The Council
The Council
The Colombo Plan Council comprises heads of diplomatic missions of Member States who are residents in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Council meets quarterly to identify important development issues facing its members and ensure the smooth implementation of the Consultative Committee’s decisions. The Council’s headquarters is in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where the quarterly sessions are held.
Council Presidents
The office of the Council President is nominated from the Colombo Plan’s member countries annually, in alphabetical order, on rotational basis.
H.E. Paitoon Mahapannaporn, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Thailand to Sri Lanka, is the newly appointed current Council President of the Colombo Plan (incumbent from May 2024).
Past Presidents Of The Colombo Plan Council
The Standing Committee
Standing Committee Terms and Roles
Term of the Standing Committee:
The term of the Standing Committee will be one year, coinciding with the Secretariat’s financial year (July to June).
Chairperson of the Standing Committee:
The Chairperson of the Standing Committee will be the “incoming CP Council President.”
The term of the Chairperson will be one calendar year (January to December).
Roles and Responsibilities:
The following roles and responsibilities were suggested at the 151st Session of the Colombo Plan Council:
- Analyze and study substantive issues.
- Assist in excluding routine items from the Council Agenda.
- Provide greater direction to the Bureau (now CP Secretariat) on practical implications.
- Master the financial and administrative details.
- Monitor and review actions taken by the Director (now Secretary-General) on his/her own initiative.
- Present the decisions of the Standing Committee at subsequent Council Meetings.
Current Committee Members of the Standing Committee of the Colombo Plan Council on Administrative and Financial Matters FY 2024/2025
Composition of Standing Committee of Colombo Plan Council
Chairman: Pakistan (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
1. Maldives (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
2. Indonesia (South East Asia)
3. Mongolia (Asia/Pacific)
4. Sri Lanka (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
5. The United States (Asia/Pacific)
6. Vietnam (South East Asia)
Chairperson : Pakistan (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
1. Afghanistan (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
2. Fiji (Asia/Pacific)
3. India (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
4. Japan (Asia/Pacific)
5. Malaysia (South East Asia)
6. Thailand (South East Asia)
Chairperson: Nepal (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
1. Iran (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
2. Indonesia (South East Asia)
3. Japan (Asia/Pacific)
4. Myanmar (South East Asia)
5. Sri Lanka (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
6. US (Asia/Pacific)
1. Indonesia (South East Asia)
2. Japan (Asia/Pacific)
3. Nepal (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
4. Sri Lanka (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
5. Thailand (South East Asia)
6. US (Asia/Pacific)
1. Indonesia (South East Asia)
2. Japan (Asia/Pacific)
3. Nepal (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
4. Pakistan (South Asia/Sub region of South West Asia)
5. Thailand (South East Asia)
6. US (Asia/Pacific)
