CERD
UNITED
NATIONS
International Convention
on the Elimination
of all Forms of
Racial Discrimination
Distr.
GENERAL
CERD/SP/55
14 November 1995
ENGLISH
Original: ENGLISH/SPANISH
MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIES
Sixteenth Meeting
New York, 16 January 1996
ELECTION OF NINE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION
OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS WILL
EXPIRE ON 19 JANUARY 1996 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE CONVENTION
Note by the Secretary-General
1. In pursuance of article 8, paragraph 4, of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Sixteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention will be convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters on 16 January 1996 to elect nine members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 19 January 1996 (see annex I). The names of the other nine members who will continue to serve on the Committee until 19 January 1998 appear in annex II.
2. In accordance with article 8, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Secretary-General in a note verbale dated 28 July 1995 invited the States parties to submit their nominations for the election of nine members of the Committee within two months. Listed below in alphabetical order are the nominees, with the States parties which have proposed them indicated in parenthesis.
Mr. Theodoor van BOVEN (Netherlands)
Mr. Ion DIACONU (Romania)
Mr. Eduardo FERRERO COSTA (Peru)
Mr. Ivan GARVALOV (Bulgaria)
Mr. George Odartey LAMPTEY (Ghana)
Mr. Youri RECHETOV (Russian Federation)
GE.95-19579 (E)
Mrs. Shanti SADIQ ALI (India)
Mr. Censu TABONE (Malta)
Mr. Joaquin TACSAN (Costa Rica)
Mrs. Nina VAJIC (Croatia)
Mr. Luis VALENCIA RODRIGUEZ (Ecuador)
Mr. Mario Jorge YUTZIS (Argentina)
Mrs. ZOU Deci (China)
3. Biographical data of the nominees, as furnished by the States parties concerned, are contained in annex III. Any further nominations and biographical data which may be received by the Secretary-General will be brought to the attention of the States parties in addenda to the present document.
ANNEX I
The nine members of the Committee whose
terms expire on 19 January 1996
Mr. Theodoor van BOVEN (Netherlands)
Mr. Ion DIACONU (Romania)
Mr. Eduardo FERRERO COSTA (Peru)
Mr. Ivan GARVALOV (Bulgaria)
Mr. Youri A. RECHETOV (Russian Federation)
Mrs. Shanti SADIQ ALI (India)
Mr. SONG Shuhua (China)
Mr. Luis VALENCIA RODRIGUEZ (Ecuador)
Mr. Mario Jorge YUTZIS (Argentina)
ANNEX II
List of the other nine members who will continue
to serve on the Committee until 19 January 1998
Mr. Mahmoud ABOUL-NASR (Egypt)
Mr. Hamzat AHMADU (Nigeria)
Mr. Michael Parker BANTON (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Mr. Andrew R. CHIGOVERA (Zimbabwe)
Mr. Régis DE GOUTTES (France)
Mr. Carlos LECHUGA HEVIA (Cuba)
Mr. Agha SHAHI (Pakistan)
Mr. Michael E. SHERIFIS (Cyprus)
Mr. Rüdiger WOLFRUM (Germany)
ANNEX III
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF THE NOMINEES
Theodoor Cornelis van Boven (Netherlands)
Born: 1934
University degrees
1959 Master of Laws, University of Leiden, Netherlands
1960 Master of Comparative Law, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States
1967 Doctor of Law, University of Leiden, Netherlands
Previous positions
Official of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1960-1977)
Lecturer in Human Rights Law, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (1967-1977)
Netherlands representative on the Commission on Human Rights (1970-1975)
Director of the Division of Human Rights of the United Nations (1977-1982)
Visiting Professor at Harvard School of Law (1987) and New York University School of Law (1990)
Member of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (1975-1976, 1986-1991)
Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on the right to restitution, compensation and rehabilitation for victims of gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms (1990-1993)
Member of the Group of Independent Experts of the International Labour Organization to monitor sanctions and other measures against apartheid (1990-1993)
Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (1994)
Present positions
Professor of Law at the University of Limburg, Maastricht, Netherlands (former Dean of the Law Faculty, 1986-1988)
Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Vice-President of the International Institute of Human Rights, Strasbourg
Member of the International Commission of Jurists
Member of the Board of Trustees of the European Human Rights Foundation
Member of the International Council of International Alert, London
Member of the Board of the International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism, Tokyo
Chairman of the Advisory Board of SOS-Torture, Geneva
Member of the Advisory Council of the International League for Human Rights (New York), the International Human Rights Group (Washington), and International Service for Human Rights (Geneva)
Member of the Advisory Committee on Human Rights and Foreign Policy of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Principal publications
International Protection of Religious Liberty, Assen, 1967
People Matter, Views on International Human Rights Policy, Amsterdam 1982
Study concerning the right to restitution, compensation and rehabilitation for victims of gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms (Final report 1993 in document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1993/8)
General Course on Human Rights, collected courses of the Academy of European Law, 1993, vol. IV-1
Honours
Laureate of the Louise Weiss Prize, Strasbourg (1982)
Doctor honoris causa of the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium (1982), the Erasmus Universiteit of Rotterdam, Netherlands (1988) and the University of New York at Buffalo, United States of America (1991)
Recipient of the Right Livelihood Honorary Award, Stockholm (1985)
Ion Diaconu (Romania)
Born on 23 October 1938
Married, two children
Education
1956-1960 Faculty of Law, Bucharest
1965-1968 Doctoral studies at the Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales of Geneva
