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Candidature Chart of the Commonwealth Countries(As of February 20, 2014)

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Vacant Seats Current Members Term Candidates Elections (year)

Candidature Submissions Date (dd-mm-yyyy)

Endorsement Date (dd-mm-yyyy)

President of the General Assembly (PGA) 1-year term67th GA2012-2013

66th GA – June 2012

68th GA2013-2014

Antigua & BarbudaAmb. John Ashe

67th GA (June-July 2013) 15/11/10 30/11/11

69th GA 2014-2015

68th GA (June-July 2014)

70th GA2015-2016

69th GA (June-July 2015) 29/04/08

71st GA2016-2017 Cyprus


72nd GA2017-2018

71st GA (June-July 2017)

73rd GA2018-2019 Honduras

72nd GA (June-July 2018) 9/3/12

74th GA2019-2020

73rd GA (June-July 2019)

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Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly 1-year term

67th GA2012-2013

BangladeshTrinidad & TobagoGhanaKenyaSierra Leone

66th GA – June 2012

03/11/201028/12/2010

29/02/201229/02/2012

68th GA2013-2014

Solomon IslandsMalaysia


69th GA 2014-2015


70th GA2016-2017


71st GA2017-2018


72nd GA2018-2019

71st GA (June-July 2018)

73rd GA2019-2020

72nd GA (June-July 2019)

74th GA2020-2021

73rd GA (June-July 2020)

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MAIN COMMITTEES

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Bureau of the First Committee 1-year term67th GA2012-2013

Indonesia- Chair 66th GA – June-July 2012

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Bureau of the Second Committee 1-year term

67th GA2012-2013

Bangladesh- Vice ChairGuyana 66th GA – June-

July 2012 09/03/2012 30/04/2012

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Bureau of the Third Committee 1-year term67th GA2012-2013 Pakistan - Rapporteur

66th GA – June-July 2012

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Bureau of the Fourth Committee 1-year term67th GA2012-2013

BelizeMs. Ayesha Borland

66th GA – June-July 2012 03/04/2012 30/04/2012

68th GA2013-2014

Cyprus (Ms Christina Rafit June 2013

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Bureau of the Fifth Committee 1-year term67th GA2012-2013


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Bureau of the Sixth Committee 1-year term67th GA2012-2013


68th GA2013-2014

Sri LankaCyprus June 2013

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Security Council 2-year term

2013-2014

AustraliaRwandaKingdom of Bhutan 67th UNGA (2012)

2014-2015 Nigeria68th UNGA(2013)

2015-2016Malaysia New Zealand 69th UNGA (2014) 15/06/2001

2016-2017JapanBangladesh 70th UNGA (2015) 25/07/2002

2017-2018

ThailandKazakhstanSeychelles

71st UNGA(2016)

2018-2019YemenKuwait

72nd UNGA(2017)

2019-2020MaldivesIndonesia 73rd UNGA (2018) 30/01/2008

2020-2021St. Vincent & The Grenadines

74th UNGA (2019)

14/05/2010

2021-2022 75th UNGA (2020)

2022-2023 76th UNGA (2021)

2023-2024 Malta 77th UNGA (2022)

2024-2025 Guyana 78th UNGA (2023)2025-2026 Pakistan 79th UNGA (2024

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Organisational Committee of Peace-Building Commission (OC-PBC) 1-year term2013 December 2012

General Assembly Category 1-year term

2013-201467th GA November 2012



Economic and Social Council Category 2-year term

2013-2014

ECOSOC’s resumed organisational session in the fall of 2012

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Bureau of the Organisational Committee of Peace-Building Commission (OC-PBC) 1-year term

2013 January 2013

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Human Rights Council 3-year term

