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UNION INTERPARLEMENTAIRE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments MINUTES OF THE SPRING SESSION MEXICO CITY 19-23 APRIL 2004 1 ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES GENERAL OF PARLIAMENTS Minutes of the Spring Session 2004 Mexico City 19 – 23 April 2004 LIST OF ATTENDANCE MEMBERS PRESENT Mr Artan Banushi Albania Dr Hafnaoui Amrani Algeria Mr Abderrachid Tabi Algeria Mr Valenti Marti Castanyer Andorra Mr Juan Hector Estrada Argentina Mr Ian Harris Australia Dr Georg Posch Austria Mr Khondker Fazlur RAHMAN Bangladesh Mr Georges Brion Belgium Mr René Sounon Koto Benin Mr Vedran Hadzovik Bosnia & Herzegovina Mr Ognyan Avramov Bulgaria Mr Prosper Vokouma Burkina Faso Mr Samson Ename Ename Cameroon Mr Carlos Hoffmann Contreras Chile Mr Brissi Lucas Guehi Cote d’Ivoire Mr Josip Sesar Croatia Mr Constantinos Christoforou Cyprus Mr Peter Kynstetr Czech Republic Mr Paval Pelant Czech Republic Mr Gilberto Vaca Garcia Ecuador Mr Heike Sibul Estonia Mr Asnake Tadesse Ethiopia Mr Seppo Tiitinen Finland Mr Jean Claude Bécane France Mrs Hélène Ponceau France Mrs Marie-Françoise Pucetti Gabon Mr Felix Owansango Daecken Gabon Mr Wolfgang Zeh Germany Mr Kenneth E.K. Tachie Ghana Mr Mohamed Salifou Toure Guinea (Republic of) Mr G.C. Malhotra India Dr Yogendra Narain India 2 Mr Daisal Djamal Indonesia Mr Arie Hahn Israel Mr Patrick Gichohi Kenya Mr Samuel Wawera Ndindiri Kenya Mr Sheridah Al-Mosharji Kuwait Mr Adnan Daher Lebanon Mr M G Maluke Lesotho Mr Mamadou Santara Mali Mr Jorge VALDES Aguilera Mexico Mrs Patricia FLORES Elizondo Mexico Mr Namsraijav Luvsanjav Mongolia Mr Abdel Jalil Zerhouni Morocco Mr Carlos Manuel Mozambique Mr Moses Ndjarakana Namibia Mrs Panduleni Shimutwikeni Namibia Mr Moussa Moutari Niger Mr Oluyemi Ogunyomi Nigeria Mr Hans Brattesta Norway Mr Mahmood Salim Mahmood Pakistan Mr Shahid Iqbal Pakistan Mrs Halima Ahmed Parliament of the ECOWAS Mr Vladimir Aksionov Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and the Russian Federation Mrs Emma Lirio Reyes Philippines Mr Oscar Yabes Philippines Mr Adam Witalec Poland Mr Constantin Sava Romania Mrs Cecilia Paduroiu Romania Mr Alexander Lotorev Russian Federation Mr Petr Tkachenko Russian Federation Mr Anicet Habarurema Rwanda Mr Fidele Rwigamba Rwanda Mr Francisco Silva Sao Tome & Principe Mrs Marie-Josée Boucher-Camara Senegal Mr P.O. Ram Singapore Mr Manuel Cavero-Gomez Spain Mr Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Sudan Mr Anders Forsberg Sweden Mr Hans Peter Gerschwiler Switzerland Mr Pitoon Pumhiran Thailand Mr Montree Rupsuwan Thailand Mr Chinda Chareonpun Thailand 3 Mr Mykola Mishchenko Ukraine Mr Michael Pownall United Kingdom Mr George Cubie United Kingdom Mr Mario Farachio Uruguay Mr Horatio Catalurda Uruguay Mrs MarGARITA Reyes Galvan Uruguay Mr Eustoquio Contreras Venezuela Mrs Doris Katai Katebe Mwinga Zambia Ms Helen Dingani Zimbabwe SUBSTITUTES Mr José Antonio (for Mr Diogo De Jesus) Angola Mr Marc Van der Hulst (for Mr Robert Myttenaere) Belgium Mrs Marie-Andrée Lajoie (for Mrs Audrey O’Brien) Canada Dr Heather Lank (for Mr Paul Belisle) Canada Mr Sten Ramstedt (Mr Mr Julian Priestley) European Parliament Mrs Corinne Luquiens (for Mr Yves Michel) France Ms Cait Hayes (for Mr Kieran Coughlan) Ireland Mrs Maria Valeria Agostini (for Mr Antonio Italy Malaschini) Mr Tsuneo Sedo (for Mr Yoshiniro Komazaki) Japan Mr Choong Suk Kong (for Mr Yong-Sik Kang) Korea (Republic of) Mr Henk Bakker (for Mr Willem H De Beaufort) Netherlands Mr Bob Bunch (for Mr David McGee) New Zealand Atty Arlene Dada-Arnaldo (for Mr Roberto Philippines Nazareno) Mr Wieslaw Staskiewicz (for Mr K Czeszjeko- Poland Sochacki) Mr Joao Viegas Vilhete D’Abreu (for Mrs Isabel Portugal Corte-Real) Mr Olexander Fedrytskyi (for Mr Velentyn Zaichuk) Ukraine Mr Tom Duncan (for Mr Charles Johnson) USA 4 ALSO PRESENT Mr Yaba Pedro Alberto Angola Mr Gleb Bedritsky Belarus Mr Keorapetse Boepetswe Botswana Mr Jiri Krbec Czech Republic Mr Haris Karabarbounis Greece Mrs I Gusti Ayu Darsini Indonesia Mrs Ruth Kaplan Israel Ms Luisa Accarino Italy Mr Yuraka Nikaido Japan Mr Fayez Al-Shawabkeh Jordan Mr Il Kwon Kim Korea (Republic of) Mrs Isabelle Barra Luxembourg Mr Said Mokadem Maghreb Consultative Council Mr Vergard Benjamin Mexico Mr Arturo GARITA Alonso Mexico Mr Yadamsuren Bold-Erdene Mongolia Mr Paul Mupengue Mozambique Mrs Rahila Ahmadu Nigeria Mss Corazon Alano Philippines Mr Andrzej Januszewski Poland Ms Adriana Badea Romania Ms Cristina Dumitrescu Romania Mrs Irana Nistor Romania Mrs Cristina Sever Romania Ms Lulu Matyolo South Africa Mr Dhammika Kitulgoda Sri Lanka Mr Jovan Pejkovski The FYR of Macedonia Mrs Anita Ognjanovska The FYR of Macedonia Mrs Samonrutai Aksornmat Thailand Mr Pakpoom Mingmitr Thailand Mr Rauf Bozkurt Turkey Mr Emmanuel Bakwege