Meeting of the States Parties
Fifth Meeting
New York, 8 December 2011
Item 5 of the provisional agenda
Election of seven members of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families to replace those whose terms of office will expire on 31 December 2011, in accordance with article 72, paragraphs 1 to 5, of the Convention
Election of seven members of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families to replace those whose terms will expire on 31 December 2011
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1.In pursuance of article 72, paragraph 4, of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Fifth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention will be convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters on 8 December 2011 to elect seven members of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2011 (see annex I). The names of the seven members who will continue to serve on the Committee until 31 December 2013 appear in annex II.
2.In accordance with article 72, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Secretary-General, in a note verbale dated 14 July 2011, invited the States parties to submit their nominations for the election of seven members of the Committee by 5 September 2011. Listed below in alphabetical order are the nominees, with the States parties which have proposed them indicated in parentheses:
Mr. Francisco Carrión Mena (Ecuador)
Mr. Ahmed Hassan El-Borai (Egypt)
Mr. Abdelhamid El Jamri (Morocco)
Ms. Khedidja Ladjel (Algeria)
Mr. Marco Núñez-Melgar Maguiña (Peru)
Ms. Myriam Poussi (Burkina Faso)
Mr. Azad Taghizade (Azerbaijan)
3.Biographical data of the nominees, as furnished by the States parties concerned, are contained in annex III.
Annexes
Annex I
Members of the Committee on Migrant Workers whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2011
Mr. Francisco AlbaMexico
Mr. Francisco Carrión MenaEcuador
Ms. Ana Elizabeth Cubias MedinaEl Salvador
Mr. Ahmed Hassan El-BoraiEgypt
Mr. Abdelhamid El JamriMorocco
Ms. Myriam PoussiBurkina Faso
Mr. Azad TaghizadeAzerbaijan
Annex II
Members of the Committee on Migrant Workers whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2013
Mr. José Serrano BrillantesPhilippines
Ms. Fatoumata Abdourhamana DickoMali
Mr. Miguel Ángel Ibarra GonzálezGuatemala
Mr. Prasad KariyawasamSri Lanka
Ms. Andrea Miller-StennettJamaica
Mr. Mehmet SevimTurkey
Mr. Ahmadou TallSenegal
Annex III
Biographical data of the nominees, as furnished by the States parties concerned
[English/French/Spanish]
Francisco Carrión Mena (Ecuador)
Date and place of birth:8 April 1953, Quito, Ecuador
Working languages: English, French and Spanish
Current position/function
Since 2009: Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations in New York
Main professional activities
Personal representative of the President of the Republic to the Yasuni-ITT Initiative, from 2008
Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007
Ambassador of Ecuador in Spain from 2000 to 2005
Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, from 1998 to 2000
Member of the Peace Negotiating Committees with Peru, from 1996 to 1998
Under Secretary of the Department of National Sovereignty of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 1998
Appointed career Ambassador of the Ecuadorian Foreign Service, April 1996
Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Ecuador in London, from 1991 to 1996
Minister of the Embassy of Ecuador in London, from 1991 to 1996
Advisor and Diplomatic Coordinator of the President of the Republic, Quito, from 1988 to 1991
First Secretary and Counsellor of the Embassy of Ecuador in Paris, from 1982 to 1988
Member of the Ecuadorian Foreign Service since 1974
Educational background
Doctor in International Sciences (legal-diplomatic majors), Central University of Ecuador, Quito, 1978
Bachelor in Public and Social Sciences, Central University of Ecuador, Faculty of Law, Quito, 1974
Diploma from III Course on International Relations, Foundation of Research and Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences, Florence, Italy, 1983
Undertook specialization courses and seminars, among others: “French Public Administration” at the Institute of International Public Administration, Paris, 1984; “New Law of the Sea” at the Diplomatic Academy of Lima, Peru, 1978; 2nd International Summer Course of the Diplomatic Academy of Chile, Valparaiso, 1976
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Member of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families since 2010 and from 2004 to 2008
