Since Singapore and the United States were not members of UNIDO, the group of Asian States from list A had submitted the candidature of Thailand to replace Singapore, and the group of States from list B that of Germany to replace the United States.
由于新加坡和美国不是工发组织成员国，A组名单中的亚洲国家组提出以候选国泰国代替新加坡，B组名单中国家组提出以候选国德国代替美国。