UNITED NATIONS, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Seventeen states were elected Wednesday into the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the coordinating body for the economic and social work of UN agencies and funds, for a three-year term.

The UN General Assembly holds a meeting to elect members of the UN Economic and Social Council at the UN headquarters in New York, on June 4, 2025. (File photo: Xinhua)

Annalena Baerbock, president of the General Assembly, announced the results after voting by secret ballot in the assembly.

Elected were Angola, Eritrea, Guinea, Morocco, Senegal from African states; Malaysia, the Maldives, the Republic of Korea from Asia-Pacific states; North Macedonia from Eastern European states; Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala from Latin American and Caribbean states; and Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Portugal from Western European and other states.

Those 17 states have been elected for a three-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2027.

One vacancy from the Latin American and Caribbean group remains to be filled.

In a by-election for rotation within the Western European and other states group, Luxembourg was elected for a one-year term beginning on Jan. 1, 2027. It replaces Switzerland.

ECOSOC has 54 members, which are elected each year by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms. Seats on the council are allocated on the basis of geographical representation, with 14 seats to African states, 11 to Asia-Pacific states, six to Eastern European states, 10 to Latin American and Caribbean states, and 13 to Western European and other states.