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GENERAL
CRC/SP/9/Add.1
3 February 1993
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Original: ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH
MEETING OF STATES PARTIES
Third meeting
New York, 23 February 1993
Agenda item 5
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 1993
Note by the Secretary-General
Addendum
1.The present addendum contains six additional nominations for election to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, received after the submission by the Secretary-General of the list of candidates in document CRC/SP/9. Biographical data of the persons nominated, as furnished by the States parties concerned, are contained in the annex to the present document.
2.The annex also contains the biographical data of two candidates nominated for election to the Committee, received after submission of the list of candidates given in document CRC/SP/9.
Name of candidateNominated by
Mrs. Amna Mohammed Abdel-Karim Bedri*Sudan
Mrs. Felicite AhouandogboBenin
Mrs. N.S. AmadhilaNamibia
Mr. Youssouf Mahamane Any*Niger
Mrs. Ida P.E. LiskSierra Leone
Mrs. Fatoumata Diaraye DiabyGuinea
Mrs. Maria Esperanza Ruesta de FurterVenezuela
Mrs. Marília Sardenberg Zelner GonçalvesBrazil
* Listed in document CRC/SP/9 prior to receipt of biographical data from the nominating Government.
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Annex
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA OF NOMINEES
Mrs. Amna Mohammed Abdel-Karim Bedri (Sudan)
[Original: English]
Personal information
Name: Amna Mohammed Abdel-Karim Bedri
Birth: 13 June 1953, Omdurman, Sudan
Marital status: Married with three children
Qualifications
1.Omdurman Secondary School for Girls, 1966-1970
2.University of Khartoum - Faculty of Arts, 1971-1977, B.A. Honours Degree in English language and literature
3.Diploma in French Language, Language of Toura, France, 1972 - University of Poitiers
4.Postgraduate Diploma of Linguistics and English Language Teaching, Moray House College of Education, Edinburgh, 1987
5.M.A. TESOL (Teaching English to speakers of other languages)
Posts
1.Secretary-General, National Council for Child Welfare, 1992
2.Lecturer of Head of English Department, Girls College, Omdurman Islamic University, 1991-1992
3.Coordinator of Childhood Programmes, Ministry of Social Welfare, 1989-1991
4.Lecturer of English Language and Literature, Girls College, Omdurman Islamic University, 1984-1989
5.Part-time lecturer in English Literature, College of Education, University of Khartoum, 1988-1992
6.Part-time Lecturer in English Literature, Omdurman Ablia College, 1988-1992
7.Part-time English Language Teacher, Abfad College for Girls, 1988-1991
8.Part-time Demonstrator in Spoken Arabic, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh, 1987
Membership in organizations
1.Secretary-General of the Social Secretariat Sudanese Women's Union, 1990-1992
2.Member of Board of Directors, Sudan House for Printing and Publishing, 1990 up to now
3.Member of Board of Directors, Sudanese Organization for Welfare of Homeless Children
4.Head of Secretariat of the Conference on Sudanese Children September 1990
5.Member of the Conference on issues concerning Higher Education in Sudan, 1991
6.Member in the Steering Committee of the Conference of Sudanese Women, January 1990
7.Member of the Steering Committee of the International Year of the Family, 1992
Publications
-General Literacy of Factual Publications in English and Sudanese, New Horizon, newspaper and some other in foreign publications such as African presence.
-Several publications in Arabic newspapers and magazines in Sudan and abroad
-Translations of articles in Arabic newspapers and magazines on different social issues, specially those concerning women and children
Conferences attended
-International Conference on Assistance to African Children, Dakar, 1992
-World Summit for Children, New York, 1990
-Seminar on the Care of Children, Khartoum, 1991
-Seminar on Teaching English in Sudanese Universities, Khartoum 1990
-Seminar on the Role of NGOs in the Extensive Immunization Programme, Khartoum, 1989
-Conference on Teaching Women studies in Sudanese Universities, Khartoum, 1988
-Conference on Social Development in Sudan, Khartoum, 1991
Mrs. Felicite Ahouandogbo (Benin)
[Biographical data will be issued in a further addendum to the note by the Secretary-General when received from nominating Government.]
Mrs. S.N. Amadhila (Namibia)
[Original: English]
Name:AMADHILA S.N.
