of one or more of the maincommittees communicate their intention to the Secretary-General of UNCTAD during the preceding regular sessionof the Board. On the basis of such notifications, theBoard determines the membership of the main commit-tees.

COMMITTEE ON COMMODITIESIn 1975, the Committee on Commodities held its eighth

session, in three parts, all at Geneva, Switzerland, asfollows: the first part, from 10 to 21 February; the second,from 21 to 25 July; and the third, from 8 to 19 December.

Members in 1975: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria,Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi,Canada, Central African Republic, Chad,* Chile, China,Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Demo-cratic People's Republic of Korea, Denmark, DominicanRepublic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,* Ethiopia, Fin-land, France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic,Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guate-mala, Guinea,* Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia,Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica,Japan, Kenya, Libyan Arab Republic, Madagascar,Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama,† Peru, Philippines,Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic of South Viet-Nam,** Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, SyrianArab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, USSR, United Kingdom,United Republic of Cameroon,† United States, UpperVolta, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

* Was not represented at any of the three parts of theeighth session.

† Panama was declared elected by the Trade and De-velopment Board on 29 April 1975 and the United Repub-lic of Cameroon, on 30 September 1975, thus bringingthe total membership of the Committee to 89.

** Was not represented at any of the three parts of theeighth session; the Republic of Viet-Nam was representedat the first part.

Chairman: I. S. Chadha (India).Vice-Chairmen: Jacques Cuttat (Switzerland), Carlos

Iturralde (Bolivia),* Maamoun Kurdi (Saudi Arabia), G.H. Okello (Kenya).† K. P. Semenov (USSR).

Rapporteur: John K. E. Broadley (United Kingdom).

* Did not attend the third part of the eighth session;replaced by Tomás Guillermo Ello (Bolivia), who waselected by the Committee on 8 December 1975.

† Did not attend the second part of the eighth session;replaced by J. L. M. Amissah (Ghana), who was electedby the Committee on 21 July 1975.

The Committee on Commodities has a Permanent Sub-Committee on Commodities.

PERMANENT GROUP ON SYNTHETICS AND SUBSTITUTESThe Permanent Group on Synthetics and Substitutes

did not meet in 1975.

Members in 1975: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chad.Egypt,* France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Indo-nesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,* Netherlands,Nigeria, Philippines,* Poland, Republic of South Viet-Nam, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda, USSR,United Kingdom, United States.

* Became a member of the Permanent Group by adecision of 21 February 1975 of the Committee on Com-modities.

COMMITTEE ON TUNGSTENThe Commitee on Tungsten held its ninth session at

Geneva, Switzerland, from 28 July to 1 August 1975.

Members in 1975: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium,Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus,* France, Gabon,Germany, Federal Republic of, Italy, Japan, Mexico,Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic ofKorea, Romania, Rwanda,* Spain, Sweden, Thailand,Turkey,* USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

* Did not attend the ninth session.

Chairman: J. van Diest (Netherlands).Vice-Chairman/Rapporteur: V. B. Schneider (Canada).

COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURES

The Committee on Manufactures held its seventh ses-sion at Geneva, Switzerland, from 23 June to 4 July 1975.

Members: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangla-desh,* Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cen-tral African Republic,* Chile, China, Colombia, CostaRica,* Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Re-public of Korea, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecua-dor, Egypt, El Salvador,* Ethiopia, Finland, France,German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Re-public of, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary,India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast,Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Libyan Arab Republic, Mada-gascar,* Malaysia, Mali,* Mauritius,* Mexico, Nether-lands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,Panama.† Peru, Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea,Republic of South Viet-Nam,* Romania, Saudi Arabia,*Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switz-erland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Upper Volta,Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

* Did not attend the seventh session.† Declared elected by the Trade and Development

Board on 29 April 1975, thus bringing the total member-ship of the Committee to 79.

Chairman: Bénié Nioupin (Ivory Coast).Vice-Chairmen: Susanta de Alwis (Sri Lanka), Robert R.

Brungart (United States), Tomás Guillermo Ello (Bo-livia), Misbah Ibrahim Oreibi (Libyan Arab Republic),Mrs. E. J. Szabo (Hungary).

Rapporteur: Miss A. M. Plate (Netherlands).

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On 30 September 1975, the Trade and DevelopmentBoard confirmed that at its next regular (eighth) sessionthe Committee on Manufactures would comprise the fol-lowing 81 members:

Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bel-gium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Central AfricanRepublic, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba,Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt,El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, German Demo-cratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of,Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indo-nesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica,Japan, Jordan,* Kenya, Libyan Arab Republic, Mada-gascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands,New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru,Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic ofSouth Viet-Nam, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland,Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, USSR,United Kingdom, United Republic of Cameroon,* UnitedStates, Upper Volta, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia,Zaire.

COMMITTEE ON SHIPPING

The Committee on Shipping held its seventh session atGeneva, Switzerland, from 10 to 21 November 1975.

Members in 1975: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangla-desh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cen-tral African Republic,* Chile, China, Colombia, CostaRica,* Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Re-public of Korea,* Denmark, Dominican Republic,*Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,* Ethiopia, Finland, France,Gabon, German Democratic Republic, Germany, Fed-eral Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea,*Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran,* Iraq, Israel,Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait,Libyan Arab Republic,* Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauri-tius,* Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua,*Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland,Republic of Korea, Republic of South Viet-Nam,*Romania, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand,Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United Republic of Cameroon,† UnitedStates, Upper Volta,* Uruguay,† Venezuela, Yugoslavia,Zaire.

Jordan was declared elected by the Board on 13 Au-gust 1975 and the United Republic of Cameroon, on30 September 1975.

COMMITTEE ON INVISIBLES AND FINANCINGRELATED TO TRADE

The Committee on Invisibles and Financing related toTrade held its seventh session at Geneva, Switzerland,from 27 October to 7 November 1975.

Members in 1975: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria,Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi,*Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China,*Colombia, Costa Rica,* Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Demo-cratic People's Republic of Korea,* Denmark, Domini-can Republic,* Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,* Ethiopia,Finland, France, German Democratic Republic, Ger-many, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala,Guinea,* Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran,Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya,Kuwait, Lebanon, Libyan Arab Republic, Madagascar,Malaysia, Mali,* Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama,† Peru,Philippines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Republic ofSouth Viet-Nam,* Romania, Saudi Arabia,* Senegal,Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian ArabRepublic, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,Turkey, Uganda,* USSR, United Kingdom, United Re-public of Cameroon,† United States, Upper Volta,*Uruguay.† Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

* Did not attend the seventh session.† Panama was declared elected by the Trade and De-

velopment Board on 29 April 1975; the United Republicof Cameroon, on 30 September 1975; and Uruguay, on13 August 1975, thus bringing the total membership ofthe Committee to 87.

Chairman: Mohammad Saleem (Pakistan).Vice-Chairmen: Paul Blanc (France), Robert R. Brungart

(United States), Joseph Anthony Kandie Kipsani(Kenya), Jose A. Martínez Ramirez (Venezuela), DeianPopov (Bulgaria).

Rapporteur: Miss Patience R. King (Ghana).

* Did not attend the seventh session.† The United Republic of Cameroon was declared

elected by the Trade and Development Board on 30 Sep-tember 1975 and Uruguay, on 13 August 1975, thusbringing the total membership of the Committee to 79.

Chairman: Bertil Voss (Sweden).Vice-Chairmen: Kamil Ahmed AI-Attar (Iraq), Ernesto

Marziota Delgado (Cuba), John Onochie (Nigeria), G.M. Schuthe (Canada), Rainer Vogel (German Demo-cratic Republic).

Rapporteur: Luis Alberto Amado Castro (Mexico).

WORKING GROUP ONINTERNATIONAL SHIPPING LEGISLATION

The Working Group held its fourth session at Geneva,Switzerland, from 27 January to 7 February 1975.

Members (until 25 April 1975): Argentina, Belgium, Brazil,Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czechoslovakia,Denmark, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, FederalRepublic of, Ghana, Greece, Hungary,* India, Indo-nesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Mada-gascar,* Mexico, Nigeria,* Norway, Pakistan, Poland,Spain, Sri Lanka,* Thailand, Uganda,* USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Venezuela, Zaire.

* Did not attend the fourth session.

Chairman: Rolf Herber (Germany, Federal Republic of).Vice-Chairmen: G. Ivanov (USSR), Nelson D. Laviña

(Philippines), Y. K. Quartey (Ghana).Rapporteur: Luis Alberto Amado Castro (Mexico).

On 17 November 1975, the Committee on Shippingincreased the membership of the Working Group from38 to 43 and elected the following members for a three-year term ending on 25 April 1978:

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile,Colombia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Ethiopia, France,German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Re-public of, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia,Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Madagascar, Mexico,Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines,Poland, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Uganda,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela,Yugoslavia, Zaire.


SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PREFERENCES

The Special Committee on Preferences is open to theparticipation of all States members of UNCTAD.

It did not meet in 1975.

COMMITTEE ON TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY

The Committee on Transfer of Technology held itsfirst session at Geneva, Switzerland, from 24 Novemberto 5 December 1975.

Members in 7975:* Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium,Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia,Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea,** Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia,† Finland, France,German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Re-public of, Ghana, Greece, Honduras,† Hungary, India,Indonesia, Iran,** Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast.†Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Libyan Arab Repub-lic,** Malaysia, Malta.† Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands,New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philip-pines, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, SaudiArabia, Sierra Leone,** Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,†Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago,Turkey, USSR, United Arab Emirates,† ** United King-dom, United Republic of Cameroon,** United States,Upper Volta,** Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

* Initially consisted of 63 members when the Tradeand Development Board constituted the Committee on29 April 1975.

† Declared elected by the Board on 13 August 1975,bringing the total membership of the Committee to 69.

** Did not attend the first session.

Chairman: Miguel Wionczek (Mexico).Vice-Chairmen: John K. E. Broadley (United Kingdom), J.

Ghani (Iraq), E. Lartey (Ghana), Enrique A. Pareja(Argentina), Ivan Sronek (Czechoslovakia).

Rapporteur: Richard N. Tetu (Canada).

Joint Advisory Group on the UNCTAD/GATTInternational Trade Centre

The Joint Advisory Group was established in accord-ance with an agreement between UNCTAD and the Gen-eral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)3 effectiveon 1 January 1968, the date on which the InternationalTrade Centre commenced operations under the jointsponsorship of UNCTAD and GATT.

Participation in the Joint Advisory Group is open toall States members of UNCTAD and all ContractingParties to GATT.

The Joint Advisory Group held its eighth session atGeneva, Switzerland, from 14 to 17 January 1975.

Chairman: M. H. E. Moerel (Netherlands).Vice-Chairman: Thobias Awuy (Indonesia).

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

GOVERNING COUNCIL

The Governing Council of the United Nations Develop-ment Programme reports to the Economic and SocialCouncil and through it to the General Assembly. (Seebelow, under THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL.)

United Nations Capital Development FundThe United Nations Capital Development Fund was

set up as an organ of the General Assembly to functionas an autonomous organization within the United Nationsframework, with the control of its policies and operationsto be exercised by a 24-member Executive Board elected

by the General Assembly from Members of the UnitedNations or members of the specialized agencies or ofthe International Atomic Energy Agency. The chief execu-tive officer of the Fund, the Managing Director, exerciseshis functions under the general direction of the Execu-tive Board. The Executive Board reports to the GeneralAssembly through the Economic and Social Council.

EXECUTIVE BOARDOn 28 November 1975, the General Assembly recon-

firmed its decision of 15 December 1967 that, on a provi-sional basis, the Governing Council of UNDP (see below,under THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL) shouldact as the Executive Board of the United Nations CapitalDevelopment Fund.

Managing Director (provisional):* Rudolph A. Peterson.

* On 28 November 1975, the General Assembly re-confirmed its decision of 15 December 1967 that, on aprovisional basis, the Administrator of UNDP be askedto act as the Managing Director of the United NationsCapital Development Fund.

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)The United Nations Industrial Development Organiza-

tion was established by the General Assembly and func-tions as an autonomous organization within the UnitedNations. States eligible for election to the IndustrialDevelopment Board, its principal organ, are those whichare Members of the United Nations or members of thespecialized agencies or of the International AtomicEnergy Agency.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD

The Industrial Development Board consists of 45 Stateselected by the General Assembly with due regard forthe principle of equitable geographical distribution. Mem-bers serve three-year terms, the terms of one third ofthe members expiring each year.

The Board reports annually to the Assembly throughthe Economic and Social Council.

The Board's membership is drawn from the followingfour groups of States:

List A.* 18 of the following States: Afghanistan, Algeria,Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burma,Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde,† Central African Re-public, Chad, China, Comoros,† Congo, DemocraticYemen, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon,Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indo-nesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya,Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon,Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Republic, Madagascar,Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,† Nepal, Niger, Nigeria,Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea,† Philippines,Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of South Viet-Nam,Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe,† Saudi Arabia, Sene-gal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa,Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic,Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates,United Republic of Cameroon, United Republic ofTanzania, Upper Volta, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire,Zambia.

List B.* 15 of the following States: Australia, Austria,Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France,Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, Holy See,

3 For further information on GATT, see PART TWO, CHAPTER

XVI, of this volume.

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Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxem-bourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nor-way, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey,United Kingdom, United States.

List C. 7 of the following States: Argentina, Bahamas,Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica,Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suri-nam,** Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela.

List D. 5 of the following States: Albania, Bulgaria,Byelorussian SSR, Czechoslovakia, German DemocraticRepublic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukrainian SSR,USSR.

* On 28 November 1975, the General Assembly deletedWestern Samoa from list A and San Marino from list Bof those States eligible for membership in the Board.

† Included in list A by decision of the Assembly on28 November 1975.

** Included in list C by decision of the Assembly on9 December 1975.

The Industrial Development Board held its ninth ses-sion at Vienna, Austria, from 21 April to 2 May 1975.

BOARD MEMBERS IN 1975To serve until 31 December 1975: China, Finland, Ger-

many, Federal Republic of, Greece, Iran, Liberia,*Mexico, Nigeria, Romania, Rwanda,* Spain, Sri Lanka,United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Argentina, Austria,Belgium, Gabon,* Italy, Jamaica, Madagascar,* Nor-way, Philippines, Poland, Switzerland, Tunisia, USSR,United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia.*

To serve until 31 December 1977: Algeria, Brazil, Cuba,Czechoslovakia, France, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast,Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Netherlands, Peru, Sweden,United States.


President: Dumitru Aninoiu (Romania).Vice-Presidents: Hassan Ali Dabbagh (Kuwait), Gilman

Rutihinda (United Republic of Tanzania), Karl Wolf(Austria).

Rapporteur: Juan Manuel Kirschenbaum (Argentina).

Executive Director of UNIDO: Abd-EI Rahman Khane.*

* Appointed by the Secretary-General for a four-yearterm beginning on 1 January 1975 and expiring on 31 De-cember 1978. The appointment was confirmed by theGeneral Assembly on 18 December 1974.

On 9 December 1975, the General Assembly electedthe following 15 members of the Industrial DevelopmentBoard for a three-year term starting on 1 January 1976to fill the vacancies occurring on 31 December 1975:China, Denmark, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece,Grenada, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, Nigeria, Romania, Turkey,United Kingdom, United Republic of Cameroon, UpperVolta, Venezuela.

BOARD MEMBERS FOR 1976

List A: Algeria, China, Gabon, India, Indonesia, Iran,Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Ni-geria, Philippines, Tunisia, United Republic of Came-roon, United Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta,Zambia.

List B: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany,Federal Republic of, Greece, Italy, Japan, Nether-lands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UnitedKingdom, United States.

List C: Argentina, Brazil, Grenada, Jamaica, Mexico,Peru, Venezuela.

List D: Cuba,* Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, USSR.

* At the elections to the Industrial Development Boardheld in 1966, 1968, 1971 and 1974, the General Assemblydecided on each of those particular occasions and ineach of those particular cases that Cuba, at its request,be included among the States listed in part D of theAnnex to the Assembly's resolution 2152(XXI) of 17 No-vember 1966, which dealt with, inter alia, the composi-tion of the Board.

PERMANENT COMMITTEEThe Permanent Committee has the same membership

as the Industrial Development Board and meets twice ayear.

During 1975, the Permanent Committee held the sec-ond part of its fifth session, from 20 to 27 January, andits sixth session, from 1 to 10 December, both at Vienna,Austria.

Officers, fifth session (second part)Chairman: Jorge Pablo Fernandini (Peru).Vice-Chairmen: Karel Komarek (Czechoslovakia), Nou-

reddine Mejdoub (Tunisia), Manicam Sivanathan (SriLanka).*

Rapporteur: Marion L. Gribble (United States).

* Did not attend the second part of the fifth session.

Officers, sixth sessionChairman: Dumitru Aninoiu (Romania).Vice-Chairmen: Hassan Ali Dabbagh (Kuwait), Gilman

Rutihinda (United Republic of Tanzania), Karl Wolf(Austria).

Rapporteur: Juan Manuel Kirschenbaum (Argentina).

Committee on the Drafting of a Constitution for theUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization

The Committee on the Drafting of a Constitution forthe United Nations Industrial Development Organization,an intergovernmental committee of the whole of the Gen-eral Assembly, was established by the Assembly on16 September 1975, when it endorsed the recommenda-tion of the Second General Conference of the UnitedNations Industrial Development Organization to convertthat organization into a specialized agency. The Com-mittee was to be open to the participation of all States,including those which participated in the Second GeneralConference.


United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

GOVERNING COUNCILThe Governing Council of the United Nations Environ-

ment Programme consists of 58 members elected by theGeneral Assembly for three-year terms, the terms of onethird of the members expiring each year.

Seats on the Governing Council are allocated asfollows: 16 to African States, 13 to Asian States, 10 toLatin American States, 13 to Western European and otherStates and 6 to Eastern European States.

The Governing Council, which reports to the Assemblythrough the Economic and Social Council, held itsthird session at Nairobi, Kenya, from 17 April to 2 May1975.


Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Australia, Burundi,

Central African Republic, Chile, German DemocraticRepublic, Iraq, Jordan, Madagascar,* Mexico, Nether-lands, Nicaragua,* Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama,* Poland,Senegal, Sri Lanka, Turkey, United Kingdom, UnitedRepublic of Tanzania.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Argentina, Canada,China, Czechoslovakia, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guate-mala, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mo-rocco, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sweden, SyrianArab Republic,* Yugoslavia.

To serve until 31 December 1977: Brazil, Colombia,Egypt, Finland, Germany, Federal Republic of, India,Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Libyan Arab Republic, Ma-laysia, Romania, Sudan, Switzerland, USSR, UnitedStates, Venezuela, Zaire.

* Did not attend the third session.

President: Mrs. Helena Z. Benitez (Philippines).Vice-Presidents: Ernest A. Boateng (Ghana), Juraj Busa

(Czechoslovakia), Donald F. McMichael (Australia).Rapporteur: Trevor Boothe (Jamaica).

Executive Director of UNEP: Maurice F. Strong.*

* Resigned with effect from 31 December 1975; theunexpired portion of the term, from 1 January to 31 De-cember 1976, was to be filled by Mostafa Kamal Tolba,who was elected by the General Assembly on 9 Decem-ber 1975.

On 9 December 1975, the General Assembly electedthe following 20 members for a three-year term startingon 1 January 1976 to fill the vacancies occurring on31 December 1975: Belgium, Central African Republic,Cyprus, Greece, Grenada, Hungary, Iraq, Kuwait, Liberia,Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Rwanda, Somalia,Thailand, Togo, Uganda, United Kingdom, Uruguay.

Members for 1976: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,Central African Republic, China, Colombia, Cyprus,Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Finland, France, Gabon, Ger-many, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,Guatemala, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy,Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon,Liberia, Libyan Arab Republic, Malaysia, Mexico, Mo-rocco, New Zealand, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Ro-mania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Spain, Sudan,Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand,Togo, Uganda, USSR, United Kingdom, United States,Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

ENVIRONMENT CO-ORDINATION BOARDThe membership of the Environment Co-ordination

Board includes: the Secretary-General of the United Na-tions; the executive heads of the specialized agenciesand the International Atomic Energy Agency; the Secre-tary-General of the United Nations Conference on Tradeand Development; the Executive Directors of the UnitedNations Environment Programme, the United Nations In-dustrial Development Organization, the United NationsChildren's Fund, the United Nations Institute for Train-ing and Research, the World Food Programme and theUnited Nations Fund for Population Activities; the Admin-istrator of the United Nations Development Programme;the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; theUnited Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator; and theDirector-General of the Contracting Parties to the Gen-eral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

The Board meets under the chairmanship of the Execu-tive Director of the United Nations Environment Pro-gramme and reports annually to the Governing Council ofUNEP.

The Board held its fifth session at Geneva, Switzerland,on 11 and 12 December 1975.

Preparatory Committee for Habitat: United NationsConference on Human Settlements

In 1975, the Preparatory Committee held its first sessionfrom 15 to 24 January and its resumed first session from25 to 29 August, both at United Nations Headquarters,New York.

Members: Highly qualified representatives from the fol-lowing 56 Member States: Argentina, Australia, Austria,Brazil, Burundi, Canada, Central African Republic,Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia,* Do-minican Republic,* Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia,* † Fin-land, France, Gabon, German Democratic Republic,Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Greece, Hun-gary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,† Italy, Jamaica,Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Libyan Arab Republic, Malaysia,*Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Ro-mania, Sierra Leone,* Sweden, Syrian Arab Republic,*Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, USSR,United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates, Upper Volta,* Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zam-bia.

