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2017/018: New Composition of the Standing Committee

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that following the elections that took place at COP12 in Manila, the composition of the Standing Committee for the next triennium is as follows (the Parties serving on the Finance and Budget Sub-Committee are annotated with *):

Region/Role Full Members Alternates
Depositary Germany*   n/a
Host COP12 Philippines n/a
Host COP13  India n/a
Africa Congo Mali
  South Africa Algeria
  United Republic of Tanzania* Kenya
Asia Mongolia*  Tajikistan
  Kyrgyzstan  Pakistan
Europe France* Switzerland
  Georgia Latvia
  Norway  
Oceania Fiji*  Palau
South and Central America and the Caribbean Bolivia* Argentina
  Costa Rica Panama

Norway and Mongolia were re-elected as Chair and Vice-Chair respectively.

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