2013-2015

PakistanSierra LeoneEthiopia

67th GA – October/November 2012

13/10/2008

2014-2016

MaldivesUnited Kingdom & Northern IrelandSouth AfricaNamibiaSouth Sudan


04/01/2011

2015-2017IndiaBangladesh


03/11/201124/04/2012

2016-2018


2017-2019

71st GA – October/November 2016

2018-2020

72nd GA – October/November 2017

Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (CAC) 3-year term

2011-2014Geneva March 23, 2011

2012-2015GenevaMarch 2012

2013-2016GenevaMarch 2013

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Economic and Social Council and Subsidiary Bodies

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Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) 3-year termECOSOC(53 members, 3-year term)

2013-2015

CanadaNew ZealandMauritiusSouth Africa

67th GAOct-Nov 2012

2014-2016

Antigua & BarbudaBangladeshBotswana

68th GA Oct.-Nov. 2013

04/05/201019/04/2012

2015-2017Trinidad & TobagoIndia

69th GA Oct.-Nov. 2014 01/11/2011

2016-2018 Guyana70th GAOct.-Nov. 2015 20/04/2011

Bureau of the ECOSOC 1-year term

2013 January 2013Programme Coordination Board of Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 3-year term

2013-2015

Sierra Leone (E)GuyanaUnited Kingdom (E)

ECOSOC26-27 April 2012

03/02/201127/01/2012

2014-2016ECOSOCApril/May 2013

Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP) 3-year term

2014-2016Sierra Leone (Elected)Pakistan (Elected)

ECOSOCApril/May 2013

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Executive Board of the World Food Programme (WFP) 3-year term

2013-2015FAO in Rome June 2012

2014-2016FAO in RomeJune 2013

2015-2017FAO in RomeJune 2014

Statistical Commission 4-year term

2013-2016Barbados (E)United Kingdom (E)

ECOSOC 26-27 April 2012

30/09/2009



Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Population Fund (UNDP/UNFPA) 3-year term

2013-2015

Lesotho (Elected)Pakistan (Elected)New Zealand (Elected)United Kingdom (E)


09/06/2011


2015-2017

Antigua & BarbudaBangladeshIndia


23/02/201009/04/2012



2018-2020 Antigua & BarbudaECOSOCApril/May 2017 02/04/2012

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Bureau of the Executive Board of UNDP/UNFPA2013Vice Chair Pakistan January 2013 09/06/2011 24/01/2012

Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 3-year term

2013-2015

Ghana (Elected)Pakistan (Elected)Guyana (Elected)Canada (Elected)


03/02/201127/01/2012

2014-2016

Antigua & BarbudaPapua New GuineaBangladesh


11/11/201128/01/201309/04/2012

2015-2017 BangladeshECOSOCApril/May 2014

2016-2018ECOSOC April/May 2015

2017-2019 Antigua & BarbudaECOSOCApril/May 2016 04/04/2012

Bureau of the Executive Board of UNICEF 1-year term2013Vice Chair January 2013

Executive Board of UN Women 3-year term

2013-2015

The Gambia (E)Malawi (E)Maldives (E)Solomon Islands (E)Australia (E)


11/01/201111/02/2011

28/03/2012

2014-2016 BangladeshECOSOCApril/May 2013 09/04/2012

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2015-2017 Samoa

2016-2018GuyanaAntigua & Barbuda


05/03/201206/03/2012

Bureau of Executive Board of UN-Women 1-year termMalaysia (Mr. Zahid Rastam) (Vice President) 2012 3/12/2010 &

16/12/2010

2013Vice Chair January 2013

Commission for Social Development (CSocD) 4-year term2013-201752nd-55th session

Pakistan (Elected)Malawi (Elected)Uganda (Elected)

ECOSOC April/May 2012

05/04/2011

2015-2019 53rd-56th session


2016-202054th-57th session


Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations (CNGO) 4-year term

2015-2018 BangladeshECOSOCApril/May 2014

04/04/2012

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2015-2018 India

Resumed Session of ECOSOC (2014)

Bureau of Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations (CNGO) 2-year term2014-2015Vice Chair

Bureau of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD) 1-year term51st and 52nd Sessions February 2013

Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) 4-year term

2012-2015

St. Vincent & the GrenadinesPakistan (E)


