UNWTO Commission for Europe Sixty-fourth meeting Croatia, May 2019

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1 UNWTO Commission for Europe Sixty-fourth meeting Croatia, -3 May CEU/64/ComReg. Rev.* Madrid, April Original: English Nominations and elections to statutory organs and their subsidiary bodies. In agreement with the Chairs of the UNWTO Commissions and subject to confirmation by the Regional Commissions themselves at their Meetings in the first semester of, there will be no meetings of the Commissions in the framework of the 3rd session of General Assembly in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. This initiative was taken after careful analysis of the previous editions of the General Assembly (GA) with the aim of reducing the overloaded programme of the GA, optimizing resources, as well as improving the productivity of the 3rd session. This will also enhance the relevance and efficiency of this edition of the Meetings of the Commissions in. The initiative was endorsed by the th session of the Executive Council in Manama, Bahrain through decision CE/DEC/(CI).. Consequently, the agendas of the meetings of the Regional Commissions to be held in the first semester of will be extensive, since they will include the nominations and elections to statutory organs and their subsidiary bodies. These include the nominations of the candidates to represent the region on the Executive Council ( -3) and to the 3rd session of the General Assembly (Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly, Credentials Committee), the election of the Chair and two Vice-Chairs of the Regional Commissions (-), the nomination of candidates to the different technical Committees, as well as the selection of the places and dates of the subsequent meetings of the Commissions. 3. The Regional Commissions will be held in in the following Member States: - 45th Meeting of the Commission for the Middle East (Egypt, - March ); - 64th Meeting of the Commission for the Americas (Guatemala, 5- May ); - 64th Meeting of the Commission for Europe (Croatia, -3 May ); - 3st Joint Meeting of the Commission for East Asia and the Pacific (CAP) and the Commission for South Asia (CSA) and two separate meetings of the Commissions: the 53rd CAP meeting and the 5th CSA meeting (Bhutan, 3-5 June ); *This revision is issued to reflect the official change in the name of the Member State the Republic of Northern Macedonia effective 4 February. The Executive Council will meet in its new composition at its th session to be held immediately after the 3rd session of the General Assembly in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.

2 CEU/64/ComReg - 6nd Meeting of the Commission for Africa (Mali, - June ) I. GENERAL ASSEMBLY Nomination of the Officers of the 3rd session of the General Assembly 4. For the conduct of its business and in accordance with Rule 6(3) of its Rules of Procedure, the General Assembly is called upon to elect its President and Vice-Presidents on the basis of equitable geographical distribution, making allowance for the region represented by the President. 5. If the Assembly follows the tradition of nominating as President the head of delegation of the host country (Russian Federation), there would only be one post of Vice-President for the region of Europe. 6. The Vice-Presidents of the General Assembly should therefore represent the UNWTO regions as follows: two for Africa, two for the Americas, one for Europe, one for East Asia and the Pacific, one for South Asia and one for the Middle East.. Bearing this in mind, the Regional Commissions are requested to nominate candidates to represent their regions as Vice-Presidents of the twenty-third session of the Assembly.. The Officers of the previous sessions of the General Assembly are listed in Annex I to this document.. As of the date of this document, no candidatures from the Regional Commission for Europe for the position of Vice-President have been received at the Secretariat. II. SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY A. Credentials Committee: Appointment of members. Rule 3() of the Assembly s Rules of Procedure provides for the appointment by the Assembly, on the proposal of its President, of a Credentials Committee composed of nine delegates chosen from among the Full Members.. The Regional Commissions are called upon to suggest to the President of the General Assembly the same number of representatives for the Credentials Committee as they have Officers of the Assembly. The nine Members of the Committee (two for Africa, two for the Americas, two for Europe, one for East Asia and the Pacific, one for South Asia and one for the Middle East) thus nominated will then elect from among themselves a Chair and a Vice-Chair in accordance with Rule 3() of the Assembly s Rules of Procedure.. To assist the Regional Commissions in their deliberations, the offices held by Members at previous sessions of the General Assembly are listed in Annex II.

3 CEU/64/ComReg 3. As of the date of this document no candidatures from the Regional Commission for Europe for membership in the Credentials Committee have been received at the Secretariat. B. Regional Commissions: Election of Officers 4. In accordance with Rule 5 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, as they apply mutatis mutandis to the Regional Commissions, and consistent with the practice followed so far, each Regional Commission should elect one Chair and two Vice-Chairs from among its Members for a term of two years, commencing from the twenty-third session of the General Assembly. 5. As of the date of this document no candidatures from the Commission for Europe for Chair and/or Vice-chair of the Commission for the period -3 have been received at the Secretariat. 6. The Secretariat invites Member States from the different Regions that wish to submit their candidatures for the chairmanship/vice-chairmanship of the Commissions for the forthcoming biennium to do so in the period leading up to the meeting of their respective Commission. Any candidatures reaching the Secretariat before the date of the meeting of the Commissions will be announced in an addendum to this document.. A list of the Officers of the Regional Commissions since 6 is given in Annex III.. The Regional Commissions are called upon to elect their respective Chair and Vice-Chairs accordingly. C. World Committee on Tourism Ethics. In accordance with resolution 6(I) adopted by the nineteenth session of the General Assembly in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, the members of the Committee are directly elected by the General Assembly upon the proposal of a Selection Committee (President of the General Assembly, Chair of the Executive Council, Chair of the Board of Affiliate Members, the UNWTO Secretary-General and the Legal Counsel).. The twentieth session of the General Assembly held at Victoria Falls, Zambia-Zimbabwe, recalled through resolution 636() the need for applying the staggering principle by which the members of the Committee will be renewed by half every two years.. Thus, the twenty-third session of the General Assembly is required to elect, in plenary session, four members.. Nominations to the Committee may be presented by the Full, Associate and Affiliate Members of UNWTO, as well as by the Secretary-General. This part on the World Committee on Tourism Ethics is provided for information. No action is required in the framework of the Regional Commission meeting. 3

