The Steering Committee is the governing body of WSSCC and is elected by you, the individual members. It is accountable for WSSCC’s work to the members and to WSSCC’s donors by deciding the policies and strategies of the organization.
The terms of office for several Steering Committee members have ended, and WSSCC held elections for three of its seats – Middle, Northern and Western Africa (one seat) and Global (two seats) – on the Steering Committee.
The elections results are as follow:
- Middle, Northern and Western Africa region : Peter Cookey
- Global region: Barry Jackson and Noma Neseni.
- Eastern and Southern Africa: Victor Chipofya
Results for Eastern/Central Europe-Western/Central Asia region seat and South-Eastern/Eastern Asia region seat
Following the call for nominations on 16 November, unopposed nominations were received for the two regional Steering Committee seats, respectively. Thus:
- Mr. Akbar Suvanbekov is the new representative for the Eastern/Central Europe-Western/Central Asia region.
- Mr. Khin Lwin is the new representative for South-Eastern/Eastern Asia region.
Rules for standing and voting in the Steering Committee election
WSSCC members are eligible to stand and vote in elections for the Steering Committee. All eligibility and procedural information may be found in the WSSCC governance document located here.
To find out to which region your country belongs please click here.
The Steering Committee is the governing body of WSSCC. It is composed of the WSSCC Chair, 12 elected partner or regional representatives, and various ex-officio members and invitees. The WSSCC Chair is appointed by the Steering Committee through a separate process.
The three partner representatives are elected by the members who work for WSSCC's current active partner agencies (as defined from time to time by the Chair). The constituency is sub-divided into two. Members who work for UN partner agencies are allowed one vote to elect one representative. Members who work for non-UN partner agencies are allowed two votes to elect two representatives. This sub-division is to satisfy WSSCC's host agency's legal requirement for UN representation on the Steering Committee at all times.
The nine regional representatives are elected by the members who live within their regional constituencies. WSSCC's regional constituencies are defined according to the human development index (HDI). Members who live in countries listed as very high or high HDI are allowed two votes for the two global seats. Members who live in countries listed as medium or low HDI are allowed one vote for their regional seat and two votes for the two global seats.
WSSCC's regional constituencies are:
- Global (2 seats)
- Small Island Developing States
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- South-Eastern and Eastern Asia
- Southern Asia
- Eastern and Central Europe, Western and Central Asia
- Eastern and Southern Africa*
- Middle, Northern and Western Africa*
* the two current Steering Committee members from Africa were elected under a previous constituency demarcation of Anglophone Africa and Francophone Africa.
