Of Current Interest

ASGP meetings 27 October 2011

The Association of Secretaries General met in Bern, Switzerland, from Monday 17 to Thursday 20 October 2011, in parallel with the 125th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Further information on the session is now available under Past Meetings.

Venues for future ASGP meetings are as follows:

Kampala (Uganda) - 1-5 April 2012
Quebec City (Canada) - 22-26 October 2012

ASGP elects new President 19 October 2011

At its meeting on Tuesday 18 October, the ASGP elected Mr Marc Bosc, Deputy Clerk of the House of Commons of Canada, as its new President. Mr Bosc will take up his post from Thursday 20 October, after the close of the Bern meeting.

ASGP meetings 27 April 2011

The Association of Secretaries General met in Panama City, Panama from Saturday 16 - Wednesday 20 April 2011, in parallel with the 124th session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Further information on the session is now available under Past Meetings.

Venues for future ASGP meetings are as follows:

Bern (Switzerland) - 17-20 October 2011
Kampala (Uganda) - 1-5 April 2012
Quebec City (Canada) - 22-26 October 2012

New Members

At the ASGP session in Bern (17-20 October 2011), the following new members were admitted:

Mr. Mario Labbe

Secretary General of the Senate of Chile

(replacing Mr .Carlos Hoffmann Contreras)

Mr. Koo Hee Kwon

Deputy Secretary General of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

(replacing Mr. Ha Sung Jun)

Mr. Negus Lemma Gebre

Secretary General of the House of People’s Representatives of Ethiopia

(replacing Mr. Dagnachew Befekadu)

Mr. Munehiro Seino

Deputy Secretary General of the House of Representatives of Japan

(replacing Mr Shigeo Inoue)

Mr. David Natzler

Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom

(replacing Mr. Robert Rogers, who has become Clerk)

Mr. Hassan Musa Shaikh El Safi

Secretary General of the Council of States of Sudan

Mr. Pierre-Hervé Freléchoz

Secretary of the National Council of Switzerland

Mr. Gustavo Sánchez

Second Secretary of the Senate of Uruguay

(replacing Mr. Santiago González Barboni)

Mrs. Virginia Ortiz

Second Secretary of the House of Representatives of Uruguay

(replacing Dr. José Pedro Montero, who has become Secretary General)

Mr. Roberto A. Proll

Deputy Secretary General of the National Assembly of Panama

Mr. Issa Kanga

Secretary General of the National Assembly of Niger

(replacing Mr. Moussa Moutari)

Ms. Nataša Komnenić

Deputy Secretary General of the Parliament of Montenegro

Associate members:

Mr. Mario Martins

Second Secretary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

(replacing Mr. Wojciech Sawicki, who has become Secretary General)

Last Meeting in Brief

Bern, 17-20 October 2011

The ASGP met in Bern from 17-20 October 2011. The attendance list of the meeting is now available under Past meetings.