Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Benjamin Kalu has requested the amendment of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly rules to accommodate more emergency items.recent major situation of international concern on which urgent action
by the international community is required and on which it is appropriate for the IPU to express its opinion and mobilize a parliamentary response. Such a request must receive a two-thirds majority of the votes cast in order to be accepted.Should several requests obtain the requisite majority, the one having
received the largest number of positive votes shall be accepted.”collective action.essential. Statistically, the representation of women in parliament in the world, hovering around 26 per cent, is a stark reminder that we have yet to fully utilize the talent and perspective of half of the world’s population,” Kalu said.
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