Distr.

                                                    GENERAL

                                                    CAT/SP/15/Add.4

                                                    22 November 1993

                                                    ENGLISH

                                                    Original:  FRENCH

MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES

Fourth Meeting

Geneva,

24 November 1993

               ELECTION OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST

               TORTURE TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS ARE DUE TO

               EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1993, IN ACCORDANCE WITH

               ARTICLE 17 OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE

               AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT

                                 OR PUNISHMENT

                         Note by the Secretary-General

                                    Addendum

1.    Since the preparation of document CAT/SP/15/Add.3, the Secretary-General has received the nomination of M. Aboudou Assouma (Togo) for election to the Committee against Torture.

2.    Biographical data on M. Assouma as furnished by the State party concerned are reproduced in the annex below.

GE.93-85692  (E)

                                     Annex

                              BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DATA

                             Aboudou ASSOUMA (Togo)

Date of birth:   1945

Place of birth:  Kara, Kozah Prefecture

Marital status:  Married, father of four children

              Educational qualifications and institutions attended

      -     Primary and secondary studies in Kara

      -     Higher studies at the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences of Toulon, France.  Obtained a law degree in 1975.  Option in judicial professions

      -     1975-1977: Higher College of Magistrates, Paris.  Awarded a diploma

                            Professional activities

10 September 1977-9 February 1981:      Examining magistrate at the Lomé Court

                                        of Minor Jurisdiction

9 February 1981-8 November 1988:        Senior Deputy to the Government Procurator

8 November 1988-14 October 1991:        Government Procurator

2 January-17 June 1992:                 Minister responsible to the Prime Minister for the Togolese Armed Forces

23 March 1993:                          Procurator-General of the Lomé Appeal Court

                                Other activities

1986-1989:             Member of the Togolese delegation to the forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth sessions of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights

1987-1989:             Alternate expert of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities

1987-present:          First Vice-Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission

12 April 1991:         Founder of the Togolese Association for the Defence of Religious Freedom

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