Commission means the Commission of the African Union; Constitutive Act means the Constitutive Act of the African Union; ECOSOCC means the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union; Executive Council means the Executive Council of the African Union; Member States/ Participating States means Member States of the APRM; NPCA means NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency; NGC means the National APRM Governing Council/Commission; PRC means the Permanent Representatives Committee of the African Union; RECs means the Regional Economic Communities; Statute means the present Statute of the African Peer Review Mechanism; STCs means the Specialized Technical Committees of the African Union; Union means the African Union. Statute of the African Peer Review Mechanism, August 2016V11082016 5