Presidents of the Council
| 2023 | Mr. Juan José González Mijares | Mexico |
| 2022 | Mr. Tomasz Abramowski | Poland |
| 2020-2021 | Mr. Khurshed Alam | Bangladesh |
| 2019 | Ms. Lumka Yengeni | South Africa |
| 2018 | Mr. Olav Myklebust | Norway |
| 2017 | Mr. Ariel Fernández | Argentina |
| 2016 | Mr. Mariusz Orion Jędrysek | Poland |
| 2015 | Mr. Peter Thomson | Fiji |
| 2014 | Mr. Tommo Monthe | Cameroon |
| 2013 | Mr. Tobias Pierlings | Germany |
| 2012 | Mr. Alfredo Garcia | Chile |
| 2011 | Mr. Andrzej Przybycin | Poland |
| 2010 | Mr. Syamal Kanti Das | India |
| 2009 | Mr. Mahmoud Samy | Egypt |
| 2008 | Ms. Liesbeth Lijnzaad | Netherlands |
| 2007 | Mr. Raymond Wolfe | Jamaica |
| 2006 | Mr. Mariusz-Orion Jędrysek | Poland |
| 2005 | Mr. Park Hee-kwon | Republic of Korea |
| 2004 | Mr. Baïdy Diène | Senegal |
| 2003 | Mr. Domenico Da Empoli | Italy |
| 2002 | Mr. Fernando Pardo Huerta | Chile |
| 2001 | Mr. Tadeusz Bachleda-Curus | Poland |
| 2000 | Mr. Sakiusa A. Rabuka | Fiji |
| 1999 | Mr. Charles Manyang D’Awol | Sudan |
| 1998 | Mr. Joachim Koch | Germany |
| 1997 | Mr. Lennox Ballah | Trinidad and Tobago |