Of Current Interest
The Association of Secretaries General met in Kampala, Uganda, from Sunday 1 to Thursday 5 April 2012, in parallel with the 126th 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:
The ASGP is currently meeting in Kampala, Uganda, where members will discuss a range of subjects and elect a new Vice-President. More information and a selection of papers under discussion at the conference are available on this site.
In preparation for the release of the third issue of the World e-Parliament Report (http://www.ictparliament.org/world-e-parliament-reports) the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament has recently launched the Global Survey of ICT in Parliaments 2012, which will allow progress of e-parliaments to be measured including the changes due to recent technological developments.
The Survey was distributed by the Inter-Parliamentary Union to all national parliaments worldwide by post and via e-mail through the IPU national groups. A copy of the Survey and additional information are available on the website of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament: www.ictparliament.org/globalsurvey
The deadline for the completion of the Survey is 30 March 2012.
New Members
At the ASGP session in Kampala (1-5 April 2012), the following new members were admitted:
Mr. Khudai Nazar Nasrat
Secretary General of the House of the People, Afghanistan
(replacing M. Ghulam Hassan Gran)
Mr. Shah Sultan Akifi
Deputy Secretary General of the Senate of Afghanistan
(replacing Mr Mohammad Kazim Malwan, who has become Secretary General)
Mr. Jamal Zowaid
Acting Secretary General of the Council of Representatives of Bahrain
(replacing Mr. Nawar Ali Al-Mahmood)
Mr. Md. Mahfazur Rahman
Secretary General of the Parliament of Bangladesh
(replacing Mr. Ashfaque Hamid)
Mr. Adalberto de Oliveira Mendes
Secretary General of the National Assembly of Cape Verde
(replacing Mr. Eutrópio Lima da Cruz)
Mr. Mohammad Hassan Brémé
Deputy Secretary General of the National Assembly of Chad
Mr. Jiři Uklein
Secretary General of the Senate of the Czech Republic
(replacing Mr Frantisek Jakub)
Mr. Mohammad Rdaini
Secretary General of the House of Representatives of Jordan
(replacing Mr. Fayez Al-Shawabkeh)
Mr. Yoon, Won Joong
Secretary General of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
(replacing Mr. Kwon, Oh Eul)
Mr. Sheikh Ali bin Nasir bin Hamed Al-Mahrooqi
Secretary General of the Consultative Council of Oman
(replacing M. Abdul Qadir Bin Salim Al-Dhahab)
Mr. Iftikhar Ullah Babar
Secretary General of the Senate of Pakistan
(replacing Mr. Raja Muhammad Amin)
Ms. Azarel Ernesta
Clerk of the National Assembly of the Seychelles
Mr. Othom Rago Ajak
Clerk to the National Legislative Assembly of South Sudan
(This country is joining the ASGP for the first time)
Mr. Samuel Maccar Riak
Clerk of the Council of States of South Sudan
(This country is joining the ASGP for the first time)
Mr. Claes Mårtensson
Deputy Secretary General of the Swedish Parliament
(replacing Mr. Ulf Christoffersson)
Mr. Somsak Manunpichu
Deputy Secretary General of the Senate of Thailand
Ms. Jane Lubowa Kibirige
Clerk to the Parliament of Uganda
(replacing Mr. A. M. Tandekwire)
Associate members:
Mr. Morad Boucaraf
Deputy Secretary General of the Pan-African Parliament
Observer status:
Mr. Khan Ahmed Goraya
Executive Director, Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS)