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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 May 2009
Listed below is membership of UN bodies for 1959. Unless otherwise noted, membership expires on December 31 of the year indicated.
1 Elected for a two-year term by the General Assembly on October 8, 1958.
2 Re-elected for a three-year term by the General Assembly on October 8, 1958.
3 Elected for a three-year term by the General Assembly on October 8, 1958.
4 Judges of the International Court serve in an individual capacity and not as representatives of their countries. Countries are listed for convenience of identification only. Terms of office expire on February 5 of the year listed. Following the death of Judge José Gustavo Guerrero on October 25, 1958, the Security Council decided at its 840th meeting that an election to fill the vacancy should take place during the fourteenth session of the General Assembly or during a special session before the fourteenth session.
5 Re-appointed by the General Assembly for the calendar years 1959 and 1960 on December 5, 1958.
6 Elected or re-elected for five-year terms by the General Assembly on December 18, 1956, except where noted otherwise. Members serve in their individual capacities and not as representatives of countries. Countries are listed for convenience of identification only. At the 454th meeting the Commission received a letter from Mr. Abdullah El-Erian, United Arab Republic, in which he stated that, having regard to the provision in article 2, paragraph 2, of the Commission's statute that no two members of the Commission shall be nationals of the same state, he wished to tender his resignation. The Commission accepted the resignation and, as from June 2, 1958, Mr. El-Erian took no further part in the work of the Commission. At a private meeting on June 6, 1958, the Commission decided to postpone until the beginning of the next session the election to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. El-Erian.
7 Elected on April 30, 1958, to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Jean Spiropoulos consequent upon his election to the International Court of Justice. Mr. Alfaro assisted in the work of the Commission from May 28 onwards.
8 Re-elected for a three-year term by ECOSOC on May t, 1958.
9 Elected for a three-year term by ECOSOC on May 1, 1958.
10 Countries mentioned without any specific date were elected at the ninth session of ECOSOC for an indefinite term. The others were elected at the twenty-first session for a term of three years.
11 ECOSOC elected, on July 31, 1958, all members of the Commission for terms of one, two, or three years.
12 Membership on regional commissions is not for any specified term of years. The question of continuing the commissions themselves is considered periodically by ECOSOC.
13 Became a member in accordance with the terms of reference of the Commission as a result of being admitted by the General Assembly to membership in the UN on September 17, 1957.
14 The Economic and Social Council by Resolution 671 (XXV) established an Economic Commission for Africa on April 29, 1958. The countries listed attended the first session of the Commission, held in Addis Ababa from December 29, 1958, to January 6, 1959, with the exception of the Union of South Africa which had decided not to participate ”for the present” (United Nations Review, 02 1959, p. 7)Google Scholar. See also footnote 12.
