SADC Parliamentary Forum
THEME: CLIMATE CHANGE, MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION: THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS
“TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THE PARIS DECLARATION AND THE KATOWICE ROADMAP”
SADC PARLIAMENTARY FORUM SECRETARIAT
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
15 - 26 JULY 2019
45th PLENARY ASSEMBLY SESSION
15TH TO 26 JULY 2019
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE
PROPOSED BUSINESS FOR THE 45TH PLENARY ASSEMBLY SESSION
1.0 Introduction
In terms of Rule 14 (2) of the Rules of Procedure, the Parliamentary Business Sub-Committee is mandated, inter alia, to:
i) formulate, develop and make recommendations to the Executive Committee concerning the business of the Plenary Assembly;
ii) Manage the conduct of Parliamentary business of the Plenary Assembly;
iii) Determine the calendar of the Plenary Assembly;
iv) Plan Standing Committee meetings; and
v) Monitor implementation of decisions of the Executive Committee.
Accordingly, the Parliamentary Business Sub-Committee should consider and approve the Parliamentary Business for each Plenary Assembly. The Sub-Committee reports to the Executive Committee (EXCO).
Concept Note 45th Plenary Assembly of the SADC Parliamentary Forum 20th TO 26th July 2019 Maputo, Mozambique
03 Apr 2020CLIMATE CHANGE, MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION: THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS " Towards implementing the Paris Declaration and the Katowice Roadmap "
I. BACKGROUND
1. As we approach the third decade of the new millennium, the SADC region is found to be facing multiple challenges on different fronts, one more daunting than the other. On the one hand, worldwide economic regression has heralded a change in international cash flows towards the SADC region and spiralled down inward investment, while on the other hand, human and social development issues such as unemployment, low quality of life, lack of access to sanitation and infringement of SRH rights continue to undermine socio-economic empowerment for the SADC citizenry. Whereas these pressing challenges beep on the radar, it is legitimate for actions of national Parliaments and Governments to be geared towards addressing and resolving those concerns as immediate priorities. Nonetheless, the SADC region is still facing another silent threat which is more pernicious and long-lasting, and yet invisible to the common eye: climate change. Climate change is no longer a myth but is a stark reality for all SADC Member States, and it may bring unprecedented devastation to the region unless promptly addressed by both national Parliaments and Governments alike.
The 47th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC PF will commence with the convening of the Committee Session from 7th to 9th March 2020, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Session will focus on the Role of Parliament in land governance in the SADC Region.
The three Standing Committees, namely Human and Social Development and Special Programmes (HSDSP), Gender Equality Women Advancement and Youth Development (GEWAYD) and Regional Women Parliamentary Caucus (RWPC), Standing Committees will individually and jointly deal with this important topic from the perspective of the mandate of their respective Committees. The three Standing Committees will also deliberate on various thematic issues of regional interest and concern that fall under their respective mandates in terms of the Constitution and the Rules of Procedure.
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MAPUTO- The Speaker of the National Assembly of Mozambique, Hon. Veronica Nataniel Macamo Dlhovo and Senator Isaac Mmemo Magagula from the National Assembly of Eswatini were elected unopposed as President and Vice President of the SADC PF respectively earlier this month.
The two lawmakers were elected at the end of the 44th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC PF which the National Assembly of Mozambique hosted. They will serve the Forum for two years having taken over from the Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola, Hon Fernando da Piedade Dias Dos Santos and Senator Monica Mutsvangwa of Zimbabwe who served as President and Vice President of the Forum from 2016 to 2018.
The Vice President of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa left the leadership of the Forum last week after an eventful two years at helm of the inter-parliamentary body that brings together 14 SADC national parliaments.
In a case of history repeating itself and in an emotional farewell speech at the end of the 44th Plenary Assembly Session of SADC PF that took place here, Mutsvangwa bade farewell to the regional body that she served in various capacities for many years.
"I cannot help but feel an oppressive sense of déjà vu … The memories of July 2012 remain etched on my mind as I came here for the 31st Plenary Assembly to bid goodbye and surrender my post as Treasurer of the SADC Parliamentary Forum ... How time flies and yet how history always seems to recur!," she said.
SADC Model Law on Elections adopted
29 Dec 2018Staff Writer in Maputo, Mozambique
On what has been hailed as a great day and a milestone for the SADC Region, the Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum last week adopted the first ever SADC Model Law on Election.
The Chairperson of the SADC PF's Standing Committee on Democratisation, Governance and Human Rights Hon Wavel Ramkalawan from Seychelles, moved for the adoption. He argued that the new Model Law is a "very relevant tool that would assist SADC Member States to incorporate provisions of the revised SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections and other regional and international election instruments into national legislation and policy".
The Plenary complied and passed the soft law.