Economic and Social Council

 Distr. GENERAL
3 May 1996
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH

Resumed organizational session for 1996
2 and 3 May 1996
Agenda item 8*

*    E/1996/2 and Add.1 and 2.


                   ELECTIONS, NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS

            Election of members of the International Narcotics Control
            Board under the provisions of article 9, paragraph 1 (a),
            of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as
                         amended by the 1972 Protocol

                         Note by the Secretary-General


Election of two members from candidates nominated by the World Health
Organization

1.   The Secretary-General informed the Economic and Social Council, at
its organizational session for 1996, of the conditions under which the
forthcoming election of members to the International Narcotics Control
Board would be held.  The present note contains information on
candidates nominated by the World Health Organization.  Information on
candidates nominated by Governments is contained in document
E/1996/55.

2.   In accordance with established procedure, the Secretary-General
invited the Director-General of the World Health Organization to
propose candidates with a view to filling the two posts that would
become vacant on 1 March 1997 on the expiration of the term of office
of two members of the International Narcotics Control Board who had
originally been nominated by the World Health Organization.  The two
posts are currently occupied by Sirad Atmodjo (Indonesia) and
A. Hamid Ghodse (Islamic Republic of Iran).

3.   The Secretariat received a communication dated 22 November 1995
from the Director-General of the World Health Organization in which,
in accordance with the provisions of article 10, paragraph 1, of the
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972
Protocol, 1/ the Director-General nominated the following candidates
for election to the International Narcotics Control Board:

         Nelia P. Corte's-Maramba (Philippines)
         Philip O. Emafo (Nigeria)
         A. Hamid Ghodse (Islamic Republic of Iran)
         Kalman Szendrei (Hungary)

4.   The biographical information on the four candidates is contained
in annex I.  Information on meetings of the Board in 1995, on payments
to members and on present membership is contained in annex II.


                                     Notes

     1/  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 976, No. 14152.


                                    Annex I

            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO
                   THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD


                      Nelia Corte's-Maramba (Philippines)

Date of birth:  1935.

Education:  Doctor of Medicine, University of the Philippines;
postgraduate residency training in paediatrics at the Children's
Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America (1961-1962),
at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas,
United States (1962-1963) and at the Medical College of Georgia,
Augusta, Georgia, United States (1963-1964).

Present posts:  Professor, Department of Pharmacology, and Clinical
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Philippines General Hospital,
University of the Philippines; Project Head, National Poisons Control
and Information Service, Philippines General Hospital (since 1991);
Programme Coordinator, National Integrated Research Programme on
Medicinal Plants, Philippine Council for Research and Development
(since 1986); member of the Committee on Drugs and other Matters,
Dangerous Drugs Board (since 1992); member of the World Health
Organization (WHO) Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Dependence and
Alcohol Problems, Geneva (since 1985).

Previous posts:  Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, College of
Medicine, University of the Philippines (1975-1983); member of the
Ad Hoc Technical Committee, Dangerous Drugs Board (1978-1985),
Committee on Listing and Delisting of Drugs (1986-1991); Chairman,
Technical Advisory Committee on Drugs, Department of Health
(1979-1983); member of the Advisory Committee on Medical Research,
Western Pacific Region, WHO (1981-1984); Chairman, Drugs and
Therapeutic Committee, Philippines General Hospital (1979-1987);
Chairman, Committee on Research Implementation and Development,
College of Medicine, University of the Philippines (1990-1992).

Publications:  Author of 39 publications, including Guidebook on the
Proper Use of Medicinal Plants (1992 and 1993) and Algorithm of Common
Poisoning (1991).

Honours:  Most Outstanding Researcher, University of the Philippines
(1993); Life Achievement Award in Medical Research, National Research
Council of the Philippines (1992); President Corazon Aquino and Civil
Service Commission Lingkod Bayan Award (1988); Hans Menzi Professorial
Chair (1986-1987).

Meetings attended:  Participant in 34 international meetings
(1968-1993) dealing with, inter alia, drug dependence and medicinal
plants.


                           Philip O. Emafo (Nigeria)

Date of birth:  1936.

Education:  Diploma in Pharmacy, Nigerian College of Arts, Science and
Technology, Ibadan, Nigeria; Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours),
University of London; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University
of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Present post:  Member of the World Health Organization (WHO) Expert
Advisory Panel on the International Pharmacopoeia and Pharmaceutical
Preparations (since 1979).

