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1. Which city is hosting the 17th Indian Science Communication Congress (ISCC-2017)?
2. India has signed agreement with which country to share tax-related information from Jan 2018?
3. M V Pylee passed away recently was an?
4. Which country has topped the list of Forbes' best countries for business 2018?
5. Which program has been launched by the Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to bring Indian foreign policy to students across the country?
6. The 2017 bilateral naval exercise "Naseem-Al-Bahr" has started between India & which country?
7. Who is the lone Indian woman cricketer to feature in both the ICC's ODI & T20I teams of the year?
8. Which Indian personality has won the Global icon award at the Zee Cine Awards 2018?
9. Which city has been officially selected to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games?
10. Who has won the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi language?
11. The Union Government has recently given environmental clearance for Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS). The KLIS is associated with which state?
12. India's first and only design university "World University of Design (WUD)" has opened in which state?
13. The National Rice Research Institute (NRRI) is located in which state?
14. Which country's parliament has recently approved a law banning all exploration and production of oil and natural gas by 2040?
15. India's first-ever National Rail and Transport University (NRTU) will set up in which state?
16. Sakshi Malik is related to which sport?
17. Which union minister has launched IT modernisation project "DARPAN" to improve level of postal services for rural customers?
18. Which Indian city has been ranked 7th in most expensive office locations list, according to latest JLL India Report 2017?
19. Mamang Dai has won the 2017 Sahitya Akademi Award in English language. She hails from which state?
20. India and which country has recently signed pact for socio-economic development of Rakhine State?
21. Javed Shaikh has named in the panel of umpires for the 2018 Hockey World Cup. He hails from which country?
22. The 2017 National Farmers day (NFD) is celebrated on which date in India?


Finished college almost an year ago and started an internship in a small private company. I had been actively applying for software or web development jobs for the past two months and finally got a response from one of the recruiters. It is a web development job for a media organization company. The recruiter asked me to review their website and give my feedback to be considered for an interview. I have never done this before and I have no idea on how to give a review about someone's website. The website does look pretty decent and stable from my perspective. How should I give out my response ?
I have never done this before and I have no idea on how to give a review about someone's website.
Kinda makes sense for a web developer to have opinions on web sites don't you think?
Yes, it does make perfect sense. I mentioned that the website was pretty decent. I don't have a lot of work experience being a web developer. I have conflicts with my own thoughts if I were to review a website. I'm still learning about UI and UX. Some things that might not look too appealing to me are still required in the website for a user.
What I want to know is how I put those ideas out for the recruiter? Do I straight up suggest any improvements needed? What kind of response do the recruiters expect?
Review the app, focus on UX. See if there's performance issues. Ie run lighthouse on it. Bring some great info to the table on how you would improve the site.
I don't like doing this kind of stuff cause it feels like I'm doing work for free to people. But if you are desperate do it.
Thank you for your advice. I will give it a shot.


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Gomolemo Legae: 'She imagined making headlines as big-shot model, not as victim of brutal murder'
Poloko Tau 2019-12-08 15:05
Gomolemo Legae dreamt big, she dreamt of fame and a rap collaboration with Cassper Nyovest, and her family knows that making news headlines as a gender-based violence statistic never crossed the teenager's mind
Gomolemo Legae's alleged rapist and killer chooses to remain behind bars
'She could have been saved': Distraught aunt of 18-year-old stabbed 25 times, then set alight
SA needs some honest chats about the root cause of rape and violence
Gomolemo Legae dreamt big, she dreamt of fame and a rap collaboration with Cassper Nyovest, and her family knows that making news headlines as a gender-based violence statistic never crossed the teenager's mind.
"The only news headline she imagined was that of herself as a big-shot model and musician, nothing else. I looked at her empty bed last night and accepting that she is really gone is a bitter pill to swallow.
Gomolemo's aunt, Gadifele Mashetla
"The brutal and callous manner in which she was robbed of her precious life makes it even harder," said Legae's teary-eyed aunt, Gadifele Mashetla.
This was a day after 18-year-old Legae was laid to rest in Seweding village in Mahikeng, North West, on Wednesday.
The family said they decided to bury her just three days after she was killed "owing to the state of her burnt body".
Police said Legae suffered third-degree burns.
She lost her life in the early hours of last Sunday. The spot where her charred body with stab wounds lay is just a stone's throw away from her house in Seweding.
The addition of rape charges before the alleged killer, Karabo Bahurutshe (19), made his first appearance in court on Friday strongly suggests that Legae could have been raped before she was killed.
The case was remanded to February.
Police say she was stabbed multiple times, later doused with petrol and then set alight.
Mashetla said Legae lived with her grandmother, after the teenager's mother died in 2009.
According to Mashetla, the deceased was hesitant of to join friends on a night out last Saturday.
"Her friends persuaded her to go but she was not in the mood. She left the house anyway, but little did she know that she was going out to meet her killer," said the distraught aunt.
