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Let \(E\) be a sequentially weakly complete Banach space and let \(B= \{x\in E:\| x\|\leq b\}\). The author deals with the Cauchy problem \[ x^{(m)}= f(t,x),\;x (0)= 0,\;x^{(i)}(0)= x_i\quad (i= 1,2,\dots,m- 1),\tag{1} \] where \(f: I\times B\to E\) is a weakly-weakly continuous and bounded function and \(I= [0,a]\). To explain the result of the paper denote by \(C_w(I,E)\) the space of weakly continuous functions from \(I\) into \(E\) with the topology of weak uniform convergence and let \(\beta\) be the De Blasi measure of weak noncompactness in \(E\). Put \(\varphi(t,X)= \lim_{r\to 0} \beta(I_{tr}\times X)\) for \(t\in I\) and \(X\subset B\), where \(I_{tr}= I\cap(t- r,t+r)\). Under the assumption that \(\varphi(t,X)\leq u^{(m)}(t)\beta(X)/u(t)\) for \(X\subset B\) and \(t\in (0,a)\) (where \(u\) is a function being positive on \((0,a]\) and satisfying some additional conditions) it is shown that the set \(S\) of all weak solutions to (1) is nonempty, compact and connected in \(C_w(J,E)\), where \(J\) is a subinterval of \(I\).