Director General of OBANPEX (Andean Observatory of External Politics) 2009
Associate researcher of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) Ecuador since 2007
Member of the Bi-national Dialog Group Ecuador-Colombia sponsored by the UNDP and Carter Center (2007–2009)
Member of the negotiating team of the “Agreement on Migratory Currents between Ecuador and Spain” in force since February 2001, as Ambassador in Madrid
Guest speaker at several Seminars and Universities (on migratory issues) Murcia, 2003; University of Alcalá, 2002; University of Salamanca, 2001; Quito, 2001 (on security and peacekeeping issues) Pamplona, 2002; Madrid, 2001; Rome, 1999; Brasilia, 1999; Caracas, 1997; Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1997
Professor of the Central University of Ecuador and the Diplomatic Academy of Quito, from 1988 to 1992, in subjects as “Ecuadorian External Politics” and “International Negotiation”
As Minister and Vice-minister of Foreign Affairs as well as in his diplomatic posts he represented Ecuador in multiple international meetings related to conflict resolution, migratory issues, integration, border development, among others
List of most recent publications in the field
“Peace from within: Ecuador-Peru: a witness of a negotiation” Quito (2008)
Several studies and articles on migratory issues in specialized publications: “The Ecuadorian migration to Spain” (2002); “Immigration and Interculturality” (2003); and others on External Policy and International Negotiations, QUOROM magazine of Alcalá University, Spain
Columnist for El Comercio newspaper, Quito, since 2007 and for Vistazo magazine since 2009
Ahmed Hassan El-Borai (Egypt)
Date and place of birth: 29 October 1944, Port Said, Egypt
Working languages:English, Arabic and French
Current position/function
Since March 2011: Minister of Labour and Migration, Egypt
Previously, Professor of Law, Cairo University
Main professional activities
Professor, Faculty of Law, Cairo University
Past Chairman, Legal Committee, Arab Labour Organization (ALO)
Member, Committee of Independent Expert Advisers, International Labour Organization
Educational background
Licence en droit (bachelor’s degree in law), Cairo University
DES Droit Privé (postgraduate diploma in private law), Cairo University
DES Droit Public (postgraduate diploma in public law), Cairo University
DES Droit Public (postgraduate diploma in public law), University of Rennes, France
Doctorat d’Etat Français en Sciences Juridiques (Doctorate in law)
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
As professor at Cairo University, he taught the law of international conventions on migration
Currently, he is the head of the department of migration in Egypt
Most recent publications in the field
Les problèmes juridiques de la migration dans les paysarabes (The legal challenges of migration in Arab countries)
An introduction and commentary to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (in Arabic)
Abdelhamid El Jamri (Morocco)
Date and place of birth:12 December 1957, Gueroeun, Morocco
Working languages: French, Arabic
Current position/function
International consultant on development project design
Expert on economic development, European Union, Brussels
Director of the Institut Supérieur de Formation et de Développement (Higher Institute of Training and Development), France
President of the international network “Initiatives 21 for development” – being set up and established in several countries
Member of the Council for the Moroccan Community Abroad and Chairperson of the Public Policy Working Group
Member of the Economic and Social Council, Morocco
Main professional activities
Organizer of and participant in several seminars in Africa, Asia and Europe on migrants’ rights issues
Coordinator of several migrant integration and employment programmes in European countries
Designer and supervisor of several social integration training programmes for trainers, urban policy project leaders, etc.
Member of several missions on behalf of European and African Governments, major enterprises and NGOs in the fields of project design, migration management, programme evaluation, cooperation projects with North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, support for civil society and development actors, etc.
Implementation of several development programmes for the Moroccan Government: management training, designing a system for evaluating development projects, upgrading administration, etc.