"She was on her way back home … [when] he stabbed her. He really wanted her dead. Why [else] would he leave her body there to go buy petrol and set her alight?
"Gomolemo fought to stay alive and she was still breathing after the stabbing. [She] managed to tell some people who had done that to her.
"An ambulance was called and, while they waited, the killer arrived and used petrol to set her alight.
"All the people heard and saw was screaming [while she was aflame]. She took her last breath a while later."
"Just the other day we were watching a video she recorded of herself rapping to some beats. [Nyovest] was her ultimate hip-hop idol and she always spoke of working on a song with him.
"My niece took good care of herself…
You would never see her looking scruffy," Mashetla remembered fondly.
"She would use my make-up often because she was obsessed with looking good and she ate well and would say she did not want to mess her figure.
"We will miss her singing, dancing and bubbly personality and, although irritating at times, we will definitely miss the loud music she always played and danced to while doing house chores."
FAMILY PAIN AND THE ALLEGED KILLER
City Press was directed to Bahurutshe's house, about 500m from Legae's, on the other side of the road.
His brother, Lebogang, who handed him over to the police, said his family was hurt by the incident.
"This whole thing has been hard on our mother and she has not been well since because no one wants to raise a child and see them die like that and no one wants to raise a child and see them commit crime and end up in prison.
"We felt the pain the deceased's family was going through after information went out that my younger brother was the alleged perpetrator and we decided he should be arrested and not hide from the police," Lebogang said.
Mashetla told City Press that Bahurutshe's family had sent a delegation to go and express their apology for what their son was alleged to have committed.
Meanwhile, Lebogang has described his brother as a "good boy at home".
CALL FOR JUSTICE
"We call on our government and politicians to stop making noise just because it is 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence and later vanishing. We must start seeing action and harsh sentences that will discourage prospective killers," Mashetla said.
"Courts need not only help us find closure by sending killers to jail, but the jail term must be so harsh that the next man who wants to do the same thinks twice before committing a crime [of the same nature]. If all fails then bring back the death penalty."
Poloko Tau
w: www.citypress.co.za e: poloko.tau@citypress.co.za
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Atlanta-area women of all ages are invited to Paint the Mall Pink at Mall of Georgia and Town Center at Cobb, October 4-7. A cost-free, full weekend of activities focusing on the importance of women's health will feature health-focused activities, keynote addresses from local medical professionals, musical performances, giveaways and more!
The festivities kick off with Girl's Night Out on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. at Mall of Georgia and 5:30 p.m. at Town Center at Cobb. The first 300 attendees to arrive at each mall will receive event swag bags filled with samples from stores and themed goodies. Girl's Night Out is sponsored by Gwinnett Medical Center, Gwinnett Magazine, FundRacers at Mall of Georgia and by WellStar, Little Black Dress | Little Red Wagon Magazine and Run For It! Productions at Town Center at Cobb. Nationally, the event is sponsored by Woolite and Diet Coke.
Events continue throughout the weekend with live musical performances, a doctor's panel, active events and a 5k walk/run on Sunday beginning at 7:30 a.m. at Mall of Georgia and 8 a.m. at Town Center at Cobb.
Shoppers can show their support by snapping a photo at Mall of Georgia's Village Fountain – turned pink for the month of October – and posting to Mall of Georgia's Facebook page.
Thursday, October 4 (6-8 p.m.): Girl's Night Out in Nordstrom Court includes health and beauty demonstrations, shopping, swag bags for the first 300 attendees and prizes.
Attendees at the Mall of Georgia's event Thursday evening will also receive limited-edition garments and accessories, pre-washed in Woolite, from notable designer Dannijo. These limited-edition garments and accessories will be given away to the first 114 shoppers attending Girl's Night Out while supplies last.
Friday, October 5 (6-9 p.m.): Musical entertainment from Kona Music at The Village Amphitheatre and health and beauty-oriented activities hosted by Gwinnett Medical Center.
Saturday, October 6 (12-6 p.m.): Zumba and Crossfit PURE performances along with other health activities at The Village Amphitheatre from 12-4 p.m. and a musical performance from The Woody's from 4-6 p.m. 5k race packet pick-up from 2-6 p.m. The first 100 participants to pick up their race packets will receive a special runner's swag bag.
Sunday, October 7 (7:30-10 a.m.): Great Gwinnett Road Run 5k & Fun Run, benefitting Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund, and free, post-race breakfast for all pre-registered participants immediately following the race at The Village Amphitheatre. Non-participants may attend the breakfast for the cost of $5.
Thursday, October 4 (5:30-8:30 p.m.): WellStar "Spirit Girl's' Night Out" event including a "Be Dazzling" fashion show, health screenings and information booths. The first 300 guests will receive a "Be Dazzling" gift bag and 119 lucky attendees will receive limited edition clutches from Felix Ray.
Friday, October 5 (12-8 p.m.): WellStar information and screening booths, and Healthy Happy Hour with Zumba demonstration.