Date of birth:6 August 1951
Place of birth:Ondangwa
Citizenship:Namibian
Marital status:Married with three children, aged 13 years, 9 years and 4 years
Profession:Paediatrician
Occupation:Permanent Secretary
Employer:Ministry of Health
Government of the Republic of Namibia
High school education:
1970Passed Standard 10 at Ongwediva Training College
University education:
1977Obtained MBCHB degree at the University of Natal, Republic of South Africa
Experience:
1978Internship
Oshakati Regional Referral Hospital
1979-1980Medial Officer
Oshakati State Hospital
1981Senior Medical Officer
Oshakati State Hospital
July 1981-1985Resident Department of Paediatrics
Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa
1985Obtained Master of Medicine (Paediatrics)
University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
1986-1990Consultant Paediatrics
Oshakati State Hospital
1990 to datePermanent Secretary
Ministry of Health
Service on other bodies:
-Member of the Advisory Committee of the Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania
-Member of the committee to establish a Medical College in Namibia
-Member of the Tender Board
-Chairman of the Policy Advisory Committee on the National Plan of Action for Children in Namibia
-Chairman, Board of Trustees, Church Hospital Medical Aid and Pension Fund
Hobbies
-Reading, especially literature on children and welfare issues
-Music
-Involved in community activities pertaining to children's welfare
Mr. Youssouf Mahamane Any (Benin)
[Original: French]
Date of birth: 24 May 1950
Civil status: Married
University Diploma: Diploma of the School of Magistrates, Paris
Languages spoken and written: French and English
Other diplomas:
1978 - Master's Degree in Public Law, University of Benin (Togo)
1977 - Bachelor's Degree in Public Law, University of Benin (Togo)
1975 - Diploma of general university studies, Benin (Togo)
1972 - Baccalauréat - Série A, Lycée National de Niamey
Professional career:
1980 - Government Procurator, Maradi Court
1981 - Government Procurator, Tahoua Court
1984 - Second Deputy Procurator-General, Niamey Court of Appeal
1988 - Director of Judicial Affairs, Ministry of Justice
1989 - First Deputy Procurator-General, Niamey Court of Appeal
Since 1990 - Judge, Niger Supreme Court
Administrative activities:
Member of the Committee set up to draft the Family Code and the Rural
Code;
National Consultant with the Rural Code permanent secretariat;
Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Drug Abuse;
Judge in the Administrative Division of the Supreme Court;
Judge in the Judicial Division of the Supreme Court.
Academic activities:
1980 - Course in social law at the Lycée Technique, Maradi
Since 1988 - Tutor and member of the jury for theses presented as part of the course leading to a diploma from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, (Niamey)
Membership of institutions:
Founder member of the Autonomous Professional Association of Magistrates
Vice-President of the National Association to Combat Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, Niger
International experience:
Representative of the Niger at "HONLEA 1986" meeting in Addis Ababa
Representative of the Niger at the Lomé meeting on the harmonization of legislation to combat drug abuse in west Africa, 1988
Member of the delegation of the Niger at the meeting of ANAD
(Abidjan, 1988): Judicial and mutual assistance Convention
Seminars on drug addiction held in Italy, Senegal and Burundi
Experience in the area of human rights
Human rights activist since 1974
Founder member of the Autonomous Professional Association of Magistrates and leader of numerous seminars on international humanitarian law
Studies and articles
"Non-alignment: myth or reality?", 1978
"The pastoral zone", 1990
"Rural Code and pastoralism: current situation and proposals"
Author of several press articles.
Mrs. Ida E.P. Lisk (Sierra Leone)
Biographical data will be issued in a further addendum to the note by the Secretary-General when received from nominating Governments.
Mrs. Fatoumata Diaraye Diaby (Guinea)
[Original: French]
I.Civil status:
Place and date birth: Boke, 4 October 1957
Daughter of: Elhadj M'Hemba Diaby and Siata Fofana
Marital status: Married with one daughter
Occupation: Magistrate, Rank A
Present post: Magistrate responsible for the welfare of children in the State Secretariat for Social Affairs, the Advancement of Women and Children
II.Education and diplomas obtained:
1.Primary studies from 3 October 1964-1970, BokeCEPE
2.Secondary studies from 3 October 1970 to
3 October 1973, Collège Brevet
3.Lycée, 3 October 1975 to 3 October 1976 Single Baccalauréat
4.University studies 4 October 1976 to
3 October 1980 and 3 October 1981 toBachelor of Law
3 October 1982 University of Conakry
Thesis: "Conception of immovable property in Guinea"
III. Posts held:
1990-1991:Internship in the Ministry of Transport (Vocational Training Division)
1981-1986:Magistrate in the departmental staff of the President of the Court of First Instance, Conakry I
1986-1988:State Secretariat for Social Affairs (Chief, Legal and Litigation Division)
1988-1990:Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment, Head of the Department for the Advancement of Children
1991-1992:State Secretariat for Social Affairs, the Advancement of Women and Children
Professional training and experience:
Symposium on the situation and rights of the child (GASDEC-UNICEF).