1971 Doctor ès science politique of the University of Geneva, thesis on "Imperative norms in international law (jus cogens)"
Professional activities
1960-1980 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Legal Matters and Treaties
1965-1968 Doctoral studies in Geneva
1980-1981 Counsellor at the Embassy of Romania in Brussels
1981-1986 Minister counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations in New York; vice-chairman of the Sixth Committee in 1983, chairman of working group of the Committee
1986-1990 Deputy director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Economic External Relations, Treaties and International Organizations
From 1990 Director of the Department of Legal Affairs and Treaties
Professor of International Law at the National School of Political Science, University of Bucharest
1962-1991 Member of Romanian delegations to various international meetings of the United Nations, UNESCO, FAO, WHO and CSCE; to conferences of codification of international law; to United Nations, UNESCO and CSCE meetings of experts on human rights and humanitarian issues
1988-1991 Member of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
From 1990 Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
From 1972 Member of the Romanian Association for International Law and Relations
1992-1995 Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
1990-1993 Professor of International Law, National School of Public Administration and Private Universities, Bucharest
Publications
Les normes impératives en droit international (jus cogens), thèse de doctorat, Genève, 1971; revised edition (in Romanian), 1977, Bucharest
Human Rights (in Romanian), 1993, Bucharest
Articles on international law in various Romanian and foreign journals and publications
Course on public international law, 1993, 2nd edition, 1994, Romania
Eduardo Ferrero Costa (Peru)
Born: Lima, 26 October 1946
Academic qualifications
Bachelor of Law (1970)
Admission to the Bar (1970)
Doctor of Law (1974)
Current positions
Executive President of the Peruvian Centre for International Studies (CEPEI) (1983 to present)
Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Member of various Peruvian and foreign institutions connected with international law and international relations
A full list of memberships may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Teaching and research
Principal Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law, Catholic University of Peru
A full list of teaching assignments, lecturing and research activities may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Other previous relevant activities
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Legal Adviser (1981-1982); member of the Advisory Committee on Foreign Affairs (1986-1992)
Permanent Representative of Peru to the Legal Committee of the Permanent South Pacific Commission (1978-1982)
Adviser of the Peruvian delegation to the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (1979-1982)
Member of various national commissions in the public sector and honorary adviser to official Peruvian delegations at international conferences (1975 to present)
Peruvian National Planning Institute: Member of the National Planning Advisory Board (1986-1989)
Organization of American States (OAS): International observer and adviser to the Secretary-General of OAS at elections in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Colombia
International conferences: Speaker at numerous academic seminars and international events, in Peru and abroad, on questions of international law and international relations (1972 to present)
A full list of positions held may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Publications
Among Mr. Ferrero Costa's publications are the following:
Derecho Internacional Público: Casos y Materiales de Enseñanza (Public international law: cases and teaching materials), 2 vols., Catholic University of Peru (1972)
Relaciones del Perú con los Estados Unidos (Peru's relations with the United States) (co-author and editor), CEPEI, 440 pp., 1987
Relaciones del Perú con los Países Vecinos (Peru's relations with its neighbours) (co-author and editor), CEPEI, 220 pp., 1988
América Latina, el Perú y la Nueva Estructura de las Relaciones Económicas Internacionales (Latin America, Peru and the new structure of international economic relations) (co-author and editor), CEPEI, 320 pp., Lima, 1988
América Latina, el Perú y los Cambios del Sistema Internacional (Latin America, Peru and the changes in the international system) (editor), CEPEI, 280 pp., 1989
Relaciones del Perú con Chile y Bolivia (Peru's relations with Chile and Bolivia) (co-author and editor), CEPEI, 200 pp., 1989
La Reinserción del Perú en el Sistema Financiero Internacional (Peru's reintegration into the international financial system) (co-author and editor), CEPEI, 320 pp., 1990
La Seguridad del Perú frente al Nuevo Contexto Internacional (The security of Peru in the new international context) (co-author and editor), CEPEI, 1991
Relaciones del Perú con Ecuador (co-author and editor), CEPEI, 1994
Hacia una Agenda Nacional de Politica Exterier (co-author and editor), CEPEI, 1995
Mr. Ferrero Costa has also published some 40 academic articles.
A full list of publications may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Ivan Garvalov (Bulgaria)
Born in Sofia, 1930
Education
Graduate of St. Kliment Ohridsky, Sofia University
Diplomatic career
Served tenures at Bulgaria's embassies in New Delhi, Djakarta, Cairo and twice at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations in New York, including as Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative from 1982 until 1989
1989-1990 Director of the Human Rights Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1990 Director of the United Nations and Disarmament Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1991 First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
1992 Retired as Ambassador
Activity at the United Nations
1970-1990 Member of the Bulgarian delegations at the regular sessions of the General Assembly; member of Bulgarian delegations at General Assembly special sessions and conferences on disarmament, international economic relations, racial discrimination, youth, women, etc.
