MEETING OF THE STATES PARTIESThird MeetingNew York6 December 2007

ELECTION OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THEPROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF ALL MIGRANT WORKERSAND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES TO REPLACE THOSE WHOSE TERMS WILL EXPIRE ON 31 OCTOBER 2007

Note by the Secretary-General

Addendum

After the preparation of document CMW/SP/7, containing the list of candidates and their biographical data submitted by 30 September 2007 in accordance with the request for nomination made on 9 July 2007, the Secretary-General received the following additional nomination on 5 October 2007:

Kosta BARJABA (Albania).

Biographical data of Mr. Barjaba as furnished by the Government of Albania are reproduced in the annex to the present document.

GE.07-44791ANNEX

Kosta BARJABA (Albania)

Date and place of birth:August 2, 1960, Saranda, Albania

Working languages:English, Italian, Greek, Albanian (native)

Current position/function:

Chief of Staff to the Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities of the Republic of Albania

Main professional activities:

2005 –presentMinistry of Labor, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities, Albania

1998-2004Chief of Staff to the Minister

2005 SeptemberPresident, University of Durres, Albania

2005 July-AugustAdvisor to the Minister, Ministry of Finance of Albania

Brown University, Watson Institute for International Studies

Senior Visiting Professor

1997-2002Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities, Albania

Director of Department of Migration

1997-2000Office of the President of the Republic of Albania

Senior adviser (external) to the President: Migration & Citizenship

Educational background:

Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government

Mid Career/ Master in Public Administration, 2005

University of Tirana, Albania

Bachelor in Law, 2000; Professor in Sociology, 1999,

PhD in Sociology, 1989; BA in Political Sciences, 1984

Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned:

Expert on the following issues:

Migration, Ethnicity, Minorities, Human Rights, Management,Strategic planning, Organizational development, Reengineering, Restructuring, Employment, Social Policies, Social Services, Electoral Systems and Elections, Negotiation/International cooperation, Euro-Atlantic Integration, Project coordination and management.

Country Representative:

Council of Europe, Committee of Social Charter, 1999-2004;Committee of Social Cohesion, 1999-2001, 2005-present; Committee on Migration, 1998-2002.

List of most recent publications in the field:

Barjaba, K. 2003 Shqiptaret. Keta ikes te medhenj (Albanians, These Big Leavers), Tirane:Korbi

Barjaba, K. 2002 Ondate senza ritorno (Waves without return), Rome:IOM

Barjaba, K. King, R:. Introducing and Theorizing Albanian Migration, in King, R., Mai, N., Schwandner-Sievers, S. (eds) 2005, The New Albanian Migration, Sussex Academic Press

Albania: Looking beyond borders, Migration Information Source, on line publication of Migration Policy Institute, Washington DC,August 2004

Migration and Ethnicity in Albania: Synergies and Interdependencies, The Brown Journal of World Affairs, Volume XI, Issue 1, Summer-Fall 2004

Contemporary patterns in Albanian emigration, South East European Review, Vol.3, No 2, July 2000.

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