* Was not represented at the resumed first session.† Was not represented at the first session.

Chairman: George K. Muhoho (Kenya).Vice-Chairmen: Mario Aleman Salvador (Ecuador),

Ramaswamy Gopalaswamy (India), Gerhard Kosel (Ger-man Democratic Republic).

Rapporteur: Mrs. Kerstin Oldfelt (Sweden).

United Nations Habitat and Human Settlements FoundationThe Foundation, whose primary objective is to assist

in strengthening national environmental programmes re-lating to human settlements, particularly in the develop-ing countries, was established as from 1 January 1975 bya resolution of 16 December 1974 of the General Assem-bly. Under the authority and guidance of the GoverningCouncil of the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), the Executive Director of UNEP is responsiblefor the general direction of the Foundation and for pro-viding the technical and financial services related to it.

The head of the Foundation, the Administrator, isappointed by the Executive Director and is responsibleto him for the operation and management of the Founda-tion and its resources.

Administrator: (vacant).

ADVISORY BOARD

The Advisory Board of the United Nations Habitat andHuman Settlements Foundation, whose establishment wasendorsed by the Governing Council of UNEP on 24 April1975, was to consist of about 15 members, to be chosenon a broad geographical basis and appointed in theirpersonal capacities for a term of two years by the Execu-tive Director of UNEP.

The Executive Director was to serve as ex-officio mem-ber and Chairman, and the Administrator of the Founda-tion, as Rapporteur.

The members were not appointed in 1975.

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United Nations Special Fund(to provide emergency relief and development assistance)

BOARD OF GOVERNORSThe Board of Governors of the United Nations Special

Fund consists of 36 members elected by the GeneralAssembly from among Members of the United Nationsor members of the specialized agencies or of the Inter-national Atomic Energy Agency. Members serve three-year terms, the terms of one third of the members ex-piring each year. The Board reports annually to theGeneral Assembly through the Economic and SocialCouncil.

The Board held an organizational session on 30 Jan-uary 1975 and its first session from 31 March to 4 April1975, both at United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Costa Rica, France,

Guyana, Japan, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Somalia,Sudan, USSR, Upper Volta, Venezuela.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Australia, Brazil, Chad,Iran, Kuwait, Madagascar, Netherlands, Swaziland,Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Yugo-slavia.

To serve until 31 December 1977:* Algeria, Argentina,Czechoslovakia, India, Nigeria, Paraguay, Philippines,Sri Lanka, Sweden,* Turkey, Zaire.†

* On 18 December 1974, the General Assembly author-ized the Economic and Social Council to elect membersto fill the remaining two vacancies. Sweden was electedby the Council on 15 January 1975; the other memberwas not elected in 1975.

† Did not attend the first session.

President: Ole Algard (Norway).Vice-Presidents: Miodrag M. Cabric (Yugoslavia), Carlos

Giambruno (Uruguay), Kamal Abdul Gadir Salim (Su-dan).

Rapporteur: Mian Qadrud-Din (Pakistan).

Executive Director of the United Nations Special Fund:Gabriel Van Laethem (acting).

On 9 December 1975, the General Assembly re-electedthe following members for a three-year term starting on1 January 1976 to fill 11 of the 12 vacancies occurringon 31 December 1975: Costa Rica, France, Guyana,Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan, USSR, UpperVolta, Venezuela. On 17 December 1975, the Assemblyauthorized the Economic and Social Council to elect anadditional member for the remaining vacancy.

Members for 1976:* Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil,Chad, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, France, Guyana,India, Iran, Kuwait, Madagascar, Nepal, Netherlands,Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay Philippines, So-malia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, SyrianArab Republic, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom, UpperVolta, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

* As of 31 December 1975, two members remained tobe elected by the Economic and Social Council: one fora term to expire on 31 December 1977 and another fora term to expire on 31 December 1978.

Group of Experts on the Structure of theUnited Nations System

The Group of Experts on the Structure of the UnitedNations System held its first session from 24 to 28

February 1975 and its second, and final, session from8 to 14 May 1975, both at United Nations Headquarters,New York. Attending the sessions were the following 25experts:

Abdel Hamid Abdel-Ghani (Egypt); Adebayo Adedeji (Ni-geria); Abdelaziz Bennani (Morocco); Sergio Correa daCosta (Brazil);* James Fawcett (United Kingdom);† JuanManuel Figuerero (Argentina); Richard N. Gardner,Rapporteur (United States); Peter Hansen (Denmark);Paul-Marc Henry (France); Axel Herbst (Germany, Fed-eral Republic of);* Lal Jayawardena (Sri Lanka); PekiKana Kwala (Zaire);* Al Noor Kassum, Chairman (UnitedRepublic of Tanzania); N. Krishnan (India); AkhtarMahmood (Pakistan); E. N. Makeev (USSR);† Jose CarlosMariategui (Peru); Jan Meijer (Netherlands); Donald O.Mills (Jamaica); Valentine Nylander (Sierra Leone);†Saburo Okita (Japan); Manuel Perez Guerrero (Vene-zuela); Majid Rahnema (Iran); Ljubomir Sekulic (Yugo-slavia); Evzen Zapotocky (Czechoslovakia).

* Did not attend the first session.† Did not attend the second session; replaced, respec-

tively, by Evan T. Luard (United Kingdom), A. A. Molcha-nov (USSR) and Edward W. Blyden III (Sierra Leone).

Ad Hoc Committee on the Restructuring of the Economicand Social Sectors of the United Nations System

The Ad Hoc Committee on the Restructuring of theEconomic and Social Sectors of the United Nations Sys-tem was established by the General Assembly on 16 Sep-tember 1975. A committee of the whole of the Assembly,it is open to the participation of all States.

The Ad Hoc Committee held its first session at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 13 to 21 Novem-ber 1975.

Chairman: Kenneth K. S. Dadzie (Ghana).Vice-Chairmen: Antoni Czarkowski (Poland), Farrokh

Parsi (Iran).

World Food CouncilThe World Food Council, at the ministerial or pleni-

potentiary level, functions as an organ of the UnitedNations and reports to the General Assembly throughthe Economic and Social Council. It consists of 36 mem-bers, nominated by the Economic and Social Counciland elected by the Assembly according to the followingpattern: nine members from African States, eight fromAsian States, seven from Latin American States, fourfrom socialist States of Eastern Europe and eight fromWestern European and other States. Members servethree-year terms, with one third of the members retiringeach year.

In 1975, the World Food Council held an informalconsultative meeting at United Nations Headquarters,New York, on 24 February, and its first session at Rome,Italy, from 23 to 27 June.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Argentina, Bangladesh,

Canada, Gabon, Germany (Federal Republic of), Indo-nesia, Iraq, Mexico, Togo, United States, Yugoslavia,Zambia.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Australia, Colombia,Cuba, France, Guatemala, Guinea, India, Libyan ArabRepublic, Mali, Pakistan, Romania, USSR.

To serve until 31 December 1977: Chad, Egypt, Hungary,Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Trinidadand Tobago, United Kingdom, Venezuela.

President: Sayed A. Marei (Egypt).


Vice-Presidents: Rubén González Sosa (Mexico), AbdulMomin (Bangladesh), V. Mordvinov (USSR).

Rapporteur: K. G. Ashton (United Kingdom).

Executive Director: John A. Hannah.*

* Appointed by the Secretary-General with effect from1 February 1975.

On 28 November 1975, the General Assembly electedthe following 12 members for a three-year term startingon 1 January 1976 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31December 1975: Argentina, Bangladesh, Canada, Ger-many (Federal Republic of), Indonesia, Mauritania, Mex-ico, Rwanda, Somalia, Thailand, United States, Yugo-slavia.

Members for 1976: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Can-ada, Chad, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, France, Germany,Federal Republic of, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary,India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Libyan ArabRepublic, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Pakistan, Romania,Rwanda, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Trini-dad and Tobago, USSR, United Kingdom, United States,Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

United Nations Institute for Training andResearch (UNITAR)

The Executive Director of the United Nations Institutefor Training and Research reports, through the Secretary-General, to the General Assembly and, as appropriate, tothe Economic and Social Council.

BOARD OF TRUSTEESThe membership of the Board of Trustees of UNITAR

consists of (a) up to 24 members appointed in theirpersonal capacities by the Secretary-General, in consul-tation with the Presidents of the General Assembly andthe Economic and Social Council; and (b) four ex-officiomembers.

The Board held its fourteenth session at United Na-tions Headquarters, New York, from 22 to 25 September1975.

Members (to serve a three-year term, until 30 June 1976):Jean M. L. Baillou (France); Henning Friis (Denmark);Felipe Herrera, Vice-Chairman (Chile); John Holmes(Canada); N. Inozemtsev (USSR); Josphat Njuguna Ka-ranja (Kenya); T. T. B. Koh (Singapore); Manfred Lachs(Poland); Mrs. Lusibu Nkanza (Zaire); GopalaswamiParthasarathi (India); Manuel Perez Guerrero (Vene-zuela); Harvey Picker (United States); Walter F. Rau(Germany, Federal Republic of); Najib Sadaka (Leba-non); Raymond Scheyven (Belgium); Toshio Shishido(Japan); Mrs. Inga Thorsson (Sweden); Brian E.Urquhart (Secretariat); Arsène Assouan Usher (IvoryCoast); Piero Vinci (Italy); Sir Kenneth Younger, Chair-man (United Kingdom).

Ex-officio members: The Secretary-General, the Presidentof the General Assembly, the President of the Eco-nomic and Social Council and the Executive Directorof UNITAR.

Executive Director of UNITAR: Davidson S. H. W. Nicol.

United Nations University

COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY

The Council of the United Nations University, the gov-erning board of the University, consists of: (a) 24 mem-bers appointed jointly by the Secretary-General and the

Director-General of the United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in con-sultation with the agencies and programmes concerned,including the United Nations Institute for Training andResearch (UNITAR), who serve in their personal capaci-ties for six-year terms, the terms of one half of themembers expiring every three years; (b) the Secretary-General, the Director-General of UNESCO and the Execu-tive Director of UNITAR, who are ex-officio members;and (c) the Rector of the University, who is normallyappointed for a five-year term.

The Council held two sessions in 1975: its fourth, atTokyo, Japan, from 20 to 24 January; and its fifth, atUnited Nations Headquarters, New York, 24 to 26 June.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1976: Jacob Festus Ade-

Ajayi (Nigeria); Jean Bernard (France); MarcolinoGomes Candau (Brazil); Ismail Ghanem (Egypt);*Janusz W. Golebiowski (Poland); Aklilu Habte, Vice-Chairman (Ethiopia);† Reimut Jochimsen (Germany,Federal Republic of); Gopalaswami Parthasarathi, Vice-Chairman (India);† Jose Luis Romero (Argentina);*Victor Sahini (Romania);† Seydou Madani Sy (Senegal);Víctor Luis Urquidi, Vice-Chairman (Mexico).

To serve until 31 December 1979: Asa Briggs (UnitedKingdom); Roger Gaudry, Chairman (Canada); Abdul-Razzak Kaddoura, Vice-Chairman (Syrian Arab Repub-lic);† Hans Lowbeer, Vice-Chairman (Sweden); YoshinoriMaeda (Japan);** Antonio Marussi (Italy); JosephMaina Mungai (Kenya);*† Majid Rahnema (Iran);†Marcel Roche (Venezuela); Edward W. Weidner (UnitedStates); Eric Eustace Williams (Trinidad and Tobago);Miss Keniz Fatima Yusuf (Pakistan).

Ex-officio members: The Secretary-General, the Director-General of UNESCO and the Executive-Director ofUNITAR.

Rector of the United Nations University: James M. Hester.

* Did not attend the fourth session.† Did not attend the fifth session.** Appointed with effect from 1 January 1975 to serve

the unexpired portion of the term of Motoo Ogiso(Japan), who resigned on the same date.

Ad Hoc Advisory Group on YouthIn 1975, the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Youth con-

sisted of nine members, appointed in their individualcapacities by the Secretary-General to advise him onactivities that should be undertaken by the United Nationsto meet the needs and aspirations of youth.

The Group held its third, and final, series of meetingsat United Nations Headquarters, New York, between 21July and 1 August 1975. It appointed a different memberto act as Moderator each day.

Members in 1975: Jon Alexander, Rapporteur (UnitedKingdom); Horacio Arguello (Nicaragua); Nadia Atif,Rapporteur (Egypt); Mario V. Buaron (Philippines);Golie Jansen, Rapporteur (Netherlands); Uzo Nwala(Nigeria); Patrick Ojong (Sierra Leone); Mihail Stoica(Romania); Uffe Torm (Denmark).

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

EXECUTIVE BOARDThe Executive Board of the United Nations Children's

Fund, established by the General Assembly, reports tothe Economic and Social Council, and, as appropriate,to the Assembly. (See below, under THE ECONOMICAND SOCIAL COUNCIL.)

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Committee on the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationThe Committee on the Elimination of Racial Dis-

crimination was established under the terms of article 8of the International Convention on the Elimination of AllForms of Racial Discrimination.4 It consists of 18 expertselected by the States parties to the Convention to servein their personal capacities, with due regard for equitablegeographical distribution and for representation of thedifferent forms of civilization and principal legal systems.

Members of the Committee serve four-year terms, theterms of one half of the members expiring every twoyears.

The Committee held two sessions in 1975, both atUnited Nations Headquarters, New York: its eleventh,from 31 March to 18 April; and its twelfth, from 4 to 22August.

Members in 1975:To serve until 19 January 1976: Marc Ancel (France);

Naste Dimo Calovski, Vice-Chairman (Yugoslavia);Rajeshwar Dayal (India); Samiulla Khan Dehlavi(Pakistan);* Ronald St. John Macdonald, Vice-Chairman(Canada); Gonzalo Ortiz Martín (Costa Rica); V. S.Safronchuk (USSR); Sebastian Soler, Vice-Chairman(Argentina); Jan Tomko (Czechoslovakia).

To serve until 19 January 1978: Mahmoud Aboul-Nasr(Egypt); Adedokun A. Haastrup, Chairman (Nigeria);Jose D. Ingles (Philippines); Paul Joan George Kapteyn(Netherlands); George 0. Lamptey (Ghana); Karl JosefPartsch (Germany, Federal Republic of); Fayez AlSayegh, Rapporteur (Kuwait); Luis Valencia Rodríguez(Ecuador); Mrs. Halima Embarek Warzazi (Morocco).

* Did not attend the twelfth session.

Special Committee to Investigate Israeli PracticesAffecting the Human Rights of the Population

of the Occupied TerritoriesMembers in 1975: Senegal, Sri Lanka (Chairman),

Yugoslavia.

Special Committee to Select the Winners ofthe United Nations Human Rights Prize

The Special Committee of ex-officio members wasestablished pursuant to a decision of the General Assem-bly of 19 December 1966 recommending that a prize orprizes in the field of human rights be awarded not moreoften than at five-year intervals. Prizes were awarded forthe second time on 26 October 1973.

The Special Committee did not meet in 1975.

Members: The President of the General Assembly, thePresident of the Economic and Social Council, theChairman of the Commission on Human Rights, theChairman of the Commission on the Status of Women,and the Chairman of the Sub-Commission on Preven-tion of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.

Office of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees (UNHCR)

High Commissioner: Sadruddin Aga Khan.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THEHIGH COMMISSIONER'S PROGRAMME

The Executive Committee held its twenty-sixth sessionat Geneva, Switzerland, from 6 to 14 October 1975.

Members in 1975: Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium,Brazil, Canada, China,* Colombia, Denmark, France,Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, Holy See, Iran,Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Madagascar, Netherlands, Nigeria,

Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda,United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

* Did not attend the twenty-sixth session.

Chairman: B. Akporode Clark (Nigeria).Vice-Chairman: C. Rauscher (Austria).Rapporteur: H. Hostmark (Norway).

SUB-COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

The Sub-Committee on International Protection, acommittee of the whole, was established on 14 October1975 by the Executive Committee of the High Commis-sioner's Programme, to study in detail some of the moretechnical aspects of the protection of refugees.

The Sub-Committee did not meet in 1975.

Group of Experts on the Draft Conventionon Territorial Asylum

Members (representatives of the following 27 MemberStates*): Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil,Costa Rica, France, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy,Kenya, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swe-den, Tunisia, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United Kingdom,United States, Uruguay, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

* Appointed by the President of the twenty-ninthsession of the General Assembly, as stated in his com-munication of 27 March 1975 to the Secretary-General.

The Group of Experts held its first, and final, series ofmeetings at Geneva, Switzerland, between 28 April and9 May 1975, with the following members and their repre-sentatives:

Argentina: (not represented). Australia: Gervais J. L.Coles. Austria: Erik Nettel, Chairman. Belgium: R. Four-din; J. Desy (alternate). Brazil: Geraldo Eulálio do Nas-cimiento e Silva, Rapporteur. Costa Rica: M. Freer.France: J. M. Bessou. India: B. Rao. Indonesia: I.Ishar. Iran: Mostafa Dabiri. Iraq: R. AI-Adhami. Italy:E. G. Lapenna. Kenya: Frank X. J. C. Njenga. Mali:Djibrilla Maiga. Mexico: R. de Rosenzweig-Díaz; H.Mendoza (alternate). Nigeria: T. A. Ademakinwa; M. T.Gbashah (alternate). Sri Lanka: Susanta de Alwis. Sudan:H. Jadkarim. Sweden: H. Danelius; Mrs. S. Wahlstrom(alternate). Tunisia: A. Jerad. Ukrainian SSR: V. Stepanov.

USSR: P. Evseev; G. K. Efimov (alternate). United King-dom: P. Weis. United States: Laurence A. Dawson; E. L.Kerley (alternate). Uruguay: Carlos A. Fernández Balles-teros. Yugoslavia: T. Bojadzievski. Zaire: Yakembe Yoko,Vice-Chairman; Miss Kabangi Kaumbu Bula (alternate).

Consultative Committee for the Conferenceof the International Women's Year

The Consultative Committee for the Conference of theInternational Women's Year consisted of 23 membersdesignated, on the basis of equitable geographical repre-sentation, by the Chairman of the Third (Social, Humani-tarian and Cultural) Committee of the General Assembly'stwenty-ninth session.

The Consultative Committee held its first, and final,series of meetings at United Nations Headquarters, NewYork, between 3 and 14 March 1975.

Members: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, France, GermanDemocratic Republic, India, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Jor-dan, Mexico, Niger, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda,

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Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sweden, Tunisia, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Venezuela.

Chairman: Princess Ashraf Pahlavi (Iran).Vice-Chairmen: Mrs. Elizabeth Reid (Australia), Mrs.

Anneliese Saelzler (German Democratic Republic), Mrs.Elia Borges de Tapia (Venezuela).

Rapporteur: Mrs. Ada F. M. Bailor (Sierra Leone).

Group of Experts on the Establishmentof an International Research and TrainingInstitute for the Advancement of Women

On 15 December 1975, the General Assembly invitedthe Secretary-General to appoint, with due considerationto the principle of equitable geographical distribution, agroup of five to 10 experts to draw up the terms ofreference and structural organization for an internationalresearch and training institute for the advancement ofwomen, giving special consideration to the needs ofwomen in developing countries.

The experts had not been appointed by the end of1975.

Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole AssemblyThe Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole Assembly con-

sists of all Members of the United Nations, under thechairmanship of the President of the session. It meetsas soon as practicable after the opening of each regularsession of the General Assembly to enable Governmentsto announce pledges of voluntary contributions to theprogrammes of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees (UNHCR) and the United Nations Relief andWorks Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East(UNRWA) for the following year. States which are mem-bers of specialized agencies but which are not alsoMembers of the United Nations are invited to attend toannounce their pledges to these two refugee programmes.

In 1975, the Ad Hoc Committee met to announcepledges of voluntary contributions to UNHCR and toUNRWA on 21 and 26 November, respectively.

United Nations Joint Staff Pension BoardThe United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board is com-

posed of 21 members, as follows:

Six appointed by the United Nations Staff Pension Com-mittee (two from members elected by the GeneralAssembly, two from those appointed by the Secretary-General, two from those elected by participants).

Fifteen appointed by Staff Pension Committees of theother member organizations of the United Nations JointStaff Pension Fund (two each by the following: theInternational Labour Organisation; the Food and Agri-culture Organization of the United Nations; the UnitedNations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza-tion; the World Health Organization; the InternationalCivil Aviation Organization; and the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency; and one each by the following:the World Meteorological Organization; the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization; andthe International Telecommunication Union).

The Board held its twentieth session at Geneva, Switz-erland, from 15 to 26 July 1975.

MEMBERS OF THE PENSION BOARD IN 1975*United Nations

Representing the General Assembly: Representatives:G. J. McGough (Argentina); R. Schmidt (Germany,Federal Republic of). Alternates: S. Kuttner (United

States); S. Refshal (Norway); H. L. Morris (Liberia);Miss K. Whalley (United Kingdom).

Representing the Secretary-General: Representatives:H. F. Debatin (Germany, Federal Republic of); D.Miron (Israel). Alternates: W. H. Ziehl (UnitedStates); C. C. Timbrell (United States).

Representing the Participants: Representatives: A. J.Friedgut (South Africa); Mrs. P. K. Tsien, Chairman(China). Alternates: A. A. Garcia (United States);J. M. Wood (United Kingdom); A. Landau (UnitedStates); S. P. Padolecchia (Italy).

International Labour OrganisationRepresenting the Governing Body: Representative: H.

