CRPD/CSP/2010/CRP.1/Add.2

CRPD/CSP/2010/CRP.1/Add.2

United Nations / CRPD /CSP/2010/CRP.1/Add.2
/ Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities / Distr.: General
26 August 2010
Original: English, French, Spanish

Conference of States Parties to the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

New York, 1-3 September 2010

* CRPD/CSP/2010/1

Item 6 (a) of the provisional agenda*

Election of the members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities under article 34 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Note by the Secretary-General

Addendum

1. In accordance with article 34 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Secretary-General invited the States parties to the Convention to submit their nominations by 3 May 2010. Information concerning 19 of the persons nominated is contained in CRPD/CSP/2010/CRP.1 and five additional nominations received contained in CRPD/CSP/2010/CPR.1/Add.1. One additional nomination has been received, as follows:

Mr. Nahid Mohamed Khairy (Sudan)

2. The curriculum vitae of the aforementioned candidate, as furnished by the Government, is contained in the annex to the present document.

Annex

Curriculum vitae of candidate

Nahid Mohamed Khairy (Sudan)

Date of birth: 22 August 1959

Date and place of birth: January 16, 1959 in Tougue (Republic of Guinea)

Working Languages: Arabic, English and French

Current position/function:

•  - Parliament Member

•  - Teacher at Al-Nour Institute for the Blind

•  - Social Worker

•  - Member of the Sudanese National Association of the Blind (SNAB)

•  - Training teacher in special education and in “Braille” methods of teaching pupils with disabilities in schools and universities.

•  - Consultant for several schools and universities such as the University of Khartoum and Al Milein University on the needs and teaching methods of disabled students.

Main professional activities:

- Enlightening legislative bodies in different states about the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

•  -Observing the implementation of the convention in different states.

•  -Encouraging different countries to ratify the convention on the rights of disabled persons.

•  -Training members of the organizations of the African Union of the Blind on Leadership and management.

•  -Raising awareness about the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

Educational background:

•  MA in Special Education-Africa International University - Thesis-the inclusion of blind pupils in ordinary schools-2009

•  - BA in Social Work and sociology-Omdurman Islamic University-1983

•  Diploma in French-Sousa University-Sousa, Tunisia-1982

•  Training in the education of persons with disabilities-Ahfad University-Omdurman, Susan-1984 to 1985.

•  Training in leadership-Action on Disability and Development-Khartoum, Sudan-June 1991.

•  Training in Small Scale Projects-Action on Disability and Development-Khartoum, Sudan-April 1993.

•  Training in Leadership and Management-Norwegian Association of Blind People and the Partially Sighted-Kenya-August 1990.

•  Training in Planning-Danish NGO-South Africa-1996.

•  Training in rehabilitation of Blind Women Socially and Economically-Swedish organizations (SRESIA)-Italy-October 1995.

•  Training in women-Five Suppression Techniques-Swedish Organization (SRF/SIA)-Sweden July 1997

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