Events

23rd Meeting of States parties & 2004 elections

Date

09 September 2004

LOCATION

United Nations Headquarters, New York

General information

The twenty-third meeting of States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights will take place on 9 September 2004 at United Nations Headquarters, New York.

Nominations

The following nominations have been received for membership of the Human Rights Committee:

Name	Nationality	Term expires
Mr. Franco DEPASQUALE	Malta	-
Mr. Osman EL HAJJE	Lebanon	-
Mr. Maurice GLÈLÈ-AHANHANZO	Benin	Elected
Mr. Edwin Ramón JOHNSON LOPEZ	Ecuador	Elected
Mr. Ahmed Tawfik KHALIL	Egypt	Elected
Mr. Rajsoomer LALLAH	Mauritius	Elected
Mr. Michael O’FLAHERTY	Ireland	Elected
Mr. Rafael RIVAS POSADA	Colombia	Elected
Sir Nigel RODLEY	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Elected
Mr. Ivan SHEARER	Australia	Elected
Ms. Amina Moussou TRAORE	Burkina Faso	Withdrawal
Ms. Margareta WADSTEIN	Sweden	Elected. Ms. Wadstein passed away on 17 September 2004. Her position will be filled in a by-election in the near future.

The following documents were issued for the twenty-third meeting of States parties.

Title	Symbol number / link
Provisional Agenda	CCPR/SP/66
Document containing CVs of candidates	CCPR/SP/67
Document containing CVs of candidates	CCPR/SP/67/Add.1
Document containing CVs of candidates	CCPR/SP/67/Add.2
Note by the Secretary-General	CCPR/SP/67/Add.3
Revised Rules of Procedures of the Meeting of the States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	CCPR/SP/2/Rev.1