S. Kirkaldy, Second Vice-Chairman (United Kingdom).Alternates: P. Juhl-Christensen (Denmark); W. Yoffee(United States).

Representing the Participants: Representative: S. Grabe(Sweden). Alternates: G. Perrin (France); J. J. Chevron(France).

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsRepresenting the Governing Body: Representative: N.

Oliveti (Italy). Alternates: Mrs. M. P. de Bellavita(Panama); J. S. Khan (Pakistan).

Representing the Participants: Representative: P.Montanaro (Italy). Alternates: Miss A. Eid (Lebanon);T. Rivetta (Italy).

United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization

Representing the Governing Body: Representative: MissN. Senecal (Canada). Alternate: K. Ikebe (Japan).

Representing the Executive Head: Representative: A.Chakour (Lebanon). Alternate: P. Coeytaux (Switzer-land).

World Health OrganizationRepresenting the Governing Body: Representative: Dr.

A. Sauter (Switzerland). Alternate: Dr. R. Valladares(Venezuela).

Representing the Executive Head: Representative: W.W. Furth (United States). Alternate: B. J. Edwards(United Kingdom).

International Civil Aviation OrganizationRepresenting the Executive Head: Representative: N.

Salathé (Switzerland). Alternate: W. H. Collins(United States).

Representing the Participants: Representative: F. X.Byrne, Rapporteur (Ireland). Alternate: M. Milde(Czechoslovakia).

International Atomic Energy AgencyRepresenting the Executive Head: Representative: L.

Alonso de Huarte (Spain). Alternate: W. B. Lynch(Australia).

Representing the Participants: Representative: R. Dud-ley (United States). Alternate: W. Price (UnitedStates).

International Telecommunication UnionRepresenting the Executive Head: Representative: R. E.

Butler, First Vice-chairman (Australia). Alternates:M. Bardoux (France); R. Cook (United States); D. J.Musk (United Kingdom).

World Meteorological OrganizationRepresenting the Participants: Representative: R. M.

Perry (United Kingdom). Alternate: J. M. Rubiato(Spain).

Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative OrganizationRepresenting the Governing Body: Representative: W.

Ertel (Poland). Alternate: W. P. Clappin (UnitedStates).

* The nationalities of the members and alternate mem-bers of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board are

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listed consequent upon a decision taken by the GeneralAssembly on 16 December 1975.

STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE PENSION BOARD

Members in 1975 (elected at the Board's twentieth ses-sion, held from 15 to 26 July 1975):

United Nations (Group I)Representing the General Assembly: Representative: G.

J. McGough. Alternates: S. Kuttner, R. Schmidt, MissK. Whalley.

Representing the Secretary-General: Representative: H.F. Debatin. Alternates: D. Miron, W. H. Ziehl, C. C.Timbrell.

Representing the Participants: Representative: A. J.Friedgut. Alternates: Mrs. P. K. Tsien, A. A. García.

Specialized agencies (Group II)Representing the Governing Body: Representative: H. S.

Kirkaldy (ILO). Alternates: P. Juhl-Christensen (ILO),W. Yoffee (ILO).

Representing the Executive Head: Representative: B. J.Edwards (WHO). Alternates: R. L. Munteanu (WHO),W. W. Furth (WHO).

Representing the Participants: Representative: L. Goll(IMCO). Alternates: W. Price (IAEA), C. Glinz (ITU),R. M. Perry (WMO).

Specialized agencies (Group III)Representing the Governing Body: Representative: N.

Oliveti (FAO). Alternates: Mrs. M. P. de Bellavita(FAO), J. S. Khan (FAO).

Representing the Executive Head: Representative: P.Coeytaux (UNESCO). Alternate: A. Chakour (UNESCO).

Representing the Participants: Representative: F. X.Byrne (ICAO). Alternate: M. Milde (ICAO).*

* On 7 November 1975, ICAO notified the StandingCommittee that M. Milde had resigned.

COMMITTEE OF ACTUARIESThe Committee of Actuaries consists of five members,

each representing one of the five geographical regionsof the United Nations.

Members in 1975: A. O. Ogunshola, Region I (AfricanStates); K. Takeuchi, Region II (Asian States); E. M.Chetyrkin, Region III (Eastern European States); G.Arroba, Region IV (Latin American States); R. J. Myers,Region V (Western European and other States).

Investments CommitteeThe Investments Committee consists of six members

appointed by the Secretary-General, after consultationwith the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board andthe General Assembly's Advisory Committee on Adminis-trative and Budgetary Questions, subject to confirmationby the Assembly.

Members serve three-year terms, the terms of one thirdof the members expiring each year.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: R. Manning Brown, Jr.;

Jean Guyot.To serve until 31 December 1976: George A. Murphy,

Chairman; B. K. Nehru.To serve until 31 December 1977: David Montagu; Yves

Oltramare.

In addition, during 1975, Juergen Reimnitz and ToshioShishido served in an ad hoc consultative capacity.

On 15 December 1975, the General Assembly confirmedthe reappointments by the Secretary-General of R. Man-ning Brown, Jr., and Jean Guyot for a three-year termstarting on 1 January 1976 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1975.

Board of AuditorsThe Board of Auditors consists of three members

appointed by the General Assembly for three-year terms.

Members in 1975:To serve until 30 June 1976: Auditor-General of Pakistan.To serve until 30 June 1977: Auditor-General of Canada.To serve until 30 June 1978: Controller-General of

Colombia.

On 30 October 1975, the General Assembly appointedthe Auditor-General of Ghana for a three-year term start-ing on 1 July 1976 to fill the vacancy occurring on 30June 1976.

Panel of External AuditorsThe Panel of External Auditors consists of the mem-

bers of the United Nations Board of Auditors and theappointed external auditors of the specialized agenciesand the International Atomic Energy Agency.

United Nations Staff Pension CommitteeThe United Nations Staff Pension Committee consists

of three members elected by the General Assembly, threeappointed by the Secretary-General and three elected bythe participants in the United Nations Joint Staff PensionFund. The term of office of the elected members is threeyears.

Members in 1975:Elected by Assembly (to serve until 31 December 1976):

Members: G. J. McGough; S. Kuttner; R. Schmidt,Chairman. Alternates: H. L. Morris; S. Refshal; Miss K.Whalley.

Appointed by Secretary-General (to serve until furthernotice): Members: H. F. Debatin; M. H. Gherab; C. C.Timbrell. Alternates: W. H. Ziehl; D. Miron; W. C. Vis.

Elected by Participants (to serve until 31 December 1976):Members: A. J. Friedgut, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. P. K.Tsien; A. A. Garcia. Alternates: J. M. Wood; A. Landau;S. P. Padolecchia.

Joint Inspection UnitThe Joint Inspection Unit consists of inspectors ap-

pointed by the Secretary-General, on the basis ofnominations by Member States designated by the Presi-dent of the General Assembly and after consultation withmembers of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordina-tion. The inspectors are chosen for their special experi-ence in national or international administrative andfinancial matters, with due regard for equitable geo-graphical distribution.

Members (until 31 December 1977): Albert F. Bender, Jr.,Vice-Chairman (United States); Maurice Bertrand(France); I. V. Chechetkin (USSR);* Enrique Ferrer-Vieyra, Chairman (Argentina); Sreten Ilic (Yugoslavia);Chandra S. Jha (India); Cecil E. King (United Kingdom);Joseph A. Sawe (United Republic of Tanzania).

* Resigned with effect from 1 October 1975; the resul-tant vacancy was not filled in 1975.


Consultative Panel on Public InformationThe Consultative Panel held a series of meetings at

United Nations Headquarters, New York, on 20 and 21March 1975.

Members in 1975: Experts from the following UnitedNations Member States: Canada, China, Colombia,Czechoslovakia, Democratic Yemen, France, India,Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Liberia, Netherlands,Peru, Poland, Romania, Sudan, Sweden, Trinidad andTobago, Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom, United States,Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

Chairman: The Secretary-General.

Committee on ConferencesThe Committee on Conferences was re-established by

the General Assembly on 18 December 1974 on an ex-perimental basis, subject to review at the Assembly'sthirty-second session. It consists of 22 Member Statesdesignated by the President of the Assembly, on thebasis of equitable geographical balance, to serve a three-year term.

Members:* Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Can-ada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, France, India,Kenya, Mongolia, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Romania,Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom,United States, Yugoslavia.

* Appointed by the President of the thirtieth session ofthe General Assembly, as stated in his communication of19 February 1975 to the Secretary-General, for a term ofthree years ending on 31 December 1977.

Chairman: Christopher R. Thomas (Trinidad and Tobago).Vice-Chairman: Philipp L. K. Hahn (Canada).Rapporteur: Ion Goritza (Romania).

International Civil Service CommissionThe International Civil Service Commission consists

of 15 members who serve in their personal capacities asindividuals of recognized competence in public adminis-tration or related fields, particularly in personnel man-agement. They are appointed by the General Assembly,on the basis of equitable geographical representation,for four-year terms. For rotation purposes, however, theAssembly, upon appointing the initial members on 18December 1974, chose one third of the members, bydrawing lots, to serve for two years, and another third,for three years.

The Commission held two sessions in 1975: its first,at United Nations Headquarters, New York, from 19 to 30May 1975; and its second, at Geneva, Switzerland, from11 to 29 August 1975.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1976: Syed Amjad Ali

(Pakistan); Michael O. Ani (Nigeria); A. S. Chistyakov(USSR); Parmeshwar N. Haksar (India);* Mrs. HalimaEmbarek Warzazi (Morocco).

To serve until 31 December 1977: Toru Hagiwara (Japan);Robert E. Hampton (United States);† Arthur H. M. Hillis(United Kingdom); Antonio Fonseca Pimentel (Brazil);Jean-Louis Plihon (France).

To serve until 31 December 1978: A. L. Adu, Vice-Chair-man (Ghana); Pascal Frochaux (Switzerland); Jiri Nosek(Czechoslovakia); Raul A. Quijano, Chairman (Argen-tina); Doudou Thiam (Senegal).

* Did not attend the first session.† Did not attend the second session.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON POST ADJUSTMENT QUESTIONSOn 8 December 1975, the General Assembly approved

the Commission's recommendation for the establishmentof a subsidiary body to provide expert advice to theCommission concerning the operation of the post-adjustment system. It was to consist of expert statis-ticians, with a member of the Commission to serve exofficio as Chairman. Its terms of reference and specificcomposition were not determined in 1975.

Working Group on United Nations Programmeand Budget Machinery

The 22-member Working Group on United NationsProgramme and Budget Machinery held two series ofmeetings, both at United Nations Headquarters, NewYork: a first series, between 21 March and 1 May 1975;and a second, and final, series, between 12 and 30 May1975.

Members:* Bangladesh, Brazil, Byelorussian SSR, Domini-can Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Fed-eral Republic of, Guyana, India, Iran, Japan, Kenya,Netherlands, Poland, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, USSR,United Kingdom, United States, Zambia.

* Appointed by the President of the twenty-ninth ses-sion of the General Assembly, as stated in his letter of27 February 1975 to the Secretary-General.

Chairman: Ranjit Sethi (India).Vice-Chairmen: Turan S. Kivanc (Turkey), B. V. Kudry-

avtsev (Byelorussian SSR).

Negotiating Committee on the Financial Emergencyof the United Nations

On 17 December 1975, the General Assembly decidedto establish the Negotiating Committee on the FinancialEmergency of the United Nations, whose mandate was,inter alia, to bring about a comprehensive settlement ofthe critical financial situation of the United Nationsand to examine the appropriate level of the UnitedNations Working Capital Fund, as well as the financialregulations governing its operation in the light of theOrganization's changing requirements.

The Negotiating Committee was to consist of 54 Mem-ber States to be designated by the President of theAssembly on the basis of equitable geographical balance.

By the end of 1975, the members had not beenappointed.

United Nations Administrative TribunalMembers in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Francisco A. Forteza

(Uruguay); Zenon Rossides (Cyprus).To serve until 31 December 1976: Mrs. Paul Bastid, First

Vice-President (France); Mutuale Tshikankie (Zaire);R. Venkataraman, President (India).

To serve until 31 December 1977: Francis T. P. Plimpton,Second Vice-President (United States); Sir RogerBentham Stevens (United Kingdom).

On 20 November 1975, the General Assembly ap-pointed Francisco A. Forteza (Uruguay) and Endre Ustor(Hungary) for a three-year term starting on 1 January1976 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31 December1975.

Members for 1976: Mrs. Paul Bastid (France), FranciscoA. Forteza (Uruguay), Mutuale Tshikankie (Zaire),Francis T. P. Plimpton (United States), Sir RogerBentham Stevens (United Kingdom), Endre Ustor(Hungary), R. Venkataraman (India).

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Committee on Applications for Review ofAdministrative Tribunal Judgements

The Committee on Applications for Review of Admin-istrative Tribunal Judgements held its fifteenth sessionat United Nations Headquarters, New York, on 8 and 15December 1975.

Members (from 17 September 1975) (based on the com-position of the General Committee at the GeneralAssembly's thirtieth session): Bahrain, Bangladesh,Barbados, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia,France, Honduras, Kenya, Lebanon, Luxembourg,Mongolia, Mozambique, Norway, Peru, Senegal, SierraLeone, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, USSR,United Kingdom, United States, Zaire.

Chairman: Frank X. J. C. Njenga (Kenya).Vice-Chairman: Miss Bertha Vega (Peru).Rapporteur: Miss Elizabeth Wilmshurst (United Kingdom).

International Law CommissionThe International Law Commission consists of 25 per-

sons of recognized competence in international lawelected by the General Assembly in their individual ca-pacities for a five-year term. Vacancies occurring withinthe five-year period are filled by the Commission.

The Commission held its twenty-seventh session atGeneva, Switzerland, from 5 May to 25 July 1975.

Members (until 31 December 1976): Roberto Ago (Italy);Mohammed Bedjaoui, First Vice-Chairman (Algeria);Ali Suat Bilge (Turkey); Juan Jose Calle y Calle (Peru);Jorge Castañeda (Mexico); Abdullah El-Erian (Egypt);Taslim Olawale Elias (Nigeria);* Edvard Hambro (Nor-way); Richard D. Kearney (United States); AlfredoMartinez Moreno, Rapporteur (El Salvador); C. W. Pinto(Sri Lanka); Robert Q. Quentin-Baxter (New Zealand);Alfred Ramangasoavina (Madagascar); Paul Reuter(France); Zenon Rossides (Cyprus); Milan Sahovic,Second Vice-Chairman (Yugoslavia); Jose Sette Câmara(Brazil); Abdul Hakim Tabibi, Chairman (Afghanistan);Arnold J. P. Tammes (Netherlands); Doudou Thiam(Senegal); Senjin Tsuruoka (Japan); N. A. Ushakov(USSR); Endre Ustor (Hungary); Sir Francis Vallat(United Kingdom); Mustafa Kamil Yasseen (Iraq).

* Elected to the International Court of Justice by theGeneral Assembly on 17 December 1975. The resultingvacancy on the Commission was not filled in 1975.

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

All Members of the United Nations are members ofthe Committee on Arrangements for a Conference forthe Purpose of Reviewing the Charter.


Ad Hoc Committee on the Charter of the United Nations5

The Ad Hoc Committee on the Charter of the UnitedNations consisted of 42 members appointed by thePresident of the General Assembly with due regard forthe principle of equitable geographical distribution.

The Ad Hoc Committee held a series of meetings atUnited Nations Headquarters, New York, between 28 Julyand 22 August 1975.

Members in 1975:* Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, China,Colombia, Congo, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador,El Salvador, Finland, France, German DemocraticRepublic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana,Greece, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan,

Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria,Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zambia.

* Appointed by the President of the twenty-ninthsession of the General Assembly, as stated in his com-munication of 22 July 1975 to the Secretary-General.

Chairman: Bengt H. G. A. Broms (Finland).Vice-Chairmen: Mario Aleman Salvador (Ecuador), Ed-

ward W. Blyden III (Sierra Leone), Bernhard Neuge-bauer (German Democratic Republic).

Rapporteur: Lauro L. Baja, Jr. (Philippines).

On 15 December 1975, the General Assembly enlargedthe Committee's membership from 42 to 47 by appointingthe following five additional members: Barbados, Belgium.Egypt, Iraq, Romania.

Members for 1976: Algeria, Argentina, Barbados, Belgium,Brazil, China, Colombia, Congo, Cyprus, Czechoslo-vakia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, France,German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Re-public of, Ghana, Greece, Guyana, India, Indonesia,Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Nepal,New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland,Romania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela,Yugoslavia, Zambia.

Commission on Permanent Sovereignty overNatural Resources

Members: Afghanistan, Chile, Egypt, Guatemala, Nether-lands, Philippines, Sweden, USSR, United States.

The Commission has not met since 1961.

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

and Wider Appreciation of International LawThe Advisory Committee held its tenth session at

United Nations Headquarters, New York, on 27 October1975.

Members (until 31 December 1975): Barbados, Belgium,Cyprus, El Salvador, France,* Ghana, Hungary, Iraq,Mali, USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic ofTanzania, United States.*

* Did not attend the tenth session.

Chairman: Frank Edmund Boaten (Ghana).

On 15 December 1975, the General Assembly appointedthe following 13 States as members of the AdvisoryCommittee for a four-year term starting on 1 January1976: Barbados, Cyprus, El Salvador, France, Ghana,Hungary, Italy, Mali, Syrian Arab Republic, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States.

United Nations Commission on InternationalTrade Law (UNCITRAL)

The United Nations Commission on International TradeLaw consists of 36 members elected by the General

5 On 15 December 1975, the General Assembly decided that

the Ad Hoc Committee on the Charter of the United Nationsbe reconvened as the Special Committee on the Charter of theUnited Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of theOrganization. As of 31 December 1975, the Committee had notbeen reconvened.


Assembly, in accordance with a formula providing equit-able geographical representation and adequate repre-sentation of the principal economic and legal systemsof the world. Members serve six-year terms with expira-tion dates determined in such manner as to allow rota-tion every three years.

The Commission held its eighth session at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 1 to 17 April1975.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1976: Australia, Austria,

Chile, Egypt, France, Ghana, Guyana,* Japan, Nepal,Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Somalia,* USSR,United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania.*

To serve until 31 December 1979: Argentina, Barbados,Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia,Gabon, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, Hun-gary, India, Kenya,* Mexico, Philippines, Sierra Leone,Syrian Arab Republic, United States, Zaire.

* Did not attend the eighth session.

Chairman: Roland Loewe (Austria).Vice-Chairmen: Nehemias Gueiros (Brazil), Lubin Gor-

banov (Bulgaria), Emmanuel Sam (Ghana).Rapporteur: Lorenzo Sumulong (Philippines).

WORKING GROUP ON THE INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODSThe Working Group on the International Sale of Goods

held its sixth session at United Nations Headquarters,New York, from 27 January to 7 February 1975.

Members in 1975: Austria, Brazil, Czechoslovakia, France,Ghana, Hungary, India, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, SierraLeone,* USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

* Did not attend the sixth session.

Chairman: Gyula Eorsi (Hungary).Rapporteur: Roland Loewe (Austria).

WORKING GROUP ON INTERNATIONALLEGISLATION ON SHIPPING

The Working Group on International Legislation onShipping held its eighth, and final, session at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 10 to 21 February1975.

Members in 1975: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil,Chile, Egypt, France, Germany, Federal Republic of,Ghana, Hungary, India, Japan, Nigeria, Norway, Poland,Singapore, USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic ofTanzania,* United States, Zaire.*

* Did not attend the eighth session.

Chairman: Mohsen Chafik (Egypt).Vice-Chairmen: Nehemias Gueiros (Brazil), Stanislaw

Suchorzewski (Poland).Rapporteur: P. V. Swarlu (India).

WORKING GROUP ON INTERNATIONALNEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS

The Working Group on International Negotiable Instru-ments held its third session at Geneva, Switzerland,from 6 to 17 January 1975.

Members in 1975: Egypt, France, India, Mexico, Nigeria,USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

Chairman: Rene Roblot (France).Rapporteur: Roberto Luis Mantilla-Molina (Mexico).

Committee on Relations with the Host CountryThe Committee on Relations with the Host Country is

composed of the host country and 14 Member Stateschosen by the President of the General Assembly, inconsultation with regional groups and taking into con-sideration equitable geographical representation.

Members in 1975: Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica,Cyprus, France, Honduras, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Mali,Spain, USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic ofTanzania, United States (host country).

Chairman: Zenon Rossides (Cyprus).Vice-Chairmen: Siméon Ake (Ivory Coast), Guero Grozev

(Bulgaria).Rapporteur: Mrs. Emilia Castro de Barish (Costa Rica).

WORKING GROUPMembers in 1975: Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Mali, Spain,

United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, UnitedStates.

Chairman: Mrs. Emilia Castro de Barish (Costa Rica).

The Security Council

The Security Council consists of 15 Member States ofthe United Nations, in accordance with the provisionsof Article 23 of the United Nations Charter as amendedin 1965.

MEMBERS IN 1975Permanent members: China, France, USSR, United King-

dom, United States.Non-permanent members: Byelorussian SSR, Costa Rica,

Guyana, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Mauritania, Sweden, UnitedRepublic of Cameroon, United Republic of Tanzania.

On 20 October 1975, the General Assembly electedBenin, the Libyan Arab Republic, Panama and Romania,and on 23 October 1975 it elected Pakistan, all for a two-year term, ending 31 December 1977, to replace the

Byelorussian SSR, Costa Rica, Iraq, Mauritania and theUnited Republic of Cameroon, whose terms of office wereto expire on 31 December 1975.

