AEWA Standing Committee Regions
According to Rule 13 of the Rules of Procedure (Representation and Attendance) of the AEWA Standing Committee: "The Committee shall consist of not more than seven Parties, which shall be appointed by the Meeting of the Parties. For at least five of these members, the appointment shall be based upon the principle of balanced geographical distribution, reflecting two representatives from the Europe and Central Asian region, one representative from the Middle East and Northern Africa region, one representative from the Western and Central Africa region, and one from the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The remaining two members shall comprise the host country for the next session of the Meeting of the Parties and a representative of the Depositary."
The countries in each region can be found in the overview below (Countries written in capital letters are Contracting Parties to the Agreement, countries written in small letters are non-Party Range States):
EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
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EUROPE:
ALBANIA, Andorra, ARMENIA, Austria, Azerbaijan, BELARUS, BELGIUM, Bosnia-Herzegovina, BULGARIA, Canada, CROATIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GEORGIA, GERMANY, GREECE, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, LATVIA, Liechtenstein, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, Malta, MONACO, MONTENEGRO, NETHERLANDS, NORTH MACEDONIA, NORWAY, Poland, PORTUGAL, REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, ROMANIA, Russian Federation, San Marino, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, SLOVENIA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, Turkey, UKRAINE, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
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CENTRAL ASIA:
Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN
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EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
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EASTERN AFRICA:
BURUNDI, DJIBOUTI, Eritrea, ETHIOPIA, KENYA, RWANDA, Somalia, South Sudan, SUDAN, UGANDA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Angola, BOTSWANA, Comoros, ESWATINI, Lesotho, MADAGASCAR, MALAWI, MAURITIUS, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, SOUTH AFRICA, Zambia, ZIMBABWE
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WESTERN AND CENTRAL AFRICA
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WESTERN AFRICA:
BENIN, BURKINA FASO, Cabo Verde, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, GAMBIA, GHANA, GUINEA, GUINEA-BISSAU, Liberia, MALI, MAURITANIA, NIGER, NIGERIA, SENEGAL, Sierra Leone, TOGO
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CENTRAL AFRICA:
CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD, CONGO, Democratic Republic of Congo, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GABON, Sao Tome and Principe
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MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
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MIDDLE EAST:
Bahrain, Iraq, JORDAN, Kuwait, LEBANON, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, United Arab Emirates, Yemen |
NORTH AFRICA:
ALGERIA, EGYPT, LIBYA, MOROCCO, TUNISIA |
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