Chapter 5 Article 6 Participation in the African Peer Review Process The APRM shall be guided by the following principles: 1. Participation in the African Peer Review process is open to all AU Member States 2. Membership of the APRM shall comprise and be limited to AU Member States that have voluntarily acceded to it. 3. Any Member State of the African Union wishing to participate in the APRM after the entry into in force of the present Statute, shall notify the Chairperson of the APR Forum of its intention to accede to this Statute and be admitted as a Member of the APRM. 4. Any Member State of the African Union wishing to participate in the APRM shall give an undertaking to submit to and facilitate periodic peer reviews, and to implement the recommendations relating thereto. Statute of the African Peer Review Mechanism, August 2016V11082016 9