UNITED

NATIONS

Distr.

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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*	E/1996/2 and Add.1 and 2.

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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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