21st General Assembly of ICOMOS – Final voting platform: Election of the five Vice-Presidents and vote on Resolutions – Results
Dear ICOMOS Members,
We are now pleased to inform you of the results of Voting Platform 4: Election of the five Vice-Presidents for the mandate 2023-2026 and vote on resolutions.
Voting Platform 4 was open 24h from Tuesday 5 September at 12:00 Sydney (AEST) / 04:00 Paris (CEST) to Wednesday 6 September at 12:00 Sydney (AEST) / 04:00 Paris (CEST).
631 votes out of 999 possible votes were cast, that is an 62,54 % participation – with the following result. The five candidates with the highest number of votes are elected to serve as Vice-Presidents of ICOMOS for the mandate 2023-2026:
ALATALU, Riin (Estonia) – 410 votes
CASTRIOTA, Leonardo (Brazil) – 412 votes
CHAIWA, Chilangwa (Zambia) – 387 votes
FIRAS, HRH Dana (Jordan) – 367 votes
GÜL ÜNAL, Zeynep (Türkiye) – 333 votes
MCINTYRE-TAMWOY, Susan (Australia) – 354 votes
The final composition of the new Board of ICOMOS is therefore:
President
Teresa Patricio (Belgium)
Secretary General
Jurn Buisman (Netherlands)
Treasurer
Cyrill Von Planta (Austria)
Vice-Presidents
Riin Alatalu (Estonia)
Leonardo Castriota (Brazil)
Chilangwa Chaiwa (Zambia)
HRH Dana Firas (Jordan)
Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy (Australia)
Board members
Olufemi Adetunji (Nigeria)
Adriana Careaga (Uruguay)
Doo-Won Cho (Republic of Korea)
Andreas Georgopoulos (Greece)
Zeynep Gül Ünal (Türkiye)
Marianne Knutsen (Norway)
Celia Martínez Yáñez (Spain)
Takeyuki Okubo (Japan)
Mariana Pereira (Portugal)
Nupur Prothi (India)
Monica Rhodes (United States of America)
Grainne Shaffrey (Ireland)
The financial statements and all of the following Resolutions were approved (see final version of the resolutions here):
- Resolution 21GA 2023/7 - Approval of the 2022 accounts and discharge of the Board and Treasurer from liabilities
- Resolution 21GA 2023/8 - Approval of the general programme and budgetary guidelines for 2024-2026
- Resolution 21GA 2023/9 - Approval of the 2024 budget
- Resolution 21GA 2023/10 - Appointment of the Credentials Committee of the 2024 Annual General Assembly
- Resolution 21GA 2023/11 - Appointment of the Head Tellers of the 2024 Annual General Assembly
- Resolution 21GA 2023/12 - Amendments to the Rules of Procedure
- Resolution 21GA 2023/13 - Amendments to Article 121 of the Rules of Procedure
- Resolution 21GA 2023/14 - Renewal of the External Auditors
- Resolution 21GA 2023/15 - Climate Change and Indigenous Heritage
- Resolution 21GA 2023/16 - Cultural Dimensions of the SDGs
- Resolution 21GA 2023/17 - Implementation of a Human Rights Based Approach in Cultural Heritage Management
- Resolution 21GA 2023/18 - Recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Values and Interconnections between Culture and Nature in the OUV of World Heritage Sites
- Resolution 21GA 2023/19 - Proposal to Review the Current Membership Fee Structures to Provide an Equitable and Sustainable System
- Resolution 21GA 2023/20 - Gender Diversity in ICOMOS
- Resolution 21GA 2023/21 - Indigenous People’s Inclusion throughout ICOMOS
We thank you all for your participation and cooperation.
Mona O'Rourke
Toshiyuki Kono
Elections Committee of the 21st General Assembly