In order to function effectively, the Commission needs to organize and prepare its work carefully and in advance. Such tasks are carried out by the Bureau and the Extended Bureau of the Commission, which play an active role in the preparation of the regular and the inter-sessional meetings with the assistance of the Secretariat.
The Bureau of the Commission is composed of the Chairperson, three Vice-Chairpersons and one Rapporteur. At the end of its reconvened session, the Commission elects its Bureau for the next session. The Extended Bureau also includes the Chairpersons of the five regional groups, the European Union and the Group of 77 and China.
The Commission is composed of 40 Member States elected by the Economic and Social Council, with the following distribution of seats among the regional groups:
(a) Twelve for African States;
(b) Nine for Asian States;
(c) Eight for Latin American and Caribbean States;
(d) Four for Eastern European States;
(e) Seven for Western European and other States.
The term of office for Commission Members is three years.
H.E. Mr. Ivo ŠRÁMEK of Czechia (Group of Eastern European States)
H.E. Mr. José Antonio ZABALGOITIA TREJO of Mexico (Group of Latin American and Caribbean States)
H.E. Ms. Gabriela SELLNER of Austria (Group of Western European and Other States)
H.E. Mr. Mohammad Kamran Akhtar Malik of Pakistan (Group of Asia-Pacific States)
Mr. Mohamed Amine BOUKHRIS of Morocco (Group of African States)
Dec 2023 elected Chairperson of the CCPCJ for 2024
Oct 2022 – Oct 2023 Chairperson of the IAEA Board of Governors
Sep 2021 – Nov 2022 President of the 10th Session of IACA Assembly of Parties
Jan 2021 – Dec 2021 Chairperson of the Preparatory Commission of the CTBTO
Sep 2018 – now Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the UN, OSCE and other International Organisations in Vienna
2016–2018 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Security and Multilateral Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
2015–2016 Deputy Minister, European Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
2014–2015 Director General of the European Section, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
2011–2014 Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the Kingdom of Belgium
2009–2010 Political Director and General Director of the Multilateral Section of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
2004–2009 Ambassador to the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the EU, presiding over PSC during the Czech Presidency to the EU in 2009
2003–2004 Director of the UN Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
1999–2003 Deputy Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO
1995–1999 Deputy Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the UN
1993–1995 Delegate of the Czech Republic to the Fifth Committee of the UN
He joined the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czechoslovakia in 1987 and was posted in Lusaka, Zambia. He was Director of the Investment Department from 1990 to 1993.
Portrait of Ivo Sramek, Chair of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its 33rd session.
