Czech Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Marie Chatardova new Vice-President of ECOSOC

28.07.2016 / 15:46 | Aktualizováno: 29.07.2016 / 20:50

Opening the first meeting of its 2017 session on 28 July, the Economic and Social Council elected, by acclamation, Frederick Musiiwa Makamure Shava (Zimbabwe) as its new President and adopted the provisional agenda and working arrangements for its upcoming session.
The 54-member body — which serves as the principal organ for the socioeconomic and related work of the United Nations — also elected three Vice-Presidents.
They were:  Marie Chatardová (Czech Republic) from the Eastern European States; Cristián Barros Melet (Chile) from the Latin American and Caribbean States; and Heiko Thoms (Germany) from the Western European and other States.
The election of the Vice-President from the Asia-Pacific States would be held at a later date.