On Tuesday, March 15th, members of the Namibian Parliament officially launched the Namibian Conservation Parliamentary Caucus (NACOPAC), a multiparty collaboration of parliamentarians committed to strengthening conservation governance and sustainable economic development in Namibia and the region. Namibia suffered a major spike in rhino poaching in 2015, and combatting this crisis will be a key area of focus for NACOPAC. Hon. Prof. Peter H. Katjavivi, Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia, chaired the launch meeting and announced that he would be the official patron of NACOPAC.

SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY MR EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 134TH IPU ASSEMBLY HELD AT GOVERNMENT COMPLEX IN LUSAKA SATURDAY, 19th MARCH, 2016

•    THE IPU PRESIDENT, HON SABER CHOWDHURY,

Lusaka/Geneva, March 2016
 
 Having strongly condemned the terror attacks in Brussels as a brutal  assault on democracy and core human values, the Inter-Parliamentary
 Union (IPU) has today called for a wide range of actions to counter  the growing global threat of terrorism.
 
 In a resolution on peace and international security adopted at the  conclusion of the 134th Assembly in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, IPU
 Members proposed a multi-faceted approach to dismantling terrorist  networks, combatting hatred, and counteracting terrorist propaganda.

 In the last few days there have been reports in some sections of the  media that the Zambian Government has received unsolicited offers from
 foreign investment agents popularly known as ³Vulture Funds² to buy  off the country¹s external debt. The media reports have made specific
 reference to the already contracted debt particularly the Eurobonds.
 
 
 
 Government would like to categorically state that it has no plans for  any sale of its debt to any investor. The Government is fully