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    "content": "(iv)Contributing to better knowledge of the working of the representative institutions and to the strengthening and development of their means of action. We have about 170 Members who subscribed to IPU and we have 11 Associate Members. The IPU Assembly is a principal statutory body that expresses the views of the Inter-parliamentary Union on political issues. It brings together parliamentarians to study international problems and make recommendations for the parliamentary and governmental actions. The Assembly meets twice a year and is held each time in a different country providing participants with an opportunity to see various national realities. Other statutory organs of the IPU are the Governing Council where our Speaker, who is the leader of delegation, sits. We have the Executive Committee (EXCOM) where our Hon. Speaker Ethuro sits. We also have the meeting of Women Parliamentarians, the Forum for Younger Parliamentarians and the IPU Secretariat. The IPU works through committees, Working Groups and Special Purpose ad hoc bodies. The following bodies are currently in place. These are the committees which have been set up by the IPU. When the delegation of Kenya goes to Geneva, we all spread and everybody has a chance to sit in a committee and participate. We have the following Committees:- (i) The Standing Committee on Peace and International Security. (ii) The Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade. (iii)The Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights where we have Hon. Poksin who is a permanent Member. (iv)The Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs where I am a Member. (v) Committee on Human Rights of Parliamentarians, (vi) Committee on Middle East Questions, (vii) Group of facilitators for Cyprus, (viii) Committee to Promote Respect for International Humanitarian Law. (ix) Advisory Group on HIV/AIDS and Maternal, Newborn and Child Health. (x) Committee on Women Parliamentarians, (xi) Gender partnership group; and (xii) The Forum for Young Parliamentarians. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the IPU supports efforts of the United Nations (UN) whose objectives it shares and works in close co-corporation with it. The Union also co- operates with regional inter-parliamentary organisations, as well is with international inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations which are motivated by the same ideals. The 134th IPU Assembly and related meetings were held in Lusaka, Zambia, from March 17th to 23rd 2015. The Kenyan Delegation comprised the Members listed below from both Houses. The Senate takes the lead because we have our Speaker who is the Head of Delegation. (1) Hon. David Ekwee Ethuro, EGH, MP; (2) Hon. David Pkosing Losiakou, MP; (3) Sen. Catherine Nabwala Mukiite,MP; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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