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of human rights, consideration being given to the usefulness of the participation of some persons
having legal experience.

3. The members of the Committee shall be elected and shall serve in their personal capacity.

Article 29

1. The members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot from a list of persons possessing
the qualifications prescribed in article 28 and nominated for the purpose by the States Parties to the
present Covenant. 2. Each State Party to the present Covenant may nominate not more than two
persons. These persons shall be nationals of the nominating State.

3. A person shall be eligible for renomination.

Article 30

1. The initial election shall be held no later than six months after the date of the entry into force of the
present Covenant. 2. At least four months before the date of each election to the Committee, other
than an election to fill a vacancy declared in accordance with article 34, the Secretary-General of the
United Nations shall address a written invitation to the States Parties to the present Covenant to
submit their nominations for membership of the Committee within three months.

3. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall prepare a list in alphabetical order of all the
persons thus nominated, with an indication of the States Parties which have nominated them, and shall
submit it to the States Parties to the present Covenant no later than one month before the date of
each election.

4. Elections of the members of the Committee shall be held at a meeting of the States Parties to the
present Covenant convened by the Secretary General of the United Nations at the Headquarters of the
United Nations. At that meeting, for which two thirds of the States Parties to the present Covenant
shall constitute a quorum, the persons elected to the Committee shall be those nominees who obtain
the largest number of votes and an absolute majority of the votes of the representatives of States
Parties present and voting.

Article 31

1. The Committee may not include more than one national of the same State. 2. In the election of the
Committee, consideration shall be given to equitable geographical distribution of membership and to
the representation of the different forms of civilization and of the principal legal systems.

Article 32

1. The members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of four years. They shall be eligible for
re-election if renominated. However, the terms of nine of the members elected at the first election
shall expire at the end of two years; immediately after the first election, the names of these nine
members shall be chosen by lot by the Chairman of the meeting referred to in article 30, paragraph 4.
2. Elections at the expiry of office shall be held in accordance with the preceding articles of this part of
the present Covenant.

Article 33

1. If, in the unanimous opinion of the other members, a member of the Committee has ceased to carry
out his functions for any cause other than absence of a temporary character, the Chairman of the
Committee shall notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who shall then declare the seat of
that member to be vacant. 2. In the event of the death or the resignation of a member of the
Committee, the Chairman shall immediately notify the Secretary-General of the United Nations, who
shall declare the seat vacant from the date of death or the date on which the resignation takes effect.

Article 34