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The event featured prerecordings from government representatives from around the world, including Canada’s Minister of Labour, as well as the United Nations Secretary General, the Director-General of the International Labour Organization, and the Executive Director of UN Women. UIPU Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union September 17 ...

They also outlined some of the Government of Canada's trade considerations and international development projects in countries in the hemisphere, and described the ways in which Canada has been applying a "COVID-19 lens" to assess how best to support countries as they address the pandemic while continuing to focus on previously identified ...

The UK had submitted a sub-amendment replacing 'should' with 'must' to make explanatory memoranda obligatory, which he supported. The amendment also provided that any resolutions which had been declined or withdrawn could not be reintroduced.

CPA-UK Branch Workshop: Multilateral Trade Agreements: Opportunities and Challenges By videoconference Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CCOM)

On 20 October 2020, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU )hosted a virtual briefing for parliamentarians on “UN processes: Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG 1) and the UN definition of poverty.” Presenters included former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, Dr. George Gray Molina from the United Nations Development Programme and Barbara ...

The Honourable Senator Marc Gold, P.C., Government Representative in the Senate The Honourable Senator Peter M. Boehm, Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade;

To meet these objectives, the delegation met with Tanzanian and Ugandan parliamentarians, members of the Pan-African Parliament and the East African Legislative Assembly, senior officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Ugandan government officials, United Nations officials, representatives of non-governmental organizations, Canadian diplomats, representatives of Canadian ...

On 9 March 2021, the honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Senator, attended the Inter-Parliamentary Union’s (IPU) 45th Session of the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians. She joined other members of the Bureau from Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sweden, and Thailand among others, as well as its President, Ms. Susan Kihika (Kenya), to review the IPU’s recent and upcoming activities on gender equality ...

During this meeting hosted by the Chief Government Whip, Speaker Milliken and the Canadian whips exchanged views on the role of whips in each parliamentary system and discussed changes in the parliamentary process in each country.

The second day of the workshop featured breakout rooms where groups of participants discussed their role in addressing sports trafficking. Adeline Dumoulin (CPA UK) and Lerina Bright (Mission 89) facilitated one of the breakout rooms for parliamentarians and parliamentary officials.