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Committees held meetings on food quality and prices, domestic revenues, combatting violence against women, spending of Coronavirus budgets, and they worked on several bills. 

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 29 March 2022 welcomed Michele Camerota, Italy's Consul in the Kurdistan Region. They discussed the latest political developments and the challenges to holding the next Kurdistan Parliament election.

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 27 March 2022 participated in a seminar on the obstacles to the Kurdistan Parliament election, prospects and solutions. The seminar was supported by the National Endowment for Democracy, a US non-profit foundation.

I hope that the spirit of Nawroz will revive our internal confidence and optimism about cooperation, help to overcome narrow party political and short-term interests, and that together we can overcome obstacles and create more opportunities to defend our region, strengthen our institutions and increase trust between all sides.

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 17 March 2022 welcomed France’s Consul General Olivier Decottignies. They discussed the next Kurdistan Parliament election and the political and security situation in Kurdistan Region and Iraq.

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 17 March 2022 met with Ms. Dew Tiantawach, the US Consulate General's Chief of Political and Economic Affairs, and Mr. Joshua Lewis, Political and Economic Officer. They discussed the next Kurdistan Parliament election and the political and security situation in Kurdistan Region and Iraq.

The Iraqi Government must implement Article 132 of the Iraqi Constitution and the decision of the Supreme Criminal Court to compensate the victims of the Halabja chemical bombing and Halabja’s citizens. We ask the Iraqi Council of Representatives to pass a law to recognize the genocide against the people of Kurdistan that reinforces the rights of the victims to compensation for their material losses and psychological damages.

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 16 March 2022 met with UNAMI’s Senior Women’s Adviser and Head of Human Rights in Erbil, and Mr. Francesco Revuelto-Lanao, Political Officer. They discussed the next Kurdistan Parliament election.

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami and MPs on 15 March 2022 welcomed a high level fact-finding delegation from the Iraqi Council of Representatives who came to investigate Sunday’s missile attacks on Erbil.

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 15 March 2022 welcomed the European Union's Ambassador to Iraq Ville Varjola. They discussed the latest political developments, the Iraqi government formation process, disagreements between Iraq’s political forces, and the next Kurdistan Parliament election.