E
UNITED
NATIONS
Economic and Social Council
GENERAL
E/1996/19/Add.1
30 April 1996
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Resumed organizational session
2 and 3 May 1996
Agenda item 8*
ELECTIONS, NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS
Election of nine members of the Committee on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights
Note by the Secretary-General
Addendum
1. The Secretary-General has received two additional nominations from Jordan and Uganda for election to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The persons nominated are Mr. Walid M. Sa'di and Mr. Lucian Tibaruha.
2. Biographical information is contained in the annex.
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Annex
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS
Walid M. Sa'di (Jordan)
Education: High School Diploma, Friends Boys School - Quaker School - Ramallah;
B.A. Economics, Southern Methodist University, Texas, United States of America;
J.D. - Doctor of Law - University of Chicago Law School, United States of America.
Memberships: Jordan Bar Association; Rotary Club; Consumer Association, Amman, Jordan; Jordanian Red Crescent Society.
Human rights activities
Member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1975-1981
Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, 1980-1981
Member of the Subcommission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection
of Minorities, 1978-1981
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture,
1980-1992
Member of the Human Rights Committee, 1990-1994
Member of the Armand Hammer Conferences on Peace and Human Rights, 1976-1983
Member of the Jordanian Delegation to the Vienna World Conference on Human
Rights, 1993
Present employment
Lawyer, columnist, editorialist and human rights expert
Past experiences
Chief Editor, Jordan Times, 1988-1990
Lawyer, 1986-1988
Ambassador to Turkey, 1982-1985
Ambassador to the United Nations and Other International Organizations,
1975-1980
Diplomat, Jordan Mission to the United Nations, New York
Diplomat, Jordan Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Diplomat, Jordan Embassy in Moscow
Diplomat, Jordan Embassy in Paris
Diplomat, Jordan Embassy in London
Publications
"The Economic Theory in Islam"
"Jordanian Foreign Policy"
Lucian Tibaruha (Uganda)
Education
1976: LL.B., Makerere University, Kampala.
1977: Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre, Kampala.
1987: Certificate in International Law and Economic Relations, New Delhi.
1990: Certificate in Negotiating, Interpreting and Monitoring Performance of
Multilateral Trade Agreements, Harare.
1994: Certificate in Implementation of International Humanitarian Law, Harare.
1995: Certificate in International Trade Agreements and Commercial
Transactions, Kampala.
1995: Certificate in Human Rights Education and Training, Oxford, United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Employment
1977: Pupil State Attorney.
1979: State Attorney.
1981: Senior State Attorney.
1987: Principal State Attorney.
1991: Senior Principal State Attorney.
1995-present: Commissioner for Legal Advisory Services.
Responsibilities
Civil legal affairs: providing legal advice to various government ministries and parastatal organizations.
Representing the Government of Uganda at international forums.
Negotiation, ratification and implementation of conventions, treaties and other agreements.
Member, Committee of Legal Experts of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa.
Human rights: Head, Human Rights Section, Ministry of Justice; member of Uganda delegation to the World Conference on Human Rights, United Nations Congresses on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice; currently representative of Uganda to the Commission on Human Rights.
Publications and consultancies
International commercial arbitration: establishment of a regional commercial arbitration centre for the preferential trade area of Eastern and Southern Africa (New Delhi, 1987); the study of trade and investment laws of the preferential trade area of Eastern and Southern Africa (Kampala, 1991); chapter on laws of Uganda, in Legal Guide to Traders and Investors in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Lusaka, 1994); reform of economic and related laws to facilitate private investment, trade and payments in Eastern and Southern Africa (Kampala, 1994).
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