MEMBERS FOR 1976Permanent members: China, France, USSR, United King-

dom, United States.Non-permanent members:

To serve until 31 December 1976: Guyana, Italy, Japan,Sweden, United Republic of Tanzania.

To serve until 31 December 1977: Benin, Libyan ArabRepublic, Pakistan, Panama, Romania.

PRESIDENTS IN 1975The Presidency of the Council rotates monthly, accord-

ing to the English alphabetical listing of its member

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States. The following served as Presidents during 1975:

MonthJanuaryFebruaryMarch

Member

Byelorussian SSRChinaCosta Rica

AprilMay

JuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

FranceGuyana

IraqItalyJapanMauritaniaSwedenUSSRUnited Kingdom

Representative

G. G. TchernouchtchenkoHuang HuaGonzalo J. FacioFernando Salazar NavarreteLouis de GuiringaudShridath S. RamphalRashleigh E. JacksonAbdul Karim Al-ShaikhlyEugenio PlajaShizuo SaitoMoulaye El HassenOlof RydbeckY. A. MalikIvor S. Richard

Military Staff CommitteeThe Military Staff Committee consists of the Chiefs of

Staff of the permanent members of the Security Councilor their representatives. It met fortnightly throughout1975; the first meeting was held on 9 January and thelast, on 23 December.

Members in 1975:China. Army representative and head of delegation: Lin

Fang. Air Force representative: Chang Wu-tang. Navyrepresentative: Yang Ming-liang. Assistant to head ofdelegation: Chi Shu-jang.

France. Army representatives: Major-General Etienne deGrasset (until 31 September 1975), Brigadier-GeneralC. Georges Fricaud-Chagnaud (from 1 October 1975);Lieutenant-Colonel Roland François Herve (until 9October 1975), Lieutenant-Colonel Roland FrancisDubois (from 10 October 1975); Lieutenant-ColonelClaude C. Courtet (until 6 August 1975), Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Gildas Fournier (from 7 August 1975);Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Louis Crespin. Air Force rep-resentative: Lieutenant-Colonel Claude Cholin. Navyrepresentative: Commander Andre P. Sauvage.

USSR. Armed Forces representatives: Major-General V. S.Tovma; Colonel V. I. Linkevitch; Lieutenant-ColonelV. N. Chernyshev; Captain 3rd Rank A. P. Koval.

United Kingdom. Head of delegation: Vice-Admiral SirIan Easton (until 14 December 1975), Lieutenant-General Sir Rollo Pain (from 19 December 1975). Armyrepresentatives: Brigadier Henry Gabriel Woods (until14 March 1975), Brigadier Andrew Linton Watson (from14 March 1975); Colonel Denis Arthur Bayly. Air Forcerepresentatives: Air Commodore William Harbison (until18 February 1975), Air Commodore Neville S. Howlett(from 18 February 1975); Group Captain Albert D. A.Honley; Squadron Leader Peter J. Anstee (until 14 July1975), Major Charles John Dawnay (from 15 July 1975).Navy representatives: Rear-Admiral Lancelot R. Bell-Davies (until 14 July 1975), Rear-Admiral Roy WilliamHalliday (from 15 July 1975); Captain Walter Edward B.Godsal. Royal Marines representative: Colonel JohnFrederick Mottram.

United States. Army representatives: Lieutenant-GeneralDonald H. Cowles (until 31 August 1975), Lieutenant-General John William Vessey, Jr. (from 1 September1975); Colonel William R. D. Jones. Air Force repre-sentatives: Lieutenant-General Marion L. Boswell;Colonel R. E. Sheridan (until 9 June 1975), ColonelNathaniel A. Gallagher (from 9 June 1975). Navy repre-sentatives: Vice-Admiral Joseph P. Moorer; CommanderE. J. Melanson, Jr. (until 7 March 1975), Captain CarlJ. Lidel (from 30 July 1975).

Disarmament CommissionThe Disarmament Commission reports to both the Gen-

eral Assembly and the Security Council. (See above,under THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.)

Collective Measures CommitteeThe Collective Measures Committee reports to both the

General Assembly and the Security Council. (See above,under THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.)

Standing committeesThere are three standing committees of the Security

Council: the Committee of Experts (to examine the pro-visional rules of procedure of the Council and any othermatters entrusted to it by the Council); the Committeeon the Admission of New Members; and the Committeeon Council Meetings Away from Headquarters. Each iscomposed of representatives of all Council members.

Ad hoc bodies

United Nations Commission for IndonesiaMembers: Australia, Belgium, United States.

On 1 April 1951, the Commission adjourned sine die.

United Nations Truce Supervision Organizationin Palestine (UNTSO)

Chief of Staff: Major-General Bengt Liljestrand (until 20August 1975), Colonel K. D. Howard (Acting Chief ofStaff, from 20 August 1975).

On 22 December 1975, the Secretary-General an-nounced the appointment of Major-General EmmanuelAlexander Erskine as Chief of Staff with effect from1 January 1976.

United Nations Representative for Indiaand Pakistan (UNRIP)

Vacant.

United Nations Military Observer Groupin India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)

Chief Military Observer: Lieutenant-General Luis TassaraGonzalez.

Sub-Committee on the Situation in AngolaThe Sub-Committee reported to both the General

Assembly and the Security Council in 1961 and 1962.(See above, under THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.) It ad-journed sine die after consideration of its reports atthe Assembly's seventeenth session in December 1962.

Special Committee against ApartheidThe Special Committee against Apartheid reports to

both the General Assembly and the Security Council.(See above, under THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.)

United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)Special Representative of the Secretary-General in

Cyprus: Luis Weckmann-Muñoz (until 14 October 1975),Javier Perez de Cuellar (from 15 October 1975).

Commander: Lieutenant-General Dewan Prem Chand.

(For a list of United Nations Member States whichhave contributed personnel to UNFICYP, see p. 296.)


United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF)Commander: Lieutenant-General Ensio P. H. Siilasvuo

(until 15 August 1975), Major-General Bengt Liljestrand(from 20 August 1975).

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)Commander: Major-General Hannes Philipp.*

* Formerly Officer-in-Charge of UNDOF, appointedCommander by the Secretary-General, with the consentof the Security Council, with effect from 9 July 1975.

Chief Co-ordinator of the United Nations Peace-keepingMissions in the Middle East*

Lieutenant-General Ensio P. H. Siilasvuo.

* The Secretary-General, with the consent of theSecurity Council, appointed Lieutenant-General EnsioP. H. Siilasvuo, with effect from 15 August 1975, as ChiefCo-ordinator of the United Nations Peace-keeping Mis-sions in the Middle East. Each of these missions, namely,the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization inPalestine (UNTSO), the United Nations Emergency Force(UNEF) and the United Nations Disengagement ObserverForce (UNDOF), continued to maintain its own opera-tional identity.

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 1975.

Security Council Committee Establishedin pursuance of Resolution 253(1968) concerning

the Question of Southern RhodesiaThe Committee consists of all the members of the

Security Council.

Chairman: Salim Ahmed Salim (United Republic ofTanzania).

First Vice-Chairman: Bernal Vargas-Saborío (Costa Rica).Second Vice-Chairman: Hisham AI-Khudhairy (Iraq).

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. The chairmanship is rotatedmonthly in the English alphabetical order of the memberStates.

It did not meet in 1975.

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rightsof the Palestinian People

The Committee on the Exercise of the InalienableRights of the Palestinian People was established by theGeneral Assembly on 10 November 1975 to report to theSecurity Council, through the Secretary-General, andto the Assembly. (See above, under THE GENERALASSEMBLY.)

The Economic and Social Council

The Economic and Social Council consists of 54 MemberStates of the United Nations, elected by the GeneralAssembly, each for a three-year term, in accordance withthe provisions of Article 61 of the United Nations Charteras amended in 1965 and 1973.

MEMBERS IN 1975

To serve until 31 December 1975: Algeria, Brazil, Fiji,France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Guatemala,Guinea, Indonesia, Mali, Mongolia, Netherlands, Sene-gal, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda,Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Australia, Belgium,Colombia, Congo, Democratic Yemen, Egypt, GermanDemocratic Republic, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica,Jordan, Liberia, Mexico, Romania, Thailand, UnitedStates, Zambia.

To serve until 31 December 1977: Argentina, Bulgaria,Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Ecuador,Ethiopia, Gabon, Japan, Kenya, Norway, Pakistan, Peru,USSR, United Kingdom, Yemen, Zaire.

On 20 October 1975, the General Assembly electedthe following States for a three-year term starting on 1January 1976 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31December 1975: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Bangla-desh, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, France, Germany, FederalRepublic of, Greece, Malaysia, Nigeria, Portugal, Togo,Tunisia, Uganda, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

Members for 1976: Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina,Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil,Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Congo, Cuba,

Czechoslovakia, Democratic Yemen, Denmark, Ecuador,Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, German DemocraticRepublic, Germany, Federal Republic of, Greece, Iran,Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya,Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan,Peru, Portugal, Romania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia,Uganda, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Vene-zuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia.

SESSIONS IN 1975

Organizational session for 1975, held at United NationsHeadquarters, New York, on 13, 15 and 28 January1975.

Fifty-eighth session, held at United Nations Headquarters,New York, from 8 April to 8 May 1975.

Fifty-ninth session, held at Geneva, Switzerland, from2 to 31 July 1975.

Resumed fifty-ninth session, held at United Nations Head-quarters, New York, on 29 August and 10 November1975.

OFFICERS IN 1975President: Iqbal Ahmad Akhund (Pakistan).Vice-Presidents: Simeon Ake (Ivory Coast), Edouard

Longerstaey (Belgium), Donald 0. Mills (Jamaica),Ladislav Smid (Czechoslovakia).

Subsidiary and other related organs

SUBSIDIARY ORGANS

In addition to three regular sessional committees, theEconomic and Social Council may, at each session, set

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up other committees and refer to them any question onthe agenda for study and report. Such committees, whichmay be committees of the whole or of limited member-ship, may be authorized to sit while the Council is notin session.

Other subsidiary organs reporting to the Council con-sist of functional commissions, regional commissions,standing committees and ad hoc committees.

Those bodies marked * were set up or began to func-tion during 1975, and those marked † were discontinuedin 1975.

The interagency Administrative Committee on Co-ordination also reports to the Council.

Sessional committeesEconomic CommitteeSocial CommitteePolicy and Programme Co-ordination Committee

Functional commissions and subsidiariesStatistical CommissionPopulation CommissionCommission for Social DevelopmentCommission on the Status of WomenCommission on Narcotic Drugs

Sub-Commission on Illicit Drug Traffic and RelatedMatters in the Near and Middle East

Working Group *†Commission on Human Rights

Ad Hoc Committee on Periodic Reports on HumanRights

Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts (established byCommission resolution 2(XXIII))

Working Groups (established by Commission decision3(XXX)† and decision 7(c) (XXXI)*)

Ad Hoc Working Group (established by Commissionresolution 8(XXXI)*)

Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination andProtection of Minorities

Working Group (established by Sub-Commissionresolution 2(XXIV))

Working Group (established by Sub-Commissionresolution 11 (XXVII))

Regional commissionsEconomic Commission for Europe (ECE)Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the

Pacific (ESCAP)Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA)

Standing committeesCommittee on Non-Governmental OrganizationsCommittee on Housing, Building and PlanningCommittee for Programme and Co-ordinationCommittee on Science and Technology for Development

Intergovernmental Working Group of the Committee onScience and Technology for Development†

Advisory Committee on the Application of Science andTechnology to Development

Committee for Development PlanningCommittee on Natural ResourcesCommittee on Crime Prevention and ControlCommittee on Review and AppraisalCommittee on Negotiations with Intergovernmental Agen-

ciesCommission on Transnational Corporations

Ad hoc bodiesCommission on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural

ResourcesAd Hoc Working Group on the Question of a Declaration

on International Economic Co-operationPreparatory Committee for the Special Session of the

General Assembly Devoted to Development andInternational Economic Co-operation†

Ad Hoc Working Group Con the rules of procedure of theEconomic and Social Council and its subsidiarybodies)

Administrative Committee on Co-ordinationOTHER RELATED BODIES

A number of other United Nations organs, though notestablished by the Economic and Social Council, reportin various ways to the Council or through it to otherbodies.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Governing Council

Budgetary and Finance CommitteeInter-Agency Consultative Board of UNDP (IACB)United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)

United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)Executive Board

Programme CommitteeCommittee on Administration and Finance


International Narcotics Control BoardUnited Nations/FAO Intergovernmental Committee of the

World Food Programme†Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes*World Food CouncilUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development

(UNRISD)Board of Directors

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Governing Council

United Nations Special FundBoard of Governors

Committee of Experts on the Transport of DangerousGoods

Group of Experts on ExplosivesGroup of Rapporteurs of the Committee of Experts on

the Transport of Dangerous GoodsUnited Nations Group of Experts on Geographical NamesGroup of Experts on Tax Treaties between Developed and

Developing CountriesGroup of Experts on the Establishment of an International

Research and Training Institute for the Advancementof Women*

Sessional committeesEach of the Economic and Social Council's sessional

committees consists of the 54 members of the Council.

SESSIONAL COMMITTEES IN 1975

Economic CommitteeSocial CommitteePolicy and Programme Co-ordination Committee

OFFICERS OF THE SESSIONAL COMMITTEES IN 1975Economic Committee. Chairman: Simeon Aké (Ivory

Coast). Vice-chairmen: Mrs. Annette Auguste (Trinidadand Tobago), Robert Douglas Sturkey (Australia).


Social Committee. Chairman: Edouard Longerstaey(Belgium). Vice-Chairmen: Ibrahim Ali Badawi (Egypt),Nicolae Ropotean (Romania).

Policy and Programme Co-ordination Committee. Chair-man: Ladislav Smid (Czechoslovakia). Vice-Chairmen:Chuay Kannawat (Thailand), Peter Joseph Ndung'u(Kenya).

Functional commissions and subsidiariesThe Economic and Social Council has six functional

commissions and two sub-commissions: the StatisticalCommission, the Population Commission, the Commis-sion for Social Development, the Commission on theStatus of Women, and the Commission on Narcotic Drugsand its Sub-Commission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Re-lated Matters in the Near and Middle East, which meetbiennially; the Commission on Human Rights and itsSub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination andProtection of Minorities, which meet annually.

Statistical CommissionThe Statistical Commission consists of 24 members,

elected for four-year terms by the Economic and SocialCouncil. It did not meet in 1975.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Argentina, Czecho-

slovakia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Spain, Ukrain-ian SSR.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Brazil, France, Hun-gary, Japan, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United Kingdom,Uruguay.

To serve until 31 December 1977: Canada, Gabon, NewZealand, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, USSR, United States,Venezuela.

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following eight members for a four-yearterm starting on 1 January 1976 to fill the vacanciesoccurring on 31 December 1975: Argentina, Czechoslo-vakia, Ghana, India, Iraq, Ireland, Kenya, Ukrainian SSR.

Members for 1976: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Czecho-slovakia, France, Gabon, Ghana, Hungary, India, Iraq,Ireland, Japan, Kenya, New Zealand, Sierra Leone, SriLanka, Sweden, Tunisia, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Population CommissionThe Population Commission consists of 27 members,

elected for four-year terms by the Economic and SocialCouncil.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Egypt, France, Ghana,

Indonesia, Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Sweden, Ukrain-ian SSR.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Brazil, Costa Rica,Denmark, Netherlands, Niger, Romania, Rwanda, Thai-land, Turkey.

7o serve until 31 December 1977: Ecuador, India, Japan,Mauritania, Panama, Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom,United States.

The Commission held its eighteenth session at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 18 to 28 February1975, with the following members and their chief repre-sentatives:

Brazil: Luiz Paulo Lindenberg Sette. Costa Rica: VictorHugo Morgan, Vice-Chairman. Denmark: Mogens Boserup.Ecuador: Eduardo Santos. Egypt: Gamal Askar. France:

Alfred Sauvy; Jean Bourgeois-Pichat (alternate). Ghana:Kweku Twum de Graft-Johnson, Vice-Chairman. India: A.Chandra Sekhar. Indonesia: Mrs. Roesiah Sardjono; PekPoedjioetomo (alternate). Japan: T. Kuroda; ToshiakiTanabe (alternate). Mauritania: Mrs. Turkia Ould-Daddah.Morocco: Laraqvi Abdelkader. Netherlands: Dirk Jan vande Kaa, Rapporteur; Henricus Gajentaan (alternate).Niger: J. Adehossi. Panama: Hildebrando Araica. Peru:Nestor Urrutia. Philippines: Miss Mercedes B. Concep-cion, Chairman; Miss Nona A. Zaldivar (alternate). Ro-mania: Mrs. Virginia Viorica Russ, Vice-Chairman; NicolaeRopotean (alternate). Rwanda: François Bararwerekana.Sweden: Mrs. Inga Thorsson; Carl E. T. Wahren (alter-nate). Thailand: Visid Prachuabmoh; Saroj Chavanaviraj(alternate). Tunisia: Mezri Chekir; Ali Hachani (alternate).Turkey: Turan S. Kivanc. Ukrainian SSR: V. F. Burlin.USSR: A. A. Isupov. United Kingdom: Miss Jean HelenThompson; A. D. Cooper, John E. C. Macrae, J. H.Symons (alternates). United States: John A. Scali;Philander P. Claxton, Jr. (alternate).

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following nine members for a four-year termstarting on 1 January 1976 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1975: Finland, France, Ghana, Indo-nesia, Mexico, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Ukrain-ian SSR.

Members for 1976: Brazil, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador,Finland, France, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mauri-tania, Mexico, Netherlands, Niger, Panama, Philippines,Romania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Tunisia,Turkey, Uganda, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United Kingdom,United States.

Commission for Social DevelopmentThe Commission for Social Development consists of

32 members, elected for four-year terms by the Economicand Social Council.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Belgium, Dominican

Republic, France, India, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Ni-geria, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United States, Uruguay.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Austria, Chile, Colom-bia, Czechoslovakia, Iraq, Italy, Mauritania, NewZealand, Sudan, Thailand.

To serve until 31 December 1978: Costa Rica, Cyprus,Egypt, Finland, Gabon, Japan, Mali, Mexico, Romania,United Kingdom, Zaire.

The Commission held its twenty-fourth session atUnited Nations Headquarters, New York, from 6 to 24January 1975, with the following members and theirchief representatives:

Austria: Heinz-Michael Melas; Adolf J. Kuen (alternate).Belgium: Albert Delpérée; Patrick Nothomb (alternate).Chile: Gregorio Amunátegui; Patricio Carrasco, HerbertMuller (alternates). Colombia: Luis Lascarro, Vice-Chair-man. Costa Rica: Jorge Arturo Montero-Castro; Fernandodel Castillo, Bernal Vargas-Saborío (alternates). Cyprus:Mikis Sparsis. Czechoslovakia: Mrs. Dagmar Molkova.Dominican Republic: Kemil L. Dipp-Gómez (acting repre-sentative); Mrs. Mirtha Tavares-Liz de Grossman, Mrs.Margarita Henríquez de Alba (alternates). Egypt: AhmedMohamed Khalifa; Ibrahim Ali Badawi (alternate). Fin-land: Tapani Purola; Kirsti Valvio, Miss Anja-RiittaKetokoski (alternates). France: Jacques Megret; AndreTravert, Albert Turot (alternates). Gabon: Jean-BaptisteMbatchi. India: Khaleeq Ahmed Naqvi, Chairman; E. A.Srinivasan (alternate). Indonesia: Djadjat Dradjat; PekPoedjioetomo (alternate). Iraq: Jawad Mohammed Ghali.

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Italy: Miss Maria Antonietta Cao-Pinna; Mario Cappetta(alternate). Ivory Coast: (not represented). Japan: IsamuMiyazaki; Yasushi Akashi, Takashi Kiya (alternates). Mali:Noumou Diakite. Mauritania: (not represented). Mexico:Agustin Arias Lazo; Miss Ruby Betancourt de JimenezRojano (alternate). New Zealand: Ian James Donald Mac-Kay, Vice-Chairman; Miss Jan Margaret Beagle (alter-nate). Nigeria: Mrs. Winifred Ayodele McEwen, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. Ruda T. Mohammed (alternate). Romania:Nicolae Ropotean, Rapporteur; Dumitru Rosu (alternate).Sudan: Manyang D'awoh (acting representative). Thailand:Prachoom Chomchai. Ukrainian SSR: V. Batiouk (actingrepresentative); A. B. Golovko, V. Kuchinsky (alternates).USSR: A. A. Molchanov (acting representative); V. N.Fedorov, A. D. Zhoukov, S. A. Ordzhonikidze (alternates).United Kingdom: Albert Russell Garness Prosser; Mrs.Joan Chapman, John E. C. Macrae (alternates). UnitedStates: Mrs. Jean Picker; Miss Gloria L Gaston (alter-nate). Uruguay: Carlos Giambruno; Luis A. Carresse, Mrs.Zulema Balbi (alternates). Zaire: Nyimi-Nyimi.

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following 11 members for a four-year termstarting on 1 January 1976 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1975: Dominican Republic, France,Grenada, Hungary, Indonesia, Lesotho, Mongolia, Nether-lands, Sierra Leone, USSR, United States.

