Elections were held at the United Nations to choose nine members of an expert panel, which monitors implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Those elected to serve four-year terms include Ralph F. Boyd, Jr. of the U.S, a former government official who dealt with civil rights; José Francisco Cali Tzay, the founder of an indigenous rights programme in Guatemala; and Fatimata-Binta Victoire Dah, a career diplomat from Burkina Faso.