Round table on the Convention on the Rights of the Child after its adoption by Guinea, organized by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment
National Seminar on the care of young children (Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment/UNICEF);
Seminar organized by CAFRADES/Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment;
National seminar on the prevention of disablement, and education, sport and vocational training for disabled persons;
Assistant in the project in support of young children, organized by UNICEF and the Government of Guinea (Cooperation strategy 1991-1995);
Seminar on the Family Code and the Health Code (Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment/Guinean Family Welfare Association);
Six-month training course on public administration in Italy, management of cooperation for development, at the College of Public Administration in Reggio di Calabria. Thesis: "Decentralization policy of the Republic of Guinea", in Italian;
UNICEF consultant for the emergency project for refugee children from Liberia (Transit centre for unaccompanied children at Conakry), November/December 1991;
Seminar on workers' education, with the collaboration of the International Public Services Federation (October 1991);
International seminar in Senegal on decentralization and problems connected with local communities and management (March 1992), organized by the College of Public Administration, (Rome), at Dakar;
Seminar on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the police in Guinea, at CEDUSTE (May 1992), organized by the Peace and Development Association/UNICEF at Conakry;
Study tour in Burkina Faso and Senegal to exchange experience in the area of family planning and the Family Code;
Seminar on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, attended by members of the legal profession, who discussed adoption, parental responsibility and the child in the family, organized by the Peace and Development Association/UNICEF on 6 and 7 July 1992 at CEDUSTE in Conakry;
Participation in consultations on the initial report on implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Guinea, September 1992, Conakry;
Principal consultant with the Guinean Family Welfare Association;
Member of the National Committee of this Association, legal adviser.
Thesis: "Collection and analysis of documentary information relating to the family with a view to the drafting of the Family Code in the Republic of Guinea", October 1992;
Awarded the Guinean Scouts' Association medal for efforts made in the area of the care of young children and young people in the Republic of Guinea, Conakry, 20 November 1992;
Official expression of thanks by the Guinean Family Welfare Association, October 1992.
Languages spoken: French, Italian.
Maria Esperanza RUESTA DE FURTER (Venezuela)
Date and place of birth:27 April 1930, in Spain, married with one child, María Pilar Furter Ruesta
Education:
Basic:
1937-1948: Colegio de San José de Tarbes, Caracas
Pre-University:
1948-1949: Liceo Fermín Toro, Caracas
University:
1949-1955: Central University of Venezuela, Caracas
Thesis:
1956: "La colocación familiar en el estatuto de minores", published by Ediciones Consejo Venezolano del Niño, Caracas
Degree:
Doctor of Political and Social Science, Central University of Venezuela, 1956
Specialized studies:
Traineeships in juvenile courts and State child and adolescent protection departments: Venezuela (Venezuelan Children's Council, 1952), Spain (juvenile courts and specialized agencies in Madrid, Seville, Granada, Vitoria and Huesca, 1953), United States (Children's Bureau, Health, Education and Welfare Department, January-February 1959), United Kingdom (Home Office Children's Department, March-June 1959), France (International Children's Centre, July-September 1959, and court experience in respect of legislative reforms relating to adoption, September-November 1959) and Switzerland (Guardianship Department, Geneva, December 1959)
Research on municipal organization in a number of Swiss Cantons (1970 to 1972)
Specialized courses:
1953 (July):
Course on adolescents with problems, Vitoria, Spain
1959 (July-August):
Seminar course on the problems of orphans (International Children's Centre, Paris, France)
1961-1962:
Post-graduate course on integral programming at the Centre for Development Studies (CENDES), Central University of Venezuela
1963 (September):
Course organized by the International Children's Centre in Paris for juvenile court judges, entitled "The problems of adolescents"
September 1964-July 1965:
Seminar course on political, economic and social factors affecting contemporary society, given by the Overseas Education Fund at Wellesley College, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
October 1970-July 1972:
Two-year seminar course on "Educational problems associated with modernization". Development Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
Other professional experience:
Lawyer with the Federal District Bar Association
Deputy Judge with the Second Juvenile Court for the Federal District and the State of Miranda and associate judge with the Higher Juvenile Court from 1959 to 1970
Public service:
16 July 1949-15 November 1951:
Assistant to the Technical Advisers Office of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Caracas
1952-1953:
Joined the Venezuelan Children's Council (CNV) which awarded her a fellowship for advanced studies
Deputy Registrar of the Second Juvenile Court for the Federal District, Caracas (15 August 1955-15 September 1955)
29 October 1955-3 February 1956:
Adviser to the Committee on the Reorganization of the Family Placement and Adoptions Department of the Venezuelan Children's Council, Caracas
3 February 1956-1 July 1957:
Technical Adviser in charge of the Family Placement and Adoptions Section of the Venezuelan Children's Council, Caracas
1 July 1957-15 April 1960:
Responsible for the Discharge and Probation Section (follow-up of young persons discharged from establishments for children with behavioural problems) of the Venezuelan Children's Council, Caracas
15 April 1960-30 April 1963:
Head of the Follow-up Treatment Department of the Venezuelan Children's Council, Caracas (technical and administrative responsibility at the national level for the Discharge and Probation Section, the Family Placement Section and the Adoptions Section)
Private-sector experience:
May 1963-December 1965:
Member of the technical team of the Federation of Private Child Welfare Agencies (FIPAN), Caracas
1966-April 1970:
Executive Director of the Federation of Private Child Welfare Agencies (FIPAN), Caracas
Return to public service and entry into the foreign service:
April 1970-July 1972:
Fundacomún contract to study the social policy in some Swiss municipalities, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
August 1972-January 1974:
Adviser to the Municipal Action Division of the Foundation for Municipal Development and Promotion, Caracas, Venezuela
Foreign service:
From April 1974 to present, diplomat (with present rank of Counsellor) attached to the Permanent Mission of Venezuela to the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Participated as a member of the Venezuelan delegation in numerous United Nations conferences and meetings of committees, commissions and working groups, including conferences of the International Labour Organisation, World Health Assemblies, the WHO Executive Board, the Executive Board of UNHCR, the Commission on Human Rights (including service as the Commission's Rapporteur at the forty-third session and alternate representative of Venezuela at the forty-sixth and forty-seventh sessions).