4 CEU/64/ComReg 3. The Selection Committee will examine the proposed nominations and recommend to the General Assembly the names of the four personalities to be appointed. III. EECUTIVE COUNCIL: ELECTION OF MEMBERS 4. The General Assembly is required to elect, at each of its sessions, one-half of the membership of the Executive Council, in accordance with Article 4() of the Statutes of the Organization, which reads as follows 3 : The Council shall consist of Full Members elected by the Assembly in the ratio of one Member for every five Full Members, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure laid down by the Assembly, with a view to achieving fair and equitable geographical distribution. 5. Article 5 of the Statutes also stipulates that: The term of elected Members shall be four years (...). Election for one-half of the membership of the Council shall be held every two years. 6. This provision is enlarged upon in Rule 55() of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, paragraph 4 of which reads: The term of office of the Members of the Council shall begin immediately following their election by the Assembly and shall end on the election of their successors.. Article 4() of the Statutes provides that the total number of the Organization s Full Members determines the number of seats on the Council. In order to achieve, so far as possible, fair and equitable geographical representation, the number of seats per region is calculated on the basis of one seat for every five Members out of the total number of Members in each region.. At its nd session in Chengdu, China, the General Assembly decided (resolution 6(II)) to amend Rule 54 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly as follows: The Assembly shall elect by secret ballot the Members of the Council in the proportion of one Member of the Council for every five Full Members of the Organization, having regard to fair and equitable geographical distribution. This proportion shall be applied to the number of Full Members by region in order to determine the number of seats on the Executive Council to be allocated to the corresponding region. In the event that the figure obtained after the calculation of the said ratio is not whole, it shall be rounded up to the nearest higher integer.. Consequently, in accordance with the number of Full Members per region at the date of this document (see Annex IV), the Council may be composed of 34 members in addition to Spain as a permanent member, during the period between the twenty-third and twenty-fifth sessions of the General Assembly. 3. The current membership of the Executive Council is indicated in Annex V, and Annex VI 3 The same provision is repeated in Rule () of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Council. 4

5 CEU/64/ComReg provides a graphical representation of terms of office, broken down by region, since the creation of the UNWTO. 3. The table in Annex VII illustrates the situation, subject to the submission of other possible candidatures for membership, or the possible renunciation of a candidate. In such circumstances, the data given would have to be changed to reflect the modifications. 3. Column 5 of Annex VII shows that the terms of office of members expire at the twenty-third session of the General Assembly. Column 6 shows that Full Members will have to be elected to the Council in the ratio of member for every 5 Full Members per region, as follows: Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific Europe Middle East South Asia TOTAL 6 seats seats 4 seats 4 seats seat seats seats 33. As of the date of this document, the following States have communicated to the Secretariat, on the date appearing between brackets, their candidatures for membership of the Council for the period -3: AFRICA (6 seats to be filled) Algeria, 5 October, new Tunisia, October, new Angola, 6 November, new Morocco, November, renewal AMERICAS ( seats to be filled) Paraguay, 6 November, renewal Guatemala, November, new EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (4 seats to be filled) Fiji, August, new Philippines, 5 October, new Republic of Korea, 3 October, renewal Japan, November, renewal China, 3 November, renewal 5 EUROPE (4 seats to be filled) Turkey, 5 May, new Bulgaria, June, new

6 CEU/64/ComReg Georgia, 6 July, new Italy, 5 October, renewal Portugal, November, renewal MIDDLE EAST ( seat to be filled) Syria, 6 June, new Iraq, 3 July, new UAE, September, new SOUTH ASIA (no seats) 34. Any other candidatures reaching the Secretariat before the date of the Meetings of the Regional Commissions will be announced in an addendum to this document. 35. It should be recalled that Executive Council decisions 4(III) and 4(IV) recommend that...only Members of the Organization having no unjustified arrears (paragraph 3 of the Financing Rules attached to the Statutes) shall be eligible for election to the Executive Council. 36. The Regional Commissions are called upon to recommend to the Assembly, on the basis of the regional distribution of new Council seats shown in paragraph 3 of this document, the Council members to be elected for the period Associate Members are, for their part, requested to nominate their representative to the Executive Council. 3. The Board of Affiliate Members is requested to nominate its representative to serve on the Executive Council. This function is traditionally assumed by the Chair of the Board. IV. SUBSIDIARY BODIES OF THE EECUTIVE COUNCIL: ELECTION OF MEMBERS A. Programme and Budget Committee (PBC) 3. In accordance with decision 5(LI) taken by the Executive Council at its eighty-ninth session (4-6 October, Kish Island, Islamic Republic of Iran), it has been decided that the Programme and Budget Committee will be composed of: 6 full members per region, as follows: o 6 members of the Executive Council, one per region, each designated by the Council itself for four years (members elected by the Executive Council have a mandate limited to their Executive Council mandate); o 6 members, one per region, designated by their respective regional commission for four years. (If a member elected by a Regional Commission were to become a member of the Executive Council, its term on the Committee would automatically come to an end, with the Regional Commission electing a replacement for the remaining part of the term); The representative of the Associate Members in the Executive Council;

