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UNION INTERPARLEMENTAIRE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments MINUTES OF THE SPRING SESSION BANGKOK 28 MARCH – 1 APRIL 2010 1 2 ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES GENERAL OF PARLIAMENTS Minutes of the Spring Session 2010 BANGKOK, THAILAND 28 March – 1 April 2010 LIST OF ATTENDANCE MEMBERS PRESENT NAME COUNTRY Mr Ghulam Hassan GRAN Afghanistan Mr Assadullah FALLAH Afghanistan Mr Mohammad Kazim MALWAN Afghanistan Dr Hafnaoui AMRANI Algeria Mr Abdelhamid Badis BELKAS Algeria Mr Alexis WINTONIAK Austria Mr Nawar Ali AL-MAHMOOD Bahrain Mr Ashfaque HAMID Bangladesh Mr Georges BRION Belgium Mr Idès DE PELSEMAEKER Belgium Mr René KOTO SOUNON Benin Mrs Barbara DITHAPO Botswana Mr Alphonse K. NOMBRÉ Burkina Faso Mr Aloys KAYANZARI Burundi Mr OUM Sarith Cambodia Mr Victor YÉNÉ OSSOMBA Cameroon Mr Marc BOSC Canada Mr David Byaza SANDA Congo (Democratic Republic of) Mr Socrates SOCRATOUS Cyprus Mr Petr KYNŠTETR Czech Republic Mr František JAKUB Czech Republic Mr Carsten U. LARSEN Denmark Mr Mohamed DIAKITE ECOWAS Parliament Mr Heiki SIBUL Estonia Mr Dagnachew BEFEKADU Ethiopia Mr Habtamu NINI ABINO Ethiopia Mr Félix OWANSANGO DEACKEN Gabon Mrs Marie-Françoise PUCETTI Gabon Mr David JANIASHVILI Georgia Mr Dirk BROUËR Germany Dr Ulrich SCHÖLER Germany Mr Emmanuel ANYIMADU Ghana Mr P.D.T. ACHARY India Mr V.K. AGNIHOTRI India Mrs Nining Indra SHALEH Indonesia 3 Mr Amine ABBA-SIDICK Inter-parliamentary Commission of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) Mr Boubacar IDI GADO Inter-parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Mr Amjad Abdul Hamid ABDULLMAJEED Iraq Mr Eyal YINON Israel Mr Fayez AL-SHAWABKEH Jordan Mr PARK Kye Dong Korea (Republic of) Mr Allam Ali Jaafer AL-KANDARI Kuwait Ms Lebohang RAMOHLANKA Lesotho Mr J. Nanborlor F. SINGBEH Liberia Mr Said MOKADEM Maghreb Consultative Council Mr Mohamed Vall Ould KOUEIRI Mauritania Mr Tserenkhuu SHARAVDORJ Mongolia Mr Damir DAVIDOVIC Montenegro Mr Abdelhamid KHALILI Morocco Mr Abdelouahed KHOUJA Morocco Mr Baptista Ismael MACHAIEIE Mozambique Mr Johannes Jakes JACOBS Namibia Mr Manohar Prasad BHATTARAI Nepal Mrs Jacqueline BIESHEUVEL-VERMEIJDEN Netherlands Ms Marilyn B. BARUA-YAP Philippines Mr Edwin BELLEN Philippines Mr Lech CZAPLA Poland Mrs Adelina SÁ CARVALHO Portugal Mr Gheorghe BARBU Romania Mr Matjaž PLEVELJ Slovenia Mr Zingile DINGANI South Africa Mr Mohamed Kamal MANSURA South Africa Mr Dhammika KITULGODA Sri Lanka Mr Ibrahim MOHAMED IBRAHIM Sudan Mrs Marcia I.S. BURLESON Suriname Mr Anders FORSBERG Sweden Mr Philippe SCHWAB Switzerland Mr James WARBURG Tanzania Mr Pitoon PUMHIRAN Thailand Mr Sompol VANIGBANDHU Thailand Mrs Suvimol PHUMISINGHARAJ Thailand Ms Utara AMORNCHATR Thailand Mr Paul GAMUSI WABWIRE Uganda Mr Sergey STRELCHENKO Union of Belarus and the 4 Russian Federation Ms Lorraine C. MILLER United States of America Mr John V. SULLIVAN United States of America Dr José Pedro MONTERO Uruguay Mrs Doris Katai Katebe MWINGA Zambia Mr Austin ZVOMA Zimbabwe SUBSTITUTES NAME COUNTRY Ms Claressa SURTEES (for Mr B.C. Wright) Australia Mr Dick TOORNSTRA (for Mr Klaus Welle) European Parliament Mr Masaharu YOSHIDA (for Mr Makoto Onitsuka) Japan Ms Cath ANYAN (for Mary Harris) New Zealand Ms Agata KARWOWSKA-SOKOLOWSKA (for Mrs Ewa Poland Polkowska) Mr Constantin GHEORGHE (for Mr Constantin Dan Romania VASILIU) Mr Edward OLLARD (for Mr Michael Pownall) United Kingdom Mr Robert WILSON (for Mr Malcolm Jack) United Kingdom OBSERVERS NAME Mr Gherardo CASINI Global Centre for ICT in Parliament ALSO PRESENT NAME COUNTRY Ms Anabela do ESPÍRITO SANTO Angola (non-member) Mr Chea CHETH Cambodia (non-member) Mr Carlos FERRO SOLANILLA Colombia (non-member) Mr Jirí KRBEC Czech Republic (non-member) Mr Koffi ABALO ECOWAS Parliament (non-member) Mr Paul DANNAUD France (non-member) Mr L.V. RAMANA India (non-member) Mrs Winantuningtyastiti SWASANANI Indonesia (non-member) Mr Bambang Susetyo NUGROHO Indonesia (non-member) 5 Ms Maria Valeria AGOSTINI Italy (non-member) Mrs Luisa ACCARRINO Italy (non-member) Mr Krishna Prasad PANDEY Nepal (non-member) Mr Abdelkader bin Salim AL-DAHAB Oman (non-member) Mr Roberto PROLL Panama (non-member) Mr Fahad bin Mubarak AL-KHAYAREEN Qatar (non-member) Mr João Paulo DA SILVA SIMÃO Sao Tomé and Principe (non-member) P.M. DAVIDS South Africa (non-member) Sandisiwe SCHALK South Africa (non-member) Mr Mombedi PHINDELA South Africa (non-member) Mr John JOEL Tanzania (non-member) Mr Phicheth KITISIN Thailand (non-member) Ms Andhika THONGPRASOM Thailand (non-member) Ms Tatiya RATANAWIROJ Thailand (non-member) Mrs Samonrutai AKSORNMAT Thailand (non-member) Ms Neeranan SUNGTO Thailand (non-member) Mr Thomas WICKHAM United States of America (non-member) Tonya L. SPRATT-WILLIAMS United States of America (non-member) Mr