Parliamentary Delegation to attend CPA General Conference

A Parliamentary Delegation led by the Hon Mario Galea, MP, and including the Hon Louis Cuschieri, MP, the Hon George Gatt, MP, and Mr Richard Cauchi, Clerk to the House of Representatives, will be attending the 16th Small Countries Conference and the 42nd General Conference organised by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The Small Countries Conference to be held between the 16th and 17th August will be discussing the following topics:-

The vulnerability of small countries to international political pressure;

Constitutional and Parliamentary development in small countries;

Uncontrolled immigration - its effects on small populations;

The position of small countries in a new era of multinational trading blocs - the effect of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade on small countries.

The General Conference to be held between the 18th and 24th August, will be discussing various topics, including:-

Facilitating consensus-building in dealing with global issues: The role of the Commonwealth and its Parliamentarians;

Educating the Commonwealth about the Commonwealth;

Is there an effective democratic deterrent to Terrorism?

The protection of women and children exposed to violence, exploitation and abuse;

How can the improvement in the world economy be more equitably shared?

How can Parliamentary democracy be updated and improved?

How can present barriers to the participation of women in political life be overcome?

The delegation leaves for Kuala Lumpur, tomorrow Wednesday, 14th August, on flight KM100 and will return on Sunday, 25th August 1996, on flight KM 101.