Friday, October 5 (7:00 p.m.): Madison Shea performance in Center Court.
Saturday, October 6 (12-8 p.m.): WellStar information and screening booths, and 5k Race Packet pick up from 2-6 p.m. The first 100 participants to pick up their race packets will receive a special runner's swag bag.
Saturday, October 6 (7:00 p.m.): Katie Belle Akin performance in Center Court.
Sunday, October 7 (8 a.m.): Paint the Mall Pink 5k/1k, benefiting CASA for Children, Inc., sponsored by Run For It! Productions. The event includes fun, family activities and a free post-race breakfast for participants. Non-participants may attend the breakfast for the cost of $5. To sign up for the race, visit any participating Big Peach Running Store or sign up online.
For the latest information and schedules on each mall's event, please visit the Facebook event pages for Mall of Georgia (http://bit.ly/MOGpink) and Town Center at Cobb (http://bit.ly/TCCpink).


I'm really hopeful the little miss #2 does not wait as long as her big sister. But we'll see. They could potentially share a birthday! Not really sure how I feel about that though. I'm hoping she debuts earlier and I can still enjoy Zoey's actual birthday!
The whole not knowing when things will get started is kinda nerve-wracking. But like so many other life experiences, it's just another chance to work on trusting the Lord that everything will come together just fine! Having a child at home that will need care is definitely an added worry this time around, but we've got a list of people we can call and hopefully whoever can come gets here in the right amount of time!
So blogging has not been a priority on my list these days. I've turned into a terrible blogger, for which I apologize.
Life has been HOT these past few days. With a growing baby bump, I haven't been super motivated to get out and do lots. But we have enjoyed different playdates or going to Oma and Opa's house and using their yard and getting our feet (or more) wet in the kiddie pool. Saturday was spent by the pool and enjoying the shade, while Felix worked on the house. The water was freeeezzzzing, but soon Zoey got over it and enjoyed sitting and falling into it. The quietness out there was heavenly. I was able to sit and put my feet in the cool water or just have them up for a bit. It was so wonderful!


When someone borrows something, open a helpdesk ticket that is closed only when the item is returned.
Accept that tools won't be returned. Why stress out about things you can't control?
Create a team toolbox and rotate responsibility for keeping it up to date and tracking down loaners.
Keep a stash of PC screwdriver kits. When asked to borrow a single screw driver, smile and reply, "No, but you can have this kit as a gift." Don't accept it back.
Don't let a software person have a screwdriver. Politely find out what the person is trying to do, and do it. This is faster than fixing the person's mistakes.
If you are a software person, use a screwdriver only with adult supervision.
Keep a few inexpensive eyeglass repair kits in your spares area.


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How deep will the depression occasioned by Covid-19 be?
Alistair Darling BBC BBC World Service depression economic crisis economic downturn economy Stephanie Flanders The Real Story Veronique de Rugy Yanis Varoufakis
Coronavirus: The economic crisis – Just how bad will the downturn be and can anything be done to soften the blow?
Debate on BBC World Service's THE REAL STORY
"The 2008 crisis has never really gone away, it has morphed into a different kind of beast. (…) What the virus did through its simultaneous attack of the supply side of the economy and the demand side of the economy; it burst a bubble that was already going to burst, or at least deflate. Now we have today a genuine existential crisis for the kind of model of the global economy that was being held as a 'natural state of being' (…) Now we have to reconsider our whole conception of the kind of world we live in."
– Yanis Varoufakis
Stephanie Flanders – head of Bloomberg Economics
Yanis Varoufakis – Greek economist, politician, secretary-general of DiEM25 who also served as Greek finance minister during 2015Linda Yueh – economist and author of the book: 'The Great Economists'
Veronique de Rugy – a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Washington DC
Also featuring …
Alistair Darling – British Chancellor of the Exchequer during the 2008 financial crisis


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Waldemar Siwiński (ur. 2 stycznia 1952 w Borkach) – polski dziennikarz.

Życiorys
Urodzony 2 stycznia 1952 roku. Absolwent Politechniki Warszawskiej na wydziale elektronika. Zastępca redaktora naczelnego Ilustrowanego Magazynu Studenckiego oraz następnie Sztandaru Młodych. W 1985 roku stał się jednym z założycieli i równocześnie redaktorem naczelnym czasopisma "Bajtek". Dziennikarz PAP oraz prezes zarządu w latach 2003 - 2006. 23 września 2005 roku został wybrany na członka Zarządu Europejskiego Stowarzyszenia Agencji Informacyjnych (EANA). Wiceprezydent międzynarodowej organizacji IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence. Założyciel i były prezes Fundacji Edukacyjnej "Perspektywy".

