September 2020

CRC Asia held its first virtual General Assembly (GA) this year on 23-24 September.

We are happy to have been reunited with all our members during the two-day meeting, albeit differently this time, discussing internal matters and approving key documents, and sharing updates about our respective initiatives to address the impacts of COVID-19 on children.

The statutory meeting took place on the first day of the GA, with CRC Asia Board of Trustees (BOT) President Elizabeth P. De Castro welcoming all the members with an opening message. We are also glad that our BOT Treasurer Lourdes G. Balanon, participated in the meeting.

On the second day, Atty. Mikiko Otani, a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, opened the sharing session with a welcome message and relevant updates from the Committee and responded to the questions and exchanged ideas with the participants.

At this virtual event, we also welcomed two new members of the CRC Asia BOT — Valerie Khan of Group Development Pakistan and Madhav Pradhan of CWIN Nepal. Pehn Son of CRC Cambodia concluded the program with a closing message. Penh and Aung Myo Min of Equality Myanmar are the two outgoing BOT members, having served their respective terms from 2018-2020.