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Election and Membership - Draft 1
Chair's Corner
Vice President Una May Gordon

Vice President Una May Gordon has been designated by the President of COP 24/CMP 14/CMA 1.3 to convene consultations on the nominations for elections. 

Chairs and Coordinators

Contact information for the Chairs and Coordinators of Regional Groups and other Constituencies (dated 4 November 2019)

UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL GROUPS

The list of United Nations Regional Groups of Member States is available here

Chairs, Coordinators and advisors of regional groups and constituencies at the consultations on elections convened during the Bonn Climate Change Conference, June 2019

Chairs, Coordinators and advisors of regional groups and constituencies at the consultations on elections convened during the Bonn Climate Change Conference, June 2019

Elections to the supreme, subsidiary and constituted bodies of the Convention, Kyoto Protocol ad Paris Agreement are conducted annually during the Conference of the Parties (COP) according to the draft rules of procedure. At COP 25, members nominated by their regional groups and SIDS, will be elected to serve in a total of 343 positions.

Overview

The UNFCCC Electoral Process

Step-by-Step Guide on the Nomination Process

2019 Elections

List of nominations for the 2019 elections (dated 11 November 2019) 

Information on nominations to be submitted in 2019 (dated 16 September 2019)

Members and alternate members eligible and not eligible for re-election at COP 25 (dated 12 November 2019)

Notification to Parties (dated 12 April 2019)

General membership information

Current membership charts  (dated 8 October 2019)

Historical membership charts (dated 12 November 2019)

Towards Gender Balance

The meaningful inclusion of women in decision-making increases effectiveness and productivity, brings new perspectives and solutions to the table, unlocks greater resources, and strengthens efforts across all the three pillars of our work."   United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

The COP invited Parties to make additional efforts to achieve the goal of gender balance in UNFCCC bodies (see decision 3/CP.23). The current gender composition of bodies as at 12 June 2019 is available here.

The 2019 report on gender composition is available here.

Membership arrangements and rotation agreements

Information on the membership arrangements of bodies established under the Convention, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement is available here  (dated 2 October 2019)

Agreements on the rotation mechanism for the COP Rapporteur, and the rotation of membership of the CDM Executive Board, the CTCN Advisory Board and the WIM Loss and Damage Executive Committee are available here

Summaries of consultations with Chairs and Coordinators of groups/constituencies

Consultations convened in 2019

Consultations convened in 2018