7 CEU/64/ComReg The representative of the Affiliate Members in the Executive Council and another representative of the Affiliate Members. These regulations entered into force when they were approved by the nineteenth session of the General Assembly. 4. As the Regional Commissions designated their representatives to the Programme and Budget Committee for the period between the twenty-first and twenty-third sessions of the General Assembly, i.e. from 5 to, the six members, one per region, have to be designated by their respective regional commission for the period between the twenty-third and twenty-fifth sessions of the General Assembly, i.e. from to As of the date of this document, no candidatures from the Commission for Europe for membership of the PBC for the period -3 have been received at the Secretariat. 4. The Associate Members and the Affiliate Members are requested to nominate their representatives to serve on the Committee. 43. The membership of the PBC in -/ is indicated in Annex VIII to this document. B. Committee on Tourism and Sustainability (CTS) 44. The Committee is composed of nine members, appointed on the recommendation of the Regional Commissions. 45. The Committee will elect its Chair and its Vice-Chair from its members. The past and present membership of this Committee is indicated in Annex I to this document. 46. The term of office of the members of this Committee for the period 5- will expire upon the commencement of the th session of the Executive Council. This session, held immediately after the twenty-third session of the General Assembly, will approve the new composition of the Committee elected for a period of four years (-3). 4. The nominated members of the Committee will be invited to participate as observers to the meeting of the Committee, which will be convened immediately prior to the opening of the twenty-third session of the General Assembly. 4. The Regional Commissions are requested to nominate their candidates for the Committee on Tourism and Sustainability for the period between the twenty-third and twenty-fifth sessions of the General Assembly, in accordance with the following distribution, (as per the Rules of Procedure of the Technical Committees adopted by the 6th Executive Council (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, August 3) (CE/DEC/(CVI)): Africa: Americas: East Asia and the Pacific: Europe: members members member members

8 CEU/64/ComReg Middle East: South Asia: member member 4. As of the date of this document, no candidatures from the Commission for Europe for membership of the CTS for the period -3 have been received at the Secretariat. 5. The Committee will include one Associate Member, designated among them and one Affiliate Member designated according to Article () of the Rules of Procedure of the Affiliate Members. 5. In accordance with decision (CVI) taken by the Executive Council at its ninety-sixth session (5 August 3, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe), this technical committee, a subsidiary organ of the Executive Council, has an advisory and consultative role. It is meant to carry out the first step of validation processes and channel technical outputs to the Executive Council. It is therefore advisable for representatives of Member States participating in the work of this Committee to have technical expertise in the field and ensure active participation. C. Committee on Statistics and the Tourism Satellite Account (CSTSA) 5. The World Conference on the Measurement of the Economic Impact of Tourism (Nice, June ) set up this Committee, which is composed of nine members designated by the Regional Commissions, and four ex officio Members. 53. The Committee contributes to the fulfilment of Article 3, paragraph 3 of the Agreement signed between the United Nations and UNWTO, which states: The United Nations recognizes UNWTO as the appropriate organization to collect, to analyze, to publish, to standardize and to improve the statistics of tourism, and to promote the integration of these statistics within the sphere of the United Nations system. 54. Consequently the Committee advises and collaborates in the following three key areas of the Department: (a) Development of international statistical standards, i.e. speak common language and worldwide consensus building; (b) Implementation and capacity building, i.e. assist countries in applying standards; (c) Data compilation and dissemination through UNWTO s comprehensive database on tourism statistics. 55. The term of office of these members expires in upon the conclusion of the twenty-third session of the General Assembly. 56. The Regional Commissions are required to nominate their candidates for the Committee on Statistics and the Tourism Satellite Account for the period between the twenty-third and twenty-fifth sessions of the General Assembly, according to the following distribution among the Member States: Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific Members Members Member

9 CEU/64/ComReg Europe Middle East South Asia Members Member Member 5. As of the date of this document, no candidatures from the Commission for Europe for membership of this Committee for the period -3 have been received at the Secretariat. 5. Moreover, France, Canada and Brazil, as Host States of World Conferences on Statistics, and Spain, which chaired the Steering Committee of the Ottawa Conference, serve on this Committee as ex officio Members. 5. Once formed, the Committee will have to elect its Chair and two Vice-Chairs from among its members. 6. The Committee will include one Associate Member, designated from among them and one Affiliate Member designated according to Article () of the Rules of Procedure of the Affiliate Members. 6. The past and present membership of this Committee is indicated in Annex to this document. D. Committee on Tourism and Competitiveness (CTC) 6. The Committee on Tourism and Competitiveness is composed of nine members, appointed on the recommendation of the Regional Commissions. 63. The Committee will elect its Chair and its Vice-Chair from among its members. The past and present membership of this Committee is indicated in Annex I to this document. 64. The term of office of the members of this Committee for the period 5- will expire upon the commencement of the th session of the Executive Council. This session, held immediately after the twenty-third session of the General Assembly, will approve the new composition of the Committee elected for a period of four years (-3). 65. The nominated members of the Committee will be invited to participate, as observers to the meeting of the Committee, which will be convened immediately prior to the opening of the twenty-third session of the General Assembly. 66. The Regional Commissions are requested to nominate their candidates for the Committee on Tourism and Competitiveness for the period between the twenty-third and twenty-fifth sessions of the General Assembly, in accordance with the following distribution (as per the Rules of Procedure of the Technical Committees adopted by the 6th Executive Council (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, August 3) (CE/DEC/(CVI)): Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific Europe members members member members

