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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

Thirteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Election of the members to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 28 February 2011

The thirteenth meeting of States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child was held on 21 December 2010 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, at 10:00 a.m. The purpose of the meeting was to elect nine members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 28 February 2011.

The nine members elected are the following. New members took their oath at the CRC 57th session held from 30 May to 17 June 2011 in Geneva:

List of candidates and their CVs as submitted by the States parties
Name	Nominated by	Term of office
Ms. Agnes Akosua AIDOO	Ghana	28 February 2015
Ms. Aseil AL-SHEHAIL	Saudi Arabia	28 February 2015
Mr. Jorge CARDONA LLORENS E-F	Spain	28 February 2015
Mr. Bernard GASTAUD	Monaco	28 February 2015
Ms. Maria HERCZOG	Hungary	28 February 2015
Mr. Hatem KOTRANE	Tunisia	28 February 2015
Mr. Gehad MADI E-F and Add.1	Egypt	28 February 2015
Ms. Kirsten SANDBERG	Norway	28 February 2015
Ms. Hiranthi WIJEMANNE	Sri Lanka	28 February 2015

Documentation
Provisional Agenda	CRC/SP/41	E \| F \| S \| R \| C \| A
CVs of candidates: Official document	CRC/SP/42	E \| F \| S \| R \| C \| A
List of candidates - Addendum	CRC/SP/42/Add.1	E \| F \| S \| R \| C \| A
List of candidates - Addendum	CRC/SP/42/Add.2	E \| F \| S \| R \| C \| A
Rules of procedure for the elections of CRC experts	CRC/SP/5	E \| F \| S \| R \| C \| A
Article 43		E \| F \| S

The current membership of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Name	Nationality	Term expires
Ms. Agnes Akosua AIDOO (Vice-Chair)	Ghana	02.2011
Ms. Hadeel AL-ASMAR	Syrian Arab Republic	02.2013
Mr. Luigi CITARELLA	Italy	02.2011
Ms. Azza El ASHMAWY	Egypt	02.2011
Mr. Kamel FILALI (Vice-Chair)	Algeria	02.2011
Mr. Peter GURAN	Slovakia	02.2013
Ms. Maria HERCZOG	Hungary	02.2011
Mr. Sanphasit KOOMPRAPHANT	Thailand	02.2013
Mr. Lothar Friedrich KRAPPMANN (Rapporteur)	Germany	02.2011
Mr. Hatem KOTRANE	Tunisia	02.2011
Ms. Yanghee LEE (Chairperson)	Republic of Korea	02.2013
Ms. Marta MAURAS PEREZ	Chile	02.2013
Ms. Rosa María ORTIZ (Vice-Chair)	Paraguay	02.2011
Mr. Awich POLLAR	Uganda	02.2013
Mr. Dainius PURAS	Lithuania	02.2011
Ms Kamla Devi VARMAH	Mauritius	02.2013
Ms. Susana VILLARAN DE LA PUENTE	Peru	02.2013
Mr. Jean ZERMATTEN (Vice-Chair)	Switzerland	02.2013

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