ELECTION, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 43 OF THE CONVENTION ON
THE RIGHTS OF
THE CHILD, OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON
THE
RIGHTS OF THE CHILD, TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS
ARE
DUE TO EXPIRE ON 28 FEBRUARY 1997
Note by the SecretarynGeneral
Addendum
1. The present addendum contains additional nominations for
election to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, received
after the submission by the SecretarynGeneral of the list of
candidates in document CRC/SP/21. Biographical data of the
persons nominated, as furnished by the States parties concerned,
are contained in the annex to the present document.
Name of
candidateNominated by
Mr. Tedla
Diressie
Ethiopia
Mrs. Hayat Malhas
Yaghi
Jordan
Mrs. Nanitom
Motoyam
Chad
Mr. Horacio David
Pacheco Argentina
Mr. Tirtha Man
Shakya
Nepal
GE.97n15046 (E)
Annex
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF NOMINEES
Mr. Tedla Diressie (Ethiopia)
I. PERSONAL DATA
Date of birth 31 March
1948
Marital status Married, with
children
II. EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND
Graduated from Addis Ababa University with a BA in
psychology
Diploma in Accounting
Diploma in Directors and Supervisors course given by the
Education Faculty of the University
Graduated from Teachers Training Institute with a diploma
Research in relation to child psychology
Mental and emotional development of children in kindergarten
The effect of nicknames on the development of children
Emotional vs. biological development of adolescents
Guidance and counselling for primary school children
Measurement and evaluation in learning behaviour
Experimental psychology
Conflict and conflict resolution
III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
General Manager, Children and Youth Affairs
Organization
Main duties:
(a) Liaise with international
governmental and nonngovernmental organizations as well as national
institutions to facilitate the mental and physical development of
children in Ethiopia;
(b) Responsible for the
implementation of all such programmes of collaboration;
(c) Coordinating the efforts of
Department heads in the interpretation and implementation of policy
guidelines set up by international conventions and the Government
of Ethiopia with respect to children's rights, family and youth
welfare;
(d) Sign bilateral and
multilateral agreements with local and international organizations
catering for the wellnbeing of children and youth, including
monitoring of their respective performances.
Additional responsibilities:
(a) Chairman of the Steering Committee for the
Preparation of the National Programme of Action for Children and
Women in Ethiopia;
(b) Chairman of the National Committee to follow up
the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child;
(c) Secretary of the National Committee for the
follownup of the implementation of the National Programme of Action
for Children and Women in Ethiopia.
IV. WORKSHOP AND CONFERENCES
A. Abroad
1. Technical Workshop on the preparation of a
National Programme of Action (NPA) for children, organized by the
UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Harare, June
1992. Presented a paper on the situation of children in
Ethiopia and the National Programme of Action.
2. International Conference on Assistance for
African Children, organized by the Organization of African Unity,
Dakar, 24n27 November 1992.
3. Workshop on NPA Planning, Implementation
and Monitoring, organized by UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa
Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya, 25n27 August 1993.
Presented a paper on the situation of children in Ethiopia and the
status of NPA.
4. Technical Workshop on NPA decentralization
and implementation in Eastern and Southern Africa organized by
UNICEF, Mabarara, Uganda, 16n19 November 1994.
5. African Conference on the Monitoring of the
Child Situation in Africa, organized by OAU, Tunis, 11n13 January
1995. Presented a paper on the situation of children in
Ethiopia and the status of NPA.
6. A twonweek work and experiencensharing
visit to Bangladesh in relation to Mother and Child Health and
Family Planning organized by USAID, 2 Mayn 5 June 1995.
7. World Congress against Commercial Sexual
Exploitation of Children organized by the Government of Sweden,
UNICEF and NGO groups, Stockholm, 13n27 August 1996.
8. Experiencensharing visits organized by
partner NGOs:
Jeddah, November 1991
Khartoum, November 1994.
