Doha - Arab Today
HE Speaker of the Advisory Council Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khulaifi and his accompanying delegation left Doha Sunday for the Moroccan Capital, Rabat, to take part in the 24th Conference of the Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU), due to kick off Monday.
The two-day conference will discuss topics listed on the agenda including the reports of the Parliament Speaker and the Secretary-General respectively, the work of the Executive Committee and the status of the Union and its activities since the 23rd session of conference, in addition to the Executive Committee's reports on the 20th and 21st sessions.
The agenda of the conference also includes the Union's regional and international activity in the current year, and the meetings of its permanent committees which are concerned with political, parliamentary, financial, economic, women and childhood affairs.
The participants will also discuss the Union's working plan and the draft budget for 2017, and other financial and administrative matters.
The conference's sessions will include speeches by heads of parliaments and councils and participating delegations about the current Arab situation.
Source: QNA