27/02/200926/06/2009

2014-2017 India ECOSOC April/May 2013 29/03/2012

Commission on Population and Development (CPD) 4-year term2013-2017 47th-50th session Nigeria

ECOSOCApril 27, 2012

2014-2018 48th-51st session

BangladeshPakistan


09/04/201219/07/2011

2015-201949th-52nd session


Bureau of the Commission on Population and Development 1-year termVice-Chair 46th session

At the closing of the 45th Session of CPD

Committee for the United Nations Population Award 3-year term

13

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2013-2015GrenadaJamaica

28/03/201208/05/2012

30/03/201225/05/2012

Commission on the Status of Women 4-year term2013-2017 58th-61st session

Pakistan (Elected)Lesotho (Elected)Uganda (Elected)

ECOSOC April 26-27 2012

02/05/2011

2014-2018 59th-62nd session

GuyanaIndia

ECOSOC April/May 2013 21/04/2011

2015-201960th-63rd session


2016-202061st-64th session


Working Group of Communications of the Commission on the Status of Women

58th-59th Session

Vice ChairMember- Bangladesh

February 2013Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) 4-year term

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2013-2016

Nigeria (Elected)Cameroon (Elected)Sri Lanka (Elected)Zambia (Elected)


06/03/2012


Executive Board of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) 3-year term


Commission on Sustainable Development 3-year term

2013-2016

GhanaAntigua & Barbuda - EIndia (Elected)

ECOSOC April 26-27 2012

24/02/10



Bureau of the Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2012Pakistan (E)CanadaNew Zealand

12/01/2012 15/06/2012

Bureau of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) 1-year termVice-Chair CSD-20 2012 May 2011

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Chairmanship of the Main Committee of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

2012Antigua & BarbudaAmb. John W. Ashe 2012 23/01/2012 27/01/2012

President of the 17th Session of the High Level Committee on South South Cooperation (HLC-SSC)

2013

Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) 3-year term

2013-2015

The Bahamas (E)Pakistan (Elected)United Kingdom (E)Ghana (Elected)Nigeria (Elected)Namibia (Elected)Cameroon (Elected)

ECOSOC 26-27 April 2012

08/07/201005/04/2011 29/02/2012


Committee for the United Nations Population Award 3-year term

2013-2015 BangladeshECOSOC April/May 2012 09/04/2012

Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) 3-year term

2013-2015Botswana (E)Tanzania


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2014-2016ECOSOCApril/May 2013 19/04/2012

Bureau of the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC) 1-year term52nd Session 26 April 2012 30/04/2012 14/05/2012

International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) 6-year term



Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) 4-year term

2013-2016

Uganda (E)Sri Lanka (E) Bangladesh (E)Antigua & Barbuda - ESri Lanka (Elected)Bangladesh (Elected)

ECOSOCApril 26-27, 2012

25/02/201205/04/201209/04/2012



Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting 3-year term

2013-2015Cameroon (Elected)Mauritius (Elected)

ECOSOC26-27 April 2012 30/03/2012

2015-2017United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 3-year term

17

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2014-2016ECOSOCApril-May 2013

Committee on Conferences 3-year term


2014-2016

United Republic of TanzaniaQatar

68th GANovember 2013

2015-201769th GANovember 2014

Bureau of Committee on Conferences 1-year term2012 Session April 2012

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Subsidiary Organs Elected by General Assembly

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Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 4-year term

2014-2017Antigua & BarbudaPakistan

68th GA November 2013

26/02/201019/07/2011


Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) 4-year term


Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) 5-year term

2017-2021GANovember 2015

UN Staff Pension Committee 4-year term

2013-2016 Bangladesh67th GANovember 2012 30/03/2012

Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) 3-year term

2013-2015Antigua and Barbuda Amb. Conrod Hunte

67th GA November 2012 15/01/2010 29/02/2012

2014-2016

United KingdomAmb. Richard Moon

India68th GA November 2013


Board of Auditors 6-year term2013-2018 67th GA (2012)2014-2020 India 68th GA (2014)

