A/71/44 Membership, officers and mandates from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2017a Name of member Country of nationality Term expires on 31 December Essadia Belmir (Vice-Chair) Morocco 2017 Alessio Bruni (Rapporteur on reprisals) Italy 2017 Felice Gaer (Vice-Chair) United States of America 2019 Abdelwahab Hani (Rapporteur on follow-up to article 19) Tunisia 2019 Claude Heller Rouassant (Vice-Chair) Mexico 2019 Jens Modvig (Chair) Denmark 2017 Sapana Pradhan-Malla (Rapporteur on follow-up on decisions adopted under article 22) Nepal 2017 Ana Racu Republic of Moldova 2019 Sébastien Touzé (Rapporteur) France 2019 Kening Zhang China (Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures) 2017 _________________ a For the period 1 January 2016 to 17 April 2016, in conformity with rules 16, 17 and 21 of the rules of procedure, the Committee unanimously decided to proceed to an election to fill the vacancies of outgoing members. The following members were elected: Mr. Bruni (Vice-Chair); Ms. Belmir (Rapporteur); Mr. Zhang (Rapporteur on new communications); Ms. Pradhan-Malla (Rapporteur on follow-up to article 22); and Mr. Bruni (Rapporteur on reprisals under article 19). In conformity with rules 12.2, 16, 17 and 19.3, the Committee unanimously decided to proceed to an election of the Acting Chair for the period 1 January 2016 until one day before the first meeting of the Committee composed of its new members, at which time it would elect its officers. The Committee elected Mr. Modvig as Acting-Chair. In accordance with the Committee’s decision and interpretation, paragraphs 1 and 2 of rule 19 do not apply in the present situation. On 18 April 2016, the Committee elected a new Chair and Bureau by consensus. GE.16-13567  19