10 CEU/64/ComReg Middle East South Asia member member 6. As of the date of this document, no candidatures from the Commission for Europe for membership of this Committee for the period -3 have been received at the Secretariat. 6. The Committee will include one Representative of the Associate Members, designated among them and one Representative of the Affiliate Members designated according to Article () of the Rules of Procedure of the Affiliate Members. 6. In accordance with decision (CVI) taken by the Executive Council at its ninety-sixth session (5 August 3, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe), this technical committee, a subsidiary organ of the Executive Council, has an advisory and consultative role. It is meant to carry out the first step of validation processes and channel technical outputs to the Executive Council. It is therefore advisable for representatives of Member States participating in the work of this Committee to have technical expertise in the field and ensure active participation. E. Committee for the Review of Applications for Affiliate Membership. Pursuant to Executive Council decisions (V), 5(VI), (VII), 6(VIII) and General Assembly resolution (VI), and by virtue of Article (g) of the Organization s Statutes, a Committee for the Review of Applications for Affiliate Membership was established within the framework of the Executive Council. This Committee is composed of six members of the Council, appointed biennially on a regional basis by the Council itself. The Committee elects its own Chair and authorizes the Chair of the Committee of Affiliate Members to participate in its business without the right to vote.. Since the two-year term of office of the present members of the Committee expires at the twenty-third session of the General Assembly (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation), the Executive Council, at its th session (Baku, Azerbaijan) will appoint, from among its number, the six new members of the Committee for the period -.. When formulating their recommendations, Members should take into account the fact that this Committee always meets during Council sessions. 3. In accordance with the established practice for the election of the members of the other subsidiary organs of the Executive Council, the Regional Commissions are each called upon to recommend a representative to the Council for appointment to the Committee for the Review of Applications for Affiliate Membership for the period As of the date of this document, no candidatures from the Commission for Europe for membership of this Committee for the period - have been received at the Secretariat. 5. The past and present membership of this Committee is indicated in Annex II to this document.

11 CEU/64/ComReg V. DESIGNATION OF THE HOST COUNTRIES FOR WORLD TOURISM DAY AND 6. By resolution 4(V), the General Assembly designated Malaysia and Qatar as host countries of World Tourism Day in 4 and 5. By the same resolution, the General Assembly endorsed the proposal of the Executive Council and decided that the following geographic order would apply to World Tourism Day celebrations beginning in 6: 6 in Europe; in South Asia; in the Americas; and in Africa.. World Tourism Day celebrations have been awarded to: - WTD 6: Portugal (Europe) - WTD : Sri Lanka (South Asia) - WTD : Peru (Americas) - WTD : Ghana (Africa) - WTD : China (East Asia and the Pacific) - WTD : Yemen (Middle East), - WTD : Spain (Europe) - WTD 3: Maldives (South Asia) - WTD 4 Mexico (Americas) - WTD 5 Burkina Faso (Africa) - WTD 6 Thailand (East Asia and the Pacific) - WTD Qatar (Middle East) - WTD Hungary (Europe) - WTD : India (South Asia). Following the geographic order as decided by the General Assembly, World Tourism Day would be celebrated in the Americas in and in Africa in.. The Commissions for the Americas and Africa are requested to submit their recommendations to the th session of the Executive Council regarding the host countries for the official celebrations of and, respectively.

12 ANNE I OFFICERS OF THE PLENARY SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASSEMBLY AG/I (5) Madrid - SPAIN AG/II () Torremolinos - SPAIN AG/III () Torremolinos - SPAIN AG/IV () Rome - ITALY AG/V (3) New Delhi - INDIA AG/VI (5) Sofia - BULGARIA AG/VII () Madrid - SPAIN AG/VIII () Paris - FRANCE AG/I () Buenos Aires ARGENTINA AG/ (3) Bali - INDONESIA PRESIDENT Spain Cameroon Philippines Italy India Bulgaria Jordan France Argentina Indonesia Morocco Uganda Gambia Mali Senegal Zambia Togo UR of Tanzania Burkina Faso Zimbabwe Cameroon Ethiopia Gabon UR of Tanzania Rwanda Zambia Nigeria UR of Tanzania Algeria Nigeria Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific Argentina Mexico Ecuador Uruguay Peru Venezuela Uruguay Mexico Brazil Mexico Peru Venezuela Argentine Jamaica Canada Colombia VICE-PRESIDENTS South Asia Europe Middle East Philippines Sri Lanka Czechoslovakia** Italy Philippines Iran Austria Hungary Japan Bangladesh Bulgaria Italy Thailand India Austria Romania Indonesia Pakistan Austria GDR** China Nepal Finland Spain Indonesia Nepal Greece Malta Indonesia Pakistan Bulgaria Iraq Venezuela Indonesia Iran Czech. and Slovak Rep.** Germany Brazil Canada Sri Lanka Romania Spain Egypt Jordan Syrian A.R. Iraq Iraq Syrian A.R. Syrian A.R. Yemen Syrian A.R.

13 PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENTS ASSEMBLY Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific South Asia Europe Middle East AG/I (5) Cairo - EGYPT AG/II () Istanbul - TURKEY AG/III () Santiago - CHILE AG/IV () Seoul/Osaka REP. OF KOREA/JAPAN AG/IV (3) Beijing - CHINA AG/VI (5) Dakar - SENEGAL AG/VII () Cartagena - COLOMBIA AG/VIII () Astana - KAZAKHSTAN AG/I () Gyeongju REP. OF KOREA AG/(3) Victoria Falls/Livingstone Zimbabwe /Zambia AG/I(5) Medellin - COLOMBIA AG/II() Chengdu - CHINA Egypt Turkey Chile Rep. Korea/Japan of Cameroon Malawi Algeria Nigeria Malawi Tunisia Guinea Zimbabwe Chile Colombia Chile Cuba Malaysia India Cyprus Finland Philippines Maldives Cyprus Libyan A. J. Uruguay Philippines Nepal France Greece Jamaica Mexico Nepal Albania Hungary China Benin Namibia Ecuador Panama Maldives Croatia Romania Senegal South Africa Colombia Cambodia Pakistan Portugal Jamaica Serbia & Montenegro ** Colombia Cameroon Ecuador Republic of Korea Islamic Kazakhstan Ethiopia Republic of Iran Spain Kazakhstan Benin Jamaica Timor-Leste Islamic Spain Lesotho Venezuela Republic of Iran Rep. of Korea Madagascar Jamaica Islamic Azerbaijan Kenya Mexico Republic of Iran France Zambia - Zimbabwe Costa Rica Indonesia Islamic Croatia Mexico Republic of Iran Russian Federation Colombia China Namibia Uganda Cabo Verde Nigeria Bahamas Malaysia Bangladesh Bulgaria Spain Mexico Sri Lanka Romania Switzerland Libyan A. J. Jordan Yemen Iraq Egypt Iraq Iraq Iraq Saudi Arabia Iraq ** No longer exist as States: Czechoslovakia, Czech and Slovak Republic, German Democratic Republic (GDR) and Serbia & Montenegro 3

