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In his opening statement, the Speaker of the Mauritanian Senate said that through affirmative action women had taken more than 20% of the seats in Parliament. 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 ...

While in Windsor, Speaker Furey had the highest honour of representing the Parliament of Canada at The Queen`s 90th Birthday Celebration at Windsor Castle in the gracious presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh.

Elections to the Scottish Parliament are conducted on the basis of combining the traditional first-past-the-post system (to elect 73 constituency members) and a form of proportional representation called the Additional Member System (to elect 56 regional members - seven for each of the eight regions used in European Parliament elections).

Beyond the already mentioned meetings, Speaker Rota and the delegation had the opportunity to informally exchange with several Members of Parliament in both countries, where matters such as the bilateral relationship and the importance of parliamentary exchanges were highlighted and expanded upon.

The delegates had the privilege of witnessing the Opening Ceremony of the Second Session of the Fourteenth Parliament. Furthermore, Speaker Furey presented the keynote address at the Second Roundtable Session on Malaysian Senate reform in Port Dickson and following the address, all Canadian delegates were invited to participate in a Q and A ...

On 30 October 2024, members of the executive committee of the Canada–United Kingdom Inter-Parliamentary Association hosted a luncheon to bid farewell to Her Excellency Susannah Goshko, British High Commissioner to Canada, prior to her next appointment as British Ambassador to Mexico. James Maloney, Member of Parliament and Chair of the Association, gave remarks in which he thanked Ms. Goshko ...

Members considered a note prepared by the secretariat detailing responses received to the questionnaire on The Consolidation of IPU Reform. Doris Stump (Switzerland) thought some of the responses from the Swiss delegation may have accidentally been omitted; the secretariat undertook to make any necessary adjustments. With this proviso Members endorsed the secretariat’s summary of the ...

Visit of the Honourable Raymonde Gagné, Speaker of the Senate, and a Parliamentary Delegation, United Kingdom and Ireland From February 19 to 22, 2024, the Speaker of the Senate, the Honourable Raymonde Gagné, led a parliamentary delegation to the United Kingdom and Ireland. The delegation consisted of the Honourable Jane Cordy, Senator, the Honourable Percy Mockler, Senator, and the ...

Report of the Canadian parliamentary delegation to the Meeting of the Parliamentary Affairs Committee of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie

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