B. Ethiopia
1. Workshop on Children in Difficult
Circumstances organized by the Ethiopian Chapter of the African
Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and
Neglect (ANPPCAN) Addis Ababa, 23n24 January 1992.
Presented a paper on child abuse and neglect in Ethiopia.
2. Workshop on the Convention on the Rights of
the Child organized by the UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa
Regional Office aimed at giving basic training and programming,
advocacy, monitoring and strategies relating to the implementation
of the Convention, Addis Ababa, 28
Septembern2 October 1992.
3. Workshop on Child Prostitution organized by
Swedish Save the Children, Addis Ababa, 11n12 October 1993.
4. Workshop on Population and SocionEconomic
Development organized by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs,
Nazareth, 21n25 December 1993.
5. Workshop on NonnFormal Education for
Disadvantaged Children organized by Christian Relief, the
Development Association of Concerned NGOs and government
institutions, 29n30 September 1994.
6. Workshop on Youth Health organized by the
Ministry of Health, Debreziet, December 1994. Presented paper
on the implementation of the Convention and its reporting
mechanisms.
7. Symposium on Famine in Ethiopia organized
by ECA and the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, Addis Ababa,
15n18 March 1995.
8. National workshop on the follownup to the
implementation of the Convention, organized by the Children and
Youth Affairs Organization and Save the Children Federation
(UK). Presented a paper on the implementation of the
Convention and its reporting mechanism.
9. Regional workshop on the follownup to the
implementation of the Convention in Region 3 of Ethiopia, Bahir
Dar, November 1995. Presented a paper on children in
especially difficult circumstances.
10. Workshop on the problems of streetism organized
by the Forum on Street Children, July 1995. Presented a paper
on the situation of street children in Ethiopia and the available
services.
11. Participated in a research project on the state
of children in conflict with the law and the administration of
juvenile justice.
12. National workshop on the situation of children
and adolescents in Ethiopia organized by Addis Ababa University
research groups, Addis Ababa University, 9n10 August 1996.
Presented a research paper on children in especially difficult
circumstances.
Mrs. Hayat Malhas Yaghi (Jordan)
I. PERSONAL DATA
Marital status: Married with four children.
Languages: Arabic
mother tongue
English (spoken, written, comprehension).
II. EDUCATION
1992npresent: Post graduate study for Ph.D. in
Sociology.
1974: M.A. Educational Psychology (Counseling and
guidance), University of Jordan, Amman.
1970: North Diploma in Education, University of Jordan,
Amman.
1955: B.A. Major SociologynMinor Psychology, American
University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
1952: A.A. (Sophomore Degree), Beirut College for
Women, Beirut, Lebanon.
1950: High School diploma, American School for Girls
Beirut, Lebanon.
III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
February 1996npresent
Coordinator, National Task Force for Children (NTFC), Chaired by
H.M. Queen Noor, assisted technically by
UNICEFnJordan. Implementing and coordinating the Convention
on the Rights of the Child in educational curricula and preparing
the draft of the Jordan Child Act.
October 1992n1994
Consultant for remedial education for children with special
needs. UNRWAnUNESCO, Amman, Jordan. Designing special
programmes and preparing educational packages for children victims
of violence and wars.
1986n1992
Deputy Field Education Officer and General School Education
Officer. UNRWAnUNESCO, Amman, Jordan. Responsible for
UNRWA education programmes from elementary to community college
cycles.
1981n1986
Principal of UNRWAnUNESCO Amman Training College, a community
college for vocational and teacher training of young male and
female students. Supervised 150 staff and 800
trainees. Responsible for the overall technical and
administrative operation of the College. Responsible for
UNRWA's contacts with Ministry of Higher Education and other
relevant ministries in Amman.
December 1981nApril 1982
Seconded from UNRWA to UNESCO, International Programmes
Division, Paris, as UNESCO consultant for women's education and
development in rural areas in Iraq.
