90 Instruments of the AU PART II: COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF THE CHILD CHAPTER TWO: Establishment and Organisation of the Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child Article 32: The Committee An African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, hereinafter called ‘the Committee’, shall be established within the Organization of African Unity to promote and protect the rights and welfare of the child. Article 33: Composition 1. The Committee shall consist of 11 members of high moral standing, integrity, impartiality and competence in matters of the rights and welfare of the child; 2. The members of the Committee shall serve in their personal capacity; 3. The Committee shall not include more than one national of the same state. Article 34: Election As soon as this Charter shall enter into force the members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government from a list of persons nominated by the state parties to the present Charter. Article 35: Candidates Each state party to the present Charter may nominate not more than two candidates. The candidates must have one of the nationalities of the state parties to the present Charter. When two candidates are nominated by a state, one of them shall not be a national of that state. Article 36: [Nomination procedure] 1. The Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity shall invite state parties to the present Charter to nominate candidates at least six months before the elections. 2. The Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity shall draw up, in alphabetical order, a list of persons nominated and communicate it to the Heads of State and Government at least two months before the elections. Article 37: Term of office 1. The members of the Committee shall be elected for a term of five years and may be re-elected only once. However, the term of four of the members elected at the first election shall expire after two years and the term of six others, after four years. 2. Immediately after the first election, the Chairman of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity shall draw lots to determine the names of those members referred to in subparagraph 1 of this article. 3. The Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity shall convene the first meeting of the Committee at the Headquarters of the Organisation within six months of the election of the members of the Committee, and thereafter the Committee shall be convened by its Chairman, whenever necessary, at least once a year.