23 May 1986

19th plenary meeting

Procedure for the election of members of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

The Economic and Social Council,

Mindful of the need to ensure better continuity in the work of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities,

1. Decides that, from 1987 onwards, members of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities shall be elected for a term of four years;

2. Further decides that half of the membership of the Sub-Commission and the corresponding alternates, if any, shall be elected every two years and that accordingly, at the elections held in 1987, the Chairman shall draw lots to select those members whose terms will expire in two years;

3. Authorizes the Chairman of the forty-third session of the Commission on Human Rights to draw lots to select the members and, as applicable, their corresponding alternates, whose terms will expire after two years in accordance with the following pattern: three members from African States; three members from Asian States; three members from Latin American States; one member from Eastern European States; and three members from Western European and other States;

4. Invites the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements so that elections of members of the Sub-Commission can be conducted from 1987 onwards in accordance with the decisions set out in the present resolution.