14 ANNE II CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN MEMBERS Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific South Asia Europe Middle East AG/I (5) Madrid - SPAIN Lebanon Kenya / Gabon Brazil Canada Malaysia Iran Ireland * Romania / AG/II () Torremolinos - SPAIN Afghanistan Ethiopia Togo Dominican Rep. El Salvador Malaysia GDR ** Turkey Kuwait / AG/III () Torremolinos - SPAIN Cyprus Burkina Faso / Malawi El Salvador Venezuela Thailand Afghanistan GDR ** Lebanon AG/IV () Rome - ITALY Cyprus Morocco Sierra Leone Chile Colombia Rep. of Korea Sri Lanka / Czechoslovakia** Syrian A.R. AG/V (3) New Delhi - INDIA United States* Ethiopia / Mali Haiti Thailand Maldives Czechoslovakia** Cyprus Syrian A.R. AG/VI (5) Sofia - BULGARIA Cyprus Côte d'ivoire Malawi Argentina Brazil Indonesia / Sri Lanka Romania Kuwait AG/VII () Madrid - SPAIN Cyprus Lesotho / Mali United States* Panama Thailand Sri Lanka USSR ** Jordan AG/VIII () Paris - FRANCE Congo Malawi United States* Jamaica D.P.R. of Korea Nepal Cyprus / USSR ** Yemen AG/I () United States* Angola Argentina Japan Bangladesh Romania / Libyan A.J. B.A. - ARGENTINA Mali Bulgaria 4

15 ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN MEMBERS Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific South Asia Europe Middle East AG/ (3) Bali - INDONESIA Argentina Guinea-Bissau Lesotho United States* Japan / Maldives Israel Poland Yemen AG/I (5) Cairo - EGYPT AG/II () Istanbul - TURKEY Czech Republic Benin / Côte d Ivoire United States* Jamaica Angola Botswana Argentina Uruguay Philippines Sri Lanka Italy Libyan A.J. Rep. of Korea Iran Poland / Israel Lebanon AG/III () Santiago - CHILE AG/IV () Seoul/Osaka R. KOREA/JAPAN Angola Benin Chile / Mexico Macau Maldives Croatia Romania Angola Gabon Argentina Rep. of Korea Nepal Israel Romania / Lebanon Lebanon AG/V (3) Beijing - CHINA AG/VI (5) Dakar - SENEGAL AG/VII () Cartagena - COLOMBIA AG/VIII () Astana - KAZAKHSTAN AG/I () Gyeongju REP. OF KOREA Canada Cyprus Australia Croatia Lesotho Guinea Ethiopia Madagascar Ghana D.R. of the Congo Angola Ethiopia / Croatia Ghana / Togo Haiti Fiji Nepal Italy / Israel Bahamas Uruguay Brazil Canada Brazil Venezuela Argentina Ecuador Lebanon Australia / Maldives Hungary Lebanon Sri Lanka Israel Iraq Poland Indonesia Sri Lanka Cyprus Qatar Lao People s Democtratic Republic Sri Lanka Austria Qatar AG/(3) Victoria Falls/Livingstone Zimbabwe /Zambia Haiti Ethiopia Mali Paraguay Lao People s Democtratic Republic Maldives Cyprus Israel Qatar AG/I(5) Medellin - COLOMBIA AG/II() Chengdu - CHINA Argentina South Africa Uganda Ghana Côte d Ivoire Chile Panama Jamaica Philippines Bhutan Hungary Portugal Malaysia Iran Cyprus/ Portugal Qatar/ Bahrain 5

16 / Vice-Chairman / Rapporteur * Former Member ** No longer exist as States: Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic (GDR) and USSR 6

17 ANNE III OFFICERS OF THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONS AFRICA PERIOD Chairman Vice-Chairmen 5- Ethiopia Kenya Morocco - Côte d'ivoire Sudan - Cameroon Ethiopia Niger -3 Tunisia Nigeria Senegal 3-5 Gambia Côte d'ivoire Uganda 5- Kenya Congo Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Algeria Togo - Morocco Madagascar Sierra Leone -3 Senegal Kenya Zimbabwe 3-5 Cameroon Gambia Zambia Côte d'ivoire 5- Ghana United Rep. of Tanzania Benin Morocco - Tunisia Benin Dem. Rep. of the Congo Lesotho - Ethiopia Malawi Togo Angola -3 Angola Kenya Côte d Ivoire 3-5 Angola Cameroon Madagascar Sudan 5- Nigeria Mali Cameroon Sudan - Cameroon Zambia Equatorial Guinea - Cameroon Algeria

18 Burkina Faso -3 Burkina Faso Gambia Senegal 3-5 Zimbabwe Senegal Uganda 5- Zimbabwe Cameroon Côte d Ivoire - Kenya Gambia South Africa

