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TWELFTH PARLIAMENT OF GUYANA FIRST SESSION (2020-2023) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION NO.
53 WHEREAS, Article 212 Q of the Constitution has established a Rights of the Child Commission; AND WHEREAS, in accordance with Article 212 U(2) (a) and (b) of the Constitution, the Rights of the Child Commission shall consist of- “(a) Not less than five nor more than fifteen members, with expertise in issues affecting children, nominated by entities, by a consensual mechanism determined by the National Assembly, after the entities which shall include the Ministry with responsibility for Children’s affairs, the Ministry of Education, and organizations representing the interest of youth, are determined by the votes not less than two-thirds of all elected members of the National Assembly; and (b) A member who shall be a nominee, without the right to vote, chosen by and from each of the following commissions: the Human Rights Commission, Ethnic Relations Commission, and Women and Gender Equality Commission and Indigenous People’s Commission:” /…2 2.
AND WHEREAS, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Appointments (COA) examined the list of entities to nominate members to the Rights of the Child Commission in accordance with article 212 U(2)(a) of the Constitution regarding to the number of members on the said Commission; AND WHEREAS, the Committee having deliberated on identifying the entities to submit nominees for appointment to the Rights of the Child Commission, unanimously agrees and proposes that the Commission be comprised of nominations from the list of entities in the First Schedule in the following categories: Services Religion Youth Women Statutory Bodies Professional Bodies Ministry of Education Ministry of Health Ministry of Human Services and Social Security 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 AND WHEREAS, the Committee also unanimously agreed on the consensual mechanism to guide the process for consulting and nominating of Members to the said Rights of the Child Commission herein at the Second Schedule; RESOLVED, That this National Assembly approves the proposed representation of the above- mentioned categories from the list of entities; /…3 3.
FURTHER RESOLVED, That the National Assembly adopts the Sixth Report of the Committee on Appointments in relation to the Appointment of Members to the Rights of the Child Commission; FURTHER RESOLVED, That this National Assembly approves the entities to nominate Members of the Rights of the Child Commission, in accordance with article 212 U(2)(a) of the Constitution, as set out in the First Schedule attached; FURTHER RESOLVED, That this National Assembly approves the consensual mechanism outlined in the Second Schedule attached.
Passed by the National Assembly on Thursday, 2nd February, 2023.

S.E.
ISAACS, Clerk of the National Assembly FIRST SCHEDULE Proposed entities to be consulted for the Nomination of Members of the Rights of the Child Commission SERVICE- 2 Child Link Community Based Rehabilitation Programme Friends of the Needy Generation Next Guyana Legal Aid Clinic Inc. Guyana Relief Council Help and Shelter Kids First Fund Phoenix Recovery Project Radio’s Needy Children’s Fund Salvation Army The Guyana Red Cross Society Young Women’s Christian Association of Guyana (YWCA) RELIGION - 3 Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana -1 Guyana Council of Churches - 1 Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha -1 YOUTH – 2 Central Baptist Youth Fellowship Church of Christ Youth Group Dharmic Naujawan (Dharmic Youth) Empowering Queers Using Artistic Learning (EQUAL) /…2 2 Full Gospel Youth Fellowship Guyana Central Arya Samaj -Youth Organisation Guyana Congregational Young People’s Union Guyana Girl Guides Association Guyana Scouts Association Guyana Youth and Student Movement (GYSM) Guyana Youth Development Association Indian Action Committee Youth Group Joshua Generation Junior Chamber International Guyana (JCI Guyana) Leo Association of Guyana Methodist Youth Club Muslim Youth League of Guyana Muslim Youth Organisation National Youth Council Outreach Ministries International -Youth Arm Presbytery of Guyana Youth Council Progressive Youth Organisation President’s Youth Award: Republic of Guyana, MS Rotaract Clubs of Guyana The Moravian Church in Guyana, Youth Fellowship The Youth Ministries Department of the Guyana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists University of Guyana Student Society Volunteer Youth Corps Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Youth Advocacy Movement (YAM) Youth Challenge Guyana /…3 3.
Youth For Change - (YFC) Youth Ministries Department of the Assemblies of God WOMEN – 2 Assemblies of God Women’s Ministry Association of Women Entrepreneurs Guyana Association of Women's Artists Guyana Association of Women’s Lawyers Guyana District Conference Women’s Work Committee (Methodist) Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha- Mahila Mandalee Guyana Women Miners Organisation Guyanese Women in Development (GUYWID) National Committee of Sisters Affairs (NACOSA) (CIOG Women’s Arm) National Congress of Women Lutheran Church Women Mothers’ Union Diocese of Guyana Outreach Ministries International Women’s Group Red Thread Women's Development Project Salvation Army Home League The Women’s Ministries Department of the Guyana Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist Women’s Advisory Council (WAC) Women Across Differences Women’s Chamber of Commerce & Industry Guyana (WCCIG) Women for Change (AFC Women Arm) Women’s Home & Overseas Missionary Society Women’s Progressive Organisation Young Women's Christian Association of Guyana (YWCA) /…4 4.
STATUTORY BODIES – 2 National Commission on Disabilities – 1 National Commission on the Family - 1 PROFESSIONAL BODIES -1 Association of Chartered Accountants Guyana Association of Professional Social Workers (GAPSW) Guyana Bar Association Guyana Nurses Association Guyana Medical Association Guyana Pharmacists’ Association Medical Technologists Association of Guyana Ministry of Education – 1 Ministry of Health – 1 Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security – 1 /…5 5.
SECOND SCHEDULE Consensual Mechanism for the Nomination by Entities of Members of the Rights of the Child Commission All the Entities in each Group, immediately on the passage of this motion, shall be written to by the Clerk of the National Assembly inviting them to meet as a group, to select their nominees and to send a representative/s on an appointed day/date, time to appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee to Appoint Members of the Commissions, at the Parliament Buildings to present the name/s of their nominee/s for Membership on the Rights of the Child Commission.
A deadline shall be set by the Clerk of the National Assembly on advice by the Standing Committee, by which time it would be formally notified of the names and other requested particulars of the Nominee/s, the process used for the selection of the Nominee/s by the entity, and a statement to the effect that the Nominee/s is/are supported and accepted by that entity.
The Nominee/s chosen to represent the Group must be person/s who are competent to contribute positively to the work of the Commission and who are committed to ensuring that it discharges all of its functions.

They should have earned public respect and be of unquestionable honesty and integrity.

The process used must be demonstrated to be unbiased and transparent.
It is important that the Nominee/s obtain the unquestioned support and acceptance of the Entity nominating them as well as the Entities within the Group.

Where there is a recognised “umbrella organization” in the list of entities for that Group, the Clerk shall write to that organisation and copy his letter to each of the “constituent entities” within the Group.