Posted by George on Mon 31st Aug, 2015 - tori.ng
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, attends the 4th United Nations Conference of Parliamentary Heads holding at the organisation's headquarters in New York, United States with House of reps Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and Senator Dino Melaye.
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, led the Nigerian delegation to participate in the 4th United Nations Conference of Parliamentary Heads holding at the organisation’s headquarters in New York, United States.
This year’s conference was declared open by the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, and it featured presentation of reports and general debate on “Placing Democracy at the Service of Peace and Sustainable Development.”
Other issues billed for debate include ‘Challenges facing Parliaments today’, ‘Parliamentary Oversight: challenges and opportunities ‘, while a bi-lateral meeting with Dr. Saraki is expected to be hosted by the Speaker of the Israeli Parliament (Knesset), Mr. Yuli-Yoel Edelstein.
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Speaker Dogara earlier had a brief meeting with the Speaker of the Chinese People's Parliament Mr. Zhang Dejiang.