19 ANNE III OFFICERS OF THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONS AMERICAS PERIOD Chair Vice-Chairs 5- Brazil Costa Rica Cuba - Brazil Argentina Cuba - Argentina El Salvador Uruguay -3 Dominican Republic Chile Venezuela 3-5 Venezuela Haiti Mexico 5- Colombia Chile United States (Former Member) - Colombia Brazil Mexico - Dominican Republic Argentina Cuba -3 Chile Cuba Venezuela 3-5 Argentina Venezuela Cuba 5- Brazil Argentina Cuba - Mexico Cuba Ecuador Uruguay - Chile Costa Rica Cuba Venezuela -3 Argentina Paraguay Costa Rica 3-5 Costa Rica Haiti Panama 5- Brazil Jamaica Dominican Republic - Colombia El Salvador Jamaica - Venezuela Ecuador Paraguay -3 Costa Rica Bahamas Peru 3-5 Colombia Haiti Mexico 5- Haiti Paraguay Chile - Bahamas Haiti Brazil

20 ANNE III OFFICERS OF THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONS EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC PERIOD Chairman Vice-Chairmen 5- Thailand Australia Republic of Korea - Thailand Malaysia Republic of Korea - Indonesia Australia Japan -3 Indonesia Australia Japan 3-5 Australia Philippines Republic of Korea 5- Australia Philippines Republic of Korea - Republic of Korea China Japan - Republic of Korea China Japan -3 Indonesia D.P.R. of Korea Japan 3-5 Malaysia Japan D.P.R. of Korea 5- China D.P.R. of Korea Japan - Thailand Japan Viet Nam - Philippines Viet Nam Cambodia -3 Philippines 3-5 Cambodia 5- China - Thailand - Thailand -3 Malaysia 3-5 Philippines 5- Philippines Cambodia Viet Nam Dem. People s Rep. of Korea Viet Nam Indonesia Thailand Australia Japan Japan Malaysia Timor-Leste Cambodia Japan Vietnam Cambodia Japan - Indonesia Japan Vanuatu

21 ANNE III OFFICERS OF THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONS EUROPE PERIOD Chairman Vice-Chairmen 5- Romania Greece - Romania Germany Turkey - Austria Hungary Italy -3 Austria Hungary Italy 3-5 Austria Hungary Netherlands 5- Cyprus Bulgaria Germany - Cyprus Bulgaria Greece - Greece Malta Switzerland -3 Switzerland Greece Malta Romania 3-5 Switzerland Poland Romania Turkey 5- Switzerland Poland Greece Uzbekistan - Switzerland Greece Malta - Switzerland Uzbekistan Greece Hungary -3 Switzerland Greece Uzbekistan Russian Federation 3-5 Switzerland Greece Uzbekistan Portugal 5- Croatia France Greece - Cyprus Bulgaria Austria - Slovenia France Montenegro -3 Greece France Georgia 3-5 Austria Georgia Portugal

22 5- Switzerland Lithuania Montenegro - Croatia Bulgaria Lithuania

23 ANNE III OFFICERS OF THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONS MIDDLE EAST PERIOD Chairman Vice-Chairmen 5- Egypt Iraq United Arab Emirates * - Egypt Democratic Yemen ** Kuwait - Jordan Democratic Yemen ** Iraq -3 Jordan Democratic Yemen ** Iraq 3-5 Jordan Democratic Yemen ** Iraq 5- Syrian Arab Republic Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Kuwait * - Syrian Arab Republic Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Kuwait * - Egypt Jordan Yemen -3 Egypt Jordan Yemen 3-5 Lebanon Jordan Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5- Lebanon Jordan Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - Lebanon Jordan Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - Jordan Syrian Arab Republic Libyan Arab Jamahiriya -3 Egypt Bahrain Jordan 3-5 Syrian Arab Republic Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Jordan 5- Syrian Arab Republic Saudi Arabia Iraq - Lebanon Egypt Saudi Arabia - Lebanon Saudi Arabia Syrian Arab Republic -3 Iraq Lebanon Qatar 3-5 Libya Iraq Yemen 5- Lebanon Egypt Yemen - UAE Lebanon Iraq * Former Member ** No longer exists as a State

24 ANNE III OFFICERS OF THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONS SOUTH ASIA PERIOD Chairman Vice-Chairmen 5- India Afghanistan Nepal - Nepal Afghanistan Iran - Bangladesh Afghanistan Pakistan -3 Iran Nepal Sri Lanka 3-5 Maldives Bangladesh Nepal 5- Maldives Bangladesh Nepal - Sri Lanka India Pakistan - Pakistan Iran Nepal -3 India Maldives Sri Lanka 3-5 Iran Nepal India 5- Maldives Pakistan Nepal - Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal - Pakistan Nepal Bangladesh -3 Bangladesh Maldives Nepal 3-5 India Pakistan Sri Lanka 5- Pakistan Bangladesh Bhutan - Iran Pakistan Sri Lanka - Iran Bangladesh Bhutan -3 India Iran Pakistan 3-5 India Bangladesh Maldives 5- India Bangladesh Afghanistan - Bangladesh Bhutan Iran

25 ANNE IV MEMBER STATES OF THE WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION 5 CAM 4 CEU 4 CAF 5 CME 3 CSA CAP Argentina Albania Netherlands Algeria Madagascar Bahrain Afghanistan Brunei Darussalam Bahamas Andorra Northern Macedonia Angola Malawi Egypt Bangladesh Cambodia Barbados Armenia Poland Benin Mali Iraq Bhutan China Bolivia Austria Portugal Botswana Mauritania Jordan India DPR of Korea Brazil Azerbaijan Republic of Moldova Burkina Faso Mauritius Kuwait Iran Fiji Chile Belarus Romania Burundi Morocco Lebanon Maldives Indonesia Colombia Bosnia & Herzegovina Russian Federation Cameroon Mozambique Libya Nepal Japan Costa Rica Bulgaria San Marino Cabo Verde Namibia Oman Pakistan Lao PDR Cuba Croatia Serbia Central African Rep. Niger Qatar Sri Lanka Malaysia Dominican Republic Cyprus Spain Chad Nigeria Saudi Arabia Mongolia Ecuador Czech Republic Slovakia Congo Rwanda Syrian Arab Republic Myanmar El Salvador France Slovenia Côte d Ivoire Sao Tome and-principe United Arab Emirates Papua New Guinea Guatemala Georgia Switzerland Rep. of the Congo Senegal Yemen Philippines Haiti Germany Tajikistan Djibouti Seychelles Rep. of Korea Honduras Greece Turkey Equatorial Sierra Leone Thailand Jamaica Hungary Turkmenistan Eritrea Somalia Timor-Leste Mexico Israel Ukraine Ethiopia South Africa Vanuatu Nicaragua Italy Uzbekistan Sudan Swaziland Viet Nam Panama Kazakhstan Gabon Togo Samoa Paraguay Kyrgyzstan Gambia Tunisia Peru Lithuania Ghana Uganda Trinidad and Tobago Malta Guinea United R. of Tanzania Uruguay Monaco Guinea-Bissau Union of Comoros Venezuela Montenegro Kenya Zambia Observers: Holy See Lesotho Zimbabwe Liberia Associate Members: Aruba Flanders Hong Kong, China Macao, China Madeira Puerto Rico

26 ANNE V MEMBERSHIP OF THE EECUTIVE COUNCIL TERM OF OFFICE EPIRES IN REGION MEMBERS A F R I C A Cabo Verde Congo Democratic Republic of Congo Ghana Morocco Mozambique Namibia Seychelles Sudan Zambia Zimbabwe A M E R I C A S Argentina/Peru Jamaica/Honduras Mexico Paraguay Uruguay/Brazil E A S T A S I A A N D T H E P A C I F I C China Japan Republic of Korea Thailand S O U T H A S I A India Iran(Islamic republic of) E U R O P E Azerbaijan France Greece Italy Lithuania Portugal Romania Russian Federation Slovakia Spain Permanent Member M I D D L E E A S T Bahrain Egypt Saudi Arabia

27 Membership commencing upon election by the General Assembly Chairmanship ANNE VI MEMBER STATES OF THE UNWTO EECUTIVE COUNCIL (5 - ) AFRICA COUNTRIES Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central Afr. R Chad Comores Congo Cote d Ivoire DR. Of Congo Djibouti Equat.Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guibea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda S.Tome & P. Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South africa Sudan Swaziland Togo Tunisia Uganda U.R.Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe

28 ANNE VI MEMBER STATES OF THE UNWTO EECUTIVE COUNCIL (5 - ) AMERICAS 5 6 Argentina Bahamas Bolivia Brazil Canada** Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dom. Rep. Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Trinidad and Tobago U.S.A.** Uruguay Venezuela ** Former Member Membership commencing upon election by the General Assembly Chairmanship

29 Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium ** Bosnia and Herzegovina ANNE VI MEMBER STATES OF THE UNWTO EECUTIVE COUNCIL (5 - ) EUROPE Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechoslovakia *** Czech Republic Finland ** France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia** ---- Privileged Member and Permanent Member since ** Former Member *** no longer exists as a State **** refers to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Membership commencing upon election by the General Assembly Chairmanship

30 Lithuania Malta Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Northern Macedonia Norway** Poland Portugal Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Kingdom** Uzbekistan Yugoslavia **** ---- Privileged Member and Permanent Member since ** Former Member *** no longer exists as a State **** refers to the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Membership commencing upon election by the General Assembly Chairmanship 3

31 4 ANNE VI MEMBER STATES OF THE UNWTO EECUTIVE COUNCIL (5 - ) MIDDLE EAST Bahrain Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libyan A.J. Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syrian A.R. UAE Yemen Membership commencing upon election by the General Assembly Chairmanship

32 ANNE VI MEMBER STATES OF THE UNWTO EECUTIVE COUNCIL (5 - ) EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Australia** Brunei D. Cambodia China DPR Korea Fiji Indonesia Japan Lao PDR Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Papua NG Philippines R. of Korea Thailand Timor-Leste Vanuatu Viet Nam Membership commencing upon election by the General Assembly Chairmanship ** Former Member 5

33 ANNE VI MEMBER STATES OF THE UNWTO EECUTIVE COUNCIL (5 - ) SOUTH ASIA Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Iran Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Membership commencing upon election by the General Assembly Chairmanship 6

34 ANNE VII ELECTIONS TO THE EECUTIVE COUNCIL Column No Column No Column No 3 Column No 4 Column No 5 Column No 6 REGION MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION BY REGION COUNCIL SEATS FOR THE PERIOD - TERMS OF OFFICE CONTINUING UNTIL TERM OF OFFICE EPIRING in NEW SEATS CORRESPONDING TO SETS OF FIVE MEMBERS BY REGION AFRICA AMERICAS COUNCIL SEATS FOR THE PERIOD - 5 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC EUROPE * MIDDLE EAST SOUTH ASIA TOTAL ===== 5 === 34 == == == == 34 == (*) In addition, Spain is a Permanent Member of the Executive Council

