The African Peer Review Panel held its 62nd meeting in Monrovia, Liberia to meet with the new Chairperson of the African Peer Review Forum, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The panel's chairperson introduced the delegation to President Sirleaf and updated her on the African Peer Review Mechanism's programs. President Sirleaf expressed support for the mechanism and pledged her commitment to its work. The African Peer Review Mechanism was established in 2003 by the African Union to monitor governance in member states, with 33 countries having joined and 17 completing peer reviews.

1. African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) visits Liberia
Monrovia, 4 September 2013 – The African Peer Review Panel of Eminent Persons (APR
Panel) held its 62nd meeting in Monrovia, Liberia on the 3-4 September 2013. The West African
country was chosen as venue for this meeting to create an opportunity for the Panel Members
to meet with the new Chairperson of the African Peer Review Forum, the President of Liberia,
H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who had expressed a wish to meet them. The Chairperson of the
APR Panel, Barrister Akere Tabeng Muna, led the APRM Delegation.
Barrister Muna indicated that the purpose of the visit was to introduce the APR Panel to the
Chairperson of the APR Forum and inform her about the status of the programmes being
implemented by the African Peer Review Mechanism.
President Sirleaf commended the APRM for the good work it has accomplished in Member
States. She also pledged her commitment and support to the Mechanism.
President H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was appointed Chairperson of the African Peer Review
Forum at the 19th Summit of the Committee of Heads of State and Government participating in
the APRM, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in May 2013. She took over from H.E. Hailemariam
Desalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), an initiative of the African Union, was
established in March 2003 by the Heads of State and Government Implementation Committee
(HSGIC) of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). It is an instrument for
monitoring governance in the Member States.

2. To date, thirty-three (33) Member States of the African Union have voluntarily acceded to the
Continental Mechanism. Seventeen (17) of the countries that have completed their self-
assessment exercise have been peer-reviewed by the Forum of Heads of State and
Government.
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