1 Term of the Association:
The term of the Association between General Assemblies shall be four years.
2 Regional Structure:
2.1 The Association shall be organised into seven regions as follows: Africa, East Asia, West Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America/Caribbean and the Pacific.
2.2
The African region shall comprise the following countries: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.2.3 The East Asian region shall comprise the following countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, China Taipei, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, East Timor, Hong Kong China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Macao China, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam.
2.4 The West Asian region shall comprise the following countries: Afganistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan. Turkmenistan, United Arab Republic, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
2.5 The European region shall comprise the following countries: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Macedonia (former Yugoslav Republic of), Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukarine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia.
2.6 The Latin American region shall comprise the following countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.
2.7 The North American/Caribbean region shall comprise the following countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America.
2.8 The Pacific region shall comprise the following countries: Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua and New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu.
3 International Consultative Committee:
The following organisations having a contribution to make to international work in the field of education of people with visual impairment shall be invited to sit on the International Consultative Committee and shall each be entitled to send one representative:
a) The following international non-governmental organisations:
- Asian Foundation for Blindness Prevention;
- Christoffel Blindenmission;
b) The following United Nations specialised agencies:
4 Delegations to the General Assembly:
In addition to not more than two Deputy Chairpersons, regional committees may appoint one further delegate with voting rights to the General Assembly from each of their sub-regions.
February 2002