By Staff Reporter
Parliament’s secretary Xolile George has been elected to the executive committee of the Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments at the 150th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly.
The association, which is an organ of the IPU and has a nine-member executive committee, held its meeting on the sidelines of the IPU assembly in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where the South African Parliament was represented by a multi-party delegation led by National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza.
George said his election was testament to the confidence the world and IPU members had in South Africa.
“This indicates that our country has much to offer to the world regarding leadership, governance, peace and security, mediation of conflicts and climate change. South Africa is a global player, and the world recognises that,” he said in a statement.
The association was founded in 1939 as a consultative body of the IPU. Its task is to
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