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The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) is an advisory body of the African Union designed to give civil society organizations (CSOs) a voice within the AU institutions and decision-making processes. ECOSOCC is made up of civil society organizations from a wide range of sectors including labour, business and professional groups, service providers and policy think tanks, both from within Africa and the African diaspora. The Interim President of ECOSOCC was Kenyan Nobel Prize winner Prof. Wangari Maathai. In 2008, she was replaced as President by Cameroonian lawyer Akere Muna of the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU). ==Legal framework== ECOSOCC is provided for in the African Union Constitutive Act, but does not have its own protocol, relying rather on Statutes approved by the AU Assembly. The ECOSOCC Statutes provide for four main bodies: * A 150-member General Assembly, made up of 144 elected representatives (two from each Member State, ten operating at regional level, eight at continental level and 20 from the diaspora) and six representatives of CSOs nominated by the AU Commission, to be the highest decision-making body of the organ. * A 15-member standing committee with representatives from the five regions of Africa to coordinate the work of the organ. * 10 sectoral cluster committees for feeding opinion and inputs into the policies and programmes of the AU. * A five-person credentials committee for determining the eligibility of CSO representatives to contest elections or participate in the processes of the organ. The 10 Sectoral Cluster Committees are: *Peace and Security Committee *Political Affairs Committee *Infrastructure and Energy Committee *Social Affairs and Health Committee *Human Resources, Sciences and Technology Committee *Trade and Industry Committee *Rural Economy and Agriculture Committee *Economic Affairs Committee *Women and Gender Committee *Cross-Cutting Programs Committee 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Economic, Social and Cultural Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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