[1 July 2016] - On 30 June 2016, UN Member States at the UN General Assembly in New York elected nine people to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Those selected will replace outgoing members of the 18-strong Committee whose terms expire on 28 February 2017.

Elected by secret ballot, the new members are:

Amal Salman Aldoseri (Bahrain)
Olga A. Khazova (Russian Federation)
Cephas Lumina (Zambia)
Benyam Dawit Mezmur (Ethiopia)
Mikiko Otani (Japan)
Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna (Uruguay)
Ann Marie Skelton (South Africa)
Velina Todorova (Bulgaria)
Renate Winter (Austria)

For more details and the exact number of votes received click here. For more information on each of the candidates, visit CRIN's page of candidate profiles here.

External URL:

http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/hr5319.doc.htm

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