Structure of the United Nations Trade and Development Board Sessions: Fifty-sixth (annual), 14 September–25 September; 12 October; forty-sixth, forty-seventh, forty-eighth (executive), 27 March, 30 June, 25 November, all in Geneva Presidents: Jean Feyder (Luxembourg) (fifty-sixth annual); Debapriya Bhattacharya (Bangladesh) (forty-sixth executive); Dian Triansyah Djani (Indonesia) (forty-seventh executive); Jean Feyder (Luxembourg) (forty-eighth executive) Membership: Open to all States members of UNCTAD Reports: TD/B/56/11, TD/B/EX(46)/1, TD/B/EX(47)/1, TD/B/EX(48)/2 SUBSIDIARY ORGANS OF THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD INVESTMENT, ENTERPRISE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 7 Session: First, Geneva, 4–8 May Chairperson: Eduardo Ernesto Sperisen-Yurt (Guatemala) Membership: Open to all States members of UNCTAD Report: TD/B/C.II/5 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 8 Session: First, Geneva, 11–15 May Chairperson: Muktar Djumaliev (Kyrgyzstan) Membership: Open to all States members of UNCTAD Report: TD/B/C.I/5 Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition Law and Policy Session: Tenth, Geneva, 7–9 July Chairperson: Eduardo Jara Miranda (Chile) Membership: Open to all States Members of UNCTAD Report: TD/B/C.I/CLP/6 Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting Session: Twenty-sixth, Geneva, 7–9 October Chairperson: Syed Asad Ali Shah (Pakistan) Membership: 34 Report: TD/B/C.II/ISAR/54 WORKING PARTY ON THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AND THE PROGRAMME BUDGET Sessions: Fifty-second, 26–30 January and 8–12 June; fifty-third, 7–9 September; fifty-fourth, 18–20 November, all in Geneva Chairpersons: Anas Alami-Hamedane (Morocco) (fifty-second); Heli Niemi (Finland) (fifty-third), Hamid Baeidi Nejad (Iran) (fifty-fourth) Membership: Open to all States members of UNCTAD Reports: TD/B/WP/209, TD/B/WP/210, TD/B/WP/215, TD/B/WP/217 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Consultative Committee Session: Forty-ninth, New York, 17–18 March Chairperson: Tiina Intelmann (Estonia) Membership: 5 Decision: GA 64/413 Executive Director of UNIFEM: Inés Alberdi United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Governing Council /Global Ministerial Environment Forum Session: Twenty-fifth, Nairobi, 16–20 February President: Oliver Dulić (Serbia) Membership: 58 Report: A/64/25 Decision: GA 64/406 Executive Director of UNEP: Achim Steiner United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
Governing Council Session: Twenty-second, Nairobi, 30 March–3 April President: Clifford Everald Warmington (Jamaica) Membership: 58 Report: A/64/8 Decision: ESC 2009/201 B & C Executive Director of UN-Habitat: Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka
1513 United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Board of Trustees Sessions: Fifty-first, New York, 18–20 February; fifty-second, Geneva, 1–3 July Chairperson: Carolina Hernandez (Philippines) Membership: 14 (plus 1 ex-officio member), fifty-first session; 15 (plus 1 ex-officio member), fifty second session Reports: A/64/261, A/64/286 Director of UNIDIR: Theresa Hitchens United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
Board of Trustees Sessions: Forty-seventh, Paris, 29–30 January; forty-eighth, Geneva, 12–13 November Chairperson: Tõnis Nirk (Estonia) Membership: 15 (plus 2 ex-officio members) Reports: UNITAR/BT/2009/1, UNITAR/BT/2009/2 Executive Director of UNITAR: Carlos Lopes United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board
Session: Fifty-sixth, Vienna, 13–17 July Chairperson: Pierre Sayour Membership: 33 Report: A/64/291 Chief Executive Officer: Bernard Cochemé United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Advisory Commission of UNRWA Meeting: Amman, Jordan, 9–10 June Chairperson: Tor Wennesland (Norway) Membership: 25 Report: A/64/13 WORKING GROUP ON THE FINANCING OF UNRWA Meetings: 14 September–9 November (regular); 19–25 May and 25 June (exceptional) Chairperson: Ertuğrul Apakan (Turkey) Membership: 9 Report: A/64/519 Commissioner-General of UNRWA: Karen Koning AbuZayd Deputy Commissioner-General: Filippo Grandi United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
Session: Did not meet in 2009 Chairperson: Norman Gentner (Canada) Membership: 21 Report: A/64/223 United Nations Staff Pension Committee
Membership: 8 United Nations University (UNU)
Council of the United Nations University Session: Fifty-sixth, Tokyo, Japan, 30 November–2 December Chairperson: Hebe María Cristina Vessuri (Venezuela) Membership: 24 (plus 3 ex-officio members and the UNU Rector) Rector of the University: Konrad Osterwalder Report: E/2009/84 United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations
Board of Trustees Session: Twenty-second, Geneva, 16–20 March Chairperson: Dalee Sambo Dorough (United States) Membership: 5 Report: A/65/163