35 ANNE VIII PROGRAMME AND BUDGET COMMITTEE Chairperson India Vice-Chair France Africa: EC Zimbabwe* () RC Cameroon ** () Americas: EC Mexico* () RC Peru** () East Asia and the Pacific: EC Japan* () RC Malaysia** () Europe: EC France* () RC Hungary** () Middle East: EC Saudi Arabia* () RC Lebanon** () South Asia: EC India* () RC Maldives** () Representative of the Associate Members Flanders () Representatives of the Affiliate Members (Chairman of the Affiliate Members Board) () Instituto de Calidad Turística Española (ICTE), Spain * PBC Members elected by the Executive Council have a mandate limited to their EC mandate **Member elected by the respective Regional Commission, until

36 ANNE I MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND SUSTAINABILITY (CTS) A) MEMBERS OF THE FORMER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM COMMITTEE PERIOD CHAIRMAN -3 Costa Rica Algeria Malawi 3- Thailand Ghana DRC - Greece Algeria Seychelles -3 Senegal --- Seychelles Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific M E M B E R S South Asia Europe Middle East Bolivia Thailand India Greece / Israel Canada (3-5) Panama (3-5) Costa Rica (5-) Haiti (5-) Bahamas Costa Rica / Bahamas Bolivia Bangladesh Iran Greece / Romania Jordan Saudi Arabia Jordan (3-5) Egypt (5-) Philippines India Croatia Saudi Arabia China Iran Serbia Israel Iraq OBSERVERS Canada France Algeria Zimbabwe B) MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND SUSTAINABILITY PERIOD CHAIRMAN 3-5 Bahamas Senegal Seychelles 5- Colombia / Morocco (acting) Senegal Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific M E M B E R S South Asia Europe Middle East Bolivia China Iran Serbia Israel / Honduras China Bhutan Lithuania Montenegro Iraq Oman OBSERVERS Lithuania Brazil Chile Paraguay / Vice-Chairman

37 ANNE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON STATISTICS AND THE TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT PERIOD CHAIRMAN M E M B E R S Associate Members Affiliate Members Observers Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific South Asia Europe Middle East -3 France * Morocco South Africa Canada * / Cuba Mexico Philippines Sri Lanka Israel Portugal Spain * / Egypt Aruba CISET IATA IH&RA Mastercard International Australia Singapore ** Sweden ** United States * 3- Brazil * Mozambique Tunisia - Brazil * Morocco Zambia -5 Spain* Mozambique South Africa Canada* Ecuador Mexico Bahamas Canada * Mexico Argentina Brazil* Colombia Australia Philippines India Cyprus France * / Israel Spain * / Philippines India Czech Rep. France * / Spain * / Switzerland Philippines India France * Georgia / Israel Egypt Aruba Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises CISET George Washington University ICCA Qatar Aruba Araldi, S.L. Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises CISET George Washington University ICCA Saudi Arabia Macao, China Instituto para la Calidad Turística (Spain) Chair of AM Board Singapore ** Sweden ** United States ** Singapore ** Sweden ** United States ** 5- Austria (6-) Spain * (-) Mozambique South Africa Brazil* Chile Peru Philippines India France* Georgia / Saudi Arabia Macao China Instituto para la Calidad Turística (Spain) Chair of AM Board / Vice-Chairmen; *Ex officio Member; **Non-member State

38 ANNE I MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND COMPETITIVENESS (CTC) A) MEMBERS OF THE FORMER QUALITY SUPPORT AND TRADE COMMITTEE PERIOD CHAIRMAN 3- Portugal Kenya Malawi Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific Canada / Panama B) MEMBERS OF THE FORMER COMMITTEE ON MARKET INTELLIGENCE AND PROMOTION M E M B E R S South Asia Europe Middle East Philippines Nepal Romania Lebanon PERIOD CHAIRMAN 3- Mexico Algeria Botswana / Vice-Chairman M E M B E R S Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific C) MEMBERS OF THE FORMER MARKET AND COMPETITIVENESS COMMITTEE Colombia Thailand / India Maldives South Asia Europe Middle East Malta Spain Jordan PERIOD CHAIRMAN Botswana U. R. of Tanzania M E M B E R S Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific Jamaica Paraguay South Asia Europe Middle East Australia Iran Hungary Lithuania Egypt

39 D) MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON TOURISM AND COMPETITIVENESS PERIOD CHAIRMAN -5 Mexico Tunisia Namibia 5- Peru Gambia Namibia / Vice-Chairman M E M B E R S Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific Mexico Uruguay South Asia Europe Middle East Australia Nepal Belarus Croatia Mexico Republic of Korea Maldives Croatia Italy/ Oman Qatar 3

40 ANNE II MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP PERIOD C H A I R M A N Africa Americas East Asia and the Pacific M E M B E R S South Asia Europe Middle East 5- France Nigeria Mexico Indonesia Sri Lanka Iraq - Mexico Congo Japan Maldives Netherlands Iraq - United States * Congo Japan Maldives Netherlands Jordan -3 Jordan Gabon United States * Indonesia Nepal Poland 3-5 Ghana Canada Indonesia Nepal Finland * Syrian A.R. 5- Mexico South Africa D.P.R. of Korea Bangladesh Israel Syrian A.R. - Jamaica Ethiopia Macau Bangladesh Spain Syrian A.R. - Brazil Namibia Macau Maldives Spain Syrian A.R. -3 Brazil Côte d Ivoire China Iran Spain Lebanon 3-5 Spain Nigeria Ecuador China Maldives Lebanon 5- San Marino Kenya Canada Philippines Iran Lebanon - San Marino Senegal Argentina China Iran Iraq - Brazil South Africa Brazil China Iran France Egypt -3 Madagascar Madagascar Jamaica China Iran France Egypt 3-5 Egypt Mozambique Jamaica China Iran Russian Egypt Federation 5- Thailand Tunisia Mexico India Croatia Egypt - Thailand Tunisia Mexico India Croatia Egypt * Former Member 4