Współpraca z SB
Według zachowanych dokumentów ewidencyjnych znajdujących się w zasobach IPN miał on zostać w czerwcu 1985  r. pozyskany do współpracy z SB przez kpt. Piotra Gałuszkę z Wydziału VII Departamentu III MSW (rejestrowany jako KO "Waldemar", nr rej. 92 035) do sprawy "Moskwa '85", czyli do zabezpieczenia operacyjnego polskiej delegacji na XII Festiwal Młodzieży i Studentów w Moskwie. Sprawę KO "Waldemar" zamknięto w lutym 1990  r., materiałów brak (wypisy z pomocy ewidencyjnych BUiAD IPN).

Katastrofa w Czarnobylu
Był on jedynym polskim dziennikarzem, obserwującym tzw. Proces Czarnobylski, wytoczony oskarżonym o przyczynienie się do awarii w Czarnobylskiej Elektrowni Jądrowej do której doszło w kwietniu 1986 roku. Będąc na terenie strefy zamkniętej, zbierał relacje uczestników akcji oczyszczającej oraz specjalistów w zakresie energetyki jądrowej.

Publikacje
 Ludzie uparci: spotkania z uczonymi radzieckimi (1987)
 Czernobyl. Od katastrofy do procesu (1989)
 Imperium informacji (1990)
 Rosja (1990)
 Lech Wałęsa: Przewodniczący NSZZ "Solidarność" (1990)

Nagrody
 Nagroda Klubu Publicystów Naukowych SD PRL (1987) za książkę "Ludzie uparci"

Przypisy

Urodzeni w 1952
Polscy dziennikarze
Polscy redaktorzy naczelni

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>>> VERSION FRANÇAISE
Chemin du Pommier 5, C.P. 330, CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex/Geneva, Switzerland
131th IPU ASSEMBLY
OVERVIEW OF MAIN EVENTS AND DECISIONS
(Geneva, 12-16 October 2014)
Opening of the Assembly
Choice of an emergency item
Debates and decisions of the Assembly and its Standing Committees
1. Opening of the Assembly
The 131st Assembly opened on the morning of Monday, 13 October 2014, at the Centre international de Conférences de Genève (CICG). Mr. A. Radi (Morocco), President of the IPU, chaired the proceedings. In his opening remarks, he said that 2014 marked the 125th anniversary of the IPU, a fact that made the current Assembly very special. Also, on a more personal note, he would be presiding over the deliberations as IPU President for the last time.
Mr. Radi said he was proud to have been at the helm of a body that had grown from a handful of parliamentarians, at its inception in 1889, into a truly global organization comprising 166 national parliaments. The IPU had much to be proud of: during his term of office, it had adopted its first ever Strategy, co-published the ground-breaking Global Parliamentary Report dealing with the evolving relationship between citizens and parliaments, adopted the Plan of Action for Gender-Sensitive Parliaments, implemented structural reforms and established the Forum of Young Parliamentarians.
Yet, notwithstanding the Organization's many accomplishments, he cautioned the participants against complacency. Democracy was very much a work in progress and was clearly ailing, as evidenced by the conflicts and terrorist attacks in many parts of the world.
The IPU was developing a robust strategic partnership with the United Nations and was working on a new cooperation agreement that would place their institutional relationship on a stronger footing. Mr. Radi acknowledged the presence of Mr. Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, in whom the IPU had a strong supporter.
The IPU President said he was especially pleased with the choice of theme for the General Debate at the current Assembly: Achieving gender equality, ending violence against women. That issue had been particularly important to him throughout his term of office. It was telling that, in 2014, gender equality was still an issue open to debate and that no country could claim to have achieved it.
He set the tone for the General Debate by stressing that the achievement of gender equality was a prerequisite for progress, global peace and security, poverty eradication and sustainable development. The unequal balance of power between the sexes provided fertile ground for violence against women, a scourge which spared no nation and which must be strongly condemned and combated. That effort would require a change in mentality and a solid, rigorously implemented legal framework.
Mr. M. Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, commended the outgoing President of the IPU on a successful term of office and expressed his appreciation for Mr. Radi's firm commitment to partnership and collaboration with the United Nations in the effort to advance parliamentary democracy. He assured the IPU of his full support and welcomed Mr. Martin Chungong in his new role as IPU Secretary General.
He was concerned at the threats to peace and stability in, inter alia, the Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq, Ukraine, Gaza and South Sudan. There was a growing sense that the rules of the game that had been so painstakingly put into place over decades through negotiation and consensus-building were changing and that "might" was starting to equal "right".
The violent extremism perpetrated by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marked a dramatic change in the terrorist threat, and the spread of Ebola had added another layer of complexity to the political, economic and humanitarian challenges of the day.
The common denominators linking many of those challenges included poor governance, human rights abuses, disenfranchised individuals and groups, injustice and failed leadership, all of which led to an unravelling of the social fabric. As institutions, parliaments represented avenues for the inclusion of views from all sectors of society; and as individuals, parliamentarians could serve as advocates of moderation, agents of empowerment and guardians of human rights and the rule of law.
In 2015, the United Nations would be celebrating its 70th anniversary and the IPU would be holding the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. A major challenge for both Organizations would be to establish a universal and transformative post-2015 development agenda, a project on which the United Nations looked forward to collaborating with the IPU.
Reaching out to and empowering youth would be critical given the record number of unemployed young people and their overwhelming sense of disenchantment and frustration. He welcomed the theme of the General Debate and made a compelling case for gender equality, saying: "There can be no peace without the full engagement of women – it is as simple as that".
Delegations from the parliaments of the following 147 countries, including four non-Members attending as Observers with a view to future affiliation, took part in the work of the Assembly:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The following Associate Members also took part in the Assembly: the Andean Parliament, the Arab Parliament, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Inter-Parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), the Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Observers comprised representatives of: (i) the United Nations system: the United Nations, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the International Labour Office (ILO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), UN Women and the World Health Organization (WHO); (ii) the World Trade Organization (WTO); (iii) the Council of Europe, the International Organization for Migration (IOM); (iv) the African Parliamentary Union (APU), the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU), the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA), the Association of Senates, Shoora and Equivalent Councils in Africa and the Arab World (ASSECAA), the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), the Maghreb Consultative Council, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC),the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TURKPA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia and the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Member States (PUIC); (v) Socialist International; (vi) the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the World Future Council (WFC) and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND).
Of the 1,410 delegates who attended the Assembly, 707 were members of parliament. Those parliamentarians included 47 presiding officers, 48 deputy presiding officers and 227 women (32.1%).
3. Choice of an emergency item
On 13 October, the President informed the Assembly that nine requests had been received to include an emergency item on the agenda, as follows:
Commitment by the parliaments of the world to recognize the rights of the Palestinian people, proposed by Ecuador;
The role of parliamentarians in fighting terrorism and building an international partnership through the United Nations and other international organizations to eradicate extremism and promote cooperation and tolerance among the world's civilizations and peoples as a basis for international peace and security, proposed by the United Arab Emirates;
The role of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in addressing the terrorism and extremism of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Al Nusrah Front (ANF) and other terrorist groups, proposed by the Syrian Arab Republic;
The role of the IPU and national parliaments in formulating and implementing national action plans to combat all forms of exploitation linked to human trafficking, in particular the trafficking of women and children, proposed by Morocco;
The role of the IPU in encouraging and supporting an initiative aimed at ensuring international protection for the Palestinian people under occupation until a two-State solution is achieved, in the light of the latest Israeli military aggression on Gaza, proposed by Palestine;
Commitment by the world's parliamentarians to promote a multilateral legal framework for restructuring countries' sovereign debt with a view to achieving a more stable and predictable international financial system, proposed by Argentina;
The role of parliaments in supporting implementation of UN Security Council resolution 2178 and international support to address the humanitarian disaster caused by the terrorist attacks in Iraq and Syria, proposed by Chile;
The role of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in promoting the UN Charter to resolve conflicts in a just manner and counter the growing threat of terrorism, proposed by the Islamic Republic of Iran;
The role of parliaments in supporting an immediate and robust international response to the Ebola epidemic and in enacting laws ensuring an effective response to and preparedness for Ebola and other infectious disease outbreaks, proposed by Belgium and Zambia.
The delegations of Morocco and the Islamic Republic of Iran withdrew their proposals before the vote. The delegations of Ecuador and the United Arab Emirates merged their proposal to:
The role of parliamentarians in countering terrorism, terrorist groups such as the so-called Daesh and massive violence against civilians and in building an international partnership through the United Nations and other international organizations.
The Assembly held a roll-call vote on the final list of six items. The proposal put forward jointly by Belgium and Zambia, which had received the required two-thirds majority and the highest number of positive votes, was adopted and added to the agenda as Item 7.
4. Debates and decisions of the Assembly and its Standing Committees
(a) General Debate: Achieving gender equality, ending violence against women
The General Debate was introduced with a short video message from the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, who congratulated President Radi on his excellent service and applauded the IPU's focus on achieving gender equality and ending violence against women. He said that both were central to reaching the MDGs and succeeding with the post-2015 development agenda. The UN "HeForShe" campaign brought together men from all walks of life to end that affront to humanity. He applauded the IPU for advocating greater political representation of women and counted on the Organization to help bring the voices of women and girls to the legislatures of the world.
For three days, the representatives of 116 Member Parliaments, four regional parliamentary organizations and five other Permanent Observers spoke on the theme.
The General Debate provided an opportunity for parliamentarians to exchange views on fundamental questions in order to strengthen their national activities and to prepare a joint message from parliaments and the IPU, given that 2015 would see the establishment of new sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action. Members described the strategies and actions that had been implemented in their countries in order to achieve gender equality and combat violence against women and vowed to become agents of change.
On the afternoon of 13 October, the Assembly heard a video message from Ms. E. Watson, UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, launching the "HeForShe" Campaign. The Campaign was an effort to create a widespread movement of support for gender equality by encouraging men and boys to advocate for women's rights, support the movement towards gender equality and combat discrimination. After her statement, the IPU President, Mr. A. Radi, and the IPU Secretary General, Mr. M. Chungong, announced that they were joining the Campaign and urged all the men present to follow their lead by signing the pledges that had been made available to the participants.
Ms. P. Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women, addressed the Assembly during an interactive debate held on the morning of 14 October. Given that parliamentarians worked on behalf of all citizens and of humanity, she called on them to continue to adopt and implement policies aimed at empowering women, intensify the fight against discrimination, create an enabling environment for women's full participation in economic and political life, facilitate strict application of the legislation criminalizing violence against women and ensure regular monitoring in those areas. She urged the participants to seize the historic opportunity to ensure the success of the fight for gender equality, including by working to ensure that the post-2015 development agenda included ambitious, measurable targets in that regard. Following her statement, she replied to delegates' questions on the contribution of the IPU and parliaments to the work of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Those related specifically to the promotion of women's participation in politics and limitations on the value of mediation in responding to domestic violence.
Mr. M. Paymar, Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (USA), addressed the Assembly on the "Duluth Model", which called for a coordinated community response to domestic violence based on the need to ensure the victims' safety and prosecute the perpetrators. That model was effective and saved lives by ensuring coordinated action by first responders – the police, the civil and criminal justice systems and the medical and social professions – and holding them responsible for implementation of the law. It was urgent to break the silence about our societies, which produced violent men and turned a blind eye to trafficking in children and women, and to convince men and boys to engage in non-violent and respectful relationships with women.
Ms. C. Compaoré, First Lady of Burkina Faso, who had received on behalf of her country a World Future Policy Award the previous day for exemplary policies to combat violence against women, addressed the Assembly on the morning of October 15. Her statement focused on the elimination of female genital mutilation (FGM), a harmful practice that violated the fundamental rights of women and girls and, in particular, their right to life, to physical, psychological and mental integrity and to health, including sexual and reproductive health. She called on the participants to surmount the reluctance to completely ban FGM evidenced by its medicalization and its practice outside the borders of countries that had prohibited it.
(b) Standing Committee on Peace and International Security
(i) Activities during the 131st Assembly
The Standing Committee on Peace and International Security held two sittings on 13 and 15 October. In the absence of a Committee President, Ms. Z. Drif Bitat (Algeria), Vice-President, took the chair.
At its first sitting, the Committee held a hearing on the implementation of the 2008 IPU resolution on The role of parliaments in striking a balance between national security, human security and individual freedoms, and in averting the threat to democracy, which had been adopted in Cape Town (South Africa) during the 118th IPU Assembly. The hearing opened with the statements of two speakers, Ms. B. Jónsdóttir (Iceland), who spoke as an expert on individual freedoms and human security, and Mr. P. Martin-Lalande (France), who focused on counter-terrorism and the effective implementation of paragraph 5 of the resolution.
At its second sitting, the Committee had a panel discussion on Cyber warfare – A serious threat to peace and global security, the topic of a resolution that was expected to be adopted by the 132nd IPU Assembly in Hanoi (Viet Nam). The Chair opened the meeting and introduced the experts, who made presentations on the subject: Mr. A. Cederberg, Geneva Centre for Security Policy; Mr. D. Kerimi, World Economic Forum; Mr. L. Gisel, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); and Mr. M. Obiso, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
For the report on the Standing Committee's activities during the 131st Assembly, click here.
(ii) Election of the Bureau and future work programme
The Bureau of the Standing Committee met on 14 October 2014. It established the Committee's work programme for the 132nd IPU Assembly. With regard to the preparation of a longer-term workplan, the Bureau decided to take time to consider the matter and, in a month, prepare a summary of ideas in order to submit a comprehensive proposal to the Committee at its next session.
The Bureau was informed of the candidatures received for the vacant seats and decided to recommend Mr. J.R. Tau (South Africa) for the post of President of the Committee and Mr. A. Omari (Morocco) for Vice-President. On 15 October 2014, the Committee approved those proposals. Nevertheless, one vacancy on the Bureau, from the Asia‑Pacific Group, remained unfilled because no nomination had been received from that Group. Following the election to the Executive Committee of the representative from the African Group, the seat for that group became vacant. The Bureau therefore comprised 16 members.
(c) Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade
The Standing Committee held two sittings on 14 and 15 October, chaired by its President, Mr. R. León (Chile).
At the first sitting, the Committee discussed the draft Outcome Document of the Parliamentary Meeting to be held in conjunction with the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Peru in December. The Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Meeting, Mr. S. Tejada Galindo (Peru), submitted the pre-draft of the Outcome Document to the Committee for comments. The IPU Secretariat took note of the feedback provided and undertook to incorporate it into the draft document to be presented to the Parliamentary Meeting in Lima.
