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A delegation of four parliamentarians from the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association travelled to Strasbourg to participate in the fall session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in which Canada enjoys observer status along with Israel and Mexico. The delegation was led by Association president the Hon. Lorna Milne, Senator, and included from the Senate the Hon ...

Priorities for the current Parliament to 2015 include supporting the ratification of ILO Convention No. 169[5] and the draft Nordic Sami Convention, reform of the Sami Parliament Act, and implementation of a revitalization program for Sami languages.

The first conference of Arctic parliamentarians was held in 1993 in Iceland, and SCPAR was established the following year. Conferences have been held in a different Arctic country every two years since the second conference in Yellowknife in 1996, the same year that the eight-nation Arctic Council was established at a Ministerial meeting in Ottawa. The Arctic Council also gives standing to ...

Initially, the international community attempted to tackle this problem within the framework of the United Nations, launching the negotiations on the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). Unfortunately, the negotiations failed to achieve its goals.

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Yeliseyev also thanked Canada for selecting Ukraine as one of 20 countries of concentration for development assistance, and he requested Canada’s support in implementing the Anti-Personnel Mines Convention ratified by Ukraine.

Particular attention should be paid to promoting access to health care among vulnerable groups, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women specifically included the right of women in rural areas to health care facilities, including counselling and services in family planning.

The IPG has a long association with PNWER, and typically attends PNWER's fall and summer meetings. PNWER is a statutory, bilateral, regional private-public sector group which includes Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Yukon Territory. The aims of the organization are to: promote greater regional collaboration; enhance the ...

The Can/Am Border Trade Alliance (BTA) holds two meetings each year: in the spring in Ottawa and in the fall in Washington, D.C. The BTA is a coalition of businesses, public-sector organizations and individuals with an interest in bilateral trade and tourism. Its mission is to maximize commercial activity and ensure continued growth in cross-border trade as well as efficient and productive ...

Meetings of the IPU provide an important opportunity for Canadian parliamentary diplomacy. This work occurs multilaterally, through the meetings of various committees and other bodies that take place during an IPU Assembly. It also occurs bilaterally, through the opportunities for important side meetings that IPU Assemblies create. The Canadian delegation was able to pursue both during the ...