United Nations Statistical Commission

United Nations Statistical Commission
AbbreviationStatCom
Formation1946 (1946)
TypeIntergovernmental organization, regulatory body, advisory board
Legal statusActive
Location
Chair
Georges-Simon Ulrich,  Switzerland[1]
Parent organization
United Nations Economic and Social Council
SubsidiariesUnited Nations Statistics Division
Websiteunstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/
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The United Nations Statistical Commission (StatCom) is a Functional Commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, established in 1946.[2][3] The Statistical Commission oversees the work of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Its 24 member states are elected by the Economic and Social Council on the basis of the following geographical distribution: African states (5), Asian States (4), Eastern European States (4), Latin American and Caribbean States (4), Western European and other States (7). In 2024, the Economic and Social Council decided to progressively increase the number of members in the Commission from 24 to 54 until 2028, which aims to enhance representation and inclusivity. Member states are usually represented by their chief statistician. Since 2000 the Commission meets every year. As set forth by the Economic and Social Council, in the terms of reference,[4] the Commission fulfils the function of “the primary body responsible for the management of statistical information and governance of statistics and data”. In doing so, it acts as the “apex forum for discussions, knowledge exchange and sharing of best practices on statistics and data across all domains, to develop and maintain international statistical standards and norms, tools and methodologies, to support and bolster the development of sustainable national statistical systems, to develop and build the capacity of national systems, to for the professional community of official statistics, and to ensure continued innovations to adapt to the changing statistical and data system”.

The Bureau

The officers are the Chairperson, 3 Vice-chairpersons and the Rapporteur, elected for a one-year period by the members of the Commission at the beginning of a session.[5] Since 1999, its role is more of a steering one; the Chairman may seek for complementary assistance from other members (Friends of the Chair).

Chairpersonship[6]
Year
Session
Country
Chair
2025 56th  Switzerland Georges-Simon Ulrich
2024 55th  Switzerland Georges-Simon Ulrich
2023 54th Hungary Gabriella Vukovich
2022 53rd Hungary Gabriella Vukovich
2021 52nd Japan Shigeru Kawasaki
2020 51st Japan Shigeru Kawasaki
2019 50th Kenya Zachary Mwangi
2018 49th Kenya Zachary Mwangi
2017 48th Brazil Wasmália Bivar
2016 47th Brazil Wasmália Bivar
2015 46th United Kingdom John Pullinger
2014 45th United Kingdom Jil Matheson
2013 44th Hungary Gabriella Vukovich
2012 43rd Hungary Gabriella Vukovich
2011 42nd Oman Ali Bin Mahboob
2010 41st Oman Ali Bin Mahboob
2009 40th South Africa Pali Lehohla
2008 39th South Africa Pali Lehohla
2007 38th Mexico Gilberto Calvillo Vives
2006 37th Mexico Gilberto Calvillo Vives
2005 36th US Katherine Wallman
2004 35th US Katherine Wallman
2003 34th Hungary Tamás Mellár
2002 33rd Hungary Tamás Mellár
2001 32nd Japan Shigeru Kawasaki
2000 31st Botswana Guest Charumbira
1999 30th Botswana Guest Charumbira
1997 29th Mexico Carlos Jarque
1995 28th United Kingdom Bill McLennan
1994 Special session Poland Jozef Olenski
1993 27th Netherlands Willem Begeer
1991 26th Netherlands Willem Begeer
1989 25th Argentina Luis Alberto Beccaria
1987 24th Ghana Emmanuel Oti Boateng
1985 23rd Ireland Tom Linehan
1983 22nd Hungary Vera Nyitrai
1981 21st US Joseph W. Duncan
1979 20th Soviet Union Mikhail Antonovich Korolev
1976 19th India V. R. Rao
1974 18th United Kingdom Claus Moser
1972 17th France Jean Ripert
1970 16th France Jean Ripert
1968 15th Australia Keith Archer
1966 14th Norway Petter Jakob Bjerve
1965 13th Norway Petter Jakob Bjerve
1962 12th Ireland Donal McCarthy
1960 11th Ireland Donal McCarthy
1958 10th New Zealand George Wood
1956 9th India P.C. Mahalanobis
1954 8th India P.C. Mahalanobis
1953 7th United Kingdom Harry Campion
1951 6th United Kingdom Harry Campion
1950 5th Netherlands Philip Idenburg
1949 4th Netherlands Philip Idenburg
1948 3rd Canada Herbert Marshall
1947 (August) 2nd Canada Herbert Marshall
1947 (January) 1st Canada Herbert Marshall
1946 Nuclear session US Stuart A. Rice

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chairpersons of the Statistical Commission”. UN Statistical Commission.
  2. ^ "Mandate". UN Statistical Commission
  3. ^ Rice, Stuart A. (1946). "The United Nations Statistical Commission". Econometrica. 14 (3): 242–250. "doi":"10.2307/1905775". "ISSN 0012-9682".
  4. ^ «Terms of Reference». UN Statistical Commission.
  5. ^ refer also to "Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)"
  6. ^ “Chairpersons of the Statistical Commission”. UN Statistical Commission.
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