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In their presentations, the High Commissioners covered topics including trade, foreign policy, cybersecurity and climate change, among others. To further enrich the dialogue, participants then heard from parliamentarians from both countries on each of the three agenda items.

He went on to say that a seminar on "The role of parliamentarians in human rights in general and the discrimination against women in particular" had recently been organized by the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Interparliamentary Union jointly with the Mauritanian Parliament.

Mr. Spengemann acknowledged that, while Canada has a high global ranking regarding UHC, the system is not perfect. Among the challenges Canada faces as it strives to implement UHC more broadly is the country’s vast geography and the related difficulty of accessing remote communities.

The purposes of this bilateral visit were many. In broad terms, the delegation held as an objective to convene meetings with a wide variety of groups and individuals, including Haitian parliamentarians, Canadian officials and stakeholders, and personnel and professionals providing services on the ground to Haitians. These meetings were meant to provide the delegation with a more complete ...

The workshop drew over 90 participants, including the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Michelle Bachelet. Accordingly, Canadian delegates had the opportunity to hear about the measures being taken elsewhere in the world to protect human rights during this unprecedented crisis.

This year’s Annual Spring Session was the third held in Berlin. The first came four years after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1993, with 16 member nations of the then North Atlantic Assembly. In November 2000, Berlin again hosted the 46 th Annual Session of the newly re-named NATO Parliamentary Assembly which by then included 19 member parliaments. This year, the now 26 delegations from ...

The 61st Meeting of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors occurred virtually on May 17, 2022. Three Canadian parliamentarians participated: • Marc G. Serré, M.P., Chair of the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas (CPAM), Member of ParlAmericas’ Board of Directors (North America) and Chair of the ParlAmericas Corporation; • The Honourable Rosa Galvez, Senator, Vice-Chair of CPAM, President of ...

The High Commissioner and RUUK members spoke about a wide-range of issues of national and international importance to both countries.

In partnership with the UK Modern Slavery & Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (Modern Slavery PEC), CPA UK hosted this two-day international virtual conference for parliamentarians, survivors of modern slavery, human trafficking and forced labour, NGOs, government officials, researchers and civil society organisations from around the Commonwealth and beyond on “Assisting and Protecting ...

Investments in the European High North were €16 billion (CAD 20 billion) in 2012. Mining technology is a key export for Finland, particularly given the changing role of Nokia and information technology exports in the Finnish economy.