The 58th annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), hosted by the Parliament of Sri Lanka, put forward policy alternatives to resolve global problems. More than 500 Members and officials considered solutions to issues affecting the close to 150 Parliaments and Legislatures of Commonwealth nations, states, prov- inces and territories which were epresented in Sri Lanka.
The conference also included: the two-day 32nd Small Branches Conference, meetings of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians and of their Steering Committee, as well as meetings of the CPA Executive Committee and the General Assembly.
This issue features the plenary and workshop reports from the main conference and from the Small Branches and CWP discussions, along with the opening ceremony speeches and the addresses to delegates by the CPA and Commonwealth Secretaries-General.