1972n1981
Assistant Principal and Dean for Students' Affairs at
UNRWAnUNESCO Amman Training College. Responsible for
registration operations and achievement evaluation records, student
life on campus, including the boarding sections for men and women
students, concurricula and club activities and community service
programmes.
1956n1971
Social work and relief jobs with UNRWA in West Bank and
Jordan. Teaching of psychology and sociology at the UNRWA
Ramallah Women's Training College in the West Bank. Teaching
of Music and English in various schools in Kuwait and in Beirut,
for elementary and preparatorynlevel children.
IV. CONSULTANCIES AND DELEGATIONS
December 1981nApril 1982
Seconded from UNRWA to UNESCO, International Programmes
Division, Paris, as consultant for a pilot experimental project for
an integrated approach for women and development in rural areas in
Iraq.
A list of projects designed and implemented is available for
consultation in the files of the Secretariat.
UNRWAnUNESCO consultancy 1992n1994 for remedial education
programmes for children with special needs (slownlearning and
gifted) in UNRWA host countries (Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic,
Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza Strip).
Delegated by UNRWA for fundnraising campaign in Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait and Jordan during 1988, for the purpose of offering
university education scholarships in Middle East universities for
outstanding young men and women. The programme is still
functioning.
Delegated by UNRWAnUNESCO to chair a feasibility study committee
in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries for the purpose of
introduction and deletion of vocational and technical courses, in
accordance with the market needs in those countries, at
UNRWAnUNESCO vocational education colleges in the host countries
(1984).
A list of membership of professional societies is available for
consultation in the files of the Secretariat.
V. SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
Represented UNRWA in international and national conferences on
subjects related to women and child affairs in Vienna, France,
United States of America, United Kingdom, Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq and Jordan.
Represented the World YWCA at the World Conference to Review and
Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for
Women NGO Conference, Nairobi, 1985. Presented a paper
APortrait of a Palestinian refugee woman@.
Organized and implemented workshops on remedial education for
children with learning problems in Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab
Republic, West Bank and Gaza Strip in 1992.
Organized and implemented incomengenerating projects for women
and youth in Jordanian camps and at UNRWA schools on traditional
industries and crafts such as embroidery, pottery, glass, wood,
brass and straw works, production of children's clothes, uniforms
for workers in hotels, hospitals and household staff.
Organized, implemented and established a carpentry workshop for
the production of educational games for children at UNRWA schools
in Jordan. Teachers and children participated in the
production of these games.
Attended six managerial training seminars for UNRWA senior staff
in Cyprus.
VI. PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH WORK
AProblems of Palestinian refugees in camps in Jordan@.
(M.A. thesis), University of Jordan Library, 1974.
Participated in writing a book along with a group of medical
doctors and provided a chapter on AChildren's Creative Play@.
The book was edited by Dr. T. Dabbagh, UNRWA, Jordan,
1970.
UNDP/IRO/77/006 assignment report on AA pilot experimental
project for an integrated approach to education for rural
development@. This report was published by UNESCO, Paris, for
circulation in UNESCO areas of operation, 1982.
Participated in drafting a research study report, upon request
of UNRWA headquarters, Vienna, on Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries'
employment market for the purpose of employment of UNRWA vocational
education college graduates.
Designed, with a group of specialists, a pilot project for
remedial education programmes at UNRWA schools in Jordan, West
Bank, Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syrian Arab Republic.
Mrs. Nanitom Motoyam (Chad)
Date and place
of
birth:
28 November 1959 at Bédaya (MoyennChari)
Marital status: Married
Languages:
French
I. EDUCATION
University of Chad, 1984n1987, law degree in 1987;
Ecole Nationale d'Administration et de Magistrature
(ENAM). Magistrate's diploma.
II. ADMINISTRATIVE SITUATION
Magistrate (Grade 3, step 6);
Judge in the Court of First Instance, N'Djamena, 1991n1994;
President, Labour and Social Security Tribunal, N'Djamena, by
Decree No. 061/PR/MJ/94 of 31 March 1994;
Director of Child Welfare, by Decree No. 422/PR/MJ/95 of 12 June
1995.