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International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) 4-year term



Committee on Contributions 3-year term

2013-2015South AfricaPakistan (E)

67th GANovember 2012



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Human Rights Treaty Bodies

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Human Rights Committee (CCPR) 4-year term

2013-2016

Meeting of States Parties in New YorkSep. 6, 2012

2015-2018

Meeting of States Parties in New YorkAug./Sep. 2014

Committee Against Torture (CAT) 4-year term

2014-2017

Meeting of States Parties in GenevaOctober 2013

2016-2019

Meeting of States Parties in GenevaOctober 2015

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (OPCAT) 4-year term

2013-2016New Zealand

Geneva 20122015-2018 Geneva 2014

Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 4-year term

2013-2017

Malaysia (Ms. Yasmeen Muhammad Shariff)Togo (Mrs Suzanne Aho)Uganda (Capt. Awich Pollar)

Meeting of States Parties in New YorkDec. 18, 2012

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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) 4-year term

2013-2016

Ariranga Govindasamy PillayMauritius

ECOSOC April 26-27, 2012


Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 4-year term

2014-2018

Meeting of States Parties in New YorkNovember 2013

2016-2020

Meeting of States Parties in New York November 2015

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 4-year term

2013-2016

JamaicaMrs. Barbara Evelyn Bailey

Meeting of States Parties in New York Jun. 26, 2012 10/01/2012

2015-2018

Meeting of States Parties in New York in July or Aug 2014

22

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Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW) 4-year term

2014-2017

Meeting of States Parties in New York December 2013

2016-2019

Meeting of States Parties in New York December 2015

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 4-year term

2013-2016Ms. Diane Mulligan (United Kingdom)

Meeting of States Parties in New York Sep. 12-14, 2012

2015-2018 Qatar

Meeting of States Parties in New YorkSep./Dec. 2014

Bureau of the Conference of State Parties to the Conventions of Persons with DisabilitiesVice ChairConference2012-2014

Chairmanship of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons (General Assembly’s Resolution 65/182)Chairmanship January 2011

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International Law Bodies

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International Court of Justice (ICJ) 9-year term

2015-2024AustraliaJamaica

69th GA November 2014

2017-202571st GA November 2016

International Criminal Court (ICC) 9-year term

2012-2020

Trinidad & TobagoJustice Anthony Thomas Aquinas CarmonaUnited KingdomJudge H. Morrison QC

Meeting of the States Parties of the Rome StatuteDecember 2011

28/06/2011 ELECTED

ELECTED

2015-2023

Meeting of the States Parties of the Rome StatuteJanuary 2015

2017-2025

Meeting of the States Parties of the Rome StatuteJanuary 2017

International Law Commission (ILC) 5-year term

(34 Members, 5-year term) 2017-202171st GA November 2016

Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) 6-year term

2013-2019

CameroonSierra LeoneZambia 67th GA

Oct.-Nov. 2012

2016-2022

25

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United Nations Dispute Tribunal 7-year term

Full-time judges 2016-202270th GAMarch 2016

Half-time judges 2016-202270th GAMarch 2016

United Nations Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) 7-year term

2016-202270th GAMarch 2016

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Law of the Sea Treaty Bodies

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International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) 9-year term

2014-2022

TanzaniaSouth AfricaGrenada

Meeting of States Parties UNCLOS June/July 2014

2017-2025

Meeting of States Parties UNCLOS June/July 2017

Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) 5-year term

2012-2017

Trinidad & TobagoMr. Francis L. CharlesIndiaDr. S. RajanMalaysiaDr. Mazlan MadonPakistanCdre Muhammed ArshadCanadaDr. Richard Thomas Haworth

Meeting of States Parties UNCLOS June 2012

21/02/2011

18/01/2012

22/12/2011

22/02/2012

Credentials Committee 1-year term

GrenadaMs. Celia Thomas

22nd Meeting of States PartiesJune 4-11, 2012 28/03/2012

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Bureau of the 22nd Meeting of the States Parties of UNCLOS 1-year term