1978-1982 Representative of Bulgaria to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
1986-1987 Deputy representative of Bulgaria to the Security Council
Positions in United Nations bodies
1973 Rapporteur of the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (decolonization)
1974 Vice-Chairman of the Special Committee on Decolonization
1980 Chairman of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (social and humanitarian issues)
1982 Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights
1983 Chairman of the Special Committee on Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Principle of Non-Use of Force in International Relations
1985 Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council, Chairman of the Social Committee
1988-1996 Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
1994-1996 Chairman of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
1994 Chairman of the Fifth Meeting of Chairpersons of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
George O. Lamptey (Ghana)
Date of birth: 12 November 1929
Place of birth: Accra
Education
Louis A. Grimes School of Law and Government (LL.B) and Harvard University Law School (LL.M). At Harvard he was editor-in-chief of the Harvard International Law Journal. In 1963-1964 attended the Carnegie Endowment seminars in diplomacy at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Recent career (Full career details may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat)
1989-1994 Ambassador to Italy and Turkey; High Commissioner to Malta; Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
1994-to present Permanent Representative to the United Nations
1995-to present High Commissioner to Barbados and Belize; Ambassador to Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica
Conferences etc.
Has had considerable international conference experience and in 1965 played a major role in the formulation and drafting of the implementation clauses and the adoption of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Has served recently as:
1987 Member of the High-Level Economic Mission to Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden
1988 Chairman of CERD for the second time
1988 Lecturer, Seminar on Human Rights for Portuguese-speaking Participants, Lisbon
1988 Participant, Fortieth Anniversary Celebration of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Paris
1989-1993 Member of the Ghana Delegation to the Council of FAO
1989 Vice-Chairman, ninety-seventh session of the FAO Council
1989 Member of Nominations Committee of the twenty-fifth session of the FAO Conference
1989 Vice-Chairman of Commission III (Legal and Constitutional) of the twenty-fifth session of the FAO Conference
1991 Vice-Chairman, hundred and first session of the FAO Council
1991 Chairman of the Resolutions Committee of the twenty-sixth session of the FAO Conference
1992 Vice-Chairman of the African Group to FAO
1993 Chairman of the African Group to FAO
1993 Member of the General Committee of the twenty-seventh session of the FAO Conference
1993 Member of the Executive Board of IFAD
1989-1993 Leader of the Ghana Delegation to the session of the World Food Programme
1990-1993 Member of the Ghana Delegation to IFAD Governing Council sessions
1992-1993 Member of the Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes (CFA)
1992-1993 Member of the Sub-Committee on Projects of the World Food Programme
1994 Leader of the Ghana delegation to the Inaugural Meeting of the International Seabed Authority, Kingston, Jamaica
1994 Deputy leader of the Ghana delegation to the forty-ninth session of the General Assembly of the United Nations; Chairman of the Sixth (legal) Committee; Member of the General Committee
November 1994 Chairman of the African Group
1994-1995 Chairman of the Review Committee of the Administrative Tribunal
1994 Chairman of the Advisory Committee on the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law
1995 Deputy leader of the Ghana Delegation to the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement and the Commemoration of the Fortieth Anniversary of the Asian-African Conference, Bandung, Indonesia
A full list of activities may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Youri Rechetov (Russian Federation)
Date of birth: 1935
Place of birth: Gorky
Education
1953-1959 Moscow Institute for International Relations
1969-1971 High Diplomatic School of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Positions
1959-1975 Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Treaty and Law Department and Department of Scandinavian Countries; participation in delegations to the United Nations General Assembly and Commission on Human Rights; preparation of several universal instruments and Helsinki Final Act of the CSSE; stationed at embassies of the USSR in Iceland and Denmark
1975-1980 Chief of the Section on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the Human Rights Division, United Nations Office at Geneva; Secretary of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
1980-1986 Senior researcher at the State and Law Institute of the USSR Academy of Science
1986 Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the USSR and later Russian Federation
1989 Director of the Department for International Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights: dealing with different humanitarian problems and working to bring internal legislation into conformity with international obligations
1990 Head of the USSR delegations to the Copenhagen CSCE Human Dimension meeting, to the forty-seventy session of the Commission on Human Rights, the Third Committee and the Economic and Social Council
1992-present Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Iceland
1988-present Member of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Publications
Defended dissertation on "Family relations in Sweden", 1972
Defended dissertation on "International crimes", 1984
"International Responsibility for Human Rights Violations" (M. 1979, 100 p.)
"Prevention of International Crimes against Peace and Security" (M. 1983, 224 p.)
Chapters in "Course of International Law" (M. Second Ed.)
Chapters in "The Nuremburg Trial and International Law" (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1990)
Author of more than 150 publications on different issues of international law (human rights, race relations, prevention of racial discrimination, minority rights, citizenship, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international responsibility, terrorism, the United Nations, the CSCE and Soviet and Russian legislation)
Lectures
United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Iceland, etc.
