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Fourth CBF Elections 2007

The Committee on Budget and Finance consists of 12 members who are elected by the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) for a period of 3 years. At the first election in 2003, 6 members where elected for a period of 2 years and 6 for a period of 3 years, assuring in this way that for future elections only 6 members will be elected at a time. The election of six of the Committee’s members took place at the sixth session of the ASP held at the United Nations Headquarters from 30 November to 14 December 2007.

Results of Fourth CBF Elections

On Friday 7 December 2007, the ASP elected the six following candidates to serve in the Committee for a period of three years:

Region	Candidate	Nationality
African States	David Banyanka	Burundi
Eastern European States	Juhani Lemmik	Estonia
Western European and other States	Gilles Finkelstein	France
	Gerd Saupe	Germany
	Ugo Sessi	Italy
Latin American and Caribbean States	Carolina Fernández Opazo	Mexico

The distribution of seats for the elections is as follows: African States (1 seat); Eastern European States (1 seat); Group of Latin American and Caribbean States (1 seat); and Western European and Other States (3 seats). With the withdrawal of the candidatures of Mr. Peter Lovell (United Kingdom), Mr. Rodrigo Yánez Pilgrim (Venezuela), and Ms. Rossette Nyirinkindi Katunge (Uganda), the number of nominees per region equalled the number of seats to be elected; thus members were elected by consensus.

Nominations

The nomination period closed on 24 August 2007.
The following nine candidates had been nominated for the upcoming election of members of the Committee on Budget and Finance:

Region	Candidate	Nationality
African States	BANYANKA, David	Burundi
	NYIRINKINDI KATUNGE, Rossette	Uganda
Eastern European States	LEMMIK, Juhani	Estonia
Western European and other States	FINKELSTEIN, Gilles	France
	LOVELL,Peter	United Kingdom
	SAUPE, Gerd	Germany
	SESSI, Ugo	Italy
Latin American and Caribbean States	FERNANDEZ OPAZO, Carolina	Mexico
	YANEZ PILGRIM, Rodrigo	Venezuela

CICC campaign to promote fair and transparent elections

As part of its campaign for fair and transparent elections, and to guide states parties in nominating candidates for the forthcoming and future elections of Committee members, the Coalition’s Budget and Finance Team prepared a set criteria based on both the resolutions governing the nomination and election of the Committee members and the work of the Committee in its first years.

In its paper, the CICC Budget and Finance Team recommended States Parties to nominate candidates with recognized standing and experience in financial matters at the international level, expertise in a range of areas specific to the work of the Committee and experience in criminal justice issues. Furthermore, the Team suggested that States take into consideration the need for a fair balance of female and male members and the ability of candidates to devote time to the work of the Committee.

In addition, the CICC asked each candidate to reply to a questionnaire, in order to promote transparency in the process by making candidates’ qualifications more accessible and by giving each candidate an opportunity to expand on his or her experience.

The CICC does not and will not take a position on any particular candidate, although some of its member organizations might do so.