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Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami attends national strategic meeting on International Anti-Corruption Day

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 9 December 2021 participated in a national strategic meeting on the fight against corruption, organized by the Kurdistan Region Integrity Committee to mark International Anti-Corruption Day.

MPs vote in favour of two committees' recommendations on more support for Peshmerga forces to counter ISIS

The Kurdistan Parliament on 8 December 2021 discussed the attacks by the ISIS terrorist organization on Peshmerga posts and barricades. MPs voted in favour of two committees' recommendations to provide more support for the Peshmerga forces to prevent and counter the terrorist attacks. 

Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami meets with members of Kurdish Federation in Sweden

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 8 December 2021 met with members of the Kurdish Federation in Sweden. He encourage the Kurdish Diaspora to be advocates on different issues that affect the people of Kurdistan.

Mr. Gilbert Mitterrand, son of Madame Danielle Mitterrand, addresses Parliament on 10-year commemoration of her death

Mr. Gilbert Mitterrand said, “You were a light for Danielle Mitterrand and you can be a light for so many others. There is a saying that the Kurds have no friends but the mountains, but you should know that you have many brothers and sisters around the world.”

Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami welcomes Christian clerical and NGO delegation

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 8 December 2021 welcomed a delegation of Christian clerics and NGO representatives from the US, UK and Finland. They discussed the importance of maintaining and supporting Kurdistan Region's model of religious and ethnic tolerance and coexistence.

Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami meets with Greece's Consul General Dr. Stavros Kyrimis

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami on 8 December 2021 met with Greece's Consul General in Kurdistan Region, Dr. Stavros Kyrimis. They discussed the next Kurdistan Parliament election and building closer ties between the Kurdistan Parliament and the Hellenic Parliament.

Order of Business of sitting of 8 December 2021

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Wednesday 8th December 2021 at 11am, the 11th ordinary sitting of the autumn 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:

Order of Business for sitting of 7 December 2021

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Tuesday 7th December 2021 at 12 noon, the 10th ordinary sitting of the autumn 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 Dr. Hemin Hawrami and MPs pay last respects at funeral of three brothers killed by ISIS in Khidrjija

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemn Hawrami and MPs on 3 December 2021 attended the funeral of three brothers killed in an ISIS terrorist attack on Khidirjija village. The three brothers were killed along with several Peshmerga soldiers in the attack in the Qarachogh area.

Parliament Presidency’s statement on ISIS attack on Khidirija village in Qarachogh

We are very saddened to learn that a number of civilians and Peshmerga soldiers have been killed and several injured in a terrorist attack by ISIS on the village of Khidirija, in the foothills of Qarachogh mountain...We must never become complacent about the need to fill the security gaps and the need to eliminate ISIS.