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Date 27
January 2004
Press Release No: L/01/2004; ORG/1405
MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS
IN 2004
General Assembly
The General Assembly is made up of 191 Member
States. The States and the dates on which they became Members
are listed in Press Release ORG/1360 issued
4 October 2002.
Security Council
The Security Council has 15 members. The United Nations Charter
designates five States as permanent members and the General
Assembly elects 10 other members for two-year terms. The term
of office for each non-permanent member of the Council ends
on 31 December of the year indicated in parentheses next to
its name.
The five permanent members of the Security Council
are China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and the
United States.
The 10 non-permanent members of the Council in
2004 are Algeria (2005), Angola (2004), Benin (2005), Brazil
(2005), Chile (2004), Germany (2004), Romania (2005), Pakistan
(2004), Philippines (2005) and Spain (2004).
Economic and Social Council
The Economic and Social Council has 54 members,
elected for three-year terms by the General Assembly. The term
of office for each member expires on
31 December of the year indicated in parentheses next to its
name. In 2003, the Council is composed of the following:
Armenia (2006), Australia (2004), Azerbaijan (2005),
Bangladesh (2006), Belgium (2006), Belize (2006), Benin (2005),
Bhutan (2004), Burundi (2004), Canada (2006), Chile (2004),
China (2004), Colombia (2006), Congo (2005), Cuba (2005), Ecuador
(2005), El Salvador (2004), Finland (2004), France (2005), Germany
(2005), Ghana (2004), Greece (2005), Guatemala (2004), Indonesia
(2006), Italy (2006), Hungary (2004), India (2004), Ireland
(2005), Jamaica (2005), Japan (2005), Kenya (2005), Libya (2004),
Malaysia (2005), Mauritius (2006), Mozambique (2005), Namibia
(2006), Nicaragua (2005), Nigeria (2006), Panama (2006), Poland
(2006), Qatar (2004), Republic of Korea (2006), Russian Federation
(2004), Saudi Arabia (2005), Senegal (2005), Sweden (2004),
Tunisia (2006), Turkey (2005), Ukraine (2004), United Arab Emirates
(2006), United Kingdom (2004), United Republic of Tanzania (2006),
United States (2006) and Zimbabwe (2004).
Trusteeship Council
The Trusteeship Council is made up of the five
permanent members of the Security Council -- China, France,
Russian Federation, United Kingdom and the United States. With
the independence of Palau, the last remaining United Nations
Trust Territory, the Council formally suspended operations on
1 November 1994. The Council amended its rules of procedure
to drop the obligation to meet annually and agreed to meet as
the occasion required, by its decision or the decision of its
President or at the request of a majority of its members or
the General Assembly or the Security Council.
International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice has 15 Judges,
elected by both the General Assembly and the Security Council
for nine-year terms. The current composition of the Court, with
terms expiring on 5 February of the year in parentheses, is
as follows:
Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan) (2009); Nabil
Elaraby (Egypt) (2006); Thomas Buergenthal (United States) (2006);
Gilbert Guillaume (France) (2009); Rosalyn Higgins (United Kingdom)
(2009); Shi Jiuyong (China)(2012); Pieter H. Kooijmans (Netherlands)(2006);
Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leone) (2012); Hisashi Owada (Japan
(2012); Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren (Venezuela) (2009); Raymond
Ranjeva (Madagascar) (2009); Jos? Francisco Rezek (Brazil) (2006);
Bruno Simma (Germany) (2012); Peter Tomka (Slovakia) (2012);
and Vladlen S. Vereshchetin (Russian Federation)(2006).
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