The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Photo Gallery
Left and below left: The CPA Roashows have launched as an exciting new initiative that will visit schools and universities across the Commonwealth to help to increase young people’s awareness of parliament and democracy. The CPA Roadshows were launched by the Chairperson of the CPA Executive Committee, Hon. Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury MP, Speaker of the Parliament of Bangladesh, who hosted a group of
over 150 young people from five different schools and colleges on a visit to the Parliament of Bangladesh in Dhaka. The CPA Roadshows will embark on visits to schools, colleges and universities across the nine regions of the CPA and any CPA Branches interested in hosting a CPA Roadshow should contact the CPA Secretariat for more information email
hq.sec@
cpahq.org.
Left The CPA Secretary-General Mr Akbar Khan met with Mr Carl Wright, Secretary- General of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum at the CPA Secretariat.
Right: The CPA Secretary- General Mr Akbar Khan introduced himself and his vision for the CPA to the key stakeholders from the
Commonwealth Family during an
informal breakfast meeting held at the United Kingdom Parliament.
Left: The CPA Secretary- General met with
Parliamentarians for Global Action Chair Baroness Vivien Stern CBE and Assistant Secretary-General Jennifer McCarthy to discuss potential collaboration and partnership between the two organisations.
Right: The Secretary-General of the CPA, Mr Akbar Khan attended meetings and bilaterals at the OECD Global Parliamentary Network in Paris attended by 120 MPs from 35 countries. The CPA Secretary-General met Mr Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD (centre) who spoke about building trust in Parliaments and Financing Democracy.
Below left: The CPA Sri Lanka Branch hosted a Commonwealth Regional Seminar on the Role of Parliamentarians in the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. The Seminar, organised in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat, took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Members of Parliament, Ministers and Human Rights experts attended from Sri Lanka and other Commonwealth Asia countries such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and The Maldives. Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe MP, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka opened the Human Rights Seminar and the Hon. Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and CPA Executive Committee Member, Karu Jayasuriya MP also gave an address.
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