suffer any punishment as the result of his earlier conviction of 24 December 1985, the author's claim is outside the scope of article 14, paragraph 6, of the Covenant, 7. The Human Bights Committee therefore decides: (a) That the communication is inadmissible under article 3 of the Optional Protocol; (b) That this decision shall be transmitted to the State party, to the author and to his counsel. [Done in English, French, Russian and Spanish/ the English text being the original version.] Notes %f See Official Records of the General Assembly* Forty-fifth Session, Supplement Ho, 40 (A/45/40), vol. II, annex IX, sect. M, views adopted on 23 July 1990, para. 5.5, -423-