the secretariat so that She hoped that budget. could thus be made. they could be taken into acoount in the programme an identification of the resources that were needed At the 182nd meeting, on 28 January, the Director-General of the United 8. She said that there was no Nations Office at Vienna addressed the Committee. lack of goodwill on the part of the United Nations Office at Vienna for providing adequate support for the Coziunittee’s work, and if it had fallen short of what the committee might have wished for, it was on account of the She hoped that the proposals constraints imposed by a xero growth budget. prepared for the Committee would render its work more effective. Certain improvements had been made in servicing the current session and it wae her hope that they had met some of the concerns that had been expressed. 9. She noted that the Committee was important not only as a treaty body in the human rights field, but also because of the link between its work on the Convention and the efforts it was making to achieve more affective implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategiesl it was the intention of the United Nations Office at Vienna to facilitate its activities in both regards. The Committee’s work had a great impact in making a reality of a Convention that would mean netting -if it was not implemsntsd de facto as well a6 de. C. Band- 10. In accordance with article 17 of the Convention, the Fifth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention was convened by the Secretary-General at United Nations Headquarters on 6 February 1990. 41 The States parties elected 12 members of the committee from among the candidates nominated to replace those whose term of office was due to expire on 16 April 1990. 11. Me. 28 Ms. 24 24 All members of the Committee attended the tenth session, except Lin Shangxhen. Ms, Bravo N&es de Ramsey attended the session from January to 1 February, Us. Fenger-Miiller from 21 to 26 January, Gone&lee Martinea from 28 January to 1 February, Ms, Schiipp-Schilling to 26 January, Ms. ukeje from 21 to 29 January and Ms. Walla-Tchangai January to 1 February 1991. of members of the Committee, 12. The list duration of their terms of office, appears D. together with an indication in annex II to the present from from of the report. .solemn 13. At the opening of the tenth session, before assuming their functions, the newly elected members, Ms. Abaka (Ghana), Ms. Aouij (Tunisia), Ms. Nikolaeva (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and Ms. Quintos-Deles (Philippines), who were elected at the Fifth Meeting of States Parties, and Ms. Akamatsu (Japan), Ms. Corti (Italy), Ms. Forde (Barbados), Ms. Ilic (Yugoslavia) and Ms. Tallawy (Egypt), who were similarly re-elected, made the solemn declaration as provided for under rule 10 of the rules of procedure of the committee. At the 173rd meeting, on 22 January 1991, Ms. Ukeje (Nigeria), who was similarly re-elected, and at the 16lst meeting, on 28 January 1991, -5-