Members for 1976: Austria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, Egypt,Finland, France, Gabon, Grenada, Hungary, Indonesia,Iraq, Italy, Japan, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico,Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, SierraLeone, Sudan, Thailand, USSR, United Kingdom,United States, Zaire.

Commission on the Status of WomenThe Commission on the Status of Women consists of

32 members, elected for four-year terms by the Economicand Social Council.

The Commission did not meet in 1975.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Argentina, Chile, Costa

Rica, France, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Norway, Philip-pines, Romania.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Belgium, Canada,China, Colombia, Egypt, Greece, Guinea, Hungary,India, Madagascar, Nicaragua.

To serve until 31 December 1978: Byelorussian SSR,Dominican Republic, Gabon, Indonesia, Senegal,Sweden, Thailand, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Zaire.

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following ten members for a four-year termstarting on 1 January 1976 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1975: Cuba, Denmark, Ethiopia, France,German Democratic Republic, Iran, Mexico, Pakistan,Togo, Venezuela.

Members for 1976: Belgium, Byelorussian SSR, Canada,China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic,Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, German DemocraticRepublic, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia,Iran, Madagascar, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Sene-gal, Sweden, Thailand, Togo, USSR, United Kingdom,United States, Venezuela, Zaire.

Commission on Narcotic DrugsThe Commission on Narcotic Drugs consists of 30

members, elected for four-year terms by the Economic

and Social Council from among the Members of theUnited Nations and of the specialized agencies and theparties to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs,1961, with due regard to the adequate representation of(a) countries which are important producers of opium orcoca leaves, (b) countries which are important in themanufacture of narcotic drugs, and (c) countries in whichdrug addiction or the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs con-stitutes an important problem, as well as taking intoaccount the principle of equitable geographical distribu-tion.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Argentina, Canada,

France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Hungary,India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Sweden, Switzer-land, Thailand, United States, Yugoslavia.

To serve until 31 December 1977: Australia, Brazil, Chile,Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico,Morocco, Romania, Togo, Turkey, USSR, United King-dom.

The Commission held its twenty-sixth session atGeneva, Switzerland, from 17 to 28 February 1975, withthe following members and their chief representatives:

Argentina: Lorenzo Abel Olivieri. Australia: G. E.Sheen; Dr. D. de Sousa, R. McInnes (alternates). Brazil:Dr. D. Marques de Miranda Chaves; Rubem de AndradeArruda, M. Silva (alternates). Canada: Dr. D. M. Smith,Rapporteur; T. R. McKim (alternate). Chile: Dr. MaríaRosa Mas Torner. Egypt: Dr. Hamdy H. El-Hakim; Dr.Helmi Ghali Abdel-Messih, General Sami Assaad Farag(alternates). France: Charles Vaille; T. J. M. Francfort,Mrs. Germaine Hirlemann, François Le Mouel, C. Merlin(alternates). Germany, Federal Republic of: Dr. OskarSchroeder; Dr. Hans-Peter Bochmann, Dr. EckehardSchober (alternates). Hungary: Dr. Matyas Domokos; Dr.Kalman Agoston, Bela Blaho (alternates). India: JasjitSingh, Chairman; Anand P. Agrawal, B. S. Chawla,Abhilash Shanker (alternates). Indonesia: SoenartoPrawirosoejanto; Sirad Atmodjo (alternate). Iran: Dr. M.B. Noushkam. Jamaica: Dr. A. C. Ellington. Japan: Dr.Nobuo Motohashi. Kenya: A. A. Ouma. Mexico: JuanBarona-Lobato, Dr. Guido Belsasso, Rodolfo ChávezCalvillo, Dr. Manuel Merino, Jorge Vásquez Robles.Morocco: Mrs. Z. Berrada; M. Cohen (alternate). Nigeria:A. A. Aiyegbo, T. A. A. Ajayi, Miss L. V. Nylander, M. G.S. Samaki. Pakistan: Sahibzada Raoof Ali. Peru: Y.Ramírez Figueroa, A. Rivera Santander Herrera. Romania:Dr. Dumitru Dobrescu; Mircea Manea (alternate). Sweden:Bror A. Rexed, Second Vice-Chairman; Carl-EdvardSturkell (alternate). Switzerland: Dr. J.-P. Bertschinger.Thailand: Chitra Posayanonda; Police Colonel ChavalitYodmani (alternate). Togo: Dr. Faadji Johnson Dagbegni-kin. Turkey: A. Coskun Kirca; Dr. Tevfik Alan, Lieutenant-Colonel Cevat Alpaslan, Resat Arim, Numan Baycin, Mrs.Gonul Dalyanoglu, Cenap Eke, Aydemir Erman, EkremGunay, Ismail Taskafa (alternates). USSR: Dr. E. Babaian,First Vice-Chairman; E. P. Sviridov (alternate). UnitedKingdom: C. J. Train; E. W. Callway, D. G. Turner (alter-nates). United States: Sheldon B. Vance; Robert L. Du-pont, J. N. Jenson, D. E. Miller (alternates). Yugoslavia:Dragan Nikolic.

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following 15 members for a four-year termstarting on 1 January 1976 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1975: Argentina, Canada, Colombia,France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Hungary, India,Italy, Kenya, Madagascar, Pakistan, Sweden, Thailand,United States, Yugoslavia.


Members for 1976: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada,Chile, Colombia, Egypt, France, Germany, Federal Re-public of, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Ja-maica, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Morocco,Pakistan, Romania, Sweden, Thailand, Togo, Turkey,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia.

SUB-COMMISSION ON ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC ANDRELATED MATTERS IN THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST

Members in 1975: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Sweden,Turkey.

In 1975, the Sub-Commission held a meeting at Ge-neva, Switzerland, on 28 February, with the followingmembers and their representatives:

Afghanistan: Mohammad Yahya Maroofi. Iran: Dr. M. B.Noushkam.* Pakistan: Sahibzada Raoof Ali. Sweden:Carl-Edvard Sturkell.* Turkey: A. Coskun Kirca, Chair-man.

* Replaced Dr. Hassan Ali Azarakhsh, Vice-Chairman(Iran) and Lars Norberg (Sweden), respectively, whowere unable to attend the meeting.

Working GroupThe establishment of the Working Group of the Sub-

Commission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Mattersin the Near and Middle East was approved by the Com-mission on Narcotic Drugs on 24 February 1975, uponrecommendation of the Sub-Commission.

Members: Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey.

The Working Group held a series of meetings atIslamabad, Pakistan, between 24 and 28 November 1975.Attending the meetings were the following members andtheir representatives:

Afghanistan: Faruk Yaqubi. Iran: Dr. Hassan AliAzarakhsh. Pakistan: Asrar Hussain, Chairman. Turkey:Eyup Babacan.*

* Replaced A. Turan Senel, who was unable to attend.

Commission on Human RightsThe Commission on Human Rights consists of 32 mem-

bers, elected for three-year terms by the Economic andSocial Council.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Bulgaria, Dominican

Republic, Ghana, Iraq, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Tu-nisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Zaire.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Austria, Cyprus,France, India, Lebanon, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, SierraLeone, USSR, United Republic of Tanzania.

To serve until 31 December 1977: Byelorussian SSR,Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Federal Repub-lic of, Iran, Italy, Senegal, United States, Upper Volta,Yugoslavia.

The Commission held its thirty-first session at Geneva,Switzerland, from 3 February to 7 March 1975, with thefollowing members and their chief representatives:

Austria: Felix Ermacora; George Mautner-Markhof,Felix Mikl (alternates). Bulgaria: Luben Pentchev. Byelo-russian SSR: I. I. Antonovich, Vice-Chairman; L. I.Maksimov (alternate). Costa Rica: Fernando Mora (alter-nate). Cyprus: Nicolaos Macris, Andreas Mavrommatis (al-ternates). Dominican Republic: Armando Oscar Pacheco;Mrs. Diana Elisa Noelting (alternate). Ecuador: LeopoldoBenites; Eduardo Tobar Fierro (alternate). Egypt: HusseinKhallaf; Mahmoud Aboul-Nasr (alternate). France: Pierre

Juvigny; Rene Gros (alternate). Germany, Federal Re-public of: Gerhard Jahn; Dietrich von Kyaw (alternate).Ghana: Annan Arkyin Cato, Rapporteur. India: Mrs. RajanNehru; B. M. Manchanda, E. A. Srinivasan (alternates).Iran: Manouchehr Ganji (alternate). Iraq: Hisham Al-Shawi; Nabil Najim AI-Tikriti (alternate). Italy: GiuseppeSperduti; Antonio Cassese, S. D'Andrea (alternates).Lebanon: Mahmoud El-Banna. Netherlands: T. C. vanBoven, Vice-Chairman; A. H. J. M. Speekenbrink (alter-nate). Nicaragua: Danilo Sans6n Roman (alternate). Paki-stan: Ghulam Ali Allana, Chairman; Afzal Mahmood,Mohammad Yunus (alternates). Panama: Jose MaríaEspino Gonzalez, Vice-Chairman. Peru: Carlos AlzamoraTraverso (alternate). Senegal: Kéba M'Baye; AbdoulayeDiéye (alternate). Sierra Leone: Mrs. Marion J. T. Kamara.Tunisia: Mohamed Ben Fadhel, Miss Faika Farouk, AliJerad, Slim Ben Rejed (alternates). Turkey: Ali SuatBilge; Daryal Batibay, Aydemir Erman, Turan Firat, A.Coskun Kirca, Nuri Yildirim (alternates). USSR: V. A.Zorin; D. V. Bykov, S. V. Chernichenko, K. F. Gutsenko,E. Peryshkin (alternates). United Kingdom: Sir KeithUnwin; David Broad (alternate). United Republic of Tan-zania: Mrs. Dorah N. J. Danieli. United States: Philip E.Hoffman; Warren E. Hewitt (alternate). Upper Volta:Charles Seriba Traore; François Zongo (alternate). Yugo-slavia: Aleksandar Bozovic; Todor Bojadzievski, MiodragMihajlovic (alternates). Zaire: Yakembe Yoko, MissKabangi Kaumbu Bula.

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Jordan, Lesotho, theLibyan Arab Republic, Rwanda, Turkey and the UnitedKingdom and, on 7 May 1975, it elected Uruguay, all fora three-year term starting on 1 January 1976 to fill thevacancies occurring on 31 December 1975.

Members for 1976: Austria, Bulgaria, Byelorussian SSR,Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt,France, Germany, Federal Republic of, India, Iran,Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Republic,Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal, SierraLeone, Turkey, USSR, United Kingdom, United Republicof Tanzania, United States, Upper Volta, Uruguay,Yugoslavia.

AD HOC COMMITTEE ONPERIODIC REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS

The Ad Hoc Committee, a subsidiary of the Commis-sion on Human Rights, held its 1975 meetings at Geneva,Switzerland, between 27 and 31 January.

Members in 1975: France, India (Chairman/Rapporteur),Peru, Senegal, USSR, United Kingdom, United States,Yugoslavia.

AD HOC WORKING GROUP OF EXPERTS(established by Commission on Human Rightsresolution 2(XXIII) of 6 March 1967)

The Ad Hoc Working Group held its 1975 meetings atGeneva, Switzerland, between 6 and 17 January andbetween 28 and 31 July.

Members in 1975: Humberto Diaz-Casanueva (Chile);Felix Ermacora (Austria); Branimir M. Jankovic, Vice-Chairman (Yugoslavia); A. S. Mani (India);* KébaM'Baye, Chairman/ Rapporteur (Senegal); MahmudNasser Rattansey (United Republic of Tanzania).†

* Replaced by Syed Amjad Ali (India) at the Julymeetings.

† Replaced by Annan Arkyin Cato (Ghana) at the Julymeetings.

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WORKING GROUPSEstablished by Commission on Human Rights decision3(XXX) of 6 March 1974:

The Working Group held a series of meetings at Ge-neva, Switzerland, between 27 and 31 January 1975.

Members: Ghulam Ali Allana (Pakistan); AleksandarBozovic (Yugoslavia);* Annan Arkyin Cato, Chairman/Rapporteur (Ghana); Dídimo Rios (Panama);† T. C.van Boven (Netherlands).

* Appointed on 23 January 1975.† Did not attend the January meetings.

Established by Commission on Human Rights decision7(c) (XXXI) of 24 February 1975:

The Working Group did not meet in 1975.

Members:* Aleksander Bozovic (Yugoslavia), Mrs. DorahN. J. Danieli (United Republic of Tanzania), PierreJuvigny (France), Dídimo Rios (Panama).

* Four members were appointed on 7 March 1975. Thefifth member was not appointed in 1975.

AD HOC WORKING GROUP(established by Commission on Human Rightsresolution 8(XXXI) of 27 February 1975)

The establishment of the Ad Hoc Working Group, en-trusted with the task of inquiring into the situation ofhuman rights in Chile, was approved by the Economicand Social Council on 6 May 1975. The Ad Hoc WorkingGroup consists of five members of the Commission onHuman Rights, appointed in their personal capacities bythe Commission's Chairman.

The Ad Hoc Working Group held the following seriesof meetings in 1975: between 20 and 24 May, at Geneva,Switzerland; between 7 and 11 July, at Lima, Peru;between 16 and 22 July, at Caracas, Venezuela; andbetween 18 and 30 August, at Geneva.

Members: Ghulam Ali Allana, Chairman/Rapporteur (Pak-istan); Leopoldo Benites (Ecuador); Abdoulaye Diéye(Senegal); Felix Ermacora (Austria); Mrs. Marion J. T.Kamara (Sierra Leone).

SUB-COMMISSION ON PREVENTION OFDISCRIMINATION AND PROTECTION OF MINORITIES

The Sub-Commission consists of 26 members, electedby the Commission on Human Rights from nominationsof experts made by Member States of the United Nations,in accordance with a scheme to ensure equitable geo-graphical distribution. Members serve in their individualcapacities as experts, rather than as governmental repre-sentatives, for a three-year term.

The Sub-Commission held its twenty-eighth session atGeneva, Switzerland, from 25 August to 12 September1975, with the following members and alternates:

Wisam Al-Zahawi (Iraq). Bali Ram Bhagat (India).Abdelwahab Bouhdiba, Vice-Chairman (Tunisia). JoseJoaquin Caicedo Perdomo, Rapporteur (Colombia). Fran-cesco Capotorti; Francesco Margiotta Broglio (alternate)(Italy). W. Beverly Carter, Jr.; John Carey (alternate)(United States). Aureliu Cristescu (Romania). I. J. D.Durlong; B. Akporode Clark (alternate) (Nigeria).Manouchehr Ganji (Iran). Branimir M. Jankovic, Vice-Chairman; Silvio Devetak (alternate) (Yugoslavia). Mrs.Renu Jotidilok, Vice-Chairman (Thailand). Ahmed Mo-hamed Khalifa (Egypt). Mrs. Kezia Njeri Egeria Kinyanjui(Kenya). Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada;* Afzal Mahmood(alternate) (Pakistan). Antonio Martínez-Báez (Mexico).

Jose R. Martinez Cobo; Eduardo Tobar Fierro (alternate)(Ecuador). Ernesto Navarro Richardson; Mrs. Elizabethde Lacayo (alternate) (Nicaragua). Erik Nettel (Austria).Gonzalo Ortiz Martín (Costa Rica). Mrs. Turkia Ould-Daddah (Mauritania). Mrs. Nicole Questiaux, Chairman(France). E. Kofi Sekyiamah (Ghana). Freddie A. Short(Sierra Leone). S. N. Smirnov (USSR). T. C. van Boven(Netherlands). Benjamin Charles George Whitaker (UnitedKingdom).

* Did not attend the twenty-eighth session.

On 6 March 1975, the Commission on Human Rightselected the following for a three-year period, to beginimmediately:

Wisam Al-Zahawi (Iraq), Bali Ram Bhagat (India),Abdelwahab Bouhdiba (Tunisia), Jose Joaquín CaicedoPerdomo (Colombia), Francesco Capotorti (Italy), W. Bev-erly Carter, Jr. (United States), Aureliu Cristescu (Ro-mania), I. J. D. Durlong (Nigeria), Manouchehr Ganji(Iran), Branimir M. Jankovic (Yugoslavia), Mrs. RenuJotidilok (Thailand), Ahmed Mohamed Khalifa (Egypt),Mrs. Kezia Njeri Egeria Kinyanjui (Kenya), AntonioMartínez-Báez (Mexico), Jose R. Martinez Cobo (Ecua-dor), Ernesto Navarro Richardson (Nicaragua), Erik Nettel(Austria), Gonzalo Ortiz Martín (Costa Rica), Mrs. TurkiaOuld-Daddah (Mauritania), Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada(Pakistan), Mrs. Nicole Questiaux (France), E. KofiSekyiamah (Ghana), Freddie A. Short (Sierra Leone), S.N. Smirnov (USSR), T. C. van Boven (Netherlands), Ben-jamin Charles George Whitaker (United Kingdom).

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 held its fourth session at Geneva,

Switzerland, from 11 to 20 August 1975.

Members in 1975: W. Beverly Carter, Jr. (United States);Ernesto Navarro Richardson (Nicaragua); Syed Sharif-uddin Pirzada (Pakistan);* E. Kofi Sekyiamah, Chair-man/Rapporteur (Ghana); S. N. Smirnov (USSR).

* Did not attend the fourth session.

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 held its first session at Geneva,

Switzerland, from 20 to 27 August 1975.

Members in 1975: Bali Ram Bhagat, Chairman/Rapporteur(India); Jose Joaquín Caicedo Perdomo (Colombia);Branimir M. Jankovic (Yugoslavia); Freddie A. Short(Sierra Leone); Benjamin Charles George Whitaker(United Kingdom).

Regional commissionsThere are five regional commissions:

Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pa-

cific (ESCAP)Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA)


Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)Members: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Byelorus-

sian SSR, Canada, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,Finland, France, German Democratic Republic, Ger-many, Federal Republic of, Greece, Hungary, Ice-land, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands,Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden,Switzerland, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United States, Yugoslavia.

The Commission has established the following princi-pal subsidiary bodies:

Committee on Agricultural Problems; Chemical Indus-try Committee; Coal Committee; Conference of EuropeanStatisticians; Committee on Electric Power; Committeeon Gas; Committee on Housing, Building and Planning;Inland Transport Committee; Senior Advisers to ECEGovernments on Environmental Problems; Senior Ad-visers to ECE Governments on Science and Technology;Senior Economic Advisers to ECE Governments; SteelCommittee; Timber Committee; Committee on the Devel-opment of Trade; Committee on Water Problems.

Some of these committees have established subsidiarybodies, including standing sub-committees and workingparties.

In addition, the Commission annually establishes asessional committee to examine the reports of its princi-pal subsidiary bodies before discussion of those reportsin plenary meetings.

The Commission held its thirtieth session at Geneva,Switzerland, from 15 to 24 April 1975.

Chairman: Jens Boyesen (Norway).Vice-Chairman: Gerhard Hahn (German Democratic Re-

public).Rapporteurs: P. Kiewitt (Federal Republic of Germany),

V. Zvezdine (USSR).

Economic and Social Commission forAsia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Members: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan,Burma, Cambodia, China, France, India, Indonesia,Iran, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Ma-laysia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, NewZealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Re-public of South Viet-Nam, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thai-land, Tonga, USSR, United Kingdom, United States,Western Samoa.

Associate members: British Solomon Islands Protectorate,Brunei, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert and Ellice Islands,*Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Trust Territory of thePacific Islands.

* On 1 October 1975, the Ellice Islands separated fromthe Gilberts. Thereupon, the responsibilities of member-ship originally accepted by the territory were assumed bythe Gilbert Islands; the Ellice Islands changed its nameto Tuvalu and requested admission as an associate mem-ber of the Commission.

Switzerland, not a Member of the United Nations, par-ticipates in a consultative capacity in the work of theCommission.

The following are the main subsidiary bodies of theCommission:

For policy and direction: Council of Ministers for AsianEconomic Co-operation; Advisory Committee of Perma-nent Representatives and Other Representatives Desig-nated by Members of the Commission.

For sectoral review and project formulation and pro-gramming: Committee on Agricultural Development;Committee on Development Planning;* Committee onIndustry, Housing and Technology; Committee onNatural Resources; Committee on Population; Commit-tee on Social Development; Committee on Statistics;Committee on Trade; Committee on Transport andCommunications; Special Body on Land-locked Coun-tries.

For project implementation: Committee for Co-ordinationof Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin;† Commit-tee for Co-ordination of Joint Prospecting for MineralResources in Asian Offshore Areas;† Committee forCo-ordination of Joint Prospecting for Mineral Re-sources in South Pacific Offshore Areas; TyphoonCommittee; Advisory Board, Asian Highway Co-ordi-nating Committee.†Regional institutions: Advisory Council, Asian Statisti-

cal Institute:† Governing Council, Asian Centre forDevelopment Administration:† Governing Council,Asian Development Institute.† **

* Formerly known as the Committee on EconomicPlanning; its change of name was endorsed by the Com-mission during its thirty-first session held from 26 Feb-ruary to 7 March 1975.

† Receives institutional support from the United Na-tions Development Programme in accordance with itsplan of operation.

**The Institute, formerly known as the Asian Institutefor Economic Development and Planning, was renamedby the Commission on 6 March 1975.

The Commission held its thirty-first session at NewDelhi, India, from 26 February to 7 March 1975.

