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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Shiyonga",
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        "legal_name": "Masitsa Naomi Shiyonga",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move:- THAT, this House notes the Report of the proceedings of the Inter- Parliamentary Union Hearings at the United Nations, New York, USA from 22nd – 23rd February, 2018, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 15th May, 2018. The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Hearings at the United Nations took place on 22nd and 23rd February, 2018, at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA. The theme of this year’s hearing was: Towards a Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and RegularMigration; A Parliamentary Perspective. The meeting was opened by the President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Miroslav Lajčák and the IPU President Sen. Gabriela Cuevas Barron. The UN Secretary- General, António Guterres also addressed the participants. The Hearing allowed for a comprehensive parliamentary perspective on key questions of migration, and helped inform the UN negotiations towards a global compact on migration. This is a new framework for the practical arrangements that need to be put in place globally and nationally to ensure migration is properly managed, with due regard for the human rights of migrants and the sovereign rights of states. During the Hearing, parliamentarians observed that while migration is a reality the world over, it is too often governed by states in an ad hoc and disjointed manner. Migration is too often involuntary, caused by war, climate change, famine, natural disasters and terrorism. Parliamentarians therefore underscored the need to address the root causes of large-scale migration and to ensure that migration is by choice rather than a necessity. They also stressed that migrants were human beings who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and to have their human rights recognized and enforced. The narrative on migration should be changed to one that focuses more on good practices in communities. The MPs expressed concern that migrants frequently were the 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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