The UN Women Executive Board elects its 2025 Bureau

In elections taking place on 10 January, the UN Women Executive Board opened the year by electing its new Bureau for 2025.

The Presidency of the Executive Board is held in 2025 by the Western European and Others Group, who has nominated H. E. Ms. Nicola Clase, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations as its representative.

Together with President Nicola Clase, the following Vice-Presidents representing the remaining regional groups were elected: Ms. Suela Janina, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations (representing the Eastern European Group); H. E. Mr. Walton Webson, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations (representing the Latin American and Caribbean group); H. E. Mr. Umetsu Shigeru, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations (representing the Asia and the Pacific Group); as well as H. E. Mr. Godfrey Kwoba, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of Uganda to the United Nations (representing the African Group).

The Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Sima Bahous, would like to warmly thank Ambassador Cano from Panama for assuming the functions of President of the Executive Board in 2024, supported by the ambassadors of Côte d’Ivoire, Poland, Sweden, and Tajikistan and is grateful for their unwavering commitment and service.

The Executive Board governs the operational activities of UN Women. The Executive Board Bureau is comprised of a President and four Vice-Presidents, each representing a regional group. The Bureau is elected by the Executive Board each year from among its members, with the presidency rotating among the regional groups on an annual basis.