Structure of the United Nations Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Cairo, 2–7 June Chairperson: Youssef Boutros-Ghali (Egypt) Membership: 53 Report: E/2009/38 Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)
Session: Sixty-third, Geneva, 30 March–1 April Chairperson: Alex Van Meeuwen (Belgium) Membership: 56 Report: E/2009/37
1517 Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
Session: Did not meet in 2009 Membership: 37 Decision: ESC 2009/201 C Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Session: Eighth, New York, 18–29 May Chairperson: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Philippines) Membership: 16 Report: E/2009/43
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
Session: Did not meet in 2009 Membership: 44 members, 8 associate members Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Session: Sixty-fifth, Bangkok, Thailand, 23–29 April Chairperson: Kasit Piromya (Thailand) Membership: 53 members, 9 associate members Report: E/2009/39 Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
Session: Did not meet in 2009 Membership: 17
Standing committees Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations
Sessions: New York, 19–28 January and 2 February (regular), 18–27 May (resumed) Chairperson: Hassan Hamid Hassan (Sudan) Membership: 19 Reports: E/2009/32 (Part I), E/2009/32 (Part II) Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC)
Sessions: Forty-ninth, New York, 30 April (organizational), 8 June– 2 July (substantive) Chairman: Hendrik Ockert van der Westhuizen (South Africa) Membership: 34 Report: A/64/16 Decision: ESC 2009/201 C & D
Expert bodies Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
Session: Fifth, Geneva, 19–23 October Chaiperson: Armando Lara Yaffar (Mexico) Membership: 25 Report: E/2009/45 Decision: ESC 2009/201 D Committee for Development Policy
Session: Eleventh, New York, 9–13 March Chairperson: Ricardo Ffrench-Davis (Chile) Membership: 24 Report: E/2009/33 Decision: ESC 2009/201 A & D Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Sessions: Forty-second and forty-third, Geneva, 4–22 May and 2–20 November Chairperson: Jaime Marchan-Romero (Ecuador) Membership: 18 Report: E/2010/22 Committee of Experts on Public Administration
Session: Eighth, New York, 30 March–3 April Chairperson: Jocelyne Bourgon (Canada) Membership: 24 Report: E/2009/44 Decision: ESC 2009/201 C
United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
Session: Twenty-fifth, Nairobi, Kenya, 5–12 May Chairperson: Helen Kerfoot (Canada) Membership: Representatives of the 23 geographical/linguistic divisions of the Group of Experts Report: E/2009/58
Ad hoc body United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB)
Sessions: First, Paris, 4 April; second, New York, 30 October Chairman: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Membership: 28 Reports: CEB/2009/1, CEB/2009/2
Other related bodies International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
Executive Board Sessions: Sixth, New York, 23 April (regular); 18–19 May (resumed) President: Marie Yvette L. Banzon-Abalos (Philippines) (Acting) Membership: 10 (plus 5 ex-officio members) Reports: E/2009/62, E/2009/0/Add.7 Director of INSTRAW: Carmen Moreno Joint United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (UNAIDS)
Programme Coordinating Board Meetings: Twenty-forth, Geneva, 22–24 June; twenty-fifth, Geneva, 8–10 December Chairperson: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreuesus (Ethiopia) Membership: 22 Reports: UNAIDS/PCB(24)/09.15, UNAIDS/PCB(25)/09.29 Executive Director of UNAIDS: Michel Sidibé United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Executive Board Sessions: First and second regular, 4–6 February and 8–11 September; annual, 8–10 June, all in New York President: Oumar Daou (Mali) Membership: 36 Report: E/2009/34/Rev.1 Decision: ESC 2009/201 C Executive Director of UNICEF: Ann M. Veneman United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/ United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Executive Board Sessions: First and second regular, 19–22 January and 14–16 September; annual, 26 May–3 June, all in New York President: Mohammad Khazaee (Iran) Membership: 36 Report: E/2009/35 Decision: ESC 2009/201 C