Languages
English, French, German, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic
Shanti Sadiq Ali (India)
Born 18 November 1924
Education
1940-1942 Vasant College
Theosophical Society,
Banaras, Uttar Pradesh, India
1942-1944 Women's College, Banaras
Hindu University, Varanasai, India
Joined Masters Degree course. Discontinued studies to join students' movement in freedom struggle under Indian National Congress. Drafted to All India Congress Committee Office (AICC), Allahabad, New Delhi
Awards
1953-1954 Awarded United Nations Fellowship on recommendation of Government of India in recognition of work for refugees from Pakistan and particularly resettlement of abducted women in camps under the Indian National Congress. Visited Geneva, United Kingdom, France and Greece
Experience in international affairs
1963-1972 Drafted as Executive Secretary to Indian Council for Africa (established in 1960 and now Indian Centre for Africa under the Indian Council for Cultural Relations)
Supervised publication of Africa Quarterly. Organized and participated in seminars. Commentator on African Affairs on All India Radio, Doordarshan (TV)
1977-1982 Member, Governing Body, Indian Council for Cultural Relations as an authority on African affairs
1978 India's representative at the 1978 United Nations Symposium on the Exploitation of Blacks in South Africa and Namibia and on prison conditions in the South African jails, Lesotho; elected Rapporteur
1978-1979 Member, Indian National Committee to observe the United Nations International Anti-Apartheid Year and Convener of the Maharashtra State Committee
1979 Member of the Indian delegation to the thirty-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly
1979-1981 Executive Editor, Africa Quarterly, organ of the Indian Centre for Africa, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
1980-1995 Elected to Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination for four-year term; re-elected in 1984, 1988 and 1992. Rapporteur of CERD. Represented CERD and presented papers at the following seminars/conferences:
United Nations Regional Seminar, Bangkok, 2-13 August 1982. Presented paper on "The universal relevance of the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination"
United Nations International Seminar, 20 June-1 July 1983 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. Presented paper on "Experience in developing public awareness of the provisions of international standards on human rights" (working paper)
Colloquium on the "International Protection of Human Rights Institutions and Reality", Thessalonika, Greece, 28-30 September 1984. Presented paper on "Human rights in the socio-economic environment of a developing country: India, a case study"
1980 Chairman of the Committee for International Seminar on "India and East African Littoral, Hinterland and Indian Ocean Island States: Areas of Co-operation" held in Goa. Co-author of edited papers of Seminar
1984-1993 Elected first President, African Studies Society of India (registered in May 1982)
1987 Elected Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the African Studies Society of India
1992-1994 Vice-Chairman, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
1993 Author of General Recommendation XIII (42) on the training of law enforcement officials
1994 Author of recommendation on the establishment of national human rights along with Mr. Shahi and M. de Gouttes
1995 "Human rights in India: The challenge" at Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg University, Germany, 28 July 1995
Positions held
Member, Indian Council of World Affairs. Member, Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis
Honorary Member, Seminar Committee, Area Studies Centre in the Indian Ocean Region, Osmania University, Hyderabad
Member, Board of School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Member, Advisory Panel on Africa, Centre for Africa, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Founder President, Bal Varsha Prathisthan (International Year of the Child), Bombay
Founder President, Spastic Society of Tamilnadu, Madras in Commemoration of the International Year of the Disabled
Publications
India and the Western Indian OceanAllied Publishers
Studies: Towards Regional Co-operation
Development. Co-authored with
Prof. R.R. Ramchandani
India and Africa Through the Ages National Book Trust
African Problem of Economic Growth andSterling Publishers
Development. Co-authored with
Prof. Anirudha Gupta
African Dispersal in the Deccan Region Orient Longman, 1995
from Medieval Times
Selected list of recent papers (A full list is available for inspection in the files of the Secretariat)
"Namibia: A unique internationalIndian and Foreign
responsibility" Review, May 1985
"American Policy in Southern Africa" World Focus, April 1986
"United Nations Role in South Africa" Indian Quarterly
"South Africa: West's regional surrogate" World Focus, August 1986
"Minority rule in Burundi" Conflict Situations in Africa, Bombay University, 1995
Pamphlets
A list of pamphlets and lectures may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Academic association
1981 Member, Selection Committee, Bombay University for post of Lecturers, Centre of East African Studies
1986 Member, Board of School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Censu Tabone (Malta)
Dr. Censu Tabone was born in Victoria, Gozo on 30 March 1913 and was educated at St. Aloysius College and the University of Malta where he graduated as a Pharmacist in 1933 and as Doctor of Medicine in 1937.
During the Second World War he joined the Royal Malta Artillery and served as a regimental Medical Officer, as a general duty officer and later as a trainee ophthalmic specialist at the Military Hospital, Mtarfa. He was awarded the War Medals and, on 15 April 1992, was presented with the Malta George Cross Fifteenth Anniversary Medal. In 1946 he obtained the Diploma in Ophthalmology of the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Later he obtained the Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery of the Conjoint Board of the Royal College of Physicians of London and of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Since 1947 he has been engaged in ophthalmic practice in Malta and has held senior posts in various hospitals. In 1945 he was entrusted with the anti-trachoma campaign in Gozo, with the result that in due course the disease was practically eliminated from the island. This campaign was in many ways a pioneer project as were those of the World Health Organization which he helped launch in many countries, notably in Taiwan (Province of China), Indonesia and Iraq. He was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1949. From 1956 he served as a member of the International Panel of Trachoma Experts of WHO and was a consultant with this organization for many years.
In 1954 he founded the Medical Officers Union, now the Medical Association of Malta (MAM) and for many years was its President. In 1953 he obtained a Diploma in Medical Jurisprudence of the Society of Apothecaries of London. Dr. Tabone has also been a member of the Council of the University of Malta, a member of the Faculty Board of Medicine from 1957 and lecturer in Clinical Ophthalmology in the Department of Surgery.
Dr. Tabone has been active in politics since the early 1960s and in 1961 became a member of the Nationalist Party's (NP) Executive Committee. From 1962 to 1972, he was Secretary-General and from 1972 to 1977 the first Deputy Leader of the NP. In 1978 he was elected President of the Executive Committee. He held this post up to August 1985.