Previous posts:  Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Zaria, Nigeria
(1964-1966); lecturer in biochemistry, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
(1969-1971); lecturer and senior lecturer in pharmaceutical
microbiology and biochemistry, University of Benin, Benin City,
Nigeria (1971-1977); consultant to the International Narcotics Control
Board on assistance programmes to African countries (1989, 1991 and
1992); consultant to the United Nations International Drug Control
Programme (UNDCP) on developing a training curriculum for drug
inspectors (1993).

Publications:  Author of numerous articles.

Meetings attended:  Rapporteur-General, International Conference on
Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Vienna (1987); member of the Group
of Experts to advise and assist the Secretary-General on the
enhancement of the efficiency of the United Nations structure for drug
abuse control (1990); member of the ad hoc intergovernmental advisory
group to assess strengths and weaknesses of global drug control
efforts, appointed by the Executive Director of UNDCP (1994); member
of the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (1992 and 1994); member
of the Nigerian delegation to the World Health Assembly (1978-1979 and
1987-1988); head of the Nigerian delegation to the Commission on
Narcotic Drugs (1978, 1980-1981, and 1983-1988) and Chairman of the
Commission at its tenth special session (1988); resource person for
the Training Course for Drug Inspectors in Africa, Tunis (1994).


                  A. Hamid Ghodse (Islamic Republic of Iran)

Date of birth:  1938.

Education:  Doctor of Medicine, Iran (1965); DPM, United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1974); PhD in Addictions,
University of London (1976); MRCPsych, United Kingdom (1980);
FRCPsych, United Kingdom (1985); MRCP, United Kingdom (1988); FRCP,
London (1992).

Present posts:  Professor and chairman, Psychiatry of Addictive
Behaviours, St. George's Hospital Medical School, University of
London; Director, Regional Drug and Alcohol Service, South Thames
(West) Region, United Kingdom; Clinical Director, Pathfinder NHS Trust
Addiction Services, London; President, European Collaborating Centres
for Addiction Studies; Member of the National Advisory Panel, NHS
Health Advisory Service; Advisor, Joint Formulary Committee, British
National Formulary; Member, World Health Organization (WHO) Expert
Advisory Panel on Drug Dependence and Alcohol Problems; Member of the
Executive Committee, Substance Misuse Section, and Member of the Court
of Electors, Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom;
Coordinator, Association of Clinical Professors of Psychiatry in the
British Isles; Coordinator of Higher Degrees in Psychiatry, University
of London; Editor of the International Journal of Social Psychiatry
and of the Substance Misuse Bulletin; Member of the Editorial Advisory
Board, British Journal of Addiction; Member of the International
Narcotics Control Board (since 1992) (President 1993-1995).

Previous posts:  Physician, Acting Director, Health Corps, West
Azarbayjan, Iran (1965-1967); Research Fellow, Research Psychiatrist
and Lecturer, Morgannwg Hospital, South Wales, St. Bartholomews
Medical School and Addiction Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry,
University of London (1968-1978); Consultant Psychiatrist,
St. George's and St. Thomas's hospitals; Senior Lecturer and Head of
Division of Addictive Behaviour, Mental Health Services, St. George's
Hospital Medical School (1978-1987).

Publications:  Author of over 180 papers and several books on
substance misuse and addictive behaviour, including:  "Anglo-Dutch
responses to drug problem", Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
(1988); "Improving the use of psychoactive drugs:  educating the
professionals", WHO publication (translated into eight languages)
(1988); "Comparison of oral preparation of heroin and methadone to
stabilize opiate misusers as in-patients", British Medical Journal
(1990); Misuse of Drugs:  the Criminal Law Library (1991); "Cannabis
use in a large sample of acute psychiatric admissions", British
Journal of Addiction (1991); "Systems analysis of a drug dependency
service in London", British Journal of Addiction (1992); "Use of
public health indicators of the extent and nature of drug problems
during the 1970's and 1980's", Heroin Addiction and Drug Policy:  The
British System (1994); Addictive behaviour:  a guide to treatment
(1995); "International policies on addiction:  strategy development
and cooperation", British Journal of Psychiatry (1995).

Honours:  Fellowship, Royal College of Psychiatrists of the United
Kingdom (1985); M. S. McLeod Visiting Professor, Southern Australia
Postgraduate Medical Education Association (1990); National Health
Service Merit Award; Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians, United
Kingdom (1992).

