Asian Group | African Group | Latin American and Caribbean Group | Eastern European Group | Western European and Others Group | |
Number of slots reserved for Group | 13 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Percentage of seats reserved for group on Council | 27.7% | 27.7% | 17% | 12.8% | 14.9% |
Percentage of Group currently in OIC | 54% (7/13) | 54% (7/13) | 0 | 16.7% | 0 |
Candidates which are OIC members | Bahrain Pakistan | Burkina Faso Gabon | -- | -- | -- |
Number of vacant slots for Group for 2008 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Number/names of candidates for each group | 6 Bahrain (OIC)* Japan Pakistan (OIC) Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Timor-Leste* | 4 (FIXED SLATE) Burkina Faso (OIC)* Gabon (OIC) Ghana Zambia | 3 (FIXED SLATE) Argentina* Brazil Chile* | 3 Serbia* Slovakia* Ukraine | 3 France Spain* United Kingdom |
States rotating off the current Council and not standing again | -- | Mali (OIC) | Guatemala Peru | Romania | -- |
Number of candidates from group ranked (Freedom House) Fully Free | 2 Japan Republic of Korea | 1 Ghana | 3 Argentina Brazil Chile | 3 Serbia Slovakia Ukraine | 3 France Spain United Kingdom |
Percentage of candidates from group ranked (Freedom House) Fully Free | 33.3% | 25% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Number of Candidates from group making pledges | 6 Pakistan Bahrain Japan Republic of Korea Sri Lanka Timor-Leste | 3 Ghana Burkina Faso Zambia | 3 Argentina Brazil Chile | 3 Serbia Slovakia Ukraine | 3 France Spain United Kingdom |
Percentage of Candidates from Group Making pledges | 100% | 75% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Number of candidates already on Council and running for reelection | 4 Japan Pakistan Republic of Korea Sri Lanka | 3 Gabon Ghana Zambia | 1 Brazil | 1 Ukraine | 2 France United Kingdom |
Percentage of candidates already on Council and running for reelection | 66.7% | 75% | 33.3% | 25% | 66.7% |