CEDAW
UNITED
NATIONS
Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
Distr.
GENERAL
CEDAW/SP/1994/3/Add.3
25 January 1994
ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH/FRENCH
MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO THE
CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION
OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST WOMEN
Seventh meeting
7 February 1994
Item 5 of the provisional agenda*
Election, in accordance with article 17, paragraphs 4
and 5, of the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women, of 12 members
of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women, to replace those whose terms are due
to expire on 15 April 1994
Note by the Secretary-General
Addendum
1. The Secretary-General, in compliance with article 17, paragraph 3, of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, invited the States parties to the Convention to submit their nominations by 10 November 1993, for the election of 12 members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. The 19 nominations that were received by that date were published in document CEDAW/SP/1994/3. One additional nomination was published in document CEDAW/SP/1994/3/Add.1 and another two nominations were published in document CEDAW/SP/1994/3/Add.2. The Secretary-General has now received four additional nominations as follows:
Slavomíra Filipová Slovakia
Lin Shangzhen China
Kissem Walla Tchangai Togo
Ludmila N. Zavadskaya Russian Federation
2. Biographical data concerning the above-mentioned candidates, as furnished by their Governments, is annexed hereto.
* CEDAW/SP/1994/1.
94-04128 (E) 310194 280194 /...
Annex
SLAVOMÍRA FILIPOVÁ
Personal information:
Title: Assistant professor, MD., Ph.D.
Date of birth: 18 June 1953
Place of birth: Bratislava (Slovakia)
Nationality: Slovak
Present position: Assistant professor of internal medicine
Education:
University:
1971-1977 Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava
1977 Graduation from University as paediatrician
Postgraduate training:
1978-1979 Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague
1978-1982 Academic and scientific postgraduate study (cardiovascular patho-physiology)
1983-1986 Licence and board certification in internal medicine
1986-1990 Licence and certification in clinical cardiology
1992 Postgraduate electrocardiogram seminar: arrhythmia, Vienna (Prof. Steinbach)
Academic graduation:
1983 Graduation (Ph.D.) in normal and pathological physiology
1989 Assistant professor of internal medicine
Foreign languages: English, Russian
Employment record:
1977 Appointed junior registrar, Department of Clinical Patho-physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava
1977-1980 Junior registrar
1980-1983 Senior registrar
1984-1989 Senior registrar, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava
Since 1989 Assistant professor, Department of Internal Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, teaching medical students (lectures and seminars in internal medicine and cardiology)
Head of students' national and international scientific activities
Head of scientific projects in clinical cardiology and non-invasive electrocardiology
Non-academic professional activities:
Since 1984 Teaching in the Postgraduate Medical School (Bratislava): education for physicians before certification in cardiology and internal medicine
Since 1990 Teaching in the Postgraduate Institute for Nurses (Bratislava): postgraduate education and training for nurses in coronary care units and intensive care units
1980-1988 Advancement of public health and social lectures and seminars for schoolgirls, adolescents and seniors
Committee appointments:
National:
1990-1993 Member of the Committee of the Slovak Society of Cardiology
Since 1993 General Secretary of the Slovak Society of Cardiology
International: Member of the Working Group of the International Council on Electrocardiology
Professional societies:
National:
1990-1993 Member of the Committee of the Slovak Society of Cardiology
Since 1993 General Secretary of the Slovak Society of Cardiology
International: Member of the Working Group of the International Council on Electrocardiology
Scientific publications and presentations:
Published articles (1978-1993):
Author of 95 published articles and book chapters in monographs and handbooks (53 in Czecho-Slovak and 42 in international journals and books).
Scientific presentation which she has made to national and international forums (at 60 national and 24 international meetings and congresses).
LIN SHANGZHEN
Born: Shanghai, China, 1930
Graduated: BA, Department of Literature, University of Shanghai, July 1951. After graduation, she was engaged in teaching for a few years and has remained active in women's issues to this day.
Since 1953, worked in the International Liaison Department of the All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) and has held responsible posts in the Department throughout the years. She was a member of the Executive Committee of ACWF from 1988 to 1993.
In the 1950s and 1960s, sent by ACWF to work with the secretariat of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) for different periods of time and participated in many meetings of the leading bodies of WIDF, such as its congresses, bureau and council meetings. In 1964, she attended the All-African Women's Conference, held in Monrovia.
Since the 1970s, she has participated in a number of meetings within the United Nations system, such as the Economic and Social Council (1972), the twenty-fifth (1974), twenty-eighth (1980), thirtieth (1984), thirty-third (1989) and thirty-fifth (1991) sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations World Conference of the International Women's Year in Mexico City (1975), the Asian-Pacific Regional Preparatory Conference for the World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women (1989), the Workshop organized by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (1980), the Latin American regional conference of the International Federation of University Women (1981), the Asian-Pacific Regional Preparatory Conference (1984) for the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women (1985), the World Conference on Education for All (1990), the commemorative seminar on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1990) and the 1990 session of the Executive Board of the United Nations Children's Fund.
She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW) (1985-1988), and a council member of the China Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1989-1991).
She has been on or head of quite a number of delegations to countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and America to study issues affecting women and children.