Dr. Tabone contested the General Elections for the first time in the interests of the NP in 1962. In 1966 he was elected a Member of Parliament and became Minister of Labour, Employment and Welfare. He was re-elected in 1971, 1976, 1981 and 1987 and the districts he represented included Msida, St. Julians, Sliema and Gzira. He represented the Nationalist Parliamentary Group in the Council of Europe since 1973 and was Party Spokesman on Foreign Affairs since 1978. He was a member of various Council of Europe committees for several years and rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee, of the Committee of Health and Social Affairs, and of the Committee for European Non-Member Countries of which he has also been President. He was the Founder of the "Akkademja Ghall-izvilupp ta' i-Ambject Demokratiku" (AZAD) and was its President from 1976 to 1988.
After the election of May 1987, he was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 1968, when he was then Minister of Labour, Employment and Welfare, he made a proposal at the United Nations in New York for greater attention to the ageing population of the world which in time led to the Vienna Action Plan on Ageing, and in 1988 the establishment of the United Nations Institute of Ageing in Malta. In September 1988 he made a proposal in the United Nations in New York that climate should be considered as a common heritage of mankind. Within three months this led to the drafting of a United Nations resolution on Climate Change and on action to be taken to reduce man-made actions which are at the root of such a change.
On 16 March 1989, Dr. Tabone tendered his resignation as Minister for Foreign Affairs and as a member of the House of Representatives; and on 4 April of the same year he was elected by Parliament as the fourth President of Malta. On 4 April 1994 his term as President of Malta ended.
From 15 April 1995 Visiting Professor in International Affairs, University of Malta
Decorations and awards
1989 Awarded testimonial by the Secretary-General of the United Nations in recognition of his dedicated service in support of the United Programme on Ageing
1989 Degree of Doctor of Laws LL.D (Hons. Causa) by the University of Malta
1990 Companion of Honour of the Order of Merit, Malta
1990 Special Grade of Grand Cross of the Order of Merit, Federal Republic of Germany
1991 "Pro Merito" medal from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
1991 Presidential Gold Medal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
1991 Grand Collar of the Order of Makarios III, Cyprus
1991 Cavaliere di Gran Croce decorato con Gran Cordone al Merito, Italy
1991 M.D. (Hon. Causa) by the Beijing Medical College, China
1992 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Great Britain (G.C.B.)
1992 Collare dell'Ordine al Merito Melltense (SMOM)
1994 Gold Medal Award - Mérite Européen for his contribution to the peoples of Europe. Given by the Fondation du Mérite Européen
1995 Cavaliere di Collare dell'Ordine Piano
Joaquín Tacsan (Costa Rica)
University education
J.S.D./Ph.D Juris Scientiae Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1991, cum laude, 1991 Bustamante Prize in International Law. Degree recognized by CONESUP in December 1992
LL.M. Master of Laws, University of California, Berkeley, 1989
Special fields Papers on human rights and international law,
of study University of Costa Rica, 1986
Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Laws, University of Costa Rica, 1978
Honours (A full list is available for consultation in the files of the secretariat)
Certificate of Merit for Creative Scholarship, American Society of International Law, 1993. Best creative book in 1993 in the field of law and international relations
Foreign Student Council Scholarship to the International Leadership Seminar, USIA, Washington D.C., Summer 1988
Associate Editor, International Tax and Business Lawyer, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, 1988
Fulbright/Hays grant for doctoral studies in the United States, 1987-1990
Honour roll, postgraduate studies in human rights and international law, postgraduate studies programme, Faculty of Law, University of Costa Rica, 1986
Professional experience (Full details may be inspected in the files of the secretariat)
1994-present Director, Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress
1991-1994 Centre for Peace and Reconciliation, Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, Executive Adviser to Mr. Oscar Arias, former President of Costa Rica and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 1987
1995-present Professor of Human Rights and International Security, Diplomatic Institute of Costa Rica
1994-present Counsellor on human rights and international law, Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1994-1995 General Coordinator of the final evaluation team for the Development Programme for Displaced Persons, Refugees and Returnees in Central America
1993 Associate Professor of Law, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Division of Marine Affairs
1992 Legal adviser to the Government of Suriname in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
1992-present Latin American University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Law, Doctoral Programme, Professor of Public International Law and Human Rights
1991-1992 Professor of Human Rights and International Law, University of San José, Costa Rica
1989-1990 University of California, Berkeley, Associate researcher in international law and human rights
1986-87 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica. Lawyer, Advisory Committee, in the Border and Transborder Armed Actions case, Nicaragua v. Costa Rica, International Court of Justice
1986 University of Costa Rica, Professor of Public and Private International Law
Principal publications
Book "The Dynamics of International Law in Conflict Resolution", Martinus Nijhoff Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands (1992). Certificate of Merit, American Society of International Law, best creative book of the year, 1992-1993
Textbook, Course on international public law and human rights, vols. I and II, ULACIT, San José, Costa Rica, 1992
Textbook, International security and human rights, Manuel María Peralta Diplomatic Institute, San José, 1995
Mr. Tacsan is the author of several academic articles published in various periodicals in Costa Rica and abroad. Copies may be requested from him
Selected publications
A complete list is available for consultation in the files of the secretariat.
