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Over his five years as Secretary General, he was pleased to report on the strides made within the organisation to the strengthening of the institution of Parliament despite its being a long-term frustrating process, noting that “What’s at stake is a transparent and accountable political process and political and economic development. …

Turkey's accession process to the European Union featured prominently in the delegation's discussions. Turkey first expressed an interest in relations with the-then European communities in 1958, and an association agreement was signed a few years later in 1963. Turkey formally applied for membership in 1987, but proper accession negotiations did not start until June 2006. Six chapters of the ...

In the United States, Congress is considering patent reform legislation which, while focused on streamlining the patent process, would assist in reducing intellectual property theft.

Following discussions, the francophone parliamentarians made proposals for priority areas of francophone actions, including: • equitable access to the Internet and the urgent need to reduce the digital divide through incentives to fund infrastructure; • democratic transparency through digital technology; • the need to harmonize ...

The OSCE’s reply is that its field operations are established at the invitation of the countries themselves and promote commitments made in a consensual manner. The OSCE is led by a rotating “chairman-in-office” selected to serve a one-year term from among the foreign ministers of the participating countries.

The session examined the benefits and risks of joining CPTPP from an agricultural perspective as well as the process for negotiating specific exceptions for local farming industries to accommodate differences in national standards for food safety and animal welfare.

Senator McPhedran then presented various opportunities for parliamentarians to advance GBA+ and gender-sensitive initiatives, including its application to legislation, budgeting, committee work and to the parliamentary environment more generally.

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The Honourable Kim Pate, Senator, joined the discussion, asking how international poverty reduction efforts can be made relevant to domestic reform initiatives in high-income countries like Canada and whether there were studies which estimated the cost of poverty on economies around the world.

The session focused on the roles of parliamentarians in scrutinizing multilateral trade agreements once implementing legislation is tabled in parliament. Mr. O’Connor and Mr. Hoback shared their experience of scrutinizing the CPTPP within their respective jurisdictions.