A full list of conferences, meetings and missions attended may be consulted in the files of the secretariat.
Also participated in a personal capacity as a member of numerous conferences, commissions or boards relating specifically to the problems of children, such as the Venezuelan Children's Council (CVN) and the YMCA Committee on the Studies Centre.
A full list of such memberships may be consulted in the files of the secretariat.
Publications:
"La Colocación Familiar en el Estatuto de Menores" (Thesis, 1960. Published by CVN)
"Notas sobre la Colocación Familiar" (1959, published by CVN)
"El Problema de la Adopción en Venezuela", report for the Venezuelan Children's Council, published by FIPAN, Caracas
Mrs. Marília Sardenberg Zelner Gonçalves (Brazil)
[Original: English]
Graduate from the Pontificial Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Graduate from the Diplomatic Academy of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Instituto Rio-Branco)
Graduated from the Diplomatic Special Training Course of the Diplomatic Academy of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations.
Present assignment:
Executive Coordinator to the Office of the Secretary-General of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, Brasilia, Brazil.
Participation in international meetings and events:
Delegate to sessions of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1988-1989-1990);
Observer to the XXXIX and XL sessions of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (1988-1989);
Member of the Commission on Human Rights Working Group on the Question of a Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1988-1989;
Delegate to the XXXVIII to XL sessions of the Executive Committee of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) (1987-1988-1989);
Rapporteur to the XXXIX session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR (1988);
Member of the Working Group of the Executive Committee of UNHCR mandated by ECOSOC to study enhanced participation of observers in EXCOM sessions (1988);
Delegate to the International Conference on Central American Refugees, Guatemala City (1989);
Adviser to the Meeting of Intergovernmental Experts on Shared Natural Resources, Nairobi (1978);
Delegate to the XX session of the IAEA General Conference, Rio de Janeiro (1976);
Delegate to the International Conference on Women, Mexico City (1975);
Delegate to the XXIX session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York (1974);
Member of the Brazilian delegation to the Group of Governmental Experts for the Restructuring of the United Nations (Group of 18) (1986);
Representative to the UNICEF Seminar on the draft Convention on the Rights of the Child for Portuguese-speaking Countries, Lisbon (1988);
Representative to the United Nations Seminar on Cultural Dialogue Between Host Countries and Countries of Origin of Migrant Workers, Athens (1989);
Delegate to the Extraordinary Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR (1990);
Delegate to the XXXV session of the Commission on the Status of Women, Vienna (1991);
Governmental Expert to the Meeting of Experts to consider the viability of an inter-American Convention on Women and Violence, Caracas, Venezuela (1991);
Governmental Expert on the Commission on the Status of Women Working Group on Violence Against Women, Vienna (1991);
Delegate to the Third Committee at the XLVI session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York (1991);
Governmental Expert on the Commission on the Status of Women Working Group on Violence Against Women, Vienna (1992);
Alternate Brazilian member of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (1990-1994);
Alternate Brazilian delegate in the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) (since 1992);
Recent assignments:
Adviser to the Under-Secretary-General for Coordination and Planning, Brasilia, Brazil (1985);
Adviser to the Under-Secretary-General for Multilateral Political Affairs, Brasilia, Brazil (1985-1986);
Adviser to the Under-Secretary-General for Administration, Brasilia, Brazil (1986-1987);
First Secretary, Brazilian delegation on Disarmament and Human Rights, Geneva (1987-1990);
Counsellor - Adviser to the Secretary-General of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (1990-1991);
Executive Coordinator to the Office of the Secretary-General of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, Brasilia, Brazil (since 1992).
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