Sultan AL-BARAKANI Yemen (non-member) APOLOGIES NAME COUNTRY Mr B.C. WRIGHT Australia Mrs Emma DE PRINS Belgium Mr Ivan SLAVCHOV Bulgaria Mr Klaus WELLE European Parliament Mr Athanasios PAPAIOANNOU Greece Mr Mikio OBATA Japan Mr Masafumi HASHIMOTO Japan 6 Mr Makoto ONITSUKA Japan Mrs Valérie VIORA-PUYO Monaco Mr Geert Jan A. HAMILTON Netherlands Mr Hans BRATTESTÅ Norway Mrs Emma Lirio REYES Philippines Mrs Ewa POLKOWSKA Poland Mr Constantin Dan VASILIU Romania Mr Manuel CAVERO GOMEZ Spain Mr Manuel ALBA NAVARRO Spain Mr Malcolm JACK United Kingdom Mr Michael POWNALL United Kingdom Mr Colin CAMERON Western European Union 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No FIRST SITTING – Sunday 28 March [am] 1. Opening of the Session ........................................................................... ...... 10 2. Orders of the Day ........................................................................................... 10 3. Review of the Rules ........................................................................................ 13 4. New Members ................................................................................................. 13 5. Welcome and presentation on the parliamentary system of the Kingdom of Thailand by Mr Pitoon PUMHIRAN, Secretary General of the House of Representatives, and Mrs Suvimol PHUMISINGHARAJ, Secretary General of the Senate ................................................................................................. 15 SECOND SITTING – Sunday 28 March [pm] 1. Communication by Mr PARK Kye Dong, Secretary General of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, on “New think tanks of the Korean National Assembly: National Assembly Budget Office and National Assembly Research Service” ............................................................................ 30 2. General debate: Committee work beyond the precincts of Parliament .................... 35 THIRD SITTING – Monday 29 March [am] 1. Preliminary Remarks ....................................................................................... 52 2. Communication from Mrs Adelina SÁ CARVALHO, Former President of the ASGP, Secretary General of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal, on “A hemicycle for the 21st century” .................................................................... 52 3. General debate: Demonstrations of members (and visitors) during sessions and the rules of order ...................................................................................... 55 FOURTH SITTING – Monday 29 March [pm] 1. Preliminary Remarks ....................................................................................... 75 2. Communication from Dr. V.K. AGNIHOTRI, Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha of India, on “Statements by Ministers on the floor of the House” ................. 75 3. Communication from Mrs Jacqueline BIESHEUVEL-VERMEIJDEN, Secretary General of the House of Representatives of the States General of the Netherlands, on “The process of parliamentary self reflection in the House of Representatives of the States General” ......................................................... 85 8 FIFTH SITTING – Wednesday 31 March [am] 1. Preliminary Remarks ....................................................................................... 90 2. Orders of the Day ........................................................................................... 90 3. New Member .................................................................................................. 90 4. Review of the Rules ........................................................................................ 90 5. Communication from Mr Marc BOSC, Vice-President of the ASGP, Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons of Canada, on “The role of Officers of Parliament” .................................................................................................... 91 6. Communication from Mr P.D.T. ACHARY, Secretary General of the Lok Sabha of India, on “Independence of Parliament secretariat” .............................. 101 7. Communication from Mr Vladimir SVINAREV, Secretary General of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, on “Appraisal of professional potential as a tool for personnel rating” ................. 107 SIXTH SITTING – Wednesday 31 March [pm] 1. Presentation by Mr Martin CHUNGONG on the recent activities of the IPU ........... 119 2. General debate: “Petitioning the Parliament” .................................................... 121 3. Video presentation by Mr Amjad Abdul Hamid ABDULLMAJEED, Secretary General of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, on recent developments in the Iraqi Parliament ..................................................................................