Other recent international activities
Conference on Human Security and Militarism, Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, February 1995
Presentation of final evaluation report on the Development Programme for Displaced Persons, Refugees and Returnees in Central America, Trusteeship Council, United Nations, New York, February 1995
"Imagining a post-war Guatemala", Vesper International/Arias Foundation, El Presidio, San Francisco, September 1994
Conference on Global Governability, Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS), San José, Costa Rica, January 1994
Conference on Demobilization, Demilitarization and Democratization in Central America, Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress, Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, San José, Costa Rica, August 1993
ACUNS Summer Workshop, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, July-August 1993
International Consultation Network (INN) Consultation, The Carter Center, 1991 and 1993
Demobilization and Security in Central America, Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean, Montreal, Canada, December 1992
Security issues in Central America, USIP/Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, November 1993
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, as a special guest of UNCED, Rio de Janeiro, June 1992
Symposium on Sovereignty Issues, Life and Peace Institute, Sweden, May 1992
Reconciliation of Environmental and Economic Policies, Centre for Applied Studies in International Negotiations, Geneva, October-November 1991
International Law Seminar, United Nations, Geneva, June 1990
United States foreign policy summer courses, United States Information Agency, Washington D.C., July 1988
Summer courses, International Law Institute, Washington D.C., July 1987
Public and Private International Law Certificate, The Hague Academy of International Law, summer 1986
Regular attendance at annual meetings of the American Society of International Law, Washington D.C.
Professional organizations
Member of Costa Rican Bar Association since 1978
Founding President and Vice-President of the Sino-Costa Rican Lawyers' Association (1981-1992)
Member of the American Society of International Law since 1985
Coordinator of the interest group on the theory of international law, and member of the human rights interest group
Member of the American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section, since 1987
Mrs. Nína Vajić (Croatia)
Place and date of birth: Zagreb, Croatia, 5 February 1948
Education
1996-1971 Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
B.A. in Law
1971-1973 Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
Postgraduate Studies in Public and Private International Law and International Relations
LL.M. in International Law
1978-1980 Graduate Institute of International Studies (Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales), University of Geneva
Diploma Programme in International Law
1984 Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
J.S.D. in International Law
Languages
Croatian, English, German, French (fluent)
Italian, Spanish (reading knowledge)
Current appointment
Professor of Public International Law at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law (1991-present)
Previous appointments
Instructor 1971-1978, Assistant 1978-1985, Assistant Professor 1985-1991 of Public International Law at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Law
Director of the Institute of International and Comparative Law of the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb 1991-1994
Fields of specialization
Public International Law in general, with emphasis in human rights, peaceful settlement of disputes, law of treaties, law of international organizations, United Nations European Community Law
Other relevant experience
Adviser with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Croatia
Member of the Croatian delegation to the CSCE Expert Meeting on Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, Geneva 1992; Member of the Croatian delegation to the CSCE Review Conference and Summit Meeting, Budapest 1994
Consultant to governmental bodies (in Croatia) on questions of international law
Member of the OSCE Dispute Settlement Mechanism and Alternate Arbitrator of the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration of the Convention on Conciliation and Arbitration within the CSCE (now OSCE)
Guest lecturer: Inter-University Centre of Postgraduate Studies, Dubrovnik (Croatia); Universities of Osijek, Rijeka (Croatia), Parma (Italy), Vienna (Austria), Iberoamerican University, Mexico City (Mexico)
Participation in numerous research projects and expert conferences
Editing the periodical "Contributions to the study of comparative and international law" in Croatian, English, French
Professional organizations
Croatian Society of International Law (President)
International Law Association
The Croatian European Community Studies Association
International Institute of Space Law
Publications (selection)
United Nations General Assembly Resolutions as a Source of International Law, (in Croatian), LL.M. thesis, Zagreb, 1977, 99 p.
Direct Broadcasting by Satellites and International Law (in Croatian), doctoral thesis, Zagreb, 1984, 402 p.
"Les résolutions des organisations internationales", Jugoslovenska revija za meunarodno pravo, vol. 27, No. 1, 1980, pp. 42-59
"Conclusion of treaties by the European Economic Community", (in Croatian), Godišnjak Pravnog fakulteta u Banjaluci, No. 7, 1983, pp. 87-107
"The law of outer space and the law of the sea: A joint contribution to the emergence of the common heritage of mankind concept", Essays on the New Law of the Sea ed. B. Vukas, Prinosi za poredbeno proučavanje prava i meunarodno pravo, vol. 18, No. 21, 1985, pp. 537-556
"The United Nations and the development of space law" (in Croatian), Jugoslovenska revija za meunarodno pravo, vol. 32, No. 1-2, 1985, pp. 403-415
"The geostationary orbit", (in Croatian), Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu, vol. 35, No. 5-6, 1985, pp. 635-644
"Interpretative Declarations to Multilateral Treaties", (in Croatian), Jugoslovenska revija za meunarodno pravo, vol. 34, No. 1-2, 1987, pp. 152-167
"Good-neighbourly relations and the United Nations", (in Croatian), Aktuelni trendovi u razvoju meunarodnopravnih formi pogranične suradnje u Evropi, Pravna fakulteta u Ljubljani, Institut za meunarodne odnose, Ljubljana, 1988, pp. 1-13
"Freedom of information and international law", (in Croatian), Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu, vol. 39, Nos. 5-6, Supplement, 1989, pp. 699-712
"The adjustment of the Yugoslav legal order to universal and European conventions on human rights", presented at the Round Table: Similarities and Differences between Universal and European Standards in the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, Institut za menarodnu politiku i privredu and the Council of Europe, Belgrade, 10-11 December 1990, 18 p.
