e) The major constitutional and legislative provisions on the rights and welfare of the child; f) Analysis of the major policies for children and information on budgets allocated to issues on education and maternal, child and youth health. 2. The preliminary mission report shall also mention the possible difficulties of the mission and include a list of potential interlocutors. Article 10: Sources of information Information contained in the preliminary mission report shall be collected from the African Union, the United Nations and other international organizations with expertise on the country or the situation of the rights of the child in question, from the government of the State party concerned and from non-governmental organizations with observer status on the committee, as well as official opposition political parties, local representatives of international or regional organizations and civil society organizations. B. LOGISTICS Article 11: Mission dates 1. The Committee should, through its Chairperson and the Chairperson of the AU, send through the official channel, three (03) months before the dates scheduled for the mission, a letter to the government of the State party to inform it of the objective, timetable and venues of the investigation mission. The State party shall be obliged to send its reply within one (01) month after reception of the letter. 2. In agreement with the State party, the Committee shall finally fix the dates of its investigation missions six (06) weeks before the beginning of the mission. In the event of emergency, the Committee shall decide on its investigation missions within a shorter period. 6

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