PARLIAMENT

Orientation seminar for the newly elected Members of the Eighth Parliament was held in Committee Room No. 01 at the Parliamentary complex on the 10th and the 11th of September 2015.

This occasion was graced by the Hon. Prime Minister, the Hon. Speaker, the Hon. Deputy Speaker, the Hon. Deputy Chairman of Committees, the Hon. Chief Government Whip, the Hon. Members of Parliament, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme, Secretary General of Parliament, Deputy Secretary General, Assistant Secretary General and other foreign dignitaries.

The Hon. Speaker, the foreign dignitaries and the Hon. Prime Minister addressed the gathering during the inauguration. Thereafter, the orientation seminar commenced and a few international parliamentary experts and heads of several offices of Parliament made their presentations on various subjects and functions related to Parliamentary Practice and Procedure.