Coordinator of several development programmes for international institutions, including, the International Organization of la Francophonie, the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and the World Bank
Educational background
1996: Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées: Ingénierie du développement social urbain et intégration en Europe (specialist postgraduate diploma in urban social development engineering and integration in Europe), University of Marne-la-Vallée, France, upper second-class
1987: Diplôme d’etudes Approfondies en Sciences de Gestion (advanced postgraduate diploma in management sciences), University of Lille, France
1985: Maîtrise en Sciences Économiques (master’s degree in economics) University of Amiens, France
1980–1984: Diplôme d’études universitaires générales (DEUG) and Licence en Sciences Economiques (university diploma and bachelor’s degree in economics), University of Amiens, France
Baccalauréat, Série B, My Ismaël High School, Meknès, Morocco
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Member of the Committee on Migrant Workers since 2004, Chairperson of the Committee since 2008
Participated in the preparation of the Global Forums on Migration and Development in Puerto Vallarta (2010) and Athens (2009)
Coordinator of capacity-building programmes for governments in North and West Africa on managing migratory flows, in conjunction with the International Labour Organization (2009 and 2010)
AIDE Fédération/United Nations: 2006, Joint organization and moderation of the international conference on progress towards and obstacles to the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, Geneva
European Commission: 2002–2005, Head of Mission, programme on structuring the movement of persons between Morocco and the European Union
Moroccan Consultative Council on Human Rights: 2007, member; member of the working group on migration of the Moroccan Consultative Council on Human Rights, responsible for preparing draft directives for a Moroccan immigration policy
Joint organizer of the Euro-Mediterranean Civil Forum, 2000–2006, with responsibility for topics
Most recent publications in the field
2005–2010: Several reports on migration policy: the management of migration flows, global and regional migration governance, return policies, training and the social and vocational integration of migrants, migrant domestic workers, the rights of migrants in detention, the education of migrant children
2004–2005: Report on migrants’ role in cooperation between ACP States and the European Union, for the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
2003–2004: Report on structuring the movement of persons between Morocco and the European Union, for the European Commission
2002–2003: City of Paris local plan for the integration of foreigners
2000–2006: Reports of the migration workshops of the Euromed Civil Forums from 2000 to 2006
2003: Methodological report on creating mechanisms for training and integrating migrant communities, for the Social Welfare Fund
Khedidja Ladjel (Algeria)
Date and place of birth:6 January 1959, Sétif, Algeria
Working languages:French, Arabic
Current position/function
National Consultant to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Office in Algiers, responsible for reviewing and improving the 2010 gender strategy; screening projects at the development stage from a gender perspective; and designing and developing a gender strategy document for the Office from 2011
Main professional activities
Ministry of National Solidarity and the Family:
June 2009 to October 2010: Director-General of the directorate for the family and social cohesion
2000 to 2009: Chief of Staff to the Minister
1998 to 2000: Director of the directorate for families, women and children
1996 to 1998: Higher Youth Council: Director of studies responsible for providing guidance to two standing commissions on the voluntary sector and economic and solidarity activities respectively, and an ad hoc commission on young people at moral risk
August 1994 to September 1995: State Secretariat to the Head of Government, with responsibility for National Solidarity and the Family: in charge of research and consolidation of Government work in a number of areas including preparations for Algeria’s participation in the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995; the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen; and the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), Cairo
1985 to 1994: Ministry of Planning and Land Management: officer, and subsequently research analyst, responsible for developing a social infrastructure programme and managing issues related to population and social development (ICPD), families and women
1983 to 1985: State Secretariat for Foreign Trade/Ministry of Trade (following the merger of the two organizations): research officer for foreign trade
Educational background
Master’s degree, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Algiers, dissertation subject: “La société, la famille et le jeune face à l’émigration clandestine par voie maritime sur la période 2007–2009” (Society, families and youth in the face of illegal emigration by sea – 2007–2009), April 2011
Masters in Currency, Banking and Finance, University of Lyon II, 1981–1982 (not completed due to family commitments)
Graduate in Economics and Finance, National School of Administration, June 1981, Algiers
Baccalaureate, Arabic language and literature section, June 1977, Algiers