The first sitting introduced an innovative element: an interactive debate with private sector representatives. The debate focused on corporate investment in sustainable development and was organized jointly with the World Investment Forum of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The participants included Ms. L. Schreve, Head of Sustainable Lending at ING Bank, Mr. R. Milliner, B20 Sherpa for Australia, Mr. N. Boateng, Chief Executive Officer of Empretec, Ghana, Mr. S. Chowdhury (Bangladesh, MP) and Mr. D. Carter (New Zealand, MP).
At its sitting on 15 October, the Committee had a preliminary exchange of views on the subject item of the resolution to be adopted at the next IPU Assembly, Shaping a new system of water governance: Promoting parliamentary action on water. The topic was introduced by Mr. A. Iza, Head of the Environmental Law Programme, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Ms. E. Tranchez of Waterlex, Ms. N. Marino (Australia, MP) and Mr. F. Bustamante (Ecuador, MP).
There were four vacancies to fill on the Standing Committee Bureau: one for the Asia‑Pacific Group; one for the Twelve Plus Group; and two for the Eurasia Group. The Committee approved the candidatures of Ms. S. Tioulong (Cambodia) and Ms. S. de Bethune (Belgium). No candidatures had been received from the Eurasia Group. The Committee Bureau met in the morning of 14 October to discuss its current work and its work programme for 2015. The Bureau endorsed the proposal to organize a Parliamentary Meeting at the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, in March 2015 in Japan, subject to the availability of financial resources. It unanimously endorsed its members' activities outside IPU Assemblies, particularly field visits to assess the impact of IPU resolutions. It decided to organize a dedicated session on water governance at the 132nd Assembly in Hanoi. The Bureau members from Australia and Denmark agreed to lead efforts to conceptualize that event.
(d) Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights
(i) International law as it relates to national sovereignty, non-intervention in the internal affairs of States and human rights (Item 6)
The Committee held sittings on 13, 15 and 16 October with its President, Ms. F. Naderi (Afghanistan), in the chair. At its first sitting, the draft resolution on International law as it relates to national sovereignty, non-intervention in the internal affairs of States and human rights was presented to the Committee by the co‑Rapporteurs, Mr. A.J. Ahmad (United Arab Emirates) and Mr. P. Mahoux (Belgium). In the ensuing debate, 34 speakers took the floor, of whom 44 per cent were women.
The Committee started its deliberations on the text of the draft resolution in the afternoon of 13 October. It had before it 102 amendments submitted by 14 parliaments (Canada, China, Cuba, France, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Jordan, Monaco, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Venezuela) and five amendments proposed by the Meeting of Women Parliamentarians.
The Committee initially worked in plenary but then decided to set up a drafting committee to pursue its work on 15 October. The drafting committee was chaired by the President of the Committee and was composed of parliamentarians from Algeria, Bahrain, Canada, China, Côte d'Ivoire, France, Jordan, Namibia, Peru, Switzerland, Thailand and Venezuela. The drafting committee considered most of the amendments that were before it, but decided to send four paragraphs back to the full Committee for its consideration.
At its plenary sitting later the same day, the Committee took a decision on the outstanding paragraphs, but was not in a position to go through the entire text of the resolution. That review was deferred to a supplementary sitting convened for the following morning.
At the Committee's final sitting on 16 October, a number of delegations reintroduced amendments that had been proposed within the statutory deadline, but which had been rejected during the drafting process. The Committee was consequently unable to conclude its work within the allocated time and decided to pursue its proceedings at the 132nd Assembly in Viet Nam, on the basis of the text that had been agreed thus far.
One vacancy on the Bureau, for a man from the Eurasia Group, remained unfilled, as no nominations had been received during the Assembly.
The Bureau met on 14 October to consider proposals for the Committee's agenda at upcoming Assemblies. It heard presentations from the delegations of Canada, Iceland, San Marino and Viet Nam. After discussion, the Bureau resolved to propose four subjects for the future agenda of the Committee.
At its third sitting on 16 October, the Committee agreed to the Bureau's proposal that the subject of the next resolution should be Democracy in the digital era and the threat to privacy and individual freedoms. It endorsed the proposal to appoint Ms. B. Jónsdóttir (Iceland) as co-Rapporteur, and requested the IPU President to carry out consultations with a view to identifying a second co-Rapporteur.
The Committee also agreed to the Bureau's proposal to place the following items on its agenda for the 132nd and 133rd Assemblies:
Follow-up on implementation of the 2012 IPU resolution on Access to health as a basic right: The role of parliaments in addressing key challenges to securing the health of women and children
Interactive debate on The Convention on the Rights of the Child 25 years on: Are children's lives better?
Interactive debate on Human trafficking and migration.
(e) Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs
The Standing Committee held three sittings, two on 14 October and one on 15 October, with its President, Ms. D.-T. Avgerinopoulou (Greece), in the chair
At the first sitting, the Committee held an interactive debate with the UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Prof. A. de Zayas. The debate was moderated by the Standing Committee President.
