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Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 27 April presided over a sitting at which MPs discussed the problems and needs of adults and children with disabilities and special needs, in the presence of KRG Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Kwestan Mohamad.

Several committees studied the statistics on increasing incidents of domestic violence and killings of women and overall killings, and the legislative gaps in tackling these crimes. 

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on the evening of 27 April met with Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani at the Presidency. They discussed the latest developments and agreed on the need for unity to overcome the current crises.

We are saddened and deeply concerned to learn of the fire that broke out at Ibn Khatib Hospital in Baghdad, which caused the deaths and injuries of so many people.

The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewaz Faiq calls MPs to a sitting on Tuesday 27th April 2021 at 11am, the tenth 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 Deputy Speaker Dr. Hemin Hawrami and Korea's Consul, Mr. Choi Kwang-Jin, on 25 April discussed the latest political, economic, health and security developments and relations between Kurdistan Region and Korea.

The Relations Committee thanked China's Consul General Ni-Ruchi for the Chinese Government's provision of Coronavirus vaccines. The Human Rights Committee and Hartland Alliance International discussed a human rights project. 

The Kurdistan Parliament on 21 April passed the Law on Conservation of Water and Wastewater Networks and a Resolution to officially designate a Kurdish Journalism. MPs also continued the second reading of the Bill on Protection of Archeology and Heritage, and voted on several changes to committee memberships.