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The Executive Council

Officers and Members (12 May 2007– 11 May 2008)

Officers:

• H.E. Ambassador Romeo A. Arguelles, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the OPCW
• Vice-Chairs: Algeria, Chile, Ireland, and the Russian Federation

Members:

Africa

• Algeria (2008),
• Cameroon (2009),
• Ghana (2009),
• Kenya (2008),
• Lesotho (2009),
• Morocco (2008),
• South Africa (2008),
• Sudan (2009),
• Tunisia (2009).
  

Asia

• China (2009),
• India (2009),
• Iran (Islamic Republic of) (2008),
• Japan (2009),
• Malaysia (2009),
• Pakistan (2008),
• Philippines (2008),
• Republic of Korea (2009),
• Saudi Arabia (2009),
• Thailand (2008).
  

Eastern Europe

• Belarus (2008),
• Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008),
• Bulgaria (2009)
• Czech Republic (2009),
• Russian Federation (2008).

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Argentina (2009),
• Brazil (2009),
• Chile (2008),
• Cuba (2008),
• Guatemala (2008),
• Mexico (2009),
• Peru (2008)

Western European and Other States

• Australia (2008),
• Belgium (2008),
• Finland (2008),
• France (2009),
• Germany (2009),
• Ireland (2008),
• Italy (2009),
• Switzerland (2008),
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2009),
• United States of America (2009).

Regional coordinators

• Africa: South Africa
• Asia: Pakistan
• Eastern Europe: Czech Republic
• Latin America and the Caribbean: Chile
• Western European and Other States: France

With effect from 12 May 2008, the Council elected Ambassador Oksana Tomová of Slovakia as its new Chairperson for a term of office ending on 11 May 2009, and the representatives to the Council of Algeria, Costa Rica, Germany, and the Islamic Republic of Iran as its new Vice-Chairpersons for the same period

Introduction | Officers and Members | Chairperson | Rules of procedure | OPCW Directory/Section III