DECISION ON AFRICAN CANDIDATURES FOR POSTS WITHIN THE
INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM
The Executive Council:
1. TAKES NOTE of the Report of the Ministerial Committee on Candidatures;
2. APPROVES the recommendations contained in the Report;
3. DECIDES to support the following candidatures:
i. Ambassador Boualem Bouguetaia of Algeria as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea during elections to be held in New York in June 2008;
ii. Ambassador Jose Luis Jesus of Cape Verde for re-election as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea at elections to be held in New York in June 2008;
iii. Mr. Fernando Jose de Franga Dias Van-Dunem of Angola as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea at elections to be held in New York in June 2008;
iv. Ambassador Allieu Ibrahim Kanu of Sierra Leone as Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea during elections to be held in New York in June 2008;
v. Ambassador Dr. Mohamed Ezzeldin Abdel-Moneim of Egypt to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights during elections due in New York in May 2008;
vi. Dr. B.K. KaTgama of Nigeria to the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee at elections to be held in Geneva in March 2008.
4. FURTHER DECIDES to refer the candidatures of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, and the Republic of Tunisia to the Governing Body of the International Labour Office (ILO) for the period 2008-2011 for consideration by the 6th Session for the Labour and Social Affairs Commission taking place 2008 in conformity with the agreement reached at the 5th Session of the Commission in 2007;
5. LASTLY DECIDES that the candidature of Dr. Abdulqawi A. Yusuf of Somalia as Judge of the International Court of Justice during elections due to take place in New York in October 2008, be considered in July 2008 pursuant to the relevant provisions of Decision EX.CL/Dec.345 (X) which stipulates that “the candidatures be considered when elections are organized between Ordinary Sessions of the Council on the margins of which a Committee is meeting and the following session”.