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July 22 - 29, 2023
59th Canadian Regional Conference
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM)
July 12, 2023
Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly "Call for Action - Helsinki +50": update on the situation in Ukraine
By videoconference
Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (SECO)
Three panelists delivered presentations. Ms. Yevheniia Kravchuk, Alternate Member of the Ukrainian delegation to the OSCE PA, provided an overview of the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and emphasized the need to provide assistance to civilians affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. Mr. Jacek Bylica, Chief of Cabinet in the Director General’s Office at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), presented the IAEA’s activities in Ukraine, including relating to its nuclear safety and security assessments of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. Mr. Michael J Fazekas, Executive Coordinator of the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI), described the SECI’s activities in Ukraine, including its work to support the provision of medical supplies and water filtration systems to civilians.
Several OSCE PA members took the floor during an open debate. Discussions focused on the support organizations like the IAEA and the SECI require to undertake their activities in Ukraine and the pressing need to provide humanitarian aid to civilians. The Canadian parliamentarians who participated in the meeting were Senators Gwen Boniface, Donna Dasko, Kim Pate and Rebecca Patterson, and the Honourable Dr. Hedy Fry, P.C., M.P.
July 4 - 8, 2023
Bureau Meeting and 48th Annual Session of the ''Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie'' (APF)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Canadian Branch of the "Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie" (CAPF)
Over 200 participants from 40 APF branches took part in the proceedings. Representatives from several organizations related to the Francophonie were also in attendance.
The theme of the 48th Annual Session was citizen mobility in the Francophonie, put forward by the Georgia Branch. The APF also adopted a declaration on this theme.
Among the resolutions the APF adopted, three resulted directly from the Canadian Branch’s work:
- impacts of climate change on island, coastal and riparian territories;
- promotion and use of French in francophone nations; and
- period poverty in francophone nations.
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