Bureau of the Conference of the Parties
The Conference of the Parties elects at each regular session its President as well as five Vice-Presidents. These officers, each representing a WHO region, constitute the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties. According to Rule 21 of the Rules of Procedure of the COP, they shall commence their term of office at the closure of the session and shall serve until the closure of the following regular session of the Conference of the Parties, including for any intervening extraordinary session.
The current Bureau of the Conference of the Parties, elected by the Conference at its fourth session on 15-20 November 2010 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, consists of:
President
- H.E. R Varela (Uruguay), representing the Region of the Americas
Vice-Presidents
- Mr O. Ag Mohamedoun (Mali), representing the African Region
- Mr J.G.H. Draijer (Netherlands), representing the European Region
- Mr C. Otto (Palau), representing the Western Pacific Region
- Ms S. Ali-Higo (Djibouti), representing the Eastern Mediterranean Region
- H.E. L.Zangley Dukpa (Bhutan), representing the South-East Asia Region