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Participated in the work of national committees on a number of topics, including Millennium Development Goals (2010), youth (1997), population (1994–1997), social development (1994–1997), women (1993–1995), families (1993–1994) and children (1992–1999)
Member of the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Employment and Vocational Training, an initiative established within the framework of the European Training Foundation (ETF), 2006–2009
Managed cooperation programmes with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) between 1998 and 2001
Prepared and organized international meetings in Algeria, including: the fifth session of the Arab Family Commission of the League of Arab States (2009), a regional meeting on employment for North Africa (2007), a meeting of experts in social affairs from Arab countries (2007) and a meeting of the Pan-African Women’s Organization (1999)
Prepared and participated in some 40 international conferences (United Nations, World Bank, African Union, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), UNICEF, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EUROMED)) and intergovernmental conferences on emigration, the status of women and children, social affairs and development
Drafted a number of bills and decrees, including: a bill on the protection and advancement of the rights of older persons (promulgated 2010), a decree establishing the Consultative Council for the National Community Abroad, adopted by the Council of Ministers (2009), a decree establishing the National Observatory for Employment and Poverty Reduction (body established in 2006)
Most recent publications in the field
“Les Harraga, comme il leur plaît de nous appeler” (They call us harragas), March 2011
“Setif, Douces Grandeurs”, (The gentle splendours of Setif), April 2008
“Le Pèlerinage” (The pilgrimage) (forthcoming)
Marco Núñez-Melgar Maguiña (Peru)
Date and place of birth:30 April 1951, Lima, Peru
Working languages:Spanish
Current position/function
Minister, Diplomatic Service of Peru, Director of the Department for the Protection of Peruvian Nationals Abroad
Main professional activities
He has held a number of posts, including: Chief of Staff to the Secretary-General of the Office of the President of the Republic, Head of the Brazilian section in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General of the Department for the Rights of Peruvians Abroad (current post)
He has held positions abroad, including: Peruvian Vice-Consul in Arica, Chile, Consul in Rio Branco, Brazil, Head of Chancery in the Embassy of Peru in Nicaragua, Consul General in Santiago, Chile
Educational background
Career diplomat, graduate in international relations, Diplomatic Academy of Peru
Licenciatura en Sociología (degree in sociology), “Inca Garcilazo de la Vega” University
Maestría en “Tratados Internacionales” (master’s degree in international treaties), Diplomatic Academy of Peru
Maestría y Post Grado en “Desarrollo y Defensa Nacional” (master’s degree and post-graduate studies in development and national defence), Centre for Higher National Studies (CAEN)
Diplomado en “Negociaciones Internacionales” y en “Conciliación” (diploma in international negotiations and conciliation), Centre for International Studies (CIAC)
Diplomado en Migraciones (diploma in migration studies), “La República” University, Santiago, Chile
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
He was Dean of the Consular Corps of Santiago for two consecutive years
List of most recent publications in the field
He has published “Mi Testimonio en Nicaragua” (My testimony in Nicaragua) and “Guíadel Migrante ”(The migrant’s handbook); his most recent book is “Las MigracionesInternacionales: Problemas o Posibilidades ” (International migrations: problems or opportunities)
Myriam Poussi (Burkina Faso)
Date and place of birth: 21 March 1967, Dakar, Senegal
Working languages: French, English
Current position/function
Since June 2008: Director-General for human rights promotion, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights Promotion
Duties: human rights information, outreach and awareness-raising; human rights education; support for civil society organizations in actions to promote and protect human rights
Main professional activities
2001 to 2008: Director for human rights promotion and awareness, Ministry for the Promotion of Human Rights
Tasks performed in the field of migrant workers’ rights: follow-up to the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants to Burkina Faso (2005) and to the Special Rapporteur’s presentation of her report to the Human Rights Council (2006); dissemination of the report among civil society organizations
Participated as a panellist and delivered presentations on a number of topics, including: “La contribution des migrants au développement du Burkina Faso” (The contribution of migrants to the development of Burkina Faso); “La Convention sur la protection des droits des travailleurs migrants et des membres de leur famille: comment relever le défi de la protection des droits humains?” (The Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: how to meet the challenge of protecting human rights?); “Genre et migration” (Gender and migration); “Migration dans l’espace de l’Union économique et Monétaire ouest africaine (UEMOA): problématique de la libre circulation des personnes” (Migration in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) area: the question of the free movement of persons)
