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
Note by the Secretary-General*
Addendum
1.After the preparation of document CMW/SP/11, containing the list of candidates for election to the Committee and their biographical data, submitted in accordance with the request for nominations made by note verbale on 14 July 2011, the Secretary-General received the following additional nomination on 20 October 2011: Francisco Alba (Mexico).
2.Biographical data for Mr. Alba, as furnished by the Government of Mexico,is reproduced in the annex to the present document.
Annex
Francisco Alba (Mexico)
Date and place of birth:28 August 1941, Mexico City, Mexico
Working languages:Spanish,English
Current position/function:
Researcher and lecturer, College of Mexico, specializing in the areas of international migration, population and development, and economic integration. Also national researcher with the National Research System of Mexico, level III, from 1985 to date.
Main professional activities:
Member of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families since 2004. Member of the External Evaluation Committee of the Colegio de la Frontera Norte and member of the Consultations Board of the National Migration Institute of Mexico since 2003.
Awarded the National Demographics Prize in recognition of his distinguished career. Also a member of the Mexican Demographics Society and other relevant national and international professional associations, including the Population Reference Bureau and the Associate Programme, Inter-American Dialogue.
Educational background:
1973-1975: University of Texas, Austin (USA), postgraduate Latin American studies.
1972-1973: Institute of Political Studies, Paris (France), postgraduate studies: Information and Documentation.
1967-1969: College of Mexico (Mexico), Maestría en Demografía (master’s degree in demographics).
1962-1967: University of San Luis Potosí (Mexico), Liciencatura en Econom í a (bachelor’s degree in economics).
1959-1952: GregorianUniversity, Rome (Italy), Licenciatura en Filosofía (bachelor’s degree in philosophy).
Other main activities in the field relevant to the mandate of the treaty body concerned:
One of Mexico’s best-known migration specialists. Directed work on Migration in an interconnected world: New directions for action, joint publication (2005) of the Global Commission on International Migration.
Member of the Teaching Body on International Migration of the College of Mexico since 2004. Member of the jury for the National Demographics Prize in 2003. Associate of the Mexican Council on International Affairs and member of the Latin American Studies Association and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
List of most recent publications in the field:
Author of many studies and publications on international migration, Mexican migration policies, population and development. Most recent publications include the following books: Migration in an I nterconnected W orld: New directions for action, published in 2005, and Las M igraciones I nternacionales, published in 2001 by the National Council for Culture and the Arts. In the context of Mexico-United States relations, he wrote the book México-Estados Unidos-Canadá 1995-1996, published in 1997 by the College of Mexico.