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The visit began with briefings at NATO Defence College (NDC) in Rome. Lt. Col. Mario Masdea, Chief of Public Affairs Office, briefly introduced the history, mission and organisational structure of the College. The NDC was opened in 1951 and its mission is to prepare selected officers and officials for important NATO and NATO-related multinational appointments and to conduct academic studies ...

The Geneva Center for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), and the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) co-hosted a webinar on the gendered dimensions of defence spending. The event was part of a series of webinars organized by ...

The NGA, which meets in the winter and summer each year, is supervised by a chair, vice-chair and nine-person executive committee, and governors participate on four standing committees – Economic Development and Commerce; Education and Workforce; Health and Human Services; and Natural Resources – as well as on special ad hoc bipartisan committees and task forces. At the 2012 summer meeting ...

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association held the second of its CPA High-Level Roundtables with Commonwealth High Commissioners based in London and representatives of Overseas Territories.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) held a virtual event on the “clean energy revolution”. Parliamentarians from the OSCE region, OSCE officials and members of the scientific community discussed current energy trends, the latest technological developments in energy production and possible implications of the transition from greenhouse ...

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 high cost of the report is an issue of concern and criticisms on the collection of evidence were discussed. It was agreed that for many, the results of the report will likely be unsatisfactory.

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 Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group aims to find points of convergence in respective national policies, to initiate dialogue on points of divergence, to encourage the exchange of information, and to promote better understanding among legislators on shared issues of concern. In addition to regular meetings with their federal counterparts, in recent years, members of the Canadian ...

The second afternoon session explored women’s leadership in international fora as a strategy to mainstream gender in high level international debates and resolutions. 3. The Canadian Delegation The Canadian delegation included the following Members of Parliament: · The Honourable Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette, Liberal