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Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 1st September set out the Parliament Presidency’s vision for the autumn session. She said the priority this autumn is to work on at least 14 bills to help deliver the government’s reform and services agenda. The heads of each parliamentary party also presented their legislative priorities. The majority said the first tasks should be reform legislation and the Kurdistan Constitution.

Kurdistan Parliament's committees this week went to camps in Duhok for Shingal IDPs to learn about their living conditions, problems and needs; and met with the Head of the KRG Board of Audit to prepare a report on the board's performance. 

Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 26 August held a meeting with the Parliament’s standing committees to discuss their work and preparations for the autumn session. She said that Parliament’s legislative policy should be consistent with the government’s programme of reform and better services for the people of Kurdistan.

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 7th August welcomed Iran’s new Consul General in Erbil, Mr. Nasrollah Zar’a Rashnoudi. Mr. Rashnoudi issued a formal invitation to the Presidency of Parliament and MPs to visit Iran's Parliament, the Islamic Consultative Assembly. 

The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament on 7th July met with Prime Minister Marsour Barzani and Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani to discuss parliament-government coordination to achieve the shared aim of better serving the people of Kurdistan Region. 

MPs today, 1st August, debated for nearly three hours the draft resolution on designating 3rd August as Yazidi Genocide Remembrance Day, and which calls on the Iraqi government to make reparations to the survivors and victims’ families. MPs will vote on the resolution this Saturday 3rd August at 11am.

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq Hussein, Secretary Muna Kahveci and several MPs on 31st July paid their respects to the victims of the Barzani genocide committed 36 years ago. Speaker Faiq said, "We the three presidencies of the Kurdistan Region must use all measures to help the areas where the Anfal and other genocidal campaigns were committed."

The Kurdistan Parliament publishes online recent orders and resolutions that were issued in the month of July. They are resolutions or orders on the election of Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq Hussein; Parliament’s majority vote of confidence in the ninth KRG cabinet Prime Minister and ministers; the election of Reving Heruri as new chair of a committee; and the automatic relinquishment of Parliament membership for MPs that were appointed as ministers.   

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 29th July presented certificates to MPs and Parliament staff for completing a five-day training course on the European Convention on Human Rights, minority rights, citizen participation, and parliamentary protocol. Germany's Consul General in Erbil, Ms. Barbara Wolf, also awarded certificates to the participants. 

Parliament's Education Committee will look at the Education Ministry’s recent decision to no longer grant permission for opening private schools and institutions. They will study the benefits and disadvantages of the decision. The Endowments and Religious Affairs Committee visited Mir Hazim Tahsin Beg to congratulate him on his recent selection as the new Prince of the Yazidis.