Chairman: D. P. Chattopadhyaya (India).Vice-Chairmen: Buyantyn Dashtseren (Mongolia), Hammer

de Roburt (Nauru), Dewan Farid Ghazi (Bangladesh),Toshio Kimura (Japan), Ma Mu Ming (China), DatukAbdul Taib Mahmud (Malaysia), R. M. Miller (NewZealand), Farrokh Najmabadi (Iran), Abdul RahmanPazhwak (Afghanistan), Gerardo P. Sicat (Philippines),T. B. Subasinghe (Sri Lanka), Owart Suthiwart-Narueput(Thailand).

The Commission appointed a sessional committee ofthe whole and a drafting committee at its thirty-first ses-sion.

Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)Members: Argentina, Bahamas,* Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil,

Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, DominicanRepublic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Grenada,*Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trini-dad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Uru-guay, Venezuela.

Associate members: Belize and the West Indies Associ-ated States (Antigua, Dominica, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla,St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the territory of Mont-serrat—collectively as a single member).

* Became a member on 6 May 1975.


The Commission has established, as its main sub-sidiary bodies, the Committee of the Whole, the TradeCommittee, the Committee on Central American Eco-

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nomic Co-operation, the Committee of High-level Gov-ernment Experts, the Regional Group on Electricity Rates,the Regional Committee on Electrical Standards, and theCaribbean Development and Co-operation Committee.*

In addition, there are two autonomous, permanent insti-tutions within the ECLA system: the Latin AmericanDemographic Centre,† whose Governing Council reportsto the Commission; and the Latin American Institute forEconomic and Social Planning, with its Technical Com-mittee, which is responsible directly to the Commission'sExecutive Secretary.

* Established in accordance with a resolution of 13May 1975 of ECLA.

† Became a permanent institution pursuant to a reso-lution of 7 March 1975 of the Committee of the Whole ofECLA.

The Committee of the Whole of ECLA held its tenthextraordinary session at Mexico City, Mexico, on 7 March1975.

Chairman: Pedro Aguayo Cubillo (Ecuador).First Vice-Chairman: Hector M. Millan (Argentina).Second Vice-Chairman: Ivan Timolin (Canada).Rapporteur: Juan Oddone (Uruguay).

The Commission held its sixteenth session at Port ofSpain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 6 to 14 May 1975.

Chairman: Eric Eustace Williams (Trinidad and Tobago).First Vice-Chairman: Jose Loayza Amezquita (Peru).Second Vice-Chairman: Gabriel Lisette (France).Rapporteur: Rafael Carrillo Lara (Costa Rica).

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)Members: Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cape

Verde,* Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros,*Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon,Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,* Ivory Coast,Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Republic, Mada-gascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco,Mozambique,* Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome andPrincipe,* Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, SouthAfrica,† Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda,United Republic of Cameroon, United Republic of Tan-zania, Upper Volta, Zaire, Zambia.

Associate members: The non-self-governing territoriessituated within the geographical area of the Commis-sion and States responsible for international relationsin those territories (i.e. France, Spain and the UnitedKingdom).

* Became members of the Commission on the date oftheir admission to membership in the United Nations:Cape Verde, Mozambique, and Sao Tome and Principe,on 16 September 1975; the Comoros, on 12 November1975; and Guinea-Bissau, on 17 September 1974.

† On 30 July 1963, the Economic and Social Councildecided that South Africa should not take part in thework of the Commission until conditions for constructiveco-operation had been restored by a change in SouthAfrica's racial policy.


The principal subsidiary bodies of the Commission are:the Executive Committee, the Technical Committee ofExperts, the Conference of African Planners, the Confer-

ence of African Demographers, the Conference of AfricanStatisticians, the Governing Council of the African Insti-tute for Economic Development and Planning, the Com-mittee on Staff Recruitment and Training, the Trans-African Highway Co-ordinating Committee and the Inter-governmental Committee of Experts for Science andTechnology Development in Africa.

The Commission's regular biennial session is at theministerial level and is known as the Conference ofMinisters.

The Commission held its twelfth session (third meet-ing of the Conference of Ministers) at Nairobi, Kenya,from 24 to 28 February 1975.

Chairman: Mwai Kibaki (Kenya).First Vice-Chairman: Layachi Yaker (Algeria).Second Vice-Chairman: Gabriel Mpozagara (Burundi).Rapporteur: Ousmane Seck (Senegal).

Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA)Members: Bahrain, Democratic Yemen, Iraq, Jordan,

Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, SyrianArab Republic, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

On 9 May 1975, the Commission decided to establisha Standing Committee to advise on arrangements forthe sessions and other meetings of the Commission andon other matters as needed.

The Commission held its second session at Beirut,Lebanon, from 5 to 10 May 1975.

Chairman: Jawad Hashim (Iraq).Vice-Chairmen: Abdulaziz Abdulwali (Democratic Yemen),

Hashim Dabbas (Jordan).Rapporteur: Yussouf AI-Khajah (Bahrain).

Standing committeesIn 1975, the Economic and Social Council had the

following standing committees:

Committee on Non-Governmental OrganizationsCommittee on Housing, Building and PlanningCommittee for Programme and Co-ordinationCommittee on Science and Technology for Development

Intergovernmental Working Group of the Committee onScience and Technology for Development

Advisory Committee on the Application of Science andTechnology to Development

Committee for Development PlanningCommittee on Natural ResourcesCommittee on Crime Prevention and ControlCommittee on Review and AppraisalCommittee on Negotiations with Intergovernmental Agen-

ciesCommission on Transnational Corporations

Committee on Non-Governmental OrganizationsThe Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations

consists of 13 members of the Economic and SocialCouncil, elected by the Council according to a specificpattern of equitable geographical representation.

The term of office of members, originally one year,was extended to four years by the Council on 28 Jan-uary 1975.

The Committee held a series of meetings at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, between 10 and 14March and on 8 April 1975.


Members (to serve until 31 December 1978):* Chile,Czechoslovakia, France, Ghana, Japan, Kenya, Nether-lands, Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

* France, the Netherlands, the USSR, the United King-dom and the United States were elected on 15 January1975; Czechoslovakia, Ghana, Japan, Kenya and Tunisia,on 28 January 1975; and Chile, on 7 May 1975. As of31 December 1975, one member from African and AsianStates and another from Latin American States remainedto be elected.

Chairman: Henricus Gajentaan (Netherlands).Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Elizabeth Mukambi Wanjui (Kenya).Rapporteur: Masaaki Kuniyasu (Japan).

Committee on Housing, Building and PlanningThe Committee on Housing, Building and Planning con-

sists of 27 members, elected for four-year terms by theEconomic and Social Council according to a specificpattern of equitable geographical distribution.

The Committee held its ninth session at Geneva,Switzerland, from 13 to 24 October 1975.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Austria, France, India,

Nigeria, Panama,* Trinidad and Tobago,* USSR,*United Kingdom, United Republic of Cameroon.*

To serve until 31 December 1976: Czechoslovakia, Egypt,Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Spain, Togo,* Uganda,United States.

To serve until 31 December 1977: Brazil, Bulgaria, Can-ada, Finland, Gabon,* Iraq,* Morocco,* Thailand, Vene-zuela.


Chairman: Anthony Lubega (Uganda).Vice-Chairmen: Prasart Junhaman (Thailand), Nicolay

Nenov (Bulgaria).Rapporteur: Mark Moher (Canada).

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following nine members for a four-year termstarting on 1 January 1976 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1975: Burundi, Ecuador, France, Greece,Japan, Trinidad and Tobago, USSR, United Kingdom,United Republic of Tanzania.

Members for 1976: Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada,Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France,Gabon, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ja-pan, Morocco, Spain, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad andTobago, Uganda, USSR, United Kingdom, United Re-public of Tanzania, United States, Venezuela.

Committee for Programme and Co-ordinationThe Committee for Programme and Co-ordination con-

sists of 21 Member States of the United Nations, electedfor three-year terms by the Economic and Social Councilaccording to a specific pattern of equitable geographicaldistribution.

The Committee held its fifteenth session at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 17 to 24 March1975.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Belgium, Byelorussian

SSR, Denmark, Guyana, Hungary, Pakistan, United King-dom.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Argentina, France,Haiti, Togo, Uganda,* USSR, United States.

To serve until 31 December 1977:† Brazil, India, Japan,Kenya,* United Republic of Tanzania,* Zaire.**

* Elected on 6 May 1975.† The seat reserved for one member from Asian States

was not filled in 1975.** Elected on 28 January 1975; did not attend the fif-

teenth session.

Chairman: Miles S. Stoby (Guyana).Vice-Chairmen: Rezso Banyasz (Hungary), Peter Hansen

(Denmark).Rapporteur: Yasushi Akashi (Japan).

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following seven members for a three-yearterm starting on 1 January 1976 to fill the vacanciesoccurring on 31 December 1975: Belgium, Bulgaria,Byelorussian SSR, Chile, Denmark, Pakistan, UnitedKingdom.

Members for 1976:* Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,Byelorussian SSR, Chile, Denmark, France, Haiti, India,Japan, Kenya, Pakistan, Togo, Uganda, USSR, UnitedKingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States,Zaire.

* As of 31 December 1975, one member from AsianStates remained to be elected, for a term to expire on31 December 1977.

Committee on Science and Technology for DevelopmentThe Committee on Science and Technology for Devel-

opment consists of 54 members, elected by the Economicand Social Council in accordance with the geographicaldistribution of seats in the Council.

On 6 May 1975, the Council changed the term ofoffice of members from three to four years; it accord-ingly extended the terms of those members elected on16 May 1974 for a further year, to expire on 31 Decem-ber 1978.


Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Canada, Central Afri-

can Republic,* Colombia, Democratic Yemen, Egypt,*Ghana,* Greece,† Iran, Jordan, Mauritania,* Mongolia,Morocco,* Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines,Spain, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Algeria, Argentina,Australia, Belgium, Chile, Germany, Federal Republicof, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya,* Madagascar, Mexico,Sierra Leone, Sweden, USSR, United Republic ofTanzania, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

To serve until 31 December 1978:** Brazil, Bulgaria,Byelorussian SSR, Chad, France, Guatemala, India,Italy, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Trini-dad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Kingdom, UnitedStates.

* Elected on 28 January 1975.† Elected on 15 January 1975.* *The seat reserved for one member from Asian

States was not filled in 1975.

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following members for a four-year term start-ing on 1 January 1976 to fill 16 of the 18 vacanciesoccurring on 31 December 1975: Austria, Canada, CentralAfrican Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Ghana,Greece, Indonesia, Jordan, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mo-rocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Spain, Thailand.

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Members for 1976:* Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria,Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Byelorussian SSR, Canada,Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Dominican Re-public, Egypt, France, Germany, Federal Republic of,Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ja-maica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania,Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pak-istan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Sierra Leone,Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,USSR, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania,United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

* As of 31 December 1975, three members from AsianStates remained to be elected: one for a term to expireon 31 December 1978 and two for a term to expireon 31 December 1979.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUPOF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT

The Intergovernmental Working Group, in which all themembers of the Committee on Science and Technologyfor Development were eligible to participate, held a first,and final, series of meetings at United Nations Head-quarters, New York, between 21 April and 1 May 1975.Represented at the meetings were:

Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,Byelorussian SSR, Canada, Central African Republic,Chile, Egypt, France, Germany, Federal Republic of,Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, India, Iran, Italy, Jamaica,Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Mongolia,Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania,Spain, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, USSR,United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

Chairman: Joao Frank da Costa (Brazil).Vice-Chairmen: Guy B. Gresford (Australia), Walery

Kujawski (Poland), S. K. Subramanian (India).Rapporteur: Josue L. Villa (Philippines).

Advisory Committee on the Application ofScience and Technology to Development

The Advisory Committee consists of 24 membersappointed by the Economic and Social Council, on nomi-nation by the Secretary-General in consultation withGovernments. Members serve in their personal capaci-ties normally for a term of three years.

The Advisory Committee held its twenty-first session atGeneva, Switzerland, from 17 to 28 November 1975.

Members in 1975:Until 30 July 1975:* Pierre Victor Auger (France); Bruce

H. Billings (United States); Arthur H. Bunting (UnitedKingdom); Mourad Castel (Algeria); Carlos Chagas(Brazil); Wilbert K. Chagula (United Republic ofTanzania); Ricardo Diez-Hochleitner (Spain); J. M.Gvishiani (USSR); Alexander Keynan (Israel); ThorkilKristensen (Denmark); Sir Arthur Lewis (St. Lucia);M. G. K. Menon (India); Takashi Mukaibo (Japan);Mukendi Mbuyi Tshingoma (Zaire); Josef Novak(Czechoslovakia); Louis Z. Rousseau (Canada); Frede-rick T. Sai (Ghana); Abdus Salam (Pakistan); IrimieStaicu (Romania); Víctor Luis Urquidi (Mexico); JoseValenzuela (Chile); Nicola Borissov Videnov (Bulgaria);Sir Ronald Walker (Australia); Mohammed Yeganeh(Iran).

To serve until 31 December 1977:† Pierre Victor Auger(France); Bruce H. Billings (United States); AlfredBoettcher (Germany, Federal Republic of); HendrikBrugt Gerhard Casimir (Netherlands); Carlos Chagas,Vice-Chairman (Brazil); Wilbert K. Chagula, Chairman

(United Republic of Tanzania); Guy B. Gresford, Vice-Chairman (Australia); J. M. Gvishiani (USSR); Zafar AliHashmi (Pakistan); Howe Yoon Chong (Singapore);Kenneth S. Julien (Trinidad and Tobago); Naji AbdulKadir (Iraq);** Leszek Kasprzyk (Poland); AlexanderKeynan (Israel); Mohamed Liassine (Algeria);** M. G.K. Menon (India); Takashi Mukaibo (Japan); MukendiMbuyi Tshingoma (Zaire);** Tiberiu Muresan (Romania);Marcel Roche (Venezuela);** Hassan Saab (Lebanon);Kwaku Mawuena Sape (Ghana); Victor Luis Urquidi(Mexico);** Mohammed Yeganeh (Iran).

* On 15 January 1975, the term of these members,originally to expire on 31 December 1974, was extendedby the Economic and Social Council until the appoint-ment of their successors on 30 July 1975.

† Appointed on 30 July 1975.** Did not attend the twenty-first session.

The Advisory Committee has established regionalgroups for Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, LatinAmerica, and Western Asia, as well as a number ofad hoc working groups.

Committee for Development PlanningThe Committee for Development Planning is composed

of 24 experts representing different planning systems.They are appointed by the Economic and Social Council,on nomination by the Secretary-General, to serve in theirpersonal capacities for a term of three years.

The Committee held its eleventh session at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 7 to 16 April 1975.

Members (until 31 December 1977):* Chedly Ayari(Tunisia):† Hendricus Cornelis Bos (Netherlands);Mrs. Ester Boserup (Denmark); Nurul Islam (Bangla-desh); Saeb Jaroudi (Lebanon):† Paul Kaya (Congo);V. N. Kirichenko (USSR); Janos Kornai, Vice-Chairman(Hungary); Yoeri Z. Kyesimira (Uganda); Julio A. Lacarte(Uruguay); John P. Lewis, Rapporteur (United States);Ian M. D. Little (United Kingdom); Alister Mclntyre(Grenada):† J. H. Mensah (Ghana); Saburo Okita(Japan); H. M. A. Onitiri (Nigeria); Jozef Pajestka(Poland); Giuseppe Parenti (Italy); K. N. Raj (India);Jean Ripert (France):† Germanico Salgado, Chairman(Ecuador); Leopoldo Solis (Mexico); Widjojo Nitisastro(Indonesia).†

* Twenty-three members were appointed on 15 January1975; the twenty-fourth member was not appointed in1975.

† Did not attend the eleventh session.

Committee on Natural ResourcesThe Committee on Natural Resources consists of 54

Member States of the United Nations, elected for four-year terms by the Economic and Social Council on thebasis of the pattern of the membership of the Council.

The Committee held its fourth session at Tokyo, Japan,from 24 March to 4 April 1975.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1976: Algeria, Austria, Bolivia,

Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Federal Republic of,Ghana, Guatemala,* India, Jamaica, Japan, Libyan ArabRepublic, Malawi,* Malaysia,* Mali,* Peru, Philippines,Romania, Rwanda,* Syrian Arab Republic,* Uganda,USSR, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zaire.*

To serve until 31 December 7978:† Argentina, Australia,Egypt,* France, Gabon,* German Democratic Republic,Iceland, Indonesia,** Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait,*


Netherlands, Nigeria,* Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Sudan,Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey,* Ukrainian SSR,United States, Upper Volta, Yugoslavia.

* Did not attend the fourth session.†The seat reserved for one member from Asian States

was not filled in 1975.** Elected on 6 May 1975.

Chairman: Senjin Tsuruoka (Japan).Vice-Chairmen: P. Bagrii (Ukrainian SSR), François

Moanack (Venezuela), Joab Omino (Kenya).Rapporteur: John Reid Morden (Canada).

Members for 1976:* Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria,Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Egypt, France, Gabon,German Democratic Republic, Germany, Federal Re-public of, Ghana, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Indonesia,Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, LibyanArab Republic, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Netherlands,Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland,Romania, Rwanda, Sudan, Sweden, Syrian Arab Re-public, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukrain-ian SSR, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, UpperVolta, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire.

* As of 31 December 1975, one member from AsianStates remained to be elected, for a term to expire on31 December 1978.

Committee on Crime Prevention and ControlThe Committee on Crime Prevention and Control con-

sists of 15 members, appointed in their individual capaci-ties by the Economic and Social Council, on the recom-mendation of the Secretary-General and with due regardfor equitable geographical distribution.

The term of office of members, originally three years,was extended to four years by the Council on 6 May 1975.


Members in 1975 (until 31 December 1978):* Tolani Asuni(Nigeria), Maurice Aydalot (France), Nils Christie(Norway), Mustafa EI-Augi (Lebanon), Marcel Ette Bogui(Ivory Coast), Sergio García Ramírez (Mexico), Giuseppedi Gennaro (Italy), Sa'id Hekmat (Iran), WojciechMichalski (Poland), Jorge Arturo Montero-Castro (CostaRica), Sir Arthur Peterson (United Kingdom), RamanandaPrasad Singh (Nepal), Richard W. Velde (United States),B. A. Viktorov (USSR), Yip Yat-Hoong (Malaysia).

* Appointed on 6 May 1975.

Committee on Review and AppraisalThe Committee on Review and Appraisal consists of

54 members, elected by the Economic and Social Councilfor four-year terms in accordance with the geographicaldistribution of seats in the Council.

The Committee held its third session at United NationsHeadquarters, New York, from 12 May to 6 June 1975.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Argentina, Brazil, Chile,

Czechoslovakia, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia,Italy, Japan, Mauritania,* Mexico, Norway, Pakistan,Peru, Philippines, Poland, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka,Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, UnitedStates, Yugoslavia.

To serve until 31 December 7977;† Algeria,** Austria,Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Chad,* Colombia, Egypt,France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Guatemala,Guinea,** Honduras, Iran, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya,**

Liberia,** Madagascar, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria,*United Kingdom, Venezuela, Zaire.*

* Did not attend the third session.† The seats reserved for two members from Asian

States were not filled in 1975.** Elected on 28 January 1975.

Chairman: Ole Algard (Norway).Vice-Chairmen: Bernardo de Azevedo Brito (Brazil),

Antoni Czarkowski (Poland), Mohamed Wafik Hosny(Egypt).

Rapporteur: Miss Arundhati Ghose (India).

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following members for a four-year termstarting on 1 January 1976 to fill 22 of the 27 vacanciesoccurring on 31 December 1975: Brazil, Czechoslovakia,Dominican Republic, Finland, German Democratic Re-public, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan,Peru, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia, Uganda, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United States,Yugoslavia.

On 29 and on 30 July 1975, the Council elected SriLanka and Hungary, respectively, for the same term, tofill two of the remaining five vacancies.

Members for 1976:* Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia,Brazil, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Czechoslovakia,Dominican Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, GermanDemocratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of,Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Iran,Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Mada-gascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway,Pakistan, Peru, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden,Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, Ukrainian SSR,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela,Yugoslavia, Zaire.

* As of 31 December 1975, five members remained tobe elected: two from Asian States, for a term to expireon 31 December 1977; and one from African States andtwo from Asian States, for a term to expire on 31December 1979.

Committee on Negotiations with Intergovernmental AgenciesThe Committee on Negotiations with Intergovernmental

Agencies, established by the Economic and Social Coun-cil on 16 February 1946, was reconstituted by the Councilon 24 July 1973 for purposes of negotiations with theWorld Intellectual Property Organization.

The Committee adjourned sine die on 29 May 1974upon completion of its report on the negotiations.

Commission on Transnational CorporationsThe Commission on Transnational Corporations con-

sists of 48 members from all States, elected by theEconomic and Social Council according to a specificpattern of geographical distribution.

The term of office of members is three years. However,at the first election on 28 January 1975, one third of themembers were chosen, by drawing lots, to serve a termof one year, one third to serve a term of two years, andanother third to serve a term of three years, so as toinitiate the process of annual rotation.

The Commission held its first session at United NationsHeadquarters, New York, from 17 to 28 March 1975.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Algeria, Canada, Gabon,

Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica,

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Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Ukrainian SSR, Venezuela,Yugoslavia.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Barbados, Brazil,Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Mexico, Netherlands, Sene-gal, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda,USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Zaire.

To serve until 31 December 1977: Argentina, Australia,Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Colombia, Democratic Yemen,Ecuador, France, German Democratic Republic, Ger-many, Federal Republic of, Guinea, Japan, Philippines,*Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Zambia.†

* Elected on 6 May 1975.† Did not attend the first session.