At its second sitting, the Committee held another interactive debate, on the question of corporate influence on UN decision-making. The panel consisted of Ms. P. Bayr (Austria, MP), Mr. J. Kagone, Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations Office at Geneva, and Mr. J. Martens, Director of the Global Policy Forum. The panel was moderated by Mr. A. Motter of the IPU Secretariat.
The Committee engaged in a third interactive debate at its last sitting, on 15 October, on the process leading up to the 2016 UN General Assembly Special Session on Drugs, which would review progress on the 2009 Political Declaration and Plan of Action on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem. The debate was co-moderated by Mr. A. Avsan (Sweden, MP) and Ms. L. Rojas (Mexico, MP). The panel comprised Mr. L. de Alba, Mexico's Ambassador to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr. J.-L. Lemahieu, UNODC Director, Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, and Swedish journalist Mr. E. de la Reguera.
The Standing Committee Bureau had five vacancies, one for the African Group and two each for the Eurasia Group and the Asia-Pacific Group. The Committee accepted the proposals received from the Geopolitical Groups for new Bureau members as follows: Mr. S. Chiheb (Algeria), Ms. E. Nursanty (Indonesia) and Mr. J. Jahangirzadeh (Islamic Republic of Iran). It had received no candidatures from the Eurasia Group.
The Committee Bureau met on 13 October to discuss the Committee's current work and its 2015 work programme as well as the annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations in New York, which would take place on 19 and 20 November 2014. The Bureau decided to gather ideas for the 2015 programme of work and make a final decision at an extraordinary session to be convened on 21 November. It also decided to hold a joint meeting with the Sub-Committee on the future IPU-UN cooperation agreement, on 18 or 19 November. For its sittings at the 132nd Assembly in Hanoi, the Committee had two initial items for discussion: follow-up of an earlier field mission to Viet Nam and review of UN work with parliamentarians, particularly through parliamentary networks and associations.
(f) Debate on the emergency item
The role of parliaments in supporting an immediate and robust international response to the Ebola epidemic and in enacting laws ensuring an effective response to and preparedness for Ebola and other infectious disease outbreaks (Item 7)
The debate on the emergency item was held in the morning of Tuesday, 14 October, with the IPU President, Mr. A. Radi, in the chair.
Sixteen speakers took the floor during the debate. They expressed deep concern over what was one of the worst health disasters in recent history, affecting not only five countries in West Africa (Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone) but also several countries in Europe and North America. They underscored that Ebola was a global challenge and that the international community should therefore act swiftly to combat the epidemic.
Many speakers reiterated the need for immediate and coordinated action to support the countries affected, especially those with limited resources for fighting the epidemic effectively. They raised concerns about the Ebola patients in poverty-stricken communities and deplored the fact that many were dying even before being treated. Several participants underscored the need to isolate the Ebola virus rather than the countries affected, and urged other countries not to impose travel bans.
The participants also focused on the need to develop an effective vaccine and treatments, so as to prevent and cure Ebola, in cooperation with specialized international organizations, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), and with the pharmaceutical industry. Others called on developed countries to help the countries affected develop effective health care infrastructure. One participant called on the international community to make trial medicines available to all countries affected by the virus.
The delegate from Guinea, a country directly affected by the virus, thanked his fellow parliamentarians for having voted to adopt the emergency item on Ebola. He called for further support and immediate action from the international community, underscoring that Ebola was not just a health concern; it was undermining already fragile economies and becoming a public safety issue.
At the end of the debate, the Assembly referred the emergency item to a drafting committee made up of representatives of Belgium, Cambodia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Mexico, Sudan, Sweden and Zambia.
The drafting committee appointed Ms. S. Tioulong (Cambodia) as its chair and Ms. L.A. Yace de Mel (Côte d'Ivoire), as its rapporteur. It met on 14 October to finalize the draft resolution.
On 15 October, the Assembly adopted the resolution unanimously.
5. Concluding session
At the last sitting in the afternoon of 16 October, the Assembly had before it the Outcome Document of the General Debate on Achieving gender equality, ending violence against women and the reports of the Standing Committees.
Ms. S. Ataullahjan (Canada) and Mr. G. Monde (Zambia), representing women and men members of parliament and the younger generation of lawmakers, jointly made a bold call for parliamentary action to achieve gender equality and end violence against women.
The Assembly noted that the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights had not been in a position to conclude its work within the allotted time on the draft resolution entitled International law as it relates to national sovereignty, non-intervention in the internal affairs of States and human rights. It therefore proposed that, on the occasion of the 132nd Assembly, the Committee resume its work on the basis of what had been agreed thus far. The Assembly took note of the reports of the other three Standing Committees.
In his concluding remarks, President Radi provided an overview of the highlights of the 131st Assembly. He read out a Statement of the Executive Committee condemning the alarming spread of terrorism and extremism and appealing for calm and peace, which were the only guarantees of a stable and secure future. In closing, he reiterated his congratulations to his successor, Mr. S. Chowdhury, on his election by the Governing Council as President of the IPU and wished him every success in his new functions.
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