The Second Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Misbah Douma, participated in the opening of the 12th Annual Conference of Speakers of African National Parliaments.
The conference kicked off today, Wednesday, at the headquarters of the African Parliament in Midrand, South Africa, under the slogan “African Education for the 21st Century: Building Flexible Education Systems to Increase Access to Comprehensive, Lifelong Education in Africa,” with broad participation from the heads of African national parliaments, African Union officials, and representatives of a number of international and regional organizations.
The 12th Annual Conference of Speakers of African National Parliaments will discuss peace and security in Africa and its impact on continental integration, economic development, food and energy insecurity on the continent, how national parliaments can contribute to enhancing food and energy production and self-sufficiency, the effectiveness of the institutional arrangements of the Pan-African Parliament and how they relate to African national parliaments, in addition to reviewing the statement issued by the previous conference, the actions taken and the outstanding issues that the Pan-African Parliament and national parliaments need to implement.
The conference aims to enhance cooperation between national and regional parliaments and the Pan-African Parliament in addressing the challenges facing the continent from a parliamentary perspective and to maintain close coordination between national and regional parliaments and the Pan-African Parliament in unifying positions at the regional and international levels on issues relating to Africa as well as highlighting the deteriorating peace and security situation on the continent and harnessing parliamentary diplomacy to ensure lasting peace.
It is worth noting that The conference The 12th Annual Meeting of Speakers of African National Parliaments, which kicked off today, Wednesday, will continue for two days.
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