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Election of the members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2008

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is composed of 23 experts of high moral standing and competence in the field covered by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Nominations for membership on the Committee may be made by States parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 17 of the Convention. The article states that “the experts shall be elected by State parties for a term of four years and shall serve in their personal capacity, consideration being given to equitable geographic distribution and to the representation of the different forms of civilization as well as the principal legal systems”.

The fifteenth meeting of States parties to the Convention will take place in New York on 30 July 2008. States parties will elect eleven Members of the Committee to fill the vacancies that will expire on 31 December 2008. Nominations are due by 30 April 2008.

The current members of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and their term of office
(as of 1 March 2008)* :

Name

Nationality

Term expires

Ms. Ferdous Ara Begum

(Bangladesh)

31.12.2010

Ms. Magalys Arocha Dominguez

(Cuba)

31.12.2008

Ms. Meriem Belmihoub-Zerdani

(Algeria)

31.12.2010

Ms. Saisuree Chutikul

(Thailand)

31.12.2010

Ms. Dorcas Coker-Appiah 

(Ghana)

31.12.2010

Ms. Mary Shanthi Dairiam  (Rapporteur)

(Malaysia)

31.12.2008

Mr. Cornelis Flinterman 

(Netherlands)

31.12.2010

Ms. Naela Mohamed Gabre (Vice-Chairperson)

(Egypt)

31.12.2010

Ms. Françoise Gaspard (Vice-Chairperson)

(France)

31.12.2008

Ms. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari

(Israel)

31.12.2010

Ms. Tiziana Maiolo 

(Italy)

31.12.2008

Ms. Violeta Neubauer

(Slovenia)

31.12.2010

Ms.  Pramila Patten

(Mauritius)

31.12.2010

Ms. Silvia Pimentel

(Brazil)

31.12.2008

Ms. Yoko Hayashi

(Japan)

31.12.2010

Ms. Hanna Beate Schöpp-Schilling

(Germany)

31.12.2008

Ms. Heisoo Shin 

(Republic of Korea)

31.12.2008

Ms. Glenda P. Simms (Vice-Chairperson)

(Jamaica)

31.12.2008

Ms. Dubravka Šimonović (Chairperson)

(Croatia)

31.12.2010

Ms. Anamah Tan 

(Singapore)

31.12.2008

Ms. Maria Regina Tavares da Silva 

(Portugal)

31.12.2008

Ms. Zou Xiaoqiao 

(China)

31.12.2008

* Ms. Hazel Gumede Shelton ( South Africa) was elected at the fourteenth meeting of States parties in June 2006 to serve until 31 December 2010. Ms. Shelton resigned in 2007 and another expert will be appointed by South Africa in accordance with article 17, paragraph 7.

The nominations and biographical data, preferably in accordance to the attached form should be submitted to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland and in electronic version to jconnors@ohchr.org, copy to stolainimolatte@ohchr.org.

LIST OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED BY
STATES PARTIES

by 30 April 2008

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Name

Country of nationality

Fadheela Al-Mahroos

Bahrain

Nicole Ameline

France

Magalys Arocha Domínguez

Cuba

Marie Thérèse Avemeka

Republic of Congo

Violet Tsisiga Awori

Kenya

Barbara Evelyn Bailey

Jamaica

Mercedes Barquet Montané

Mexico

Niklas Bruun

Finland

Fahima Charafeddine

Lebanon

Mary Shanthi Dairiam

Malaysia

Indira Jaising

India

Madina Jarbussynova

Kazakhstan

Latifa Jbabdi

Morocco

Soledad Murillo de la Vega

Spain

Marie-Christine Ntagwirumugara

Burundi

Silvia Pimentel

Brazil

Victoria Popescu

Romania

Zohra Rasekh

Afghanistan

Xiaoqaio Zou

China

 

LIST OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED BY
STATES PARTIES

(after 30 April 2008)

Name

Country of nationality

Sajida Abdulvahabova

Azerbaijan

Anne-Marie Coriolan

Haiti







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