SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 126th IPU ASSEMBLY Kampala (Uganda) 28 March-5 April 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page(s) Introduction ......................................................................................................... 4 Inaugural ceremony • Speech by Ms. Rebecca Kadaga, Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda ..................... 5 • Speech by Mr. Zachary Muburi-Muita, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office to the African Union ..................................... 5 • Speech by Mr. Abdelwahad Radi, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union ............ 6 • Speech by H.E. Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda .................... 8 Organization of the work of the Assembly • Election of the President and the Vice-Presidents of the 126th Assembly..................... 11 • Consideration of possible requests for the inclusion of an emergency item in the Assembly Agenda ......................................................................................... 26 • Final Assembly Agenda .......................................................................................... 28 General debate on the overall theme of Parliaments and people: Bridging the gap ..................................................................................................... 11-65 Special addresses • Open debate with Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Mr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ..................................................... 17 • Address by H.E. Mr. Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, Vice-President of the Republic of Uganda ...................................................................................... 42 • Launch of Global Parliamentary Report .................................................................. 43 Inter-Parliamentary Union – 126th Assembly Summary Records Page(s) Promoting and practising good governance as a means of advancing peace and security: Drawing lessons from recent events in the Middle East and North Africa First Standing Committee on Peace and International Security • Adoption of the agenda ............................................................................................ 66 • Approval of the summary records of the Committee's session held in Panama on 16 and 18 April 2011........................................................................................... 66 • Presentation of the report and the preliminary draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs ................................................................................ 66 • Debate .................................................................................................................... 69 • Preparation and adoption of a draft resolution ........................................................... 81 • Appointment of a Rapporteur to the 126th Assembly ................................................... 82 • Preparation of the 128th Assembly (a) Proposals for a subject item to be considered by the Committee ............................. 83 (b) Proposals for two co-Rapporteurs ......................................................................... 83 • Election of the Bureau of the First Standing Committee .............................................. 83 Redistribution of power, not just wealth: Ownership of the international agendas Second Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade • Adoption of the agenda ............................................................................................ 85 • Approval of the summary records of the Committee's session held in Panama City on 17 and 19 April 2011........................................................................................... 85 • Presentation of the report and the preliminary draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs ................................................................................ 85 • Debate ................................................................................................................... 86 • Preparation and adoption of a draft resolution ........................................................... 102 • Appointment of a Rapporteur to the 126th Assembly ................................................... 103 • Preparation of the 128th Assembly (a) Proposals for a subject item to be considered by the Committee ............................. 103 (b) Proposals for two co-Rapporteurs ......................................................................... 104 • Election of the Bureau of the Second Standing Committee ......................................... 104 Access to health as a basic right: The role of parliaments in addressing key challenges to securing the health of women and women Third Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights • Adoption of the agenda ............................................................................................ 105 • Approval of the summary records of the Committee's session held in Panama on 16, 17 and 19 April 2011 ..................................................................................... 105 • Presentation of the report and the revised preliminary draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs ................................................................................ 105 • Debate ................................................................................................................... 107 • Appointment of a drafting committee ......................................................................... 115 & 122 • Preparation and adoption of a draft resolution ........................................................... 123 • Appointment of a Rapporteur to the 126th Assembly ................................................... 124 • Preparation of the 128th Assembly (a) Proposals for a subject item to be considered by the Committee ............................. 124 (b) Proposals for two co-Rapporteurs ......................................................................... 126 • Election of the Bureau of the Third Standing Committee............................................. 127 2 Inter-Parliamentary Union – 126th Assembly Summary Records Page(s) Panel discussion on: Tackling malnutrition in young children: The role of parliamentarians ................................................................................ 128 Panel discussion on Making the law work for the response to AIDS: zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths .............................................................................................. 136 Report of the panel discussion on disaster risk reduction and sustainable development .............................................................................. 147 Workshop on Parliamentary oversight of government external loans and related processes ............................................................................................ 151 Reports of the Standing Committees and adoption of the resolutions • Emergency item ....................................................................................................... 154 • First Standing Committee.......................................................................................... 155 • Second Standing Committee ..................................................................................... 155 • Third Standing Committee ........................................................................................ 156 Approval of the subject items for the 128th Assembly and appointment of the Rapporteurs ........................................................... 156 Closure of the Assembly ................................................................................... 157 Annexes I. Promoting and practising good governance as a means of advancing peace and security: Drawing lessons from recent events in the Middle East and North Africa (Item 4) Text of the resolution ............................................................................ 159 II. Redistribution of power, not just wealth: Ownership of the international agendas (Item 5) Text of the resolution .......................................................................... 163 III. Access to health as a basic right: The role of parliaments in addressing key challenges to securing the health of women and children (Item 6) Text of the resolution ............................................................................ 166 IV. Presidential Statement on Mali Text of the declaration .......................................................................... 174 V. Inter-Parliamentary Union initiative for an immediate halt to the bloodshed and human rights violations in Syria, and the need to ensure access to humanitarian aid for all persons in need and to support implementation of all relevant Arab League and United Nations resolutions and peace efforts (Item 8) Text of the resolution ........................................................................... 175 VI. List of participants ..................................................................................... 178 3 Inter-Parliamentary Union – 126th Assembly Summary Records INTRODUCTION The 126th IPU Assembly was inaugurated on 31 March 2012 at a ceremony held at the Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala. Attendance at the Assembly was as follows: Members: (Delegations of national parliaments