DECISION ON AFRICAN CANDIDATURES IN THE
INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
The Executive Council:
TAKES NOTE of the report of the Permanent Nominating Committee on African Candidatures within the international system;
APPROVES the recommendations contained in the said report;
DECIDES TO ENDORSE:
the candidature of the Republic of Ghana to the membership of the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Post Union (UPU) at its 23rd Congress in Bucharest, Romania, from 15 September to 5 October 2004;
the candidature of Mr. Fatih Bouayad-Agha from Algeria for membership of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) on the occasion of its 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly slated for New York in September/December 2004.
WELCOMES the election of the Gabonese Republic as President of the 59th Session of the UN General Assembly;
DECIDES to endorse the recommendations of the Committee on Candidatures of the African Group in New York as follows:
Vice Presidency of the 59th Session (5)
Algeria
Burkina Faso
Djibouti
Ghana
Zambia
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOCC) (4)
Chad
Democratic Republic of Congo
Guinea
South Africa
Commission for Social Development (4)
Angola
Democratic Republic of Congo
Tanzania
1 pending (to be filled by Eastern Region)
Commission on Population and Development (3)
Cameroon
The Comoros
Morocco
Commission on Human Rights (4)
Guinea
Kenya
The Sudan
Togo
Commission on the Status of Women
- Mali
Morocco
Tanzania
Commission on Sustainable Development (5)
Cameroon
Democratic Republic of Congo
Tunisia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Commission on Science and Technology for Development
(4)
Angola
The Gambia
Sierra Leone
1 pending (to be filled by Central Region)
Committee for Programme & Coordination (3)
Algeria
Ghana
Kenya
Governing Council on Human Settlements (5)
Libya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
Ghana
Executive Board of the United Nations Children’s Fund (1)
Mozambique
Executive Board of the United Nations Development Programme (1)
Uganda
Executive Board of the World Food Programme (2)
Ethiopia
Tunisia
United Nations AIDS/HIV Programme Coordination Board (2)
Kenya
Libya
Committee on Contributions (2)
Cameroon
Nigeria
Committee on Conferences (2)
Egypt
Kenya
RECOMMENDS the United Republic of Tanzania for the non- permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the East African Sub-region for the period 2005 - 2006;
DECIDES TO ENDORSE the recommendations of the seventieth of the Plenary Session of the African Commission of Civil Aviation (AFCAC) held from 10 to 14 May 2004 in Johannesburg, South Africa, on African Candidatures to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as follows:
For Category II
South Africa
Egypt
Nigeria
For Category III
Cameroon
Ethiopia
Ghana
Mozambique
Tunisia
TAKES NOTE of the new Bureau of the African Commission of Civil Aviation (AFCAC), following elections held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 10 to 14 May 2004:
South Africa - Chairman
Gabon - Vice-Chairman (Central Region)
Kenya - Vice-Chairman (Eastern Region)
Algeria - Vice-Chairman (Northern Region)
Cote d’Ivoire - Vice-Chairman (Western Region)
Zambia - Vice-Chairman (Southern Region)
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