"Perceptions and demands from outside: what kind of political union? View from Yugoslavia: political union to avoid nineteenth century foreign policy", Toward Political Union: Planning a Common Foreign and Security Policy in the European Community, ed. R. Rummel, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, 1992, pp. 255-260. (Aktuelle Materialien zur internationalen Politik, Bd. 30)
"Right to self-determination within the framework of the United Nations referring to the current situation in Croatia", Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu, vol. 41, No. 6, 1991, pp. 569-575
"United Nations peace-keeping operations, the Blue Helmets", (in Croatian), Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu, vol. 41, No. 6, 1991, pp. 541-555
"Succession of States - Selected problems of international law", (in Croatian), Zakonitost, vol. 46, No. 4, 1992, pp. 570-577
Luis Valencia Rodriguez (Ecuador)
Born: Quito, Ecuador, 5 March 1926
Academic studies and qualifications
Higher studies at the Faculty of Law of the General University of Ecuador (Quito)
Fifth Special Course for Government Legal Advisers, London (1968-1969)
Degree in Public and Social Sciences (Central University of Ecuador, Quito)
Qualified barrister in the Ecuadorian courts and Doctor of Jurisprudence at the Central University, Quito
Languages
English, French, Portuguese and Russian
Principal assignments in the Foreign Service of Ecuador
Head of the Political Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1951)
Director of the OAS (Organization of American States) Section (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1955)
Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations (16 July 1959-30 October 1963)
Minister Plenipotentiary at the Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations (31 October 1963-8 March 1964)
Under-Secretary for Diplomatic and Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (9 March 1964-16 March 1964)
Promoted to Ambassador on 25 August 1965
Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs (on various occasions between July and December 1965)
Minister for Foreign Affairs (two terms: 14 December 1965-31 March 1966 and 4 November 1981-9 August 1984
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ecuador to Argentina (1989-1991)
Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1994-...)
A full list of positions held may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Main official assignments
Head of delegation to the eighteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly (1963)
Representative to the Fifth World Conference of the Society for Interntional Development (New York, 1963)
Representative to the fifth session of the Inter-American Council of Jurists (San Salvador, 1965)
Head of delegation to the twenty-first regular session of the United Nations General Assembly (1966)
Member of the Ecuadorian delegation to the second session of the United Nations Conference on the Law of Treaties (Vienna, 1969)
Head of the Ecuadorian delegation to the thirtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly (1975)
Head of the Ecuadorian delegation to the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth regular sessions of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (1981, 1982 and 1983)
Head of the Ecuadorian delegation to the thirty-seventh regular session of the United Nations General Assembly (1982)
Chairman of the First Committee, forty-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly (1994)
A full list of participation in international conferences may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Other posts and assignments
Member, in a personal capacity, of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (1970-1986). Three terms as Chairman of the Committee (1972-1974, 1984-1986 and 1992-1994)
OAS representative assigned to observe the elections in Grenada (December 1984)
Independent Expert of the Commission on Human Rights (1991)
A list of teaching assignments and lecturing and other activities may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Official missions
As Ecuadorian Minister for Foreign Affairs or as a member of offical Ecuadorian delegations, has travelled on official missions to Argentina, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, St. Lucia, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Uruguay, the Vatican, Venezuela, the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the European Economic Community and the Latin American Integration Association.
A full list of official missions may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Publications
Fundamentos y propósitos de las Naciones Unidad (Bases and purposes of the United Nations) (1970)
Principios de las Naciones Unidad (Principles of the United Nations) (1972)
Protección de los Derechos Humanos (Protection of human rights) (1972), sole prizewinner in an international competition organized by the World Peace through Law Centre
Los derechos humanos de los trabajadores migrantes (The human rights of migrant workers) (1975)
Cumplimiento del artículo 6 de la Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación do Todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial (Compliance with article 6 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination) (1977)
Visión del Ecuador (A vision of Ecuador) (1982)
Various legal and literary studies
A full list of publications may be consulted in the files of the Secretariat.
Decorations and honours
Awarded the "Bien de la Patria" decoration by decision of the National Constituent Assembly of Ecuador in November 1966
Grand Cross of the "Al Mérito" National Order of Ecuador
Grand Cross of the "Al Mérito" National Order of Italy
Grand Cross of the "Cóndor de los Andes" Order of Bolivia
Grand Cross of the "Cruzeiro do Sul" Order of Brazil
Grand Cross of the "Rubén Darío" Order of Nicaragua
"Francisco de Miranda Primera Clase" decoration of Venezuela
Grand Cross of the "Boyacá" Order of Colombia
Grand Cross of the "Libertador San Martín" Order of Argentina
Grand Cross of the "Rio Branco" Order of Brazil
Grand Cordon of the "Libertador" Order of Venezuela
Grand Cross of the "Orden del Sol" of Peru
Grand Cross of the Gwanghwa Order of Merit for Diplomatic Service of Korea
Grand Cross of the "José Matías Delgado" Order of El Salvador
Grand Cross of the Order of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella of the Dominican Republic
Grand Cross of the "Ponche Verde" Order of Río Grande do Sul, Brazil
Grand Cross of the "Orden de Mayo", Argentina
Mario Jorge Yutzis (Argentina)
Born: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 26 July 1936
Vicar of the United Lutheran Church in Argentina
Master of Theology, José C. Paz Lutheran Faculty of Theology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Doctor of Religious Sciences, Faculty of Protestant Theology, University of Strasbourg, France
University studies in Psychology and Anthropology, Montevideo and Buenos Aires
Student Chaplain, Student Christian Movement of Argentina (1960)
Studies Secretary of the Latin American Executive Committee of the World Student Christian Federation (1973-1976)
Member of the Executive Committee of the World Student Christian Federation
Human Rights Adviser to the Lutheran World Federation (1978-1979)
Co-editor of the Newsletter "Human Rights Concern" of the Lutheran World Federation (1978-1979)
Professor of Latin American Reality (ISEDET)
Professor of Philosophical Anthropology at the Buenos Aires Higher Evangelical Institute for Theological Education (ISEDET)
Professor of Contemporary Ideologies at ISEDET (1977-1978)
Professor of Christian Ethics at the José C. Paz Lutheran Faculty of Theology, Buenos Aires (1963-1964)
Professor of Fundamental Psychology, Young Men's Christian Association of Argentina (1983-1986), Professor of the Permanent Course for Senior Officials
Visiting Professor, Hamma School of Theology, Springfield, Ohio (1969)
Visiting Professor, St. Paul Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota (1985)
Visiting Professor, Dayton University, Columbus, Ohio (1969)
Visiting Professor, Washington Ecumenical Consortium (1981)
Visiting Professor, School of Theology, Vancouver, Canada (1984)
Visiting Professor, Ecumenical Institute of Bossey (Céligny, Vaud, Switzerland (1978-1979)
Member, Mission to Monitor Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh, organized by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
Member of the Anti-Racism Information Service
Board member, International Movement against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism
Assistant Professor in the Adult Education Service of the University of Geneva, Switzerland (1978-1979)
Member of CERD (1984-1996)
Vice-Chairman of CERD (1986-1990)
Selected publications (A full list is available for consultation in the files of the Secretariat.)
