While all UN Member States are part of the UN General Assembly, most other UN bodies are composed of smaller numbers. Elections are held regularly to fill seats. Some subsidiary bodies consist of individuals appointed in their personal capacity rather than as representatives of Member States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In general, parent organs elect members to their subsidiaries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Election outcomes are usually decisions (rather than resolutions); information on candidates, voting, and final results may be found in the meeting records at which the election was held as well as in other data sources for UN decisions such as the compilations of resolutions and decisions and online sources like edelegate and press releases. Key words to use in UN Digital Library searches include: member*, candidat*, elect*, participa*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elections are usually held with due regard to “equitable geographical representation” to ensure that UN Member States from all parts of the world are included in the body. \u200bResolutions or decisions establishing a new body will often indicate the total number of members and the number of seats allocated to each region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first mention of “equitable geographical representation” is found in UN Charter Article 23 which specifies that non-permanent members of the Security Council should be elected by the General Assembly with “due regard … to equitable geographical representation”. The Preparatory Committee also used this phrase in its proposed Rules of Procedure for the General Assembly (PC\/EX\/113\/Rev.1<\/a>). The General Assembly’s Rules of Procedure<\/a> have used this phrase since 1946. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Over time, resolutions on equitable geographical representation were adopted with regard to the composition of the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiaries, as well as to officers of the General Assembly. Some notable resolutions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u200bRegional groups play an important role in negotiations related to elections to the various UN bodies. Each regional group usually proposes the candidates from its region for a particular election, in accordance with the number of seats allocated to the regional group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the elections are held, voting usually takes place by regional group; see for example, A\/73\/PV.89<\/a>. Elections are usually conducted by secret ballot: a summary of the vote is given, but there is no information on how each state voted individually. See the UN Documentation : Overview : Voting<\/a> research guide for more information on different kinds of vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elections are held in the General Assembly for many bodies, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elections are held in the Economic and Social Council for its subsidiaries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Elections for roles such as Chair, Vice-Chair, etc. usually take place within a body. Elections for the officers of the Main Committees of the General Assembly take place in each Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Appointment of officials, such as the Secretary-General, judges of the International Court of Justice, and high-level officials, often takes into account geographic representation. The report of the Secretary-General on the composition of the Secretariat concerns the geographic representation of the staff, among other factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Membership in and election to UN bodies can be difficult to research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For current information, check<\/p>\n\n\n\n Resources for historic research on membership and elections include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Often decisions are not published in official documents until long after the election has been held. Decisions may cite the date of the meeting, but not the symbol of the meeting record document that records the candidates and the voting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elections to UN Bodies While all UN Member States are part of the UN General Assembly, most other UN bodies are composed of smaller numbers. Elections are held regularly to fill seats. Some subsidiary bodies...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-92","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ypindonesia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ypindonesia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ypindonesia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ypindonesia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ypindonesia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ypindonesia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"https:\/\/ypindonesia.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/92\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ypindonesia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Elections in the General Assembly and in the Economic and Social Council<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Elections for officers and Appointments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Research on Elections to UN bodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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