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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Wangari Mwaniki",
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        "legal_name": "Ruth W Mwaniki",
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    "content": "Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House notes the reports of the Kenya delegation to theSessions of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Parliamentary Assembly and the African, Caribbean and Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, as follows: (i) Report of the 47thSession of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and Inter-sessional meetings of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly held in Brussels, Belgium, from October 09-12, 2017; and, (ii) Report of the 48thSession of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and the 34thSession of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly held in Port-au-Prince, Haiti from December 13-20, 2017. The 34th Session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly took place in Port-au- Prince, Haiti, from 13-20 December 2017. The session was preceded by meetings of the three standing committees and the plenary of the 48th Session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly between 13th and 16th December 2017. The sessions and meetings were a follow-up to the 47th Session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and the inter-sessional meetings of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly that were held on 9-12 October 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Various resolutions on matters affecting the member states were adopted. As an introduction and for the information of Members, I wish to explain the genesis of this organisation. The ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly is an Assembly comprising members of the European Parliament representing 27 EU states and the elected representatives of 78 African, Caribbean, Pacific States, or ACP countries,that have signed the Cotonou Partnership Agreement. The Agreement was signed between developing countries and the EU in 2000 and is supposed to run for a period of 20 years, ending in 2020. It is the only institution of its kind in the world and is governed by common democratic rules. A substantial part of the work of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly is directed towards promoting human rights, democracy and the common values of humanity. This has produced joint commitments undertaken within the framework of the UN conferences. The representatives of the 78 ACP states meet their EU parliamentary counterparts drawn from the 27 member states of the EU in a plenary session for one week twice in a year, bringing together more than 320 members of Parliament. The Joint Parliamentary Assembly meets alternately in an ACP country and an EU country. Two co-presidents are elected by the Assembly to direct their work, 24 vice-presidents—12 European and 12 ACP—are also elected by the Assembly, who constitute the Bureau of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly together with the two co-presidents.The Bureau meets several times in a year in order to ensure continuity of the work of Joint Parliamentary Assembly and to prepare new initiatives aimed notably at reinforcing and improving co-operations. It also considers topical political questions and adopts positions on all human rights cases. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Assembly operates through three Standing Committees which have been established to draw up substantive proposals and are then voted on by the Joint Parliamentary Assembly. These Committees which began their work in March 2003 are: The Committee on Political Affairs, Committee on Economic Development, Finance and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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