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

Source: Xinhua