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[6 August 2007] - A regional representative for Eastern and Southern Africa has now been elected to the NGO Advisory Council for the UN Secretary General’s Study on Violence against Children. The regional representative is: Mr Gilbert Oduor Onyango from The CRADLE (Child Rights Advisory Documentation and Legal Centre), based in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr Onyango's CV is available here. The new NGO Advisory Council has been formed specifically to support strong and effective follow-up to the UN Secretary-General’s Study on Violence against Children. Its primary purpose is to encourage and maintain NGO involvement at national, regional and international levels in follow-up advocacy with governments, UN agencies and others for full implementation of the Study's recommendations. The new NGO Advisory Council will have 18 members: 9 representatives from international NGOs, and nine representatives selected at regional level from national and regional NGOs. Further information