Vice ChairMs. Alice RevellNew Zealand

22nd Meeting of States PartiesJune 4-11, 2012 30/04/2012

Council of the International Seabed Authority 5-year termKenya Session of ISA

June 2012

Finance Committee of the International Seabed Authority 5-year term

2013-2016 IndiaAssembly of ISA July. 2013

2017-2021Assembly of ISA June-Aug. 2016

Legal and Technical Commission of the International Seabed Authority 5-year term

2017-2021Assembly of ISAJun.-Aug. 2016

UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS), co-chair

Amb. MacKayNew Zealand

Endorsed 06/02/2012

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Other Specialised Agencies

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Executive Board of UNESCO 4-year term

2014-2017 India

37th Session of the General Conference in Paris Oct./Nov. 2013

Executive Board of the World Health Organisation (WHO) 4-year term

2011-2014

64th World Health Assembly in GenevaMay 2011

Bureau of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change – UNFCCCVice Chair 2012

Director-General of the Universal Postal Union - UPU

2013-2016

25th Congress of the Universal Postal Union in Doha, Qatar from Sep. 24 to Oct. 152012

Postal Operations Council of the Universal Postal Union (UPU)

2013-2017

SingaporeNew ZealandIndiaBangladesh

2012 30/09/2011Board of the Green Climate Fund

2015-2018ommittee of the UNFCCC (COP-17) 2-year term

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Adaptation Committee of the UNFCCC 2-year termJamaicaMr. Clifford Mahlung

Group of Experts Relating to the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, Including its Social-Economic Aspects, Pursuant to Section XII of Resolution 64/71

JamaicaMr. Sean Green

201201/03/2010 12/03/2010

BarbadosDr. Lorna Inniss 09/03/2010

12/03/2010MaltaDr. Claudette SpiteriIndiaDr. Kirubagaran Dr. V.N. Sanjeevan Dr. Rahul SharmaDr. S.S.C. SherolDr. K. SomasundarDr. V.S.N. MurthyDr. B.R. SubramaniamDr. Dileep KumarDr. B. Nagender NathDr. N. RamaiahjDr. Miguel Fortes 20/04/2012AustraliaDr. Joanne ParrDr. R. BustamantaDr. Marita BradshawDr. Alistair HobdayDr. Tony SmithDr. James Oliver

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Dr. Nicholas BaxDr. Elaine Baker

Bureau of the Regular Process (DOALOS)Sri Lanka (E) 2012 08/03/2012 28/03/2012

Board of Governors of the International Atomic Agency

2013-2015Sep.-Oct. 2013 in Vienna, Austria

Ad Hoc Group for the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (AG-DPEA)

2012Chairman

Trinidad & TobagoMr. Kishan Kumarsingh 27/01/2012 10/02/2012

UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty

2012St. Vincent & the Grenadines July 2-27, 2012 21/05/12 25/05/12

Bureau of the UN Conference on the Arms Trade TreatyH.E. Mr. Gary QuinlanAustralia Endorsed 24/05/12

Bureau of the preparatory committee for the 2nd conference to review progress in the implementation of the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

New ZealandMr. Anthony Simpson

International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council

2014-2015

CyprusSingaporeBahamas 2013 30/09/2011

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council

2014-2016

SingaporeNigeria (Dr. Olumiyiwa Bernard) 2013 30/09/2011

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ICAO Air Navigation Commission2014-2016 Singapore 2013 30/09/2011

Senior Advisory Group to Consider Rates of Reimbursement to Troop-Contributing CountriesSri LankaH.E. Major General Shavendra Silva (E) 20/10/2011 19/01/2012

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Other Candidatures, Events and/or High Level Conferences

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International Criminal Court’s Search Committee for the Next ProsecutorMr. Daniel Bethlehem (United Kingdom)

UNFCCC Transitional Committee for the Design of the Green Climate FundMr. Rob Stewart (Canada)Mr. Ewen Mc Donald(Australia)

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