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High Level Batoka Gorge Energy Investment Conference - February 2017

Zambia will next month hold a High Level Regional Investment Conference to mobilise resources for the Batoka Gorge Hydro Electric Power Scheme which is estimated to cost US$ 6 Billion and produce 2, 400 Mega Watts to be shared equally between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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CPA UK Newsletter - December 2016

The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) UK branch has released its 2016 Christmas message. To read more, click here.

CPA Press Release

Women Parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth have gathered in London, United Kingdom   for   the triennial conference of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians 
(CWP),  as part    of    the    wider    62nd Commonwealth Parliamentary   Conference. The    theme    of    the    fifth Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Conference was
‘Political Violence against Women’.

CPA Press Release

The   newly   elected Chairperson   of   the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP), Hon.  Dato’  Noraini  Ahmad  MP (Malaysia) has pledged to renew the effort to increase women’s political participation across the Commonwealth.

Commonwealth Parliamentarians to focus on unity and collaboration at 62nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

Parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth will gather in London, United Kingdom this week for the 62nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. The
Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference is the annual conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

CPA Press Release

The Chairperson of the CPA International Executive Committee, Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury MP, Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh urged
Commonwealth Parliamentarians to work together to find common solutions to global issues as she opened the 62nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
in London, United Kingdom today (Wednesday, 14 December, 2016).

Women Speakers of Parliament set clear goals to respond to global challenges

Women Speakers of Parliament from across the globe agreed to rapidly develop parliamentary objectives and action plans that put at the core the integrity of our planet and peace and prosperity. For more news, read here.

CPA Press Release

CPA to launch new university accredited CPA Parliamentary Fundamentals Flagship Programme for Commonwealth Parliamentarians at 62nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

 

 

Commonwealth observers in Ghana issue interim statement on 2016 general elections

As the people of Ghana await the final outcome of the elections, Chair of the Commonwealth Observer Group, Thabo Mbeki, commended the country for its role in ensuring the success of the electoral process so far. Click here for more news.

Secretary-General commits Commonwealth ‘to eliminate the scourge of corruption’ at Transparency International lecture

Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has told an audience at the Transparency International-UK Anti-Corruption Lecture 2016 in London that corruption ‘is a scourge which holds in thrall millions of our Commonwealth sisters and brothers, condemning them to servitude, poverty, disease, indignity and misery’. Read more here.

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