III. OTHER ACTIVITIES
President, Commission on Family and Property Law, Chadian
Association of Women Jurists;
OfficerninnCharge, Interministerial Committee responsible for
monitoring implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child.
Mr. Horacio David Pacheco (Argentina)
Date of birth: 3 October 1941
Civil status: Married
Languages: Spanish,
English
I. PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
A. Prior to graduation from university
December 1958, Secondarynschool diploma at the Colegio Nacional
de Santos Lugares, Province of Buenos Aires.
March 1959, entered the Faculty of Medical Sciences, National
University of Buenos Aires.
Practice in the Department of Hygiene and Prophylaxis.
Practice in shanty towns.
Practice in hospitals: Abel Zubizarreta in the Federal
Capital, San Martín and Villa Ballester Polyclinic,
Province of Buenos Aires.
B. After graduation from university
August 1965, qualified as a doctor in the School of Medicine,
Faculty of Medical Sciences, National University of Buenos
Aires.
November 1965 to December 1968, intern in the Paediatrics
Department, Luisa C. De Gandulfo Hospital, Lomas de
Zamora, Province of Buenos Aires.
December 1968, salaried intern on shortnterm contract, following
competitive examination and theoretical and practical test in the
same department.
1969, salaried intern with tenure, through the same selection
procedure and in the same department.
1967 and 1968, Chief intern in the same department.
1969, Chief, Outnpatient Surgery, in the same department.
Paediatrician, Fracture Centre, Child Surgery Department,
Luisa C. De Gandulfo Hospital.
Deputy Director, Dr. Pedro Chutro Primary Care Centre,
Lomas de Zamora.
Founder member, Chief of Volunteers, Treasurer and President
(successively) of the Association of Paediatricians, Luisa C. De
Gandulfo Hospital.
Intern in the X-ray Department, Pedro de Elizalde Children's
Hospital (Casa Cuna), Federal Capital.
Radiology Specialist, Ministry of Public Health and the
Environment of the Nation.
Founder member and director, Children's Sanatorium, Lomas de
Zamora.
Chief, X-ray Department, in the same sanatorium.
Teacher of Puericulture and Paediatrics, Nurses' Training
College, Argentine Red Cross.
Teacher of Paediatrics and Identification of Newborn Infants,
School of Special Studies, Argentine Red Cross.
Counsellor, Second District, Association of Doctors, Province of
Buenos Aires.
Representative of the Second District to the General Assembly of
the Medical Insurance and Welfare Fund, Province of Buenos
Aires.
Medical auditor, Second District, Association of Doctors,
Province of Buenos Aires.
II. ACTIVITIES IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE FROM 1983 TO
THE PRESENT
A. Municipal level
Various offices held in the social and health sectors in the
district of Lomas de Zamora, Province of Buenos Aires.
This municipality is situated in the inner suburbs of the city of
Buenos Aires; it is 90 square kilometres in area and has a
population of 680,000.
Offices held from 1983 to 1989: Director, Children and
Family Department, UndernSecretary for Public Health, Secretary for
Social Welfare.
B. National level
1. Offices held in 1989 and 1990:
Secretary of State for Human Development and the Family.
2. 1990 and 1991: UndernSecretary for
Prevention and Care of Addictions, subordinate to the Office of the
President of the Nation.
C. Provincial level
Offices held in 1992: President, Institute of Medical
Welfare Activities (IOMA);
President, Council for Provincial Social Services and Activities
of the Argentine Republic (COSSPRA).
2. 1993n1994:
Minister of Health and Social Welfare;
Minister for the Family and Human Development.
3. 1995 and at present:
President, Institute for SocionFamily Studies;
Adviser on Human Rights to the Governor of the Province of
Buenos Aires, Mr. Eduardo A. Dubalde.
Mr. Tirtha Man Shakya (Nepal)
Date of
birth:
21 July 1944
Marital
status:
Married
Academic qualification: M.com/B.L.
Position:
Member Secretary, Nepal Law Reform Commission HMG/Nepal
(1992ndate)
Specialization:
Legislative drafting
(Involved in drafting of almost all important legislation
including laws relating to the human rights, rights of woman,
labour, child labour, refugees, breastnfeeding, human trafficking,
iodized salt, drugs, etc.)
Publication:
A book The Drafting of Laws in Nepal
Training:
Government Legal Advisers' Course (GLA), 1978/79, University of
London, United Kingdom
Development Lawyers' Course (DLC), 1985, International
Development Law Institute, Rome
Seminars/meetings:
PetroleumnPromotional Meeting (1985) London and Houston (member of
the delegation)
International Petroleum Agreement Negotiation Seminar (1986),
Washington, D.C.
Loan NegotiationnHill Community Forest (1987) World Bank,
Washington, D.C. (member of the delegation)
United Nations Conference on the Convention on the Rights
of the Child (1988), Geneva (leader of the delegation)
Harmonizing the drug laws in South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Countries (1989), New Delhi
(leader of the delegation)
Petroleum Promotional Meeting (1990), World Bank,
Washington, D.C. (member of the delegation)
Loan NegotiationnWater Supply (1990), World Bank,
Washington, D.C. (member of the delegation)
SouthnEast Asia Ministerial Meeting on the Rights of the Child
(1990), Bangkok (member of the delegation)
Finalizing the draft of SAARC Convention on Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances (1990), Sri Lanka (leader of the
delegation)
SAARC Ministerial Conference on Rights of SouthnAsian Children
(1992) Sri Lanka (member of the delegation)
1994 Comparative Legislatures Seminar, Philippines and
New Zealand
International Seminar on Globalization and Harmonization of
Commercial and Arbitration Law (1995), New Delhi
Human Rights Reporting: National Capacity Strengthening,
Geneva and Turin, ILO Training Centre (1995)
Presentation of initial report to the Committee on the Rights of
the Child, Geneva, May 1996 (leader of the delegation)
Working
papers:
ALegislative measures to curb child prostitution@ presented at
Consultative Meeting with Academics, Writers and Journalists on
Gender Exploitation and Women of Nepal, Kathmandu,
August 1993
AJuvenile justice: laws, policies and practices in the
Kingdom of Nepal@ presented at Regional Training Programme on
Juvenile Justice and the Rights of the Child: A Challenge for
the Twentynfirst Century, Bangkok, December 1994
ALegislative measures for the enforcement of the rights of the
child@presented at UNICEF Orientation Workshop, Kathmandu,
April 1995
AProspects for ratification of ILO Convention Nos. 87
and 98" presented at National Tripartite Workshop on
International Labour Standards, Kathmandu, April 1995
AUnited Nations Convention on Rights of the Child (CRC) and its
Implementation@ presented at Workshop on CRC and Role of the Member
of Parliament, Kathmandu, August 1996
AChild development and implementation of the law@presented at
Workshop on the Role of Journalists, Banspa, Janakpur and Chitavan,
AugustnSeptember 1996
AImplementation of the recommendation of the Committee on
CRC@presented at an NGO workshop in Kathmandu in
October 1996
AAn overview of laws on child labour@ presented at a workshop
organized for judges, public prosecutors and advocates in Kathmandu
and Biratragar in SeptembernOctober 1996
AChild rights and implementation of the law@ presented at
Workshop on Early Childhood Development and Rights of the Child
organized by Nepal Jaycees in Bharatpur in December 1996
Other activities: Actively involved in the preparation of the
initial report under the Convention as a Chairman of the
Preparation Committee
Actively involved in the preparation of the initial report under
the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women as a Chairman of the Preparation Committee
Actively involved in the preparation of SAARC Code on
Breastnfeeding as leader of the Nepali team
