Constituency Corner

Pioneering Child Rights Policy from Zanzibar wins distinguished international award

Future Policy Award 2015: Gold goes to Zanzibar’s Children’s Act, Maryland, U.S. and Finland win silverP

Embargoed to 1900 CET 20 October

Hamburg/Geneva/New York – 20 October 2015: Zanzibar’s pioneering child rights law is the winner of the 2015 Future Policy Award on securing children’s rights, beating 29 other nominated policies to the prize. The Award will be presented at a ceremony in Geneva today by the World Future Council, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UNICEF during the 133rd IPU Assembly.

Protection of refugees must be stepped up in wake of unprecedented crisis

Countries hosting refugees must comply with the principles of international refugee and humanitarian laws to ensure their protection in the wake of the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, a global conference of national parliaments has declared in Geneva.
 
Nearly 800 parliamentarians from 135 countries have reiterated the need for States to save refugees lives and provide them with the necessary care in an emergency resolution adopted at the 133rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) today.
 

Concerns grow over imprisoned Iraqi and other MPs across World

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is deeply concerned over the fate of two former Iraqi MPs, one of whom is facing the death sentence and allegedly in solitary confinement without access to medical treatment.
 
It is urging Iraqi authorities to lift the death sentence against Ahmed Jamil Salman Al-Alwani, a prominent critic of former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and the persecution of Sunni Muslims. IPU is also calling for the immediate release of Mohammed Al-Dainy who remains in prison despite being acquitted of a series of trumped up charges.
 

World’s MPs commit to action on digital freedom and fairer migration

Geneva
 
Parliamentarians from 137 countries have committed to action aimed at tackling two of the most challenging issues facing the world today – migration and the protection of digital freedoms - as they concluded a global parliamentary conference in Geneva.
 
Adopting a resolution on democracy in the digital era at the 133rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the MPs have set new standards on protecting democracy and digital freedoms in an age of mass surveillance.
 

Thursday, 22nd October, 2015

Submitted by fanwell on Wed, 2015-10-21 17:45


NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF ZAMBIA


FIFTH SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH ASSEMBLY


ORDER PAPER - THURSDAY, 22ND OCTOBER, 2015

AT 1430 HOURS


QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER

134    Mr Namulambe (Mpongwe) - to ask the Minister of Information and  Broadcasting:

Debates - Friday, 9th October, 2015

Submitted by leslie on Wed, 2015-10-21 16:19

Friday, 9th October, 2015

The House met at 1415 hours

[MR SPEAKER in the Chair]

NATIONAL ANTHEM

PRAYER
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BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE

The Vice-President and Minister of Development Planning (Mrs Wina): Mr Speaker, I rise to acquaint the House with the Business it will consider next week.

Ministry of Home Affairs - Launch of the Third Phase of Mobile NRCs Issuance

Submitted by leslie on Wed, 2015-10-21 16:13

Ministerial Statement on the Launch of the Third Phase of Mobile  Issuance of National Registration Cards (NRCs) covering Copperbelt, Luapula and North Western Provinces, by the Minister of Home Affairs Hon Davies Mwila, MP, presented to the House on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015.

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