Countries that are members of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (45 Members)

Forty-five Member States of the United Nations serve as members of the Commission at any one time. The Commission consists of one representative from each of the 45 Member States elected by the Economic and Social Council on the basis of equitable geographical distribution: Members are elected for a period of four years.

• 13 members from Africa
• 11 from Asia
• 9 from Latin America and Caribbean
• 8 from Western Europe and other States
• 4 from Eastern Europe

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/csw58/CSW58_Membership.pdf

 

58th SESSION-2014 COUNTRY MEMBERSHIP OF THE UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (45 Members)

 

Alphabetical list (Term expires at close of session in year:)   1. Argentina 2014 2. Bangladesh 2014 3. Belarus 2017 4. Belgium 2015 5. Brazil 2016 6. Burkina Faso 2017 7. Central African Republic 2014 8. China 2016 9. Comoros 2014 10. Cuba 2016 11. Democratic Republic of the Congo 2015 12. Dominican Republic 2016 13. Ecuador 2017 14. El Salvador 2014 15. Estonia 2015 16. Finland 2016 17. Gambia 2014 18. Georgia 2015 19. Germany 2017 20. Indonesia 2016 21. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2015 22. Israel 2017 23. Jamaica 2015 24. Japan 2017 25. Lesotho 2017 26. Liberia 2015 27. Libya 2014 28. Malaysia 2014 29. Mongolia 2014 30. Netherlands 2015 31. Niger 2016 32. Pakistan 2017 33. Paraguay 2017 34. Philippines 2014 35. Republic of Korea 2014 36. Russian Federation 2016 37. Spain 2015 38. Sudan 2016 39. Swaziland 2014 40. Switzerland 2017 41. Thailand 2015 42. Uganda 2017 43. United States of America 2016 44. Uruguay 2014 45. Zimbabwe 2015

List by regions:   AFRICAN STATES (13 Members): 1. Burkina Faso 2017 2. Central African Republic 2014 3. Comoros 2014 4. Democratic Republic of the Congo 2015 5. Gambia 2014 6. Lesotho 2017 7. Liberia 2015 8. Libya 2014 9. Niger 2016 10. Sudan 2016 11. Swaziland 2014 12. Uganda 2017 13. Zimbabwe 2015   ASIAN STATES (11 Members): 1. Bangladesh 2014 2. China 2016 3. Indonesia 2016 4. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2015 5. Japan 2017 6. Malaysia 2014 7. Mongolia 2014 8. Pakistan 2017 9. Philippines 2014 10. Republic of Korea 2014 11. Thailand 2015   EASTERN EUROPEAN STATES (4 Members): 1. Belarus 2017 2. Estonia 2015 3. Georgia 2015 4. Russian Federation 2016   LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STATES (9 M.): 1. Argentina 2014 2. Brazil 2016 3. Cuba 2016 4. Dominican Republic 2016 5. Ecuador 2017 6. El Salvador 2014 7. Jamaica 2015 8. Paraguay 2017 9. Uruguay 2014   WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHER STATES (8 M.) 1. Belgium 2015 2. Finland 2016 3. Germany 2017 4. Israel 2017 5. Netherlands 2015 6. Switzerland 2017 7. Spain 2015 8. United States of America 2016