UNITED

NATIONS

                                                                                                                                   Distr.

                                                                                                                                   GENERAL

                                                                                                                                   CCPR/SP/54/Add.1

                                                                                                                                   7 September 1999

                                                                                                                                   ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

MEETING OF STATES PARTIES

Nineteenth meeting

New York

13 September 1999

        ELECTION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 28 TO 34 OF THE INTERNATIONAL

        COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, OF ONE MEMBER OF THE HUMAN

        RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO FILL THE VACANCY CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF

        MR. THOMAS BUERGENTHAL (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA), WHOSE TERM WAS

TO EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 2002

Note by the Secretary-General

Addendum

          The present document contains a nomination for election to the Human Rights Committee received after the issuance of document CCPR/SP/54 dated 23 July 1999. The curriculum vitae of the person nominated, as furnished by the State party concerned, is contained in the annex to the present note.

                      Name of candidate                                                                Nominated by

          Ms. Rhadys Iris Abreu de Polanco                                                Dominican Republic

Annex

[Original: Spanish]

Rhadys Iris ABREU DE POLANCO

(Dominican Republic)

Date of birth: 23 August 1947.

Place of birth: Santo Domingo.

Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish.

Education

Specialized studies: "Alcide de Gásperi" Institute, Rome.

Degree obtained: Specialized certificate in European studies.

Diploma studies: University of Social Studies Prodeo, Rome.

Degree obtained: Advanced diploma in politics and international law.

Postgraduate studies: State University of Rome.

Degree obtained: Postgraduate degree in penal law, criminology and penitentiary law.

Doctoral studies: Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Degree obtained: Doctorate in Law "Cum Laude".

Institutional responsibilities and membership of professional societies

Secretary of the Inter-American Association of Businessmen, 1983-1984.

Member of the National Council of Women.

Member of the Dominican Law Society.

Vice-President of the Dominican-Argentine Cultural Committee.

Founding member of the Sanmartinian Institute, Santo Domingo.

Vice-President of the Dominican-Chilean Chamber of Commerce, 1982.

Vice-President of the Dominican Society of Notaries.

Corresponding Secretary of the National Association of Lawyers.

Public Relations Officer of the National Association of Women Voters, 1984.

Secretary for North and Central America and the Caribbean of the Commission for American Affairs of the International Union of Latin Notaries, 1982-1984.

President of the Dominican-Chilean Chamber of Commerce, 1984.

Permanent Adviser of the International Union of Latin Notaries, Florence, Italy, 1984.

Treasurer for the American continent of the International Union of Latin Notaries, Florence, Italy, 1984-1986.

Third Vice-President of the Inter-American Association of Businessmen, 1985-1986.

Director of the Inter-American Association of Businessmen, 1987-1988.

Member of the Association of Professional and Businesswomen.

President of the Dominican Society of Notaries, 1985-1987.

President of the Pan-American Round Table, 1986-1988.

Ambassador attached to the chancery, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, 1985 to the present.

Officer in charge of human rights affairs, Division for the United Nations, Organization of American States, international bodies and conferences, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic.

Treasurer of the Law Society of the Dominican Republic, 1988-1989.

Professor of notarial law at the Eugenio María de Hostos University (UNIREMHOS), Santo Domingo, since 1989.

Vice-President for the North and Central America and Caribbean section of the Permanent Council of the International Union of Latin Notaries, 1989-1992.

Professor of international private law, Eugenio María de Hostos University (UNIREMHOS), since 1990.

Adviser to the Dominican Society of Notaries, 1989-1999.

First Vice-President of the Inter-American Association of Businessmen, 1990.

Professor of notarial law at the Madre y Maestra Pontifical Catholic University, Recinto Santo Tomás de Aquino, since 1991.

Member of the Committee on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (formerly the Committee on Crime Prevention and Control) of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, 1991-1994.

Member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Human Rights Teachers and Researchers, Strasbourg, France, 1991.

President of the National Association of Lawyers, 1992.

President of the Commission for American Affairs of the International Union of Latin Notaries, 1993-1995.

President of the National Association of Lawyers, 1994-1996.

Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1995.

President of the Commission for American Affairs of the International Union of Latin Notaries, 1996-1998.

President-elect of the Santo Domingo Gazcue Rotary Club, 1997-1998.

Vice-President of the Institut international d'histoire du notariat, Paris, France, since 1995.

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