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Eastern European Group (22 members) Albania Georgia Russian Federation Armenia Hungary Serbia Belarus Latvia Slovakia Bosnia and Herzegovina Lithuania Slovenia Bulgaria Moldova The former Yugoslav Croatia Montenegro Republic of Macedonia Czech Republic Poland Ukraine Estonia Romania Latin American and Caribbean States Group (27 members) Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Paraguay Argentina Grenada Saint Kitts and Nevis Bahamas Guatemala Saint Lucia Barbados Guyana Saint Vincent and the Belize Haiti Grenadines Bolivia Honduras Suriname Brazil Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Chile Mexico Uruguay Costa Rica Nicaragua Cuba Panama Western European and Other States Group (22 members) Australia Greece New Zealand Austria Iceland Norway Belgium Ireland Portugal Canada Italy Spain Denmark Luxembourg Sweden Finland Malta United Kingdom France Monaco Germany Netherlands 9
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL In accordance with paragraph 15, of section 3, of the annex to the Agreement, the Council shall consist of 36 members elected by the Assembly in the following order: (a) Four members from among those States Parties which, during the last five years for which statistics are available, have either consumed more than 2 per cent in value terms of total world consumption or have had net imports of more than 2 per cent in value terms of total world imports of the commodities produced from the categories of minerals to be derived from the Area, provided that the four members shall include one State from the Eastern European region having the largest economy in that region in terms of gross domestic product and the State, on the date of entry into force of the Convention, having the largest economy in terms of gross domestic product, if such States wish to be represented in this group; (b) Four members from among the eight States Parties which have made the largest investments in preparation for and in the conduct of activities in the Area, either directly or through their nationals; (c) Four members from among States Parties which, on the basis of production in areas under their jurisdiction, are major net exporters of the categories of minerals to be derived from the Area, including at least two developing States whose exports of such minerals have a substantial bearing upon their economies; (d) Six members from among developing States Parties, representing special interests. The special interests to be represented shall include those of States with large populations, States which are land‐locked or geographically disadvantaged, island States, States which are major importers of the categories of minerals to be derived from the Area, States which are potential producers for such minerals and least developed States; (e) Eighteen members elected according to the principle of ensuring an equitable geographical distribution of seats in the Council as a whole, provided that each geographical region shall have at least one member elected under this subparagraph. For this purpose, the geographical regions shall be Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean and Western Europe and Others. Article 161, paragraph 3, of the Convention provides that elections shall take place at regular sessions of the Assembly. The term of office of each member of the Council is four years, except that at the first election, the term of one‐half of the members of each Group was for two years. The 10
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