Afra al-Basti wins first vice-president of "Women Parliamentarians Forum"

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Date: 2018-10-19 19h11

Afra Rashed Al Basti, a member of the Federal National Council, has been appointed first vice-president of the Forum of Women Parliamentarians, currently held within the IPU. The Parliamentary Division delegation participated in a series of meetings of the 139th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, held in Geneva, highlighting the role of the United Arab Emirates in spreading coexistence, peace and tolerance between the different peoples of the world.
During the meeting of the Third Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights, the Delegation stressed the need to develop, support and improve common standards for the protection of human rights. migrants and migration governance and to ensure a gender-sensitive approach to children and persons with disabilities at all stages of migration. Al-Zahabi, Ali Jassim Ahmed, Member of the Federal National Council, and Ahmed Shabib al-Dhaheri, Secretary-General of the Council. Faisal Al-Zabahi reviewed the proposals of the United Arab Emirates Parliamentary Division, its amendments and comments on the draft resolution of the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights, entitled Strengthening Parliamentary Cooperation in the United Arab Emirates. migration and judgment, with a view to the adoption of the Global Charter for Safe, Organized and Organized Migration.
For his part, Al Basti reviewed the proposals of the UAE Parliamentary Division in the field of cooperation between parliaments and the World Health Organization, calling on parliaments to develop strategic plans and visions with measurable indicators and to evaluate their results in a transparent manner in order to achieve the objectives of the 2030 Sustainable Development Plan. The Delegation of the United Arab Emirates Parliamentary Division participated in the 203rd meeting of the Governing Council, during which the minutes of the 202nd Session of the Governing Council, as well as the proposals of the participating delegations concerning the election of the President of the 139th Assembly, were approved.
On the other hand, Mr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mehrazi, a member of the Federal National Council, at a panel discussion organized by the Middle East Affairs Committee on "The Impact of Science and Technology". technology and how science promotes peacebuilding and development in the world ", reviewed the Emirates' efforts in innovation.