La noción de la persona en la antropología de Unamuno (The notion of person in Unamuno's anthropology), Salamanca
La construcción social de la enfermedád (The social construction of illness), Buenos Aires
Identidad nacional y democracia (National identity and democracy)
Derecho internacional, multilateralismo y la paz en el mundo (International law, multilateralism and world peace), Buenos Aires
Derechos humanos y la hermenéutica de la fe cristiana (Human rights and the hermeneutics of Christian faith), Buenos Aires
Ideología y cambio social (Ideology and social change), Geneva
Algunas reflexiones en torno al lenguaje de la fe cristiana (Some reflections on the language of Christian faith), Buenos Aires
Les Naciones Unidas y los derechos humanos (The United Nations and human rights), Buenos Aires
Martin Lutero: Una teologia de la libertad de la palabra (Martin Luther: A theology of the freedom of the word), Buenos Aires
Daniel Bell and the question of the individual in the post-industrial society, ISEDET, 1993
Democracy, underdevelopment and governability in Latin America, paper presented on the occasion of the jubilee of the Church of Sweden
Languages:
Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Italian
Zou Deci (China)
Date of birth: December 1932
Place of birth: Shanghai, China
Nationality: Chinese
Education
1950 Enrolled in Peking University Law School
1952 Transferred to Beijing Institute of Political Science and Law from Peking University Law School
1954 LL.B., Beijing Institute of Political Science and Law
Main positions
1954-1972 Teaching International Law at Beijing Institute of Political Science and Law
1972-1980 Associate Professor, Beijing Second Institute of Foreign Languages
1980-1982 Visiting Scholar, Denver University Law School, Denver, Colorado, United States
1982-1987 Legal Adviser to State Oceanic Administration
1987-1994 Director-General, Department of International Legal Affairs, Ministry of Justice
Concurrently, Professor of Law at Wuhan University, China University of Political Science and Law and Zhongnan College of Political Science and Law
1994-... Executive Governor, China Law Society
Academic and social positions
Member, China Research Institute of Human Rights
Vice-President, Institute of Procedure Law, China Law Society (1991-...)
Member, Legal Advisers Committee, All China Association for Overseas Chinese
Council Member, Chinese Society of International Law
Vice-President, Chinese Society of Private International Law (1991-)
Standing Council Member, China Institute for Law of the Sea
Member of Executive Committee, All China Women's Federation (1988-1993)
Adviser, China Women Judges Association (1994-)
Council Member, Western Returned Scholars Association of China; Deputy Secretary-General, US Chapter, WRWA (1995-)
Main international activities
Alternate or Representative of the Chinese delegation to the first to fifth sessions of the United Nations Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-bed Authority and International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, 1983-1987.
Member of the Chinese delegation for the bilateral negotiations for agreements on civil and criminal judicial assistance with such countries as: Mongolia, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Cuba, Russian Federation, Spain, Egypt, Thailand, Canada, Greece.
Representative of the Chinese delegation to the eighth session of the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Treatment of Offenders, as well as the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference.
Member of the Chinese delegation to the fourteenth and fifteenth sessions of the Conference on World Peace through Law.
Facilitator for the Workshop on Violence Against Women in the NGO Forum for the Fourth United Nations Conference on Women, 1995.
Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Organizing Committee for the 14th LAW ASIA Biennial Conference.
Main publications
China's Judicial System
Survey on China's System of National Regional Autonomy
Protection of the Rights of Ethnic Minorities in China's Judicial System
International Judicial Assistance in China
Commentary on the Provisions on Judicial Assistance in China's Law on Civil Procedure
Role of International Judicial Assistance in the Process of Reform and Opening to the Outside World
Commentary on the Work of the Preparatory Commission on International Sea-bed Authority and International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Editor-in-Chief, Collection of Treaties on International Judicial Assistance
Editor-in-Chief, Selections of Laws on Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zones of the Countries Concerned.
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