Chairman: R. S. Bhatt (India).Vice-Chairmen: Juan Manuel Figuerero (Argentina),

Evgeny Mateev (Bulgaria), Louis K. Mwangaguhunga(Uganda).

Rapporteur: R. Hugh Wyndham (Australia).

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following members for a three-year termstarting on 1 January 1976 to fill 13 of the 16 vacanciesoccurring on 31 December 1975: Algeria, Gabon, India,Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,Ukrainian SSR, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

On 29 July 1975, the Council elected Canada, Italy andSpain for the same term to fill the remaining vacancies.

Members in 1976: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangla-desh, Barbados, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia,Democratic Yemen, Ecuador, France, Gabon, GermanDemocratic Republic, Germany, Federal Republic of,Guinea, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast,Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Mexico, Netherlands,Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, SierraLeone, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia, Uganda, Ukrainian SSR, USSR, United King-dom, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire,Zambia.

Ad hoc bodiesCommission on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural

ResourcesAd Hoc Working Group on the Question of a Declaration

on International Economic Co-operationPreparatory Committee for the Special Session of the

General Assembly Devoted to Development andInternational Economic Co-operation

Ad Hoc Working Group (on the rules of procedure of theEconomic and Social Council and its subsidiarybodies)

Commission on Permanent Sovereigntyover Natural Resources

The Commission on Permanent Sovereignty overNatural Resources reports to both the General Assemblyand the Economic and Social Council. (See above, underTHE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.)

Ad Hoc Working Group on the Question of a Declarationon International Economic Co-operation

Members: Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, France,India, Italy, Poland, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates, Yugoslavia.

On 18 December 1968, the Economic and SocialCouncil decided to postpone sine die the question of ameeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group.

Preparatory Committee for the Special Sessionof the General Assembly Devoted to Development

and International Economic Co-operationThe Preparatory Committee, open to all States Mem-

bers of the United Nations, held three sessions in 1975,all at United Nations Headquarters, New York: its firstsession, from 3 to 7 March; its second session, from16 to 20 June; and its third, and final, session, from 18to 29 August.

Chairman: Abdelaziz Bennani (Morocco).Vice-Chairmen: Ricardo Alarcón dé Quesada (Cuba),

Miodrag M. Cabric (Yugoslavia), Johan Kaufmann(Netherlands).

Rapporteur: Mian Qadrud-Din (Pakistan).

Ad Hoc Working Group(on the rules of procedure of the Economic and

Social Council and its subsidiary bodies)The Ad Hoc Working Group, established by a decision

of 17 May 1974 of the Economic and Social Council,consisted of seven members elected by the Council. Itwas open also to any other interested Member State.

The Ad Hoc Working Group held two series of meet-ings in 1975, at United Nations Headquarters, New York:a first series, between 27 and 31 January; and a second,and final, series, between 3 and 7 March,

Members: Ecuador,* France,† Japan,† Kenya,† Mexico,*USSR,* United Kingdom.†

* Elected on 15 January 1975.† Elected on 28 January 1975.

Chairman: Leopoldo Benites (Ecuador).Vice-Chairman: Mrs. Elizabeth Mukami Wanjui (Kenya).

Administrative Committee on Co-ordinationThe membership of the Administrative Committee on

Co-ordination (ACC) includes, under the chairmanship ofthe Secretary-General of the United Nations, also theexecutive heads of the following organizations: Inter-national Labour Organisation; Food and Agriculture Orga-nization of the United Nations; United Nations Educa-tional, Scientific and Cultural Organization; World HealthOrganization; International Bank for Reconstruction andDevelopment; International Monetary Fund; InternationalCivil Aviation Organization; Universal Postal Union;International Telecommunication Union; World Meteoro-logical Organization; Inter-Governmental Maritime Con-sultative Organization; World Intellectual Property Orga-nization; International Atomic Energy Agency.

Also taking part in the Committee's work as full mem-bers are the United Nations Under-Secretaries-Generalfor Economic and Social Affairs and for Administrationand Management, and the executive heads of the follow-ing bodies: United Nations Conference on Trade andDevelopment; United Nations Environment Programme;United Nations Industrial Development Organization;United Nations Development Programme; World FoodProgramme; United Nations Children's Fund; Office of theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UnitedNations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugeesin the Near East; United Nations Institute for Trainingand Research; and the executive head of the secretariatof the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement onTariffs and Trade.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations and theexecutive heads (or their representatives) of all member


organizations and bodies attended meetings of ACC in1975.

The Administrative Committee on Co-ordination hasestablished a number of subsidiary bodies and workinggroups.

Other related bodiesUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Governing CouncilBudgetary and Finance Committee

Inter-Agency Consultative Board of UNDP (IACB)United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA)

United Nations Institute for Training and Research(UNITAR)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)Executive Board

Programme CommitteeCommittee on Administration and Finance


International Narcotics Control BoardUnited Nations/FAO Intergovernmental Committee of the

World Food ProgrammeCommittee on Food Aid Policies and ProgrammesWorld Food CouncilUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development

(UNRISD)Board of Directors

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Governing Council

United Nations Special FundBoard of Governors

Committee of Experts on the Transport of DangerousGoods

Group of Experts on ExplosivesGroup of Rapporteurs of the Committee of Experts on

the Transport of Dangerous GoodsUnited Nations Group of Experts on Geographical NamesGroup of Experts on Tax Treaties between Developed

and Developing Countries

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

GOVERNING COUNCILThe Governing Council of the United Nations Develop-

ment Programme consists of 48 members, elected by theEconomic and Social Council from Member States of theUnited Nations or members of the specialized agenciesor of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Twenty-seven seats are allocated to developing coun-tries as follows: 11 from African countries, 9 from Asiancountries and Yugoslavia, and 7 from Latin Americancountries.

Twenty-one seats are allocated to economically moreadvanced countries, to be filled as follows: 17 fromWestern European and other countries, and 4 fromEastern European countries.

The term of office runs for three years, one third ofthe members being elected each year.

The Governing Council held its nineteenth session atUnited Nations Headquarters, New York, from 15 Januaryto 3 February 1975; and its twentieth session at Geneva,Switzerland, from 11 to 30 June 1975.

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Austria, Chile, Cuba,

Denmark, India, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia,Morocco, Sudan, Togo, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates.

To serve until 31 December 1976: Belgium, Brazil,Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, France,Ghana, Hungary, Kuwait, Lesotho, New Zealand, Nor-way, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, Sweden.

To serve until 31 December 1977: Argentina, Benin, Bul-garia, China, Finland, Germany, Federal Republic of,Guyana, Indonesia, Malawi, Malta, Netherlands, Niger,Peru, Poland, Sri Lanka, Switzerland.

President: Endre Ivan (Hungary).First Vice-President: Mrs. Suzanne Vervalcke (Belgium).Second Vice-President: Mehdi Ehsassi (Iran).Third Vice-President: Bawoyeu Alingue (Chad).Rapporteur: Jose Antonio Garcia-Belaunde (Peru).

On 7 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following members for a three-year termstarting on 1 January 1976 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 December 1975: Austria, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark,India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mali, Mexico, Sierra Leone,Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen.

Members for 1976: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Benin,Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Central African Republic,Chad, China, Colombia, Cuba, Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Ghana, Guyana,Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kuwait,Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands,New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philip-pines, Poland, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka,Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, USSR, United Kingdom,United States, Yemen.

Administrator of UNDP: Rudolph A. Peterson.*Deputy Administrator (Administrative): Bert H. Lindstrom.Deputy Administrator (Programme): Indraprasad G. Patel.

* On 28 November 1975, the General Assembly ex-tended Rudolph A. Peterson's term, originally to expireon 31 December 1975, until 15 January 1976. On thesame date, the Assembly confirmed the appointment ofF. Bradford Morse as Administrator Designate from 1 to15 January 1976, and as Administrator with effect from16 January 1976.

BUDGETARY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

The Budgetary and Finance Committee, a committee ofthe whole, held two series of meetings in 1975: the first,at United Nations Headquarters, New York, between 13and 28 January; and the second, at Geneva, Switzerland,between 9 and 24 June.

Chairman: Mrs. Suzanne Vervalcke (Belgium).Rapporteur: Ernesto C. Garrido (Philippines).

INTER-AGENCY CONSULTATIVE BOARD OF UNDP (IACB)

The Inter-Agency Consultative Board consists of theAdministrator of UNDP, the Secretary-General of theUnited Nations, the executive heads of the specializedagencies—excepting the International Finance Corpora-tion and the International Development Association—and of the International Atomic Energy Agency, andthe heads of the United Nations Conference on Tradeand Development and the United Nation's IndustrialDevelopment Organization.

The Executive Directors of the United Nations Chil-dren's Fund, the World Food Programme and the UnitedNations Environment Programme, as well as the UnitedNations High Commissioner for Refugees, are invitedto participate, as appropriate, in the meetings of theBoard.

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The Board, which meets under the chairmanship ofthe Administrator of UNDP, held its nineteenth sessionat Rome, Italy, on 2 April 1975; and its twentieth sessionat United Nations Headquarters, New York, on 20 October1975. Represented at the sessions were:

United Nations; International Labour Organisation,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization; World Health Organization; InternationalBank for Reconstruction and Development; InternationalMonetary Fund;* International Civil Aviation Organiza-tion; Universal Postal Union; International Telecommuni-cation Union; World Meteorological Organization; Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization; WorldIntellectual Property Organization; International AtomicEnergy Agency; and United Nations Conference on Tradeand Development, United Nations Industrial DevelopmentOrganization, United Nations Children's Fund, WorldFood Programme, United Nations Environment Pro-gramme, United Nations High Commissioner for Refu-gees,† United Nations Fund for Population Activities,**and UNDP.

* Not represented at the twentieth session.† Not represented at the nineteenth session.** Participates in the sessions of the Inter-Agency Con-

sultative Board at the request of the Board and theAdministrator of UNDP.

UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR POPULATIONACTIVITIES (UNFPA)

The United Nations Fund for Population Activities isunder the authority of the General Assembly. Its govern-ing body is the Governing Council of the United NationsDevelopment Programme, which reports annually to theEconomic and Social Council on the activities of theFund.

Executive Director: Rafael M. Salas.

United Nations Institute for Trainingand Research (UNITAR)

The Executive Director of the United Nations Institutefor Training and Research reports to the General As-sembly and, as appropriate, to the Economic and SocialCouncil. (See above, under THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

EXECUTIVE BOARDThe Executive Board of UNICEF consists of 30 mem-

bers elected by the Economic and Social Council fromMember States of the United Nations or members of thespecialized agencies or of the International Atomic En-ergy Agency, for three-year terms.

In 1975, the Executive Board held a series of meetingsbetween 14 and 30 May, and an organizational meeting(with its composition as of 1 August 1975) on 30 May.All meetings were held at United Nations Headquarters,New York.

Members:To serve until 31 July 1975: Bulgaria, Chile, Congo,

Indonesia, Nigeria, Philippines, Sweden, Switzerland,Turkey, United Kingdom.

To serve until 31 July 1976: Central African Republic,Egypt, France, Italy, Japan, Peru, Poland, Rwanda,USSR, United States.

To serve until 31 July 1977: Canada, Colombia, Cuba,Finland, Germany (Federal Republic of), India, Pakistan,Thailand, Uganda, Yugoslavia.

Officers (until 31 July 1975):Chairman: Hans Conzett (Switzerland).First Vice-Chairman: M. A. Silva (Nigeria).Second Vice-Chairman: Boguslaw Kozusznik (Poland).Third Vice-Chairman: Ricardo Walter Stubbs (Peru).Fourth Vice-Chairman: Kamal Mahmoud EI-Hasany (Egypt).

On 6 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected the following 10 members for a three-year termstarting on 1 August 1975 to fill the vacancies occurringon 31 July 1975: Benin, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Guinea, Indo-nesia, Netherlands, Philippines, Sweden, Switzerland,United Kingdom.

Members:To serve until 31 July 1976: Central African Republic,

Egypt, France, Italy, Japan, Peru, Poland, Rwanda,USSR, United States.

To serve until 31 July 1977: Canada, Colombia, Cuba,Finland, Germany, Federal Republic of, India, Paki-stan, Thailand, Uganda, Yugoslavia.

To serve until 31 July 1978: Benin, Bolivia, Bulgaria,Guinea, Indonesia, Netherlands, Philippines, Sweden,Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Officers (from 1 August 1975):Chairman: Hans Conzett (Switzerland).First Vice-Chairman: Kamal Mahmoud EI-Hasany (Egypt).Second Vice-Chairman: Boguslaw Kozusznik (Poland).Third Vice-Chairman: Roberto Rueda-Williamson (Colom-

bia).Fourth Vice-Chairman: Callixte Habamenshi (Rwanda).

The Executive Board has established two committees:the Programme Committee and the Committee on Ad-ministration and Finance. In addition, UNICEF partici-pates in a UNICEF/WHO Joint Committee on HealthPolicy and the Protein Advisory Group of the UnitedNations System.

Executive Director of UNICEF: Henry R. Labouisse.

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

The Programme Committee is a committee of thewhole of UNICEF.

Chairman: P. N. Luthra (India).

COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCEMembers:To serve until 31 July 1975: Bulgaria, Canada, Chile,

France, Germany, Federal Republic of, India, Indo-nesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Sweden,USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

To serve from 1 August 1975: Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba,Egypt, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, India,Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines,Poland, Rwanda, Sweden, USSR, United Kingdom,United States.

Ex-officio members: Chairman of the Executive Board,Chairman of the Programme Committee.

Chairman: M. A. Sriamin (Indonesia).


The Executive Committee of the Programme of theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reportsthrough the Economic and Social Council to the GeneralAssembly. (See above, under THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.)


International Narcotics Control BoardThe International Narcotics Control Board, established

under the terms of the Single Convention on NarcoticDrugs, 1961, consists of 11 members elected by theEconomic and Social Council, 3 from candidates nomi-nated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and 8from candidates nominated by Members of the UnitedNations and parties to the Single Convention. Membersserve in their individual capacities for a three-year term.

On 8 August 1975, the 1972 Protocol Amending theSingle Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, entered intoforce, whereby, among other things, the Board's mem-bership was to be increased from 11 to 13 and the termof office was to be extended from three to five years.However, at the election of the enlarged Board, six ofthe members, to be chosen by lot, were to serve for aterm of three years and seven, for a term of five years,so as to initiate the process of rotation every three years.No decision was taken in 1975 as to when these amend-ments were to take effect.

The Board held two sessions in 1975, both at Geneva,Switzerland: its sixteenth, from 26 May to 6 June; andits seventeenth, from 20 October to 7 November.

Members (to serve until 1 March 1977):Elected from candidates submitted by WHO: Michel A.

Attisso (Togo); Dr. Ramon de la Fuente-Muñiz (Mexico);Dr. Sukru Kaymakcalan, Vice-President (Turkey).

Elected from candidates submitted by Governments:D. P. Anand (India); Dr. N. K. Barkov (USSR); Ross A.Chapman (Canada); Sir Frederick Mason (United King-dom); Dr. Victorio V. Olguín, Vice-President (Argentina);Martin R. Pollner (United States); Paul Reuter, Presi-dent (France); Dr. Tsutomu Shimomura (Japan).

United Nations/FAO Intergovernmental Committeeof the World Food Programme*

The 24-member United Nations/FAO IntergovernmentalCommittee, the governing body of the World Food Pro-gramme, held its twenty-seventh session from 17 to 25March 1975 and its twenty-eighth session from 29September to 3 October 1975, both at Rome, Italy.

* Reconstituted by the General Assembly on 28 Novem-ber 1975 as the Committee on Food Aid Policies andProgrammes (see below).

Members in 1975:To serve until 31 December 1975: Argentina,* Indonesia,*

Japan,† Netherlands* (Chairman), Norway,† Pakistan†(First Vice-Chairman), Sudan,† Tunisia.*

To serve until 31 December 1976: Chile,† France,* Ger-many, Federal Republic of,* Ireland,† Malawi,†**Senegal* (Second Vice-Chairman), Switzerland,* UnitedKingdom.†

7o serve until 31 December 1977: Canada,* Hungary,†India,* Mauritania,† ** Saudi Arabia,* Sweden,† Tur-key,† United States.*

* Elected by the FAO Council.† Elected by the Economic and Social Council.** Malawi was not represented at the twenty-eighth

session and Mauritania, at either the twenty-seventh orthe twenty-eighth session.

On 7 May 1975, the Economic and Social Councilelected Denmark, Japan and Pakistan for a three-yearterm starting on 1 January 1976 to fill three of the eightvacancies occurring on 31 December 1975.

On 28 November 1975, the FAO Council elected Brazil,the Congo, Indonesia and the Netherlands for the sameterm to fill four of the remaining vacancies.

Members for 1976:* Brazil,† Canada,† Chile,** Congo,†Denmark,** France,† Germany, Federal Republic of,†Hungary,** India,† Indonesia,† Ireland,** Japan,**Malawi,** Mauritania,** Netherlands,† Pakistan,**Saudi Arabia,† Senegal,† Sweden,** Switzerland,†Turkey,** United Kingdom,** United States.†

* As of 31 December 1975, one member remained tobe elected by the Economic and Social Council for aterm to expire on 31 December 1978.

† Elected by the FAO Council.** Elected by the Economic and Social Council.

Executive Director of the World Food Programme: Fran-cisco Aquino.

Committee on Food Aid Policies and ProgrammesBy a resolution of 28 November 1975, the General

Assembly reconstituted the 24-member United Nations/FAO Intergovernmental Committee of the World FoodProgramme as the Committee on Food Aid Policies andProgrammes. It was to consist of 30 members, of whom15 were to be elected by the Economic and SocialCouncil and 15, by the FAO Council, from among theMember States of the United Nations or members ofFAO.

The States already elected as members of the UnitedNations/FAO Intergovernmental Committee were to serveon the new Committee for the remainder of their respec-tive terms. To bring the total membership to 30, bothCouncils were to elect three additional members each,for terms of one, two and three years, respectively, tobegin on 1 January 1976. Thereafter, members were tobe elected for three-year terms.


Members:*To serve until 31 December 1976: Chile,‡ France,† Ger-

many, Federal Republic of,† Ireland,‡ Malawi,‡Nicaragua,† ** Senegal,† Switzerland,† United King-dom.‡

To serve until 31 December 1977: Australia,† ** Canada,†Hungary,‡ India,† Mauritania,‡ Saudi Arabia,† Sweden,‡Turkey,‡ United States.†

To serve until 31 December 1978: Brazil,† Congo,† Den-mark,‡ Indonesia,† Japan,‡ Netherlands,† Pakistan,‡Uganda.† **

* As of 31 December 1975, four members remained tobe elected by the Economic and Social Council: one fora term to expire on 31 December 1978; and, as requestedby the General Assembly on 28 November 1975, threeadditional members for terms to expire on 31 December1976, 31 December 1977 and 31 December 1978, respec-tively.

† Elected by the FAO Council.** Elected on 28 November 1975.‡ Elected by the Economic and Social Council.

World Food CouncilThe World Food Council, an organ of the United

Nations at the ministerial or plenipotentiary level, reportsto the General Assembly through the Economic andSocial Council. (See above, under THE GENERALASSEMBLY.)

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United Nations Research Institute forSocial Development (UNRISD)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors consists of:The Chairman, appointed by the Secretary-General:

(vacant).Seven members, nominated by the Commission for Social

Development and confirmed by the Economic andSocial Council for a four-year term (to serve until30 June 1977) as follows: Jacques Delors (France),Gunnar Karl Myrdal (Sweden), Khaleeq Ahmed Naqvi(India), H. M. A. Onitiri (Nigeria), Berislav Sefer(Yugoslavia), Mrs. Eleanor Bernert Sheldon (UnitedStates), Rodolfo Stavenhagen (Mexico).*

Eight other members as follows: a representative of theSecretary-General, the Director of the Latin AmericanInstitute for Economic and Social Planning, the Direc-tor of the Asian Development Institute, the Director ofthe African Institute for Economic Development andPlanning, the Executive Secretary of the EconomicCommission for Western Asia, the Director of UNRISD(ex officio), and the representatives of two of thefollowing specialized agencies appointed in annualrotation: United Nations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization and World Health Organization(observers); International Labour Organisation andFood and Agriculture Organization of the UnitedNations (members).

* Confirmed as a member by the Economic and SocialCouncil on 6 May 1975.

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

GOVERNING COUNCIL

The Governing Council of the United Nations Environ-ment Programme, established by the General Assembly,reports to the Assembly through the Economic and SocialCouncil. (See above, under THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.)

United Nations Special Fund

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

The Board of Governors of the United Nations SpecialFund reports annually to the General Assembly throughthe Economic and Social Council. (See above, under THEGENERAL ASSEMBLY.)

Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous GoodsThe Committee of Experts did not meet in 1975.

Members (experts appointed by the following countries):Canada, France, Germany, Federal Republic of, Italy,Japan, Norway, Poland, USSR, United Kingdom, UnitedStates.

On 30 July 1975, the Economic and Social Council de-cided to enlarge the membership of the Committee ofExperts from 10 to 15 by the addition of five membersfrom developing countries. The five additional expertswere not designated in 1975.

GROUP OF EXPERTS ON EXPLOSIVESMembers (experts appointed by the following countries):

France, Germany, Federal Republic of, United King-dom, United States.

The Group of Experts did not meet in 1975.

