UNITED NATIONS, May 9 (Xinhua) -- The UN General Assembly Tuesday elected the 47 members for the newly-created Human Rights Council through three rounds of secret ballot.

    Under an assembly resolution, the council members have a three-year term but their terms should be staggered. As a result, the first members' staggering terms were decided by the drawing of lots.

    The following are the 47 nations elected for the council with different terms:

    Africa (13 seats)

    one-year term: Algeria, South Africa, Tunisia and Morocco

    two-year term: Gabon, Ghana, Mali and Zambia

    three-year term: Cameroon, Djibouti, Mauritius, Nigeria and Senegal

    Asia (13 seats)

    one-year term: Bahrain, India, Indonesia and the Philippines

    two-year term: Pakistan, South Korea, Japan and Sri Lanka

    three-year term: Bangladesh, China, Jordan, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia

    Eastern Europe (6 seats)

    one-year term: the Czech Republic and Poland

    two-year term: Ukraine and Romania

    three-year term: Azerbaijan and Russia

    Latin America and the Caribbean (8 seats)

    one-year term: Argentina and Ecuador

    two-year term: Brazil, Peru and Guatemala

    three-year term: Cuba, Mexico and Uruguay

    Western Europe and other developed nations (7 seats)

    one-year term: Finland and the Netherlands

    two-year term: Britain and France

    three-year term: Canada, Germany and Switzerland

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