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    "content": "On the agenda of promoting and defending democracy, the council took note of a comprehensive report by the Secretary-General on activities carried out recently by the IPU in the area of democracy. The work continued to be inspired by the 1997 Universal Declaration of Democracy and the 2006 Handbook on Parliament and Democracy in the 21st Century. That is a guide to good practice. For the plans that could be affecting our country, there were four specific initiatives which had been launched recently. The first sought to facilitate the involvement of Parliament in the least developed countries (LDCs) in the implementation of the 2001 Brussels Programme and Plan of Action which set out a comprehensive poverty reduction strategy tailored specifically to the needs of the LDCs. The second consisted of helping a number of French-speaking African parliaments to promote and ensure implementation of major human rights treaties. The third, which I think was applicable to our Parliament was aimed at assisting English-speaking African parliaments to promote national reconciliation. I believe sometimes towards the end of last year, we had an IPU conference which was hosted here in Kenya to discuss about the issue of reconciliation and healing."
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