Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 26 January welcomed UNFPA Iraq Deputy Representative, Himyar Abdulmoghni, and Mr. Jamal Hussein, General Director of Youth at the Kurdistan Regional Government Ministry of Culture and Youth, and their colleagues.
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Committees' recent meetings - 26 January 2021
The Religious Affairs Committee met with the Board on Friday sermons to discuss the importance of sermons for maintaining inter-religious peace and tolerance; the Municipalities Committee and tourism officials discussed a bill to regulate and develop tourism.
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Speaker Faiq: "The Kurdish movement's important achievements stem from the Peshmerga veterans' era of struggle and resistance"
Speaker Faiq and MPs met with the Council of Peshmerga Veterans of Kurdistan, led by Jamil Hawrami, and pledged to support their demands.
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Deputy Speaker Hawrami and MPs meet with KRG Education Minister Alan Hama Saeed
Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and MPs in the Education Committee on 21 January met with KRG Education Minister, Alan Hama Saeed, at the ministry. The purpose of the meeting was to monitor the ministry’s work and look into implementation of the Reform Law.
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Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq meets with Greece’s Consul General Efthymios Costopoulos
Speaker Faiq said to the outgoing Consul General, "We commend you for successfully carrying out your duties, and unfortunately the current situation [of the Coronavirus pandemic] prevented you from doing more."
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Deputy Speaker Hawrami and MPs meet with Higher Education Minister Aram Muhammad Qadir
The meeting addressed strengthening the coordination between Parliament’s Education Committee and the ministry's special committee for legislative proposals.
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Deputy Speaker Hawrami leads Parliament delegation to Bardarash and Akre districts
Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami and a cross-party group of MPs on 19 January went to Bardarash and Akre districts for meetings with local authorities, political parties and Parliament’s branch office, to look into the legal, administrative and services problems in the area.
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Committees' recent meetings - 21 January 2021
The Relations Committee, Minister Safeen Dizayee and the KRG's representatives abroad met online to discuss the challenges in the representatives' work and how to strengthen Kurdistan's diplomatic position.
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Committees' recent meetings - 20 January 2021
The Protection of Women's Rights Committee met with the National Democratic Institute; the Martyrs Committee and the Minister for Martyrs Affairs discussed the review of the list of former political prisoners as part of the reform process.
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Deputy Speaker Hawrami and Interior Committee meet with Interior Minister Rebar Ahmed
The meeting focused on the Interior Ministry's latest steps to implement the Reform Law and to reorganise the guards unit; the formation of a special force to prevent cross-border smuggling, and preparations for a retirement and pension bill for interior forces.