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18th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
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Members

53 members; three-year term MEMBERSHIP

African States (13)

  1. Cape Verde (Retiring member 2010)
  2. Democratic Republic of the Congo (2011)
  3. Eritrea (2012)
  4. Ethiopia (2012)
  5. Gabon (2011)
  6. Gambia (Retiring member 2010)
  7. Guinea (Retiring member 2010)
  8. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (2011)
  9. Malawi (2011)
  10. Mauritius (2012)
  11. Namibia (2011)
  12. Nigeria (2012)
  13. South Africa (Retiring member 2010)

Asian States (11)

  1. Bahrain (Retiring member 2010)
  2. Bangladesh (2011)
  3. China (2012)
  4. India (Retiring member 2010)
  5. Iran (Islamic Republic of) (Retiring member 2010)
  6. Japan (Retiring member 2010)
  7. Kyrgyzstan (2012)
  8. Pakistan (2011)
  9. Philippines (2012)
  10. Saudi Arabia (2011)
  11. United Arab Emirates (2011)

Eastern European States (6)

  1. Croatia (Retiring member 2010)
  2. Estonia (2011)
  3. Poland (Retiring member 2010)
  4. Romania (2011)
  5. Russian Federation (2012)
  6. Ukraine (2012)

Latin American and Caribbean States (10)

  1. Antigua and Barbuda (2012)
  2. Argentina (2011)
  3. Brazil (2011)
  4. Colombia (2012)
  5. Costa Rica (Retiring member 2010)
  6. Cuba (2012)
  7. Guatemala (Retiring member 2010)
  8. Haiti (Retiring member 2010)
  9. Uruguay (2011)
  10. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (2011)

Western European and Other States (13)

There were two vacancies in this group for members whose terms were to begin at the first meeting (held in 2009) of CSD-18 and expire at the close of CSD-20 in 2012.

  1. Australia (2012)
  2. Belgium (2011)
  3. Canada (2011)
  4. France (Retiring member 2010)
  5. Germany (2011)
  6. Israel (2011)
  7. Monaco (Retiring member 2010)
  8. Netherlands (Retiring member 2010)
  9. Sweden (Retiring member 2010)
  10. Switzerland (2011)
  11. United States of America (2012)
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