Uganda Mr Vyacheslav Lokshyn Ukraine Mr Nguyen Sy Dzung Vietnam 5 APOLOGIES Mr Diogo De Jesus Angola Mr Robert Myttenaere Belgium Mrs Audrey O’Brien Canada Mr Julian Priestley European Parliament Mrs Mary Chapman Fiji Mr Yves Michel France Mr Xavier Roques France Mr Dirk Brouer Germany Mr Kieran Coughlan Ireland Mr Antonio Malaschini Italy Mr Francesco Posteraro Italy Mr Yoshihiro Komazaki Japan Mr Makoto Onizuka Japan Mr Yong-Sik Kang Korea (Republic of) Mr Claude Frieseisen Luxembourg Mrs Valérie Viora-Puyo Monaco Mr Willem Hendrik De Beaufort Netherlands Mr David McGee New Zealand Mr Roberto Nazareno Philippines Mr Rafael De Guzman Philippines Mr Krzysztof Czeszejko-Sochacki Poland Mrs Jozica Veliscek Slovenia Mr Christoph Lanz Switzerland Mr Valentyn Zaichuk Ukraine Mr Charles Johnson USA Mr Colin Cameron Western European Union 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No FIRST SITTING – Monday 19 April [pm] 1. Opening of the Meeting .............................................................................. 9 2. Orders of the Day ....................................................................................... 9 3. New Members............................................................................................. 11 4. Welcome by Mr Jorge VALDÉS AGUILERA, Secretary General for Administrative Services of the Senate of Mexico............................................. 12 5. Presentation by Mr Arturo GARITA ALONSO, Secretary General for Parliamentary Services of the Senate and Mrs Patricia FLORÈS ELIZONDO, Secretary General for Administrative Services of the Chamber of Deputies on the Parliamentary System in Mexico.............................................................. 13 SECOND SITTING – Tuesday 20 April [am] 1. Introductory remarks ................................................................................... 37 2. Communication from Mr Martin CHUNGONG on Recent Activities of the IPU ...... 37 3. New Members............................................................................................. 43 4. General Debate on Gender Partnership in the Parliamentary Service ............... 43 (Moderator: Mme Hélène PONCEAU, Secretary General of the Questure of the Senate of France) THIRD SITTING – Tuesday 20 April [pm] 1. Introductory remarks .................................................................................. 64 2. General debate: Relations between Parliament and Civil Society...................... 64 1st part ..................................................................................................... 64 (Moderator: Mr Prosper VOKOUMA, Secretary General of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso) 2nd part ..................................................................................................... 77 (Moderator: Mr Anders FORSBERG, Secretary General of the Rigsdagen of Sweden) 7 FOURTH SITTING – Thursday 22 April [am] 1. Introductory remarks .................................................................................. 99 2. Communication from Mr G.C. MALHOTRA, Secretary General of the Lok Sabha of India, on Anti-Defection Law .................................................................... 99 3. Communication from Mr Hafnaoui AMRANI, Secretary General of the Council of the Nation of Algeria, on Performing the Duties of Secretary General in a Country facing Physical Challenges such as Earthquakes ................................ 116 4. Communication from Mrs Halami AHMED, Secretary General of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States on the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States.................................................. 122 FIFTH SITTING – Thursday 22 April [pm] 1. Introductory remarks ................................................................................... 127 2. Communication from Mr Ian HARRIS, Secretary General of the House of Representatives of Australia, on the Parliament of Birds.................................. 127 SIXTH SITTING – Friday 23 April [am] 1. Introductory remarks ................................................................................... 137 2.. New Members............................................................................................. 137 3. Communication from Dr Yogendra NARAIN, Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha of India, on Ethical Concerns of the Indian Parliament: Recent Changes in Electoral Law.......................................................................................... 137 4. Change to the Rules of the Association ........................................................ 144 5. Honorary Membership for Mr Franck Boulin, former Joint Secretary of the Association ................................................................................................ 144 6.