Finance Committee (CC-704)

To assist the Council in exercising control over the financial administration of the Organization. Its functions are set out in Rule XXVII of the General Rules of the Organization. The Finance Committee holds concurrent sessions with the Programme Committee during the second year of the biennium (Rule XXVIII of the General Rules of the Organization), and sometimes also in the first year.

Representatives of 12 Member Nations and a Chairperson elected by the Council from specific regions as determined by the Conference for the purpose of Council elections. Members of the Committee shall appoint as their representatives individuals who have shown a continued interest in the objectives and activities of the Organization, have participated in Conference or Council sessions and have special competence and experience in administrative and financial matters. Members of the Committee are elected for a period of two years at the session of the Council following the regular session of the Conference and they are eligible for reappointment.

• Angola (Mr Carlos Alberto Amaral)^1/
• Australia (Ms Cathrine Stephenson)^2/
• Bangladesh (Mr Mafizur Rahman^3/
• Brazil (Mr Antonio Otávio Sá Ricarte)^4/
• China (Mr Xie Jianmin)^5/
• Egypt (Mr Khaled El Taweel)^6/
• Equatorial Guinea (Mr Mateo Nsogo Nguere Micue)
• Germany (Mr Heiner Thofern)^7/
• Mexico (Mr Benito Santiago Jiménez Sauma)
• Russian Federation (Mr Vladimir V. Kuznetsov)^8/
• Sudan (Mr Sid Ahmed M. Alamain Hamid Alamain)^9/
• United States of America (Mr Thomas M. Duffy)^10/
  

^1/ Ms Maria Esperança Pires dos Santos will replace Mr Carlos Alberto Amaral for part of the 176^th Session.
^2/ During the 176^th Session Ms Kristina Gill will replace Ms Cathrine Stephenson.
^3/ Mr Mafizur Rahman has been replaced by Mr Manash Mitra.
^4/ During the 176^th Session Mr Rodrigo Estrela will replace Mr Antonio Otávio Sá Ricarte.
^5/ Mr Xie Jianmin has been replaced by Mr Ni Hongxing. During the 176^th Session Mr He Li will replace Mr Ni Hongxing.
^6/ Mr Khaled El Taweel has been replaced by Mr Haitham Elshahat.
^7/ During the 176^th Session Mr Ramón Lohmar will replace Mr Heiner Thofern.
^8/ During the 176^th Session Mr Anton Minaev will replace Mr Vladimir V. Kuznetsov.
^9/ Mr Ali Osman Ali Elsiddig will replace Mr Sid Ahmed M. Alamain Hamid Alamainfor part of the 176^th Session.
^10/ During the 176^th Session Ms Elizabeth Petrovski will replace Mr Thomas M. Duffy.
 

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