General Documents Not Relating To Specific States - Meetings of State Parties or of the UN Economic and Social Council - CERD - 1994 - Election of the Members of the Committee

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GENERAL

CERD/SP/46/Add.3

14 December 1993

ENGLISH

Original: ENGLISH

MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES

Fifteenth Meeting

New York, 12 January 1994

ELECTION OF NINE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION

OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS WILL

EXPIRE ON 19 JANUARY 1994, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS

OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE CONVENTION

Note by the Secretary-General

Addendum

1.In addition to the nominations contained in document CERD/SP/46, the Secretary-General has received the following nomination for the election of nine members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 19 January 1994 in accordance with the provisions of article 8 of the Convention:

Mr. Angel MWENDA (Zambia).

2.The biographical data of the nominee, as furnished by the States parties concerned, is contained in the annex to this document.

GE.93-19889 (E)

ANNEX

Angel Alfred MWENDA (Zambia)

Born:1952

Education:University of Zambia: B.A., 1974

University of Toronto (Canada): M.A., 1977

University of Leeds (United Kingdom): Ph.D., 1985

Brief career resume:

1993:Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Zambia based in Cairo to: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Palestine. Also responsible for Middle East

1992:Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Zambia to the United Nations Office at Geneva

1991:Deputy Chairman for organization and mobilization of the opposition party, the MMD (now in power) also Special Adviser and Election Agent to the Presidential candidate

1989-90:Economic consultant: Meridien International Bank, S.A. (was involved in the evaluation of projects for Africa and drawing up feasibility studies for projects in manufacturing)

1977-89:Lecturer in Politics, University of Zambia, rose to rank of Lecturer Grade One

Publications: (Selected):

Agriculture Co-operatives in Zambia, 1978

The Status and Role of Women in Zambian Agriculture (FAO report) (1980)

The Notion of Violence in the Work of Franz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral (1983)

The Application of Violence in a National Liberation Struggle - Amilcar Cabral (1983)

The Social and Political Thought of Amilcar Cabral (manuscript)

Other activities:

Foreign and Administrative Secretary - The Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa, 1977-80

Economic Adviser to the President and Chairman of the Committee on Economic Difficulties of Youth, 1978-80

Founder Member of the Economics Association of Zambia, 1986

President - Zambian Committee for the Liberation of Palestine, 1986-90

Columnist for the Zambia Daily Mail "Point of View", 1986-89

Special Correspondent for "Southern Africa Magazine" and "The African Economist" (SADCC magazine)

Second Vice-Chairman, International Organization for Migrations, Geneva, 1991

I have presented many papers to international and local forums, including liberation movements (PLO, SWAPO, ANC), Association of African Political Scientists, Law Association of Zambia and Afro-Asian writers.

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