MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (45 members) Sixtieth (2016) session1 Alphabetical list (Term expires at close of session in year:) 1. Albania 2019 2. Bangladesh 2018 3. Belarus 2017 4. Belgium 2019 5. Bosnia and Herzegovina 2019 6. Brazil 2016 7. Burkina Faso 2017 8. China 2016 9. Colombia 2019 10. Congo 2018 11. Cuba 2016 12. Dominican Republic 2016 13. Ecuador 2017 14. Egypt 2018 15. El Salvador 2018 16. Equatorial Guinea 2019 17. Finland 2016 18. Ghana 2018 19. Germany 2017 20. Guyana 2018 21. India 2018 22. Indonesia 2016 23. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2019 24. Israel 2017 25. Japan 2017 26. Kazakhstan 2018 27. Kenya 2018 28. Lesotho 2017 29. Liberia 2019 30. Liechtenstein 2019 31. Malawi 2019 32. Mongolia 2019 33. Niger 2016 34. Pakistan 2017 35. Paraguay 2017 36. Republic of Korea 2018 37. Russian Federation 2016 38. Spain 2019 39. Sudan 2016 40. Switzerland 2017 41. Tajikistan 2018 42. Uganda 2017 43. United Republic of Tanzania 2018 44. United States of America 2016 45. Uruguay 2018 List by regions: AFRICAN STATES (13 members): 1. Burkina Faso 2. Congo 3. Egypt 4. Equatorial Guinea 5. Ghana 6. Kenya 7. Lesotho 8. Liberia 9. Malawi 10. Niger 11. Sudan 12. Uganda 13. United Republic of Tanzania ASIA-PACIFIC STATES (11 members): 1. Bangladesh 2. China 3. India 4. Indonesia 5. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6. Japan 7. Kazakhstan 8. Mongolia 9. Pakistan 10. Republic of Korea 11. Tajikistan EASTERN EUROPEAN STATES (4 members): 1. Albania 2. Belarus 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina 4. Russian Federation 2017 2018 2018 2019 2018 2018 2017 2019 2019 2016 2016 2017 2018 2018 2016 2018 2016 2019 2017 2018 2019 2017 2018 2018 2019 2017 2019 2016 LATIN AMERICAN & CARIBBEAN STATES (9 m.): 1. Brazil 2016 2. Colombia 2019 3. Cuba 2016 4. Dominican Republic 2016 5. Ecuador 2017 6. El Salvador 2018 7. Guyana 2018 8. Paraguay 2017 9. Uruguay 2018 WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHER STATES (8 m.) 1. Belgium 2019 2. Finland 2016 3. Germany 2017 4. Israel 2017 5. Liechtenstein 2019 6. Spain 2019 7. Switzerland 2017 8. United States of America 2016 1 Opening of the sixtieth session is on 20 March 2015, immediately following the closing of the fifty-ninth session