CASE No - Inter-Parliamentary Union
CASE No - Inter-Parliamentary Union
CASE No - Inter-Parliamentary Union
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- 14 - CL/183/SR.1<br />
(b)<br />
African <strong>Parliamentary</strong> Conference "Africa and Migration:<br />
challenges, problems and solutions"<br />
(CL/183/11(b)-R.1)<br />
The Secretary General said that the IPU had been invited to sponsor and work with the<br />
African <strong>Parliamentary</strong> <strong>Union</strong> on a conference that had been held in Rabat, Morocco on<br />
22-24 May 2008, to address the question of migration in Africa, and discuss some of the<br />
challenges and solutions. The report (CL/183/11(b)-R.1) contained an extensive resolution that<br />
had been adopted by the conference.<br />
The Governing Council took note of the report on the African <strong>Parliamentary</strong><br />
Conference "Africa and Migration: challenges, problems and solutions".<br />
(c)<br />
<strong>Parliamentary</strong> briefing on parliaments and HIV/AIDS<br />
(CL/183/11(c)-R.1)<br />
The Secretary General announced that a meeting on parliamentary action on HIV/AIDS<br />
had been held in New York on 9 June 2008, to which parliamentarians who were members of<br />
delegations to the United Nations General Assembly had been invited. The report<br />
(CL/183/11(c)-R.1) highlighted the recommendations made by the participants.<br />
The Governing Council took note of the report on the parliamentary briefing on<br />
parliaments and HIV/AIDS.<br />
(d)<br />
Stakeholder Forum on the role of national and local stakeholders<br />
in contributing to aid quality and effectiveness<br />
(CL/183/11(d)-R.1)<br />
Mr. F.-X. de Donnea (Belgium) said that the Stakeholder Forum had been organized by<br />
the United Nations in cooperation with the IPU and other partners. It had brought together<br />
representatives of parliaments, civil society and local governments to discuss their role in<br />
strengthening aid quality and effectiveness at the country level.<br />
The meeting had consisted of three sessions, the first on the role of parliaments in<br />
aligning aid to national development strategies, which had concluded that parliaments should<br />
play a more active role in planning, implementing and assessing national development policies<br />
and plans. Although parliaments were consulted in the process of drafting Poverty Reduction<br />
Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and other national development plans, that consultation was not<br />
sufficiently detailed. Parliaments should focus on macro-level issues, such as national<br />
development strategies and budget and aid policy. Effective oversight could only be achieved if<br />
parliaments had adequate information. Many only had a scant knowledge of what kind of aid<br />
came into the country and how it was used. Parliaments should make better use of<br />
information and policy analysis from civil society organizations, independent bodies and local<br />
authorities. <strong>Inter</strong>action between parliaments and the auditor general should be strengthened,<br />
as should interaction between parliaments, local governments and civil society, particularly<br />
given the key role of local governments and civil society in ensuring and evaluating<br />
development results at the grassroots level. Parliaments should establish separate development<br />
strategy committees to ensure more detailed scrutiny of aid plans, policies and their<br />
implementation. Aid from all sources should be coordinated with the national development
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