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From Africa Recovery, Vol.17 #2 (July 2003), page 24 NEPAD Six eminent African women and men have been appointed to begin directing the work of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). Set up to further the goals of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the mechanism is a system of "self-monitoring" by which African countries review each others' political and economic governance. The six initial members of the supervising panel were appointed by NEPAD's 15-member heads of state Implementation Committee at the end of May. More members will be appointed at a later date. The first six members are: Ms. Graça Machel, a well-known Mozambican children's rights activist; Prof. Adebayo Adedeji, a Nigerian economist and former head of the UN Economic Commission for Africa; Ms. Marie-Angelique Savané, former head of the UN Population Fund's Africa Bureau, from Senegal; Mr. Bethuel Kiplagat, Kenya's former ambassador to France and the UK; Ms. Dorothy Njeuma, a former vice-minister of higher education in Cameroon and currently chancellor of the University of Buea; and Mr. Chris Staals, former head of the South African Reserve Bank. "I have great confidence in the integrity of the sons and daughters of Africa who have been nominated to serve on this panel," Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said when the names were announced. The APRM is a voluntary mechanism, and will begin by conducting
reviews of those African countries that have agreed to participate,
in particular their policies, standards and practices relating
to political governance and the rule of law, economic growth,
sustainable development and regional integration. At the time
the panel was named, 15 countries had indicated their willingness
to join by signing the APRM's memorandum of understanding: Algeria,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana,
Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa
and Uganda. This article may be freely reproduced, with attribution to
"Africa Recovery, United Nations". Africa Recovery Tel: (212) 963-6857
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