GROUP OF RAPPORTEURS OF THE COMMITTEE OFEXPERTS ON THE TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODSMembers (rapporteurs appointed by the following coun-

tries): Canada, France, Germany, Federal Republic of,Italy, USSR, United Kingdom, United States.

The Group of Rapporteurs held its seventeenth sessionat Geneva, Switzerland, from 4 to 15 August 1975. Attend-ing the session were:

L. Andronov (USSR); W. K. Byrd (United States); T.Ellison (Canada); F. Goemmel (Germany, Federal Re-public of); H. Kemler, Vice-Chairman (France); L. Savi,Chairman (Italy); L. Spencer, Vice-Chairman (UnitedKingdom).

Also represented at the session was the Inter-Govern-mental Maritime Consultative Organization.

United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical NamesThe Group of Experts held its sixth session at United

Nations Headquarters, New York, from 5 to 26 March1975. Attending the session were the following chairmen,or chief representatives, of the 16 geographical/linguisticdivisions:

Africa, East Division: W. J. Absaloms (Kenya).Africa, West Division: R. Oluwole Coker (Nigeria).Arabic Division: Colonel M. EI-Ayoubi (Lebanon).Asia, East Division (other than China):* (not represented).Asia, South-East Division: S. T. Kok (Malaysia).Asia, South-West Division (other than Arabic): M. H. Ganji

(Iran).China Division:* Yang Leiguang (China).Dutch- and German-speaking Division: E. Meynen (Ger-

many, Federal Republic of); D. P. Blok, Rapporteur(Netherlands).

East Central and South-East Europe Division: S. Rado(Hungary).

India Division: Colonel D. N. Sharma Atri Harnal (India).Latin American Division: Francis Gall (Guatemala).Norden Division: Per Hovda (Norway).Romano-Hellenic Division:† F. Nédélec (France).USSR Division: A. M. Komkov, Vice-Chairman (USSR).United Kingdom Division: H. A. G. Lewis (United King-

dom).United States and Canada Division: M. F. Burrill, Chair-

man (United States).

* Formerly known as Asia, East Division, it was renamedon 26 March 1975 by the Group of Experts when itestablished the China Division.

† Formerly known as the Romance Languages Division(other than Latin America), it was renamed on 26 March1975 by the Group of Experts.

Group of Experts on Tax Treaties betweenDeveloped and Developing Countries

The Group of Experts held its sixth meeting at UnitedNations Headquarters, New York, from 8 to 19 December1975.

Members in 1975: Riaz Ahmad (Pakistan); A. N. E.Amissah, Chairman (Ghana); Francisco O. N. Dornelles(Brazil); Simcha Gafny (Israel); Nathan Gordon (UnitedStates); Yuji Gomi (Japan);* Adnan Bazer Kafaoglu(Turkey);† Pierre Kerlan (France); Ambrosio M. Lina(Philippines); Carlos C. Martínez Molteni (Argentina);S. R. Mehta (India);** Thomas Menck (Germany, Fed-eral Republic of); Hamzah Merghani (Sudan);† B.Pollard (United Kingdom);* A. Scheel (Norway); C.Sivaprakasam (Sri Lanka); W. H. van den Berge


(Netherlands); Gilberto U. Vistoso (Chile);* Max Widmer(Switzerland); Ahmed Zarrouk (Tunisia).†

* Appointed by the Secretary-General on 10 September1975 to replace Hiroshige Otake (Japan), Derek Hopkins(United Kingdom) and Carlos Yacoman Godoy (Chile),respectively.

† Did not attend the sixth meeting.** Appointed by the Secretary-General on 20 February

1975 to replace Ramanlal Dahyabbai Shah (India), whoresigned in July 1974.

Group of Experts on the Establishmentof an International Research and TrainingInstitute for the Advancement of Women

The Group of Experts was to be appointed by theSecretary-General pursuant to a resolution of 15 Decem-ber 1975 of the General Assembly. The Secretary-Generalwas to report to the Economic and Social Council at itssixtieth session on the basis of the Group's recommenda-tions.

(See above, under THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.)

The Trusteeship Council

Article 86 of the United Nations Charter lays down thatthe Trusteeship Council shall consist of the following:

Members of. the United Nations administering Trust Terri-tories;

Permanent members of the Security Council which donot administer Trust Territories;

As many other members elected for a three-year term bythe General Assembly as will ensure that the member-ship of the Council is equally divided between UnitedNations Members which administer Trust Territoriesand those which do not.*

* By 16 September 1975, only one Member of theUnited Nations was an administering member of theTrusteeship Council, while four permanent members ofthe Security Council continued as non-administeringmembers. Therefore, the parity called for by Article 86of the Charter was not maintained.

MEMBERS IN 1975Members administering Trust Territories: Australia,* United

States.

Non-administering members: China, France, USSR, UnitedKingdom.

* Ceased to be a member of the Trusteeship Councilupon the accession of Papua New Guinea to indepen-dence on 16 September 1975.

SESSIONS IN 1975The Trusteeship Council held its forty-second session

at United Nations Headquarters, New York, from 27 Mayto 7 June 1975 and from 28 to 29 August 1975.

OFFICERS IN 1975President: James Murray (United Kingdom).Vice-President: Miss Barbara M. White (United States).

United Nations Visiting Mission to observe theplebiscite in the Mariana Islands District,

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, June 1975Members and representatives: Bertrand de Guilhem de

Lataillade (France); John Melhuish (Australia); JamesMurray, Chairman (United Kingdom).

The International Court of Justice

Judges of the CourtThe International Court of Justice consists of 15

Judges elected for nine-year terms by the General As-sembly and the Security Council, voting independently.

The following were the Judges of the Court serving in1975, listed in the order of precedence:

Judge

Manfred Lachs, PresidentFouad Ammoun, Vice-PresidentIsaac ForsterAndre GrosCesar BengzonSture PetrenCharles D. OnyeamaHardy Cross DillardLouis Ignacio-PintoFederico de CastroPlaton D. MorozovEduardo Jimenez de AréchagaSir Humphrey WaldockNagendra SinghJosé Maria Ruda

* Term expires on 5 February of year indicated.

Registrar: Stanislas Aquarone.Deputy Registrar: William Tait.

Country ofnationality

PolandLebanonSenegalFrancePhilippinesSwedenNigeriaUnited StatesBeninSpainUSSRUruguayUnited KingdomIndiaArgentina

End ofterm*

197619761982198219761976197619791979197919791979198219821982

On 17 November 1975, elections were held in both theGeneral Assembly and the Security Council, each votingindependently, to fill the vacancies occurring on 5February 1976 with the expiration of the terms of officeof the following Judges: Manfred Lachs (Poland), FouadAmmoun (Lebanon), Cesar Bengzon (Philippines), SturePetren (Sweden), Charles D. Onyeama (Nigeria).

The following Judges were elected for a term of officeending 5 February 1985: Taslim Olawale Elias (Nigeria),Manfred Lachs (Poland), Hermann Mosler (Germany,Federal Republic of), Shigeru Oda (Japan), Salah El DineTarazi (Syrian Arab Republic).

Chamber of Summary Procedurefas constituted by the Court on 16 April 1975)

Members: Manfred Lachs, Fouad Ammoun, Charles D.Onyeama, Federico de Castro, Eduardo Jimenez deAréchaga.

Substitute members: Sir Humphrey Waldock, Jose MaríaRuda.

Parties to the Court's StatuteAll Members of the United Nations are ipso facto

parties to the Statute of the International Court ofJustice. The following non-Members have also becomeparties to the Court's Statute: Liechtenstein, San Marino,Switzerland.

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States accepting the compulsory jurisdiction of the CourtDeclarations made by the following States accepting

the Court's compulsory jurisdiction (or made under theStatute of the Permanent Court of International Justiceand deemed to be an acceptance of the jurisdiction ofthe International Court) were in force at the end of 1975:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Cambodia,Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, DominicanRepublic, Egypt, El Salvador, Finland, Gambia, Haiti,Honduras, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Liechten-stein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico,Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway,Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Somalia, Sudan,Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom,United States, Uruguay.

Organs authorized to request advisoryopinions from the Court

Authorized by the United Nations Charter to requestopinions on any legal question: General Assembly;Security Council.

Authorized by the General Assembly in accordance withthe Charter to request opinions on legal questions aris-ing within the scope of their activities: Economic andSocial Council; Trusteeship Council; Interim Committeeof the General Assembly; Committee on Applicationsfor Review of Administrative Tribunal Judgements;International Atomic Energy Agency; InternationalLabour Organisation; Food and Agriculture Organiza-tion of the United Nations; United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization; World Health

Organization; International Bank for Reconstructionand Development; International Finance Corporation;International Development Association; InternationalMonetary Fund; International Civil Aviation Organiza-tion; International Telecommunication Union; WorldMeteorological Organization; Inter-Governmental Mari-time Consultative Organization; and World IntellectualProperty Organization.

Committees of the CourtThe Court has established the following committees,

all of which are standing committees except for theCommittee for the Revision of the Rules of Court.

BUDGETARY AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEEMembers: Manfred Lachs, Fouad Ammoun, Isaac Forster,

Sture Petren, Hardy Cross Dillard.

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS

Members: Charles D. Onyeama, Platon D. Morozov,Nagendra Singh, Jose María Ruda.

LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Members: Sture Petren,Ignacio-Pinto.

Hardy Cross Dillard, Louis

COMMITTEE FOR THE REVISION OF THE RULES OF COURT

Members: Hardy Cross Dillard, Louis Ignacio-Pinto,Platon D. Morozov, Eduardo Jimenez de Aréchaga,Sir Humphrey Waldock, Jose Maria Ruda.

Principal members of the United Nations Secretariat(As at 31 December 1975)

Secretariat

The Secretary-General: Kurt Waldheim

Executive Office of the Secretary-GeneralAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Assistant to

Secretary-General: Rafee Uddin Ahmed

Office of the Under-Secretaries-Generalfor Special Political Affairs

Under-Secretary-General: Roberto E. GuyerUnder-Secretary-General: Brian E. Urquhart

Office of the Under-Secretary-General forPolitical and General Assembly Affairs

Under-Secretary-General: F. Bradford Morse

Office of the Assistant Secretary-Generalfor Special Political Questions

Assistant Secretary-General: Abdulrahim Abby Farah

Office of Legal AffairsUnder-Secretary-General, the Legal Counsel: Erik Suy

Office of Inter-Agency Affairs and Co-ordinationUnder-Secretary-General: C. V. Narasimhan

Department of Political and Security Council AffairsUnder-Secretary-General: Arkady N. Shevchenko

Department of Political Affairs, Trusteeshipand Decolonization

Under-Secretary-General: Tang Ming-chao

Department of Economic and Social AffairsUnder-Secretary-General: Gabriel Van LaethemUnder-Secretary-General, Commissioner for Technical

Co-operation: Issoufou Saidou DjermakoyeAssistant Secretary-General for Social Development

the and Humanitarian Matters, Secretary-General of theInternational Women's Year and of the World Con-ference of the International Women's Year, 1975:Mrs. Helvi Sipila

Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary,Economic Commission for Europe: Janez I. Stanovnik

Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary,Economic and Social Commission for Asia and thePacific: Johan B. P. Maramis

Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary,Economic Commission for Latin America: Enrique V.Iglesias

Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary,Economic Commission for Africa: Adebayo Adedeji

Assistant Secretary-General, Executive Secretary,Economic Commission for Western Asia: Mohamed-Said AI-Attar

United Nations Centre on Transnational CorporationsAssistant Secretary-General, Executive Director: Klaus

Aksel Sahlgren

Department of Administration and ManagementUnder-Secretary-General: George F. Davidson

OFFICE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

Assistant Secretary-General, Controller: Helmut F. Debatin


OFFICE OF PERSONNEL SERVICESAssistant Secretary-General: Mohamed Habib Gherab

OFFICE OF GENERAL SERVICESAssistant Secretary-General: Robert J. Ryan

Department of Conference ServicesUnder-Secretary-General for Conference Services and

Special Assignments: Bohdan Lewandowski

Office of Public InformationAssistant Secretary-General: Genichi Akatani

United Nations Office at GenevaUnder-Secretary-General, Director-General of the United

Nations Office at Geneva: Vittorio Winspeare Guic-ciardi*

* Also serving as the Special Representative of theSecretary-General for East Timor.

Subsidiary organs

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director: Henry R.

LabouisseAssistant Secretary-General, Senior Deputy Executive

Director: Eric J. R. Heyward

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for PalestineRefugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Commissioner-General: Sir John Shaw Rennie


High Commissioner: Sadruddin Aga Khan

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Administrator: Rudolph A. Peterson

Deputy Administrator, Administrative: Bert H. LindstromDeputy Administrator, Programme: Indraprasad G. PatelAssistant Administrator and Regional Director, Regional

Bureau for Africa: Michel Doo KingueAssistant Administrator and Regional Representative,

Ethiopia, Regional Bureau for Africa: John M.Saunders

Assistant Administrator and Regional Director, RegionalBureau for Asia and the Pacific: Rajendra Coomara-swamy

Assistant Administrator and Regional Director, RegionalBureau for Europe, Mediterranean and Middle East:Stig Andersen

Assistant Administrator and Regional Director, Re-gional Bureau for Latin America: Gabriel Valdes-Subercaseaux

Executive Director, United Nations Fund for Popula-tion Activities: Rafael M. Salas

Assistant Administrator, Programme: Sidney S. DellAssistant Administrator, Operations and Procurement:

John A. Olver

United Nations Conference on Trade andDevelopment (UNCTAD)

Secretary-General of the Conference: Gamani Corea

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director: Abd-EI

Rahman Khane

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Executive Director: Mostafa Kamal TolbaAssistant Executive Director and Acting Deputy Executive

Director: Richard B. Stedman

United Nations Military Observer Group inIndia and Pakistan (UNMOGIP)

Chief Military Observer: Lieutenant-General Luis TassaraGonzalez

United Nations Truce Supervision Organizationin Palestine (UNTSO)

Chief of Staff: Major-General Bengt Liljestrand

United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF)Force Commander: Lieutenant-General Ensio

SiilasvuoP. H.

United Nations Peace-keeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)Special Representative of the Secretary-General in

Cyprus: Javier Perez de CuellarCommander: Lieutenant-General Dewan Prem Chand

Conference of the Committee on DisarmamentSecretary-General's Special Representative: Risto

varinenHy-

United Nations Commissioner for NamibiaUnited Nations Commissioner for Namibia: Sean MacBride

United Nations Zambia Assistance Programme (UNZAP)Under-Secretary-General, Co-ordinator: Sir Robert Jackson

Office of the United Nations Disaster ReliefCo-ordinator (UNDRO)

Disaster Relief Co-ordinator: Faruk N. Berkol

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)Under-Secretary-General, Executive Director: Davidson

S. H. W. Nicol

United Nations UniversityRector: James M. Hester

World Food CouncilExecutive Director: John A. Hannah

Habitat: United Nations Conference on Human SettlementsSecretary-General of the Conference: Enrique Peñalosa

United Nations Conference on the Law of the SeaUnder-Secretary-General, Special Representative of the

Secretary-General to the Third United Nations Confer-ence on the Law of the Sea: Bernardo Zuleta

On 31 December 1975, the total number of staff of theUnited Nations holding permanent, probationary andfixed-term appointments with service or expected serviceof a year or more was 18,294. Of these, 6,622 were inthe professional and higher categories and 11,672 werein the general service, manual worker and field service

categories. Of the same total, 16,016 were regular staffserving at Headquarters or other established offices and2,278 were assigned as project personnel to technicalco-operation projects. UNRWA had in addition some15,000 local area staff.

Appendix IV

United Nations Information Centres and Offices(As at 1 April 1976)

ACCRA. United Nations InformationCentre

Liberia and Maxwell Roads(Post Office Box 2339)Accra, Ghana

ADDIS ABABA. Information Service,United Nations Economic Commis-sion for Africa

Africa Hall(Post Office Box 3001)Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

ALGIERS. United Nations InformationCentre

19 Avenue Claude Debussy(Boîte Postale 823)Algiers, Algeria

ANKARA. United Nations InformationOffice

197 Ataturk Bulvari(P. K. 407)Ankara, Turkey

ASUNCION. Centro de Informaci6nde las Naciones Unidas

Edificio City (tercer piso)Estrella y Chile(Casilla de Correo 1107)Asuncion, Paraguay

ATHENS. United Nations InformationCentre

36 Amalia AvenueAthens 119, Greece

BAGHDAD. United Nations Informa-tion Centre

House No. 167/1 Abu Nouwas Street(Post Office Box 2398 Alwiyah)Baghdad, Iraq

BANGKOK. Information Service,United Nations Economic andSocial Commission for Asia andthe Pacific

Sala SantithamBangkok, Thailand

BEIRUT. Information Service, UnitedNations Economic Commission forWestern Asia

Apt. No. 1, Fakhoury BuildingMontee Baim Militaire(Post Office Box 4656)Beirut, Lebanon

BELGRADE. United Nations Informa-tion Centre

Svetozara Markovica 58(Post Office Box 157)Belgrade, Yugoslavia YU-11001

BOGOTA. Centro de Informaci6n delas Naciones Unidas

Calle 10 No. 3-061(Apartado Postal 6567)Bogota, Colombia

BRUSSELS. United Nations Informa-tion and Liaison Office

108, Rue d'Arlon1040 Brussels, Belgium

BUCHAREST. United Nations Infor-mation Centre

16 Rue Aurel VlaicuBucharest, Romania

BUENOS AIRES. Centro de Infor-macion de las Naciones Unidas

Marcelo T. de Alvear 684 (tercerpiso)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

BUJUMBURA. Centre d'lnformationdes Nations Unies

Avenue de la Poste et Place Jungers(Boîte Postale 1490)Bujumbura, Burundi

CAIRO. United Nations InformationCentre

Sh. OsorisTagher Building (Garden City)(Post Office Box 262)Cairo, Egypt

COLOMBO. United Nations Informa-tion Centre

204 Buller's Road(Post Office Box 1505)Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

COPENHAGEN. United Nations In-formation Centre

37 H. C. Andersen's BoulevardDK 1553 Copenhagen V, Denmark

DAKAR. Centre d'lnformation desNations Unies

2 Avenue Roume(Boîte Postale 154)Dakar, Senegal

DAR ES SALAAM. United NationsInformation Centre

Matasalamat Building(Post Office Box 9224)Dar es Salaam, United Republic of

Tanzania

GENEVA. Information Service, UnitedNations Office at Geneva

Palais des Nations1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland

ISLAMABAD. United Nations Infor-mation Centre

Bungalow No. 24Ramna-6/3, 88th Street(Post Office Box 1107)Islamabad, Pakistan

KABUL. United Nations InformationCentre

Shah Mahmoud Ghazi Watt(Post Office Box 5)Kabul, Afghanistan

KATHMANDU. United Nations Infor-mation Centre

Lainchaur, Lazimpat(Post Office Box 107)Kathmandu, Nepal

KHARTOUM. United Nations Infor-mation Centre

Plot No. 1(9), Block 5D EastNigumi Street(Post Office Box 1992)Khartoum, Sudan

KINSHASA. United Nations Informa-tion Centre

Building Deuxième RépubliqueBoulevard du 30 juin(Boîte Postale 7248)Kinshasa, Zaire

LAGOS. United Nations InformationCentre

17 Kingsway Road, Ikoyi(Post Office Box 1068)Lagos, Nigeria

LA PAZ. Centro de Información delas Naciones Unidas

Edificio "Santa Isabel"Avenida Arce No. 2525 (segundo piso)(Apartado Postal 686)La Paz, Bolivia

LIMA. Centro de Informaci6n de lasNaciones Unidas

Avenida Arenales 815(Apartado Postal 4480)Lima, Peru

LOME. Centre d'lnformation des Na-tions Unies

Rue Albert SarrautCoin Avenue de Gaulle(Boîte Postale 911)Lome, Togo

LONDON. United Nations InformationCentre

14/15 Stratford PlaceLondon W1N 9AF, England

United Nations Information Centres and Offices 1155

LUSAKA. United Nations InformationCentre

c/o UNDPPost Office Box 1966Lusaka, Zambia

MANILA. United Nations InformationCentre

Metropolitan Bank Building (groundfloor)

(6813 Ayala Avenue, Makati, Rizal)Post Office Box 2149Manila, Philippines

MEXICO CITY. Centro de Informaciónde las Naciones Unidas

Presidente Mazaryk No. 29 (séptimopiso)

Colonia PolancoMexico 5, D. F., Mexico

MONROVIA. United Nations Informa-tion Centre

Latco Building, Borad Street(Post Office Box 274)Monrovia, Liberia

MOSCOW. United Nations Informa-tion Centre

No. 4/16 Ulitsa, Lunacharskogo 1Moscow, USSR

NAIROBI. United Nations InformationCentre

Electricity House (eleventh floor)Harambee Avenue(Post Office Box 30218)Nairobi, Kenya

NEW DELHI. United Nations Informa-tion Centre

55 Lodi EstateNew Delhi 110003, India

PARIS. Centre d'lnformation des Na-tions Unies

1, Rue Miollis75732 Paris Cedex 15France

PORT MORESBY. United NationsInformation Centre

Granville House (third floor)Cuthbertson Street(Post Office Box 472)Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

PORT OF SPAIN. United NationsInformation Centre

15 Keate Street(Post Office Box 130)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

PRAGUE. United Nations InformationCentre

Panska 5110 00 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia

RABAT. Centre d'lnformation desNations Unies

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