11-member delegation for ITU departs for Morocco

An eleven-member delegation of Parliament led by the Speaker, Mr Peter Ala Adjetey, left Accra, on Monday, for Marakesh-Morocco, to attend the 107th conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (ITU).

The delegation, which would be away for 11 days included Mr Papa Owusu Ankomah, Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Mr A S K Bagbin, Minority Leader.

The conference would discuss issues including the consideration of the union's Presidency, political and socio-economic situation in the world and the role of the parliament in developing public policy in an era of globalisation. It would also consider environmental degradation and parliamentary support for the Kyoto Protocol.