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DECISION ON THE ELECTION OF SIX (6) MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD (ACEWRC)
Doc. EX.CL/918 (XXVII)
Decision No: Assembly/AU/Dec. 575(XXV)

The Assembly,

1.	TAKES NOTE of the election of six (6) members of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) by the Executive Council;

2.	APPOINTS the following members of the ACERWC for a five (5)-year term:

No	Name	Country	
1	Mrs. Dikéré Marie-Christine BOCOUM	Côte d’Ivoire	
2	Ms. Aver GAVAR	Nigeria	
3	Ms. Maria MAPANI-KAWIMBE	Zambia	
4	Mr. Clement MASHAMBA	Tanzania	
5	Mr. Benyam Dawit MEZMUR	Ethiopia	
6	Ms. Goitseone Nanikie NKWE	Botswana	

3.	REQUESTS the Commission to prepare modalities to ensure the scrupulous respect of the principles of equitable regional and gender representation in all AU organs and institutions, and to submit the modalities to the January 2016 Summit.