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Order of Business for sitting of 6 July 2021

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Tuesday 6th July 2021 at 11am, the 17th ordinary sitting of the spring session of the third year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:

Kurdistan Parliament’s Martyrs Affairs Committee thanks Belgium Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee for recognition of genocide against Yazidis

The Yazidis hope that the international community will take such steps as your committee has taken to pave the way for bringing to justice the perpetrators of these crimes...to deliver at least some justice in this case, and to act as a deterrent to such crimes happening again.

Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami welcomes Head of European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq on civilian security

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 4 July welcomed Christoph Buik, Head of the European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq on the civilian security sector (EUAM) and his colleagues.

Parliament’s Presidency meets Kurdistan High Council for Women’s Affairs and Iraq Department of Women’s Empowerment

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Rewaz Faiq and Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 30 June welcomed Dr. Khanzad Ahmed, the Head of the Kurdistan High Council for Women’s Affairs and Dr. Yusra Karim, Director of the Iraq Department of Women’s Empowerment, and their staff.

Speaker Rewaz Faiq meets with heads of provincial councils

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Rewaz Faiq and Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 30 June welcomed the heads of Erbil, Slemani and Duhok provincial councils, to discuss their legal and administrative problems.

Deputy Speaker Hawrami meets with Iran’s Consul General in Erbil Nasrollah Rashnoudi

The Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami and Consul General Nasrollah Rashnoudi on 30 June discussed the latest developments in Kurdistan Region, Iraq, and the region, the drafting of the Kurdistan Constitution, Iraq’s regional relations, the next Iraqi elections, the threat posed by ISIS, and bilateral relations.

Three committees assigned to summarize Parliament’s demands from KRG on public finances, salary shortfalls and Reform Law

The Kurdistan Parliament on 28 June held a sitting presided over by Speaker Rewaz Faiq, with nearly 18 hours of questions and discussion with the KRG on the economic problems and the reasons for failing to pay public salaries in full and to implement the Reform Law.

Order of business for sitting of 28 June 2021

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Monday 28 June 2021 at 11am, the 16th ordinary sitting of the spring session of the third year of the fifth term of Parliament. The Presidency of Parliament announces the order of business of the sitting as follows:

Deputy Speaker Hawrami meets with head of Chaldean League Safai Hindi

Deputy Speaker Hawrami said to Mr. Hindi, “The ethnic and religious components have shared both the joys and sufferings of the Kurdistani people”.

Speaker Rewaz Faiq meets with head of Chaldean League Safa Hindi

Speaker Faiq said to the head of the Chaldean League, “We support all the component communities’ rights in the Kurdistan Constitution, and the communities will have their representatives in the Constitution drafting committee.”