KISSEM WALLA TCHANGAI
Civil status:
Name and first names: Dr. Kissem WALLA, wife of TCHANGAI
Date and place of birth: 21 June 1948, Yade (Kozah prefecture)
Family status: Married with three children
Academic background:
Certificat d'étude primaire (Certificate of
primary education)1962
Brevet élementaire du premier cycle (Elementary
certificate, first cycle) 1967
Probatoire (first part of baccalauréat) série D 1969
Baccalauréat série D (School-leaving certificate) 1970
Start of medical studies at the University of Dakar1970
Enrolment for certificat d'étude supérieur
(certificate of higher education) in
Dermatology-Venereology, University of Marseilles 1978
Defence of thesis for Doctorat d'Etat, University
of Dakar, mention très honorable (with distinction),
félicitations du Jury (highly commended), nominated
for thesis prize 1979
Concours national de Paris (national competitive
exam) for certificat d'étude supérieur, in
Dermatology-Venereology
Passed Concours d'agrégation (competitive exam for
teachers) 1986
Professional situation and activities:
Togolese Civil Service, Ministry of Public Health1979
Appointed Chief Physician of the
Dermatology-Venereology Service, Lomé
Appointed Assistant Chief of the
Dermatology-Venereology Clinic at the
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Benin1980
Elected to the post of Under-Secretary-General of
the African Union against Venereal Diseases and
Treponematosis 1983
Congress of the Pan-African Women's Organization
(Algeria) 1983
Training Workshop on the methodology of health
sciences instruction, WHO, Lomé 1984
International Seminar on human fertility and
sexually transmitted diseases (STD),
Franceville, Gabon 1984
International Court on STD, WHO, Paris1984
Training Workshop on applied research methodology
in health sciences, WHO, Lomé 1985
World Congress on Sexually Transmitted Diseases,
Paris 1986
Foreign corresponding member of the Société
de dermatologie et syphiligraphie 1986
Member of the "Médecins du Monde" association 1987
Participation in the preparation of the national
programme for AIDS control 1990
Participation in the preparation of the national
programme for STD control
Participation in the workshop/seminar on the
planning and administration of programmes for
AIDS/STD control, WHO, Yaoundé, June 1992
Participation in the first international
French-language course on the planning and
organization of STD/AIDS control in developing
countries, Dakar, September 1992
Participation in the epidemiology course for
district health personnel, WHO, Lomé,
October-November 1992
National officer for the STD/AIDS Technical
Subcommittee
Extraprofessional activities:
Member of CEDAW1988
Vice-President of the National Women's
Union of Togo 1987-1992
Works:
Scientific works:
Publication of works on sexually transmitted diseases in Médecine d'Afrique Noire, Afrique Médicale and Société Médicale de Côte d'Ivoire
Publication of works on nutritional and other dermatoses in Médecine d'Afrique Noire, Afrique Médicale and Société Médicale de Côte d'Ivoire
Statements on AIDS and ethics at the Paris Regional AIDS Conference and at Athens (Onassis Prize)
General works:
Statement on girls' education at the National Conference of the Women's Union of Togo
Preparation and working document on "maternity-linked health problems"
A number of publications and lectures on African women
LUDMILA N. ZAVADSKAYA
Date of birth: 21 May 1949
Place of birth: Ramenskoye City, Moscow region
Nationality: Russian
Sex: Female
Marital status: Married
Employment: Federal Assembly of Russian Federation, member of the State Duma (Lower Chamber of Parliament, 1994)
Past employment:
1992-1993 Head, Theory and Sociology of Law Department, Institute of State and Law, Academy of Sciences of the Russian Federation
1974-1993 Senior Research Fellow, Theory and Sociology of Law Department, Institute of State and Law, Academy of Sciences. Principal areas of research: civil procedure, sociology of law, law enforcement and implementation, rule-of-law state, human rights
1969-1974 Analyst, All-Union Juridical Institute, Moscow
1974-1984 Adjunct Professor, All-Union Juridical Institute, Moscow
1982-1983 Adjunct Professor, Institute of International Affairs, Moscow
Education:
1979 LLD, Institute of State and Law, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
1973 LLM, All-Union Juridical Institute
1971 JD, All-Union Juridical Institute
Affiliations:
1993-present Presidential Commission on Family, Motherhood and Childhood Protection, expert
1992 Constitutional Assembly, participant
October 1992 Parliamentary hearings on compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation
1991-present Union of Women of Russia, member
1991-present European Network for Women's Studies, member
1989-present Global Education Associates, New York, N.Y., United States of America, associate
1985-1991 Moscow Peace Committee, Board member
1984-1991 Soviet-American Relations Public Commission, Soviet Women's Committee, member
1984-1990 Soviet Association of Lawyers (SAL), member
1984-1988 Committee of Youth Organizations, consultant
1986-1988 People's Judge, Court of Kiev region, Moscow
International conferences and meetings:
1991 Participant, Soviet delegation, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), parallel activities, Moscow
1987 Consultant, Soviet delegation, International Women's Congress, Moscow
October 1990 Panelist, International Conference on Rule-of-Law State and Economic Development, Beijing, China
1990 Participant, Soviet delegation, CSCE, parallel activities, Copenhagen, Denmark
Selected publications:
Implementation of Court decisions, Moscow, Nauka, 1982
Mechanism of law enforcement, Moscow, Nauka, 1992
Socialist legal system, vol. 2 "Functions and Development", co-author, Moscow, Nauka, 1987
Socialist Concept of Personal Rights, co-author, Moscow, Nauka, 1986
Democracy and legal status of the person in developed socialism, co-author, Moscow, Nauka, 1985
and more than 30 articles and commentaries in various Soviet and Russian professional journals.
Foreign language proficiency:
English - fair
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