President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

Summary

The president of the United Nations Economic and Social Council is the presiding officer of that body.

President of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
Incumbent
Chile Paula Narváez
since 27 July 2023
StyleExcellency
SeatUnited Nations Headquarters
New York City, United States
AppointerUnited Nations Economic and Social Council
Term lengthOne year
Constituting instrumentCharter of the United Nations
Inaugural holderArcot Ramasamy Mudaliar
Formation1946
Websitewww.un.org/ecosoc/president

The position voted for by members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on a yearly basis.

Election edit

The Economic and Social Council elects a new bureau, a president and four vice-presidents, at the first meeting of the new session of the council, typically in July. These officials are chosen at large from among the representatives of the council's members for one-year terms. Members of bureau hold office until their successors are elected by the council at the next session.[1][2]

According to the rules of procedure of the council, the election of members to the bureau includes special regard for equitable geographic rotation among the United Nations regional groups. For instance, the presidency of the council rotates between the five regions, and along with it the vice-presidencies.[1][2]

Role edit

The role of president of the council involves opening and closing meetings of the body, presiding over the proceedings of the council, steering the work of the body, maintaining order and ensuring observance of the rules of procedure at all times, and, if need be, calling emergency sessions of the body.[1] The president also usually speaks to the press on behalf of the council.

List of presidents edit

The following is a list of all presidents of the Economic and Social Council since its inception:[3][4]

Year elected Name of President UN member state Session(s)
1946 Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar   British India First and Second
1946 Andrija Stampar   Yugoslavia Third
1947 Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar   British India Fourth
1947 Ján Papánek   Czechoslovakia Fifth
1948 Charles Habib Malik   Lebanon
1949 Jim Thorn   New Zealand
1950 - 1951 Hernan Santa Cruz   Chile
1952 Syed Amjad Ali   Pakistan
1953 Raymond Scheyven   Belgium
1954 Juan I. Cooke   Argentina
1956 Douglas Copland   Australia
1956 Hans Engen   Norway
1957 Mohammad Mir Khan   Pakistan
1958 George F. Davidson   Canada
1959 Daniel Cosio-Villegas   Mexico
1960 C. W. A. Schurmann   Netherlands
1961 Foss Shanahan   New Zealand
1962 Jerzy Michalowski   Poland
1963 Alfonso Patino   Colombia
1964 Ronald Walker   Australia
1965 Akira Matsui   Japan
1966 Tewfik Bouattoura   Algeria
1967 Milan Klusák   Czechoslovakia
1968 Manuel Perez Guerrero   Venezuela
1969 Raymond Scheyven   Belgium
1970 J. B. P. Maramis   Indonesia
1971 Rachid Driss   Tunisia
1972 Karoly Szarka   Hungary
1973 Sergio Armando Frazao   Brazil
1974 Aarno Karhilo   Finland
1975 Iqbal A. Akhund   Pakistan
1976 Simeon Aké   Ivory Coast
1977 Ladislav Šmíd   Czechoslovakia
1978 Donald O. Mills   Jamaica
1979 Hugo Scheltema   Netherlands
1980 Andreas V. Mavrommatis   Cyprus
1981 Paul John Firmino Lusaka   Zambia
1982 Miljan Komatina   Yugoslavia
1983 Sergio Correa da Costa   Brazil
1984 Karl Fischer   Austria
1985 Tomohiko Kabayashi   Japan
1986 Manuel dos Santos   Mozambique
1987 Eugeniusz Noworyta   Poland
1988 Andres Aguilar   Venezuela
1989 Kjeld Vilhelm Mortensen   Denmark
1990 Chinmaya Rajaninath Gharekhan   India
1992[a] Darko Silovic   Yugoslavia
1992[b] Robert Mroziewicz   Poland
1993 Juan Somavia   Chile
1994 Richard William Butler   Australia
1995 Ahmad Kamal   Pakistan
1996 Jean-Marie Kacou Gervais   Côte d'Ivoire
1997 Karel Kovanda   Czech Republic
1998 Juan Somavia   Chile
1999 Paulo Fulci   Italy
2000 Makarim Wibisono   Indonesia
2001 Martin Belinga-Eboutou   Cameroon
2002 Ivan Šimonović   Croatia
2003 Gert Rosenthal   Guatemala
2004 Marjatta Rasi   Finland
2005 Munir Akram   Pakistan
2006 Ali Hachani   Tunisia
2007 Dalius Čekuolis   Lithuania
2008 Léo Mérorès   Haiti
2009 Sylvie Lucas   Luxembourg
2010 Hamidon Ali   Malaysia
2011 Lazarous Kapambwe   Zambia
2012 Miloš Koterec   Slovakia
2013 Néstor Osorio Londoño   Colombia
2014 Martin Sajdik   Austria
2015 Oh Joon   Republic of Korea
2016 Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava   Zimbabwe
2017 Marie Chatardová   Czech Republic
2018 Inga Rhonda King   Saint Vincent
2019 Mona Juul   Norway
2020 Munir Akram   Pakistan
2021 Collen Vixen Kelapile   Botswana
2022 Lachezara Stoeva   Bulgaria
2023 Paula Narváez   Chile
  1. ^ Elected in January
  2. ^ Elected in June

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c United Nations Economic and Social Council Document 5715 Rev.2. Rules of Procedure of the Economic and Social Council E/5715/Rev.2 1992. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Philippines assumes Vice-Presidency of the Economic and Social Council for the Asia Pacific Group". Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations. United Nations. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Presidents". United Nations Economic and Social Council. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Former Presidents, 1946-2004". United Nations Economic and Social Council. United Nations. n.d. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

External links edit

  • Presidential profile at ECOSOC
  • Charter of the United Nations - Chapter X: The Economic and Social Council