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The eleventh meeting of State parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child was held in New York on 21 February 2007 to elect members to the Committee which monitors the treaty's implementation. The new members will replace the nine current members whose terms expire on 28 February 2007. In four rounds of voting, five of the Committee’s members were re-elected, and four new members were elected. Their terms will all start on 1 March 2007. The Committee on the Rights of the Child is composed of 18 independent experts with recognised competence in the field of human rights. Members are elected for a term of four years by States parties in accordance with article 45 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Members serve in their personal capacity and may be re-elected if nominated. The five Committee members running for re-election, Mr. Krappmann (Germany), Mr. Kotrane (Tunisia), Ms. Khattab (Egypt), Mr. Filali (Algeria) and Ms. Ortiz (Paraguay) were all re-elected in the first round of voting. Mr. Doek (Netherlands), Ms. Anderson (Jamaica), and Ms. Ouedraogo (Burkina Faso) did not run for re-election and the government of Argentina withdrew the nomination of Mr. Liwiski in November. New Committee members elected in the first round included Mr. Dainius Puras (Lithuania) and Mr. Luigi Citarella (Italy), a former member of the Committee from 2001-2005. The second round of voting was limited to four candidates and no candidate reached a majority of votes. In the third round of voting, Ms. Agnes Akosua Aidoo (Ghana) was elected. In the fourth and final round of voting, Ms. Maria Herczog (Hungary) was elected. Committee members who were not up for re-election and remain on the Committee through February 2009 are: Ms. Al-Thani (Qatar), Ms. Aluoch (Kenya), Ms. Lee (Republic of Korea), Mr. Parfitt (Canada), Mr. Pollar (Uganda), Mr. Siddiqui (Bangladesh), Ms. Smith (Norway), Ms. Vuckovic-Sahovic (Serbia), and Mr. Zermatten (Switzerland). Biographical data on the new members is available on the OHCHR website.
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pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Intro_members_2007.doc