Members of the Committee of the Rights and Welfare of the Child

(AUC)-- On the appointment of Members of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the Assembly decided to appoint the following persons as Members of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, as elected by the 17^th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council held in Kampala, Uganda:

No.	Name	Country	Term of Office
1.	Miss Amal Muhammad AL-HANQARI	Libya	5-year term
2.	Mr. Alfas M. CHITAKUNYE	Zimbabwe	5-year term
3.	Mr. Benyam DAWIT Mezmur	Ethiopia	5-year term
4.	Mrs. Fatima DELLADJ-SEBAA	Algeria	5-year term
5.	Mr. Clement Julius MASHAMBA	Tanzania	5-year term
6.	Ms. Félicité MUHIMPUNDU	Rwanda	5-year term

On the appointment of Judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Assembly decided to appoint the following persons as Judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, as elected by the 17^th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council held in Kampala, Uganda:

No.	Name	Country	Term of Office
1.	Mr. Fatsah OUGUERGOUZ	Algeria	6-year term
2.	Mr. Augustino S. L. RAMADHANI	Tanzania	6-year term
3.	Mr. Duncan TAMBALA	Malawi	6-year term
4.	Ms. Eisie Nwanwuri THOMPSON	Nigeria	6-year term
5.	Mr. Sylvain ORE	Côte d’Ivoire	4-year term

On procedures relating to items proposed by Member States to the Assembly, the Assembly urged Member State and the Commission to strictly comply with the Rules of the Policy Organs.

On the Report of Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC) on NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), the Assembly requested NPCA to scale up technical support to AU Member States on Agriculture and Food Security by providing necessary technical guidelines on access to global financing to boost CAADP implementation and requested the AUC and NPCA to finalize the Assessment Report on G8/Africa partnership commitments by the January 2011 AU Summit for presentation by African Leaders at the 2011 G8/Africa Outreach.

On the implementation of the previous decisions of the African Union, the Assembly requested the Commission to take necessary measures to elaborate in collaboration with the Permanent Representatives’ Committee the guidelines on the preparation and adoption of decisions, including the number of decisions, the timeframe for reporting and to make appropriate recommendations to the Assembly, through the Executive Council at its next Ordinary Session in January/February 2011.

On the partnership for the eradication of mother-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, the Assembly invited all Member States to intensify efforts relating to antiretroviral treatment and prevention of mother-to child transmission and to extend such efforts to primary health centres. The Assembly underscored the need to propagate throughout the continent, programs for the total eradication of mother-child transmission so that no child may be born with HIV/AIDS. It requested the coordination, within the shortest time possible, of collective action of all African actors concerned, with help of interested international partners, to put a final end to the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child.

On the accession of African countries to the Convention on banning the use of certain conventional weapons with a traumatic effect or which strike indiscriminately, the Assembly, invited African States to massively accede to this Convention in order to strengthen their contribution to the building and consolidation of International Humanitarian Law, particularly the formulation of international rules for the control of conventional weapons.

On African Cultural Renaissance Day, the Assembly decided to celebrate 3 April every year as African Cultural Renaissance Day throughout the Continent.

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