Meetings attended:  Member, rapporteur and chairman of various WHO and
European Community expert committees, review groups and other working
groups on drug dependence; convener of WHO expert groups on medical
education (1986), pharmacy education (1987), and nurse education
(1989) and rational prescribing of psychiatric drugs; Conference of
Ministers of Health on Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs Misuse, London
(1986); International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking, Vienna (1987); World Ministerial Summit to Reduce the
Demand for Drugs and to Combat the Cocaine Threat, London (1990);
represented the International Narcotics Control Board at sessions of
the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (1994-1995) and the Economic and
Social Council (1993-1995), and at the International Meeting on
Illicit Drug Traffic in the Near and Middle East and Central Asia,
Tehran (1994).


                           Kalman Szendrei (Hungary)

Date of birth:  1936.

Education:  Ph.D., Academy of Sciences, Budapest (1972); Doctor of
Pharmacy, Szeged, University Medical School (1963); post-doctoral
fellow (DAAD) at the University of Mu"nster, Germany (1971); Professor
of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products Chemistry (1977).

Present post:  Senior Interregional Adviser (Scientific), United
Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) Vienna; (Retiring
on 1 July 1996)

Previous posts:  Chief, Science and Research Section, UNDCP
(1994-1995); Senior Interregional Adviser, Department of Technical
Cooperation and Development, New York (1989-1991); Chief, Laboratory,
Division of Narcotic Drugs, United Nations Office at Vienna
(1988-1990); Senior Scientific Affairs Officer, Division of Narcotic
Drugs, United Nations Office at Vienna (1984-1989); Professor and
Director, Department of Pharmacognosy, Szeged University Medical
School (1977-1992) (on leave 1984-1992).

Publications:  Author of over 200 research papers, review articles,
manuals and technical documents, including many United Nations
publications on chemistry and pharmacology of natural medicinal
products, psychoactive plants and drugs of abuse.

Meetings attended:  Member of the Hungarian delegation to the
Commission on Narcotic Drugs; invited expert at many United Nations,
World Health Organization and other international expert meetings,
workshops and conferences; representative of the United Nations
(Division of Narcotic Drugs, UNDCP) at many international, regional
and national meetings and consultations; organizer of international
and national conferences, symposia and expert meetings on various
aspects of pharmaceutical sciences and drug control.

                                   Annex II

          NUMBER, LENGTH AND PLACE OF MEETINGS, PAYMENTS AND PRESENT
            MEMBERSHIP OF THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD


     "The Board shall meet as often as, in its opinion, may be
necessary for the proper discharge of its functions, but shall hold at
least two sessions in each calendar year" (Single Convention,
article 11, paragraph 2).

     The duration of each session varies from one to three weeks.  In
1995 its sessions were as follows:

     Fifty-eighth session, 8-19 May 1995

     Fifty-ninth session, 30 October-16 November 1995

     The sessions are normally held in the headquarters of the Board's
secretariat at Vienna, Austria (Vienna International Centre).

     In accordance with General Assembly resolution 2491 (XXIII) of
21 December 1968, the members of the Board receive a per diem
allowance while participating in Board sessions or in official
missions.  As of January 1996, this allowance at Vienna is US$ 303 per
day.  Members' travelling expenses are defrayed by the United Nations
according to current administrative practice.

     In accordance with General Assembly resolution 35/218 of
17 December 1980, members of the Board receive honoraria on the
following annual basis:

     President          US$ 5,000
     Vice-Presidents    US$ 4,000
     Members            US$ 3,000

     The present membership of the International Narcotics Control
Board is as follows: a/

     Sirad Atmodjo (1997) b/
     Edward A. Babayan (2000)
     Alfredo Pemjean (2000) b/
     A. Hamid Ghodse (1997) b/
     Dil Jan Khan (1997)
     Gottfried Machata (1997)
     Mohammed Abbas Mansour (2000)
     Bunsom Martin (1997)
     Anto'nio Lourenc'o Martins (2000)
     Herbert S. Okun (1997)
     Manuel Quijano (1997)
     Oskar Schroeder (2000)
     Elba Torres Graterol (2000)

                                     Notes

     a/   The year given after each name indicates the end of the
member's term of office, that is, 1 March 1997 or 1 March 2000.

     b/   Members elected from among candidates nominated by WHO.


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