Structure of the United Nations To serve until 31 December 2011: Aїcha Afifi (Morocco), Renata Archini (Italy), Vladimir A. Iosifov (Russian Federation), Susan M. McLurg (United States), Alejandro Torres Lépori (Argentina) On 19 November 2009 (decision 64/408), the General Assembly appointed the following for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2010 to fill vacancies occurring on 31 December 2009: Jasminka Dinić (Croatia), Collen V. Kelapile (Botswana), Stafford O. Neil (Jamaica), Mohammad Mustafa Tal (Jordan) and Nonye Udo (Nigeria). Committee on Contributions
To serve until 31 December 2009: Kenshiro Akimoto (Japan), Meshal Al-Mansour (Kuwait), Petru Dumitriu (Romania), Ihor V. Humenny (Ukraine), Gobona Susan Mapitse (Botswana), Lisa P. Spratt (United States) To serve until 31 December 2010: Joseph Acakpo-Satchivi (Benin), Abdelmalek Bouheddou (Algeria), Gordon Eckersley (Australia), Bernardo Greiver del Hoyo (Uruguay), Luis Mariano Hermosillo Sosa (Mexico), Eduardo Manuel da Fonseca Fernandes Ramos (Portugal) To serve until 31 December 2011: Vyacheslav A. Logutov (Russian Federation), Richard Moon (United Kingdom), Hae-yun Park (Republic of Korea), Thomas Thomma (Germany), Courtney H. Williams (Jamaica), Wu Gang (China) On 26 May 2009 (decision 63/408 B), the General Assembly appointed Gönke Roscher (Germany) to serve until 31 December 2011 as a result of the resignation of Thomas Thomma. On 19 November 2009 (decision 64/409), the General Assembly appointed the following for a three-year term beginning on 1 January 2010 to fill the vacancies occurring on 31 December 2009: Andrzej T. Abraszewski (Poland), Meshal Al-Mansour (Kuwait), Elmi Ahmed Dualeh (Somalia), Ihor V. Humenny (Ukraine), Lisa Spratt (United States) and Shigeki Sumi (Japan).
Subsidiary and ad hoc bodies The following is a list of subsidiary and ad hoc bodies functioning in 2009, including the number of members, dates of meetings/ sessions in 2009, document numbers of reports (which generally provide specific information on membership), and relevant decision numbers pertaining to elections. Ad Hoc Committee on the Administration of Justice at the United Nations
Session: Second, New York, 20–24 April Chairperson: Ganeson Sivagurunathan (Malaysia) Membership: Open to all States Members of the United Nations or members of the specialized agencies or of IAEA Report: A/64/55 Ad Hoc Committee on Criminal Accountability of United Nations Officials and Experts on Mission
Session: did not meet in 2009 Membership: Open to all States Members of the United Nations or members of the specialized agencies or of IAEA Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996
Session: Thirteenth, New York, 29 June–2 July Chairperson: Rohan Perera (Sri Lanka) Membership: Open to all States Members of the United Nations or members of the specialized agencies or of IAEA Report: A/64/37 Ad Hoc Committee on the Indian Ocean
Meeting: Four hundred and fifty-third, New York, 24 July Chairperson: H.M.G.S. Palihakkara (Sri Lanka) Membership: 43 Report: A/64/29 Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
Sessions: Fifty-first, New York, 18–20 February; Fifty-second, Geneva, 1–3 July Chairperson: Carolina Hernandez (Philippines)
1511 Membership: 14 (plus 1 ex-officio member), fifty-first session; 15 (plus 1 ex-officio member), fifty-second session Report: A/64/286 Advisory Committee on the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law
Session: Forty-fourth, New York, 16 October Chairperson: Leslie K. Christian (Ghana) Membership: 25 Report: A/64/495 Board of Auditors
Sessions: Sixty-third regular session, New York, 9–10 July; thirty-ninth special session, Bonn, Germany, 9 December Chairperson: Terence Nombembe (South Africa) Membership: 3 Decision: GA 64/411 Committee on Conferences
Sessions: New York, 7 April (organizational), 8–14 September (substantive) Chairperson: Barbara Kaudel (Austria) Membership: 21 Report: A/64/32 Decision: GA 63/405 B, 64/407 Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
Meetings: Throughout the year Chairperson: Paul Badji (Senegal) Membership: 23 Report: A/64/35 Committee on Information
Session: Thirty-first, New York, 4–15 May Chairperson: Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima (Cape Verde) Membership: 113 Report: A/64/21 Decision: GA 64/520 Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
Session: Fifty-second, Vienna, 3–12 June Chairperson: Ciro Arévalo Yepes (Colombia) Membership: 69 Report: A/64/20 Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC)
Sessions: Forty-ninth, New York, 30 April (organizational), 8 June– 1 July (substantive) Chairperson: Hendrik Ockert van der Westhuizen (South Africa) Membership: 34 Report: A/64/16 Decisions: ESC 2009/201 C & D; GA 63/414 B, 64/404 Committee on Relations with the Host Country
Meetings: New York, 12 March, 16 June, 2 October and 2 November Chairperson: Minas Hadjimichael (Cyprus) Membership: 19 (including the United States as host country) Report: A/64/26 Committee for the United Nations Population Award
Chairperson: Hamidon Ali (Malaysia) Membership: 10 (plus the Secretary-General and the UNFPA Executive Director as ex-officio members) Report: A/64/207 Decision: 2009/201 C & D Disarmament Commission
Sessions: New York, 15 January (organizational); 13 April–1 May (substantive) Chairperson: Andrzej Towpik (Poland) Membership: All UN Members Report: A/64/42