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The members of the delegation actively participated in a number of meetings of committees – in particular, the Political Affairs Committee, the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development, and the Committee on Environment, Culture and Local and Regional Affairs. In addition, the members attended meetings of the various political groups in the Assembly.

The Honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Senator, Vice-president of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU) and President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Committee on Middle East Questions (MEQ), called an extraordinary meeting of this committee to discuss recent developments in Palestine and in Libya. The Committee received a briefing from the Secretariat regarding the ...

This year’s Annual Spring Session was the third held in Berlin. The first came four years after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1993, with 16 member nations of the then North Atlantic Assembly. In November 2000, Berlin again hosted the 46 th Annual Session of the newly re-named NATO Parliamentary Assembly which by then included 19 member parliaments. This year, the now 26 delegations from ...

The hearing included remarks by United Nations General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir, and IPU President, Duarte Pacheco, as well as a video address from United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres. The keynote speech, entitled How corruption undermines democracy and development: the need for parliamentary engagement, was delivered by Ms. Delia Ferreira Rubio, Chair of the Board of ...

The Working Group of the Network of Women Parliamentarians of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) is mandated to develop a policy to prevent and manage harassment within the APF. The Working Group met by videoconference on 4 May 2021. Marie-France Lalonde, Member of Parliament, participated in this meeting on behalf of the Canadian Branch of the APF. At the meeting, the ...

Report On 24 February 2009, Senator Jerry Grafstein, Co-Chair, led a delegation of the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) to a Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) conference at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. The delegation included Senator Janis Johnson, Vice-Chair, as well as Mr. Guy André, M.P., Vice-Chair, the Honourable Scott ...

The Honourable Vernon White, Senator, attended the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC) meeting on February 8, 2021. The Council meets twice a year to discuss issues concerning both Ukraine and NATO. The latest edition was an opportunity to discuss Ukraine’s political situation and recent developments to allow for constructive exchanges between the various NATO member countries and ...

From 12-16 July 2014, a delegation from the Canadian Section of the Canada-United States Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) attended the 69th annual meeting of the Council of State Governments’ Midwestern Legislative Conference (MLC) in Omaha, Nebraska. The members of the delegation were the Honourable Jane Cordy, Senator, the Honourable Scott Tannas, Senator, Mr. Leon Benoit, M.P. and Mr. John ...

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CPA Webinar for Speakers and Presiding Officers: COVID-19 and Independent Parliaments By videoconference Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM)