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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
UNITED NATIONS, June 5 (Xinhua) — Eighteen countries, including China, were elected on Wednesday to three-year terms on the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the coordinating body for economic and social work of U.N. agencies and funds.
UN General Assembly President Philemon Young announced the results after a secret ballot.
The council included Burundi, Chad, Mozambique and Sierra Leone from Africa, China, India, Lebanon and Turkmenistan from Asia and the Pacific, Croatia, Russia and Ukraine from Eastern Europe, Ecuador, Peru and Saint Kitts and Nevis from Latin America and the Caribbean, and Australia, Finland, Norway and Turkey from Western Europe and other regions.
These ECOSOC members are elected for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2026.
ECOSOC has 54 members. Its membership is renewed annually by a vote in the UN General Assembly. –0–