1995 to 2001: Investigating magistrate at the Palais de Justice, Ouagadougou
Since 1996: Lecturer at the National School of Administration and the Judiciary, Ouagadougou
Educational background
1988: Licence en sciences juridiques (bachelor’s degree in law)
1989: Maîtrise en sciences juridiques (master’s degree in law)
1991: Diplôme d’études supérieures spécialisées(DESS), option Droit des affaires (Diploma of Specialized Higher Studies in business law)
1995: Diploma, National School of Administration and the Judiciary
Current studies: Master de droit public, spécialité Droit international et européen des droits fondamentaux (master’s degree in public law, specializing in international and European fundamental rights law), University of Nantes, France. Subject: “Migration dans l’espace de l’Union économique et Monétaire ouest africaine (UEMOA): de la problématique de la libre circulation des personnes” (Migration in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) area: the question of the free movement of persons)
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Since December 2007: Member of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
November 2010: Presented a paper on “Gender and Migration”, as part of commemorations to mark the twentieth anniversary of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, Geneva, Switzerland
Member of the inter-ministerial committee on the assessment of harm suffered by Burkina Faso nationals repatriated from Côte d’Ivoire
2001 to 2010: Member of the Burkina Faso National Human Rights Commission
2009 to 2011: Helped to prepare the periodic report of Burkina Faso on the implementation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights; presented the report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (2011)
2008 and 2009: Helped to prepare the national report of Burkina Faso under the Human Rights Council universal periodic review; participated in Human Rights Council meetings during consideration of the national report of Burkina Faso by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, Geneva, Switzerland
November 2008: Participated in the Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in West Africa, Dakar, Senegal. Moderated a discussion on the subject: “La Convention des travailleurs migrants, comment relever le défi de la protection des droits humains” (The Migrant Workers Convention: how to meet the challenge of protecting human rights?)
2006: Prepared the initial periodic report of Burkina Faso on the implementation of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
February 2004: Participated in the first West and Central Africa Birth Registration Conference, Dakar, Senegal
2004: Participated in the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth sessions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
2002–2003: Helped to draft the second, third and fourth periodic reports of Burkina Faso to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the human rights situation in Burkina Faso
2003: Associate consultant for the drafting of the third and fourth national reports of Burkina Faso on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
2002: Presentation of the second report of Burkina Faso to the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Geneva, Switzerland
Founding member of the “Association des Femmes Juristes” (Association of Women Lawyers) of Burkina Faso (1994)
List of most recent publications in the field
Prepared a basic training handbook on human rights for civil society organizations (2009)
Prepared an index of child labour legislation and regulations in Burkina Faso (2004)
Prepared leaflets containing legal and judicial information on human rights
Helped to prepare a human rights glossary in three national languages (2003)
Azad Taghizade (Azerbaijan)
Date and place of birth: 3 March 1953, Baku, Azerbaijan
Working languages: English, Russian
Current position/function
Deputy Rector of scientific work, Baku branch of Moscow State University
Main professional activities
Manages research on the social rights of different groups of persons, including migrant workers
Participates in the development and implementation of social policies for the population in Azerbaijan, including migrant workers
Develops cooperation in the field of social policy, rights of migrants, bilateral and multilateral instruments of the United Nations, ILO, the Council of Europe and the European Union
Educational background
1970–1975: Moscow State University, Master’s Degree
1975–1978: Post-graduate education, Moscow State University
1979: Doctor of Philosophy, Moscow State University
1983–1985: Institute of foreign languages, Bachelor’s degree
Different courses on actuarial mathematics, demography and socio-economic forecasting, including migration flows, etc.
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned
Member and Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: Examines reports of States parties; attends Inter-Committee Meetings
Participates in the preparation of State social programmes in Azerbaijan and in the preparation and monitoring of international projects, treaties and agreements in the field of social rights, including social rights of migrant workers and members of their families
List of most recent publications in the field
Has published more than 85 scientific works, articles and manuals and study materials, including publications on demographic situations, migration flows and corresponding analyses.