On 12 April a General Assembly of the African Regional Council of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat was held in Nairobi, Kenya.
At the meeting, the Board of Directors of the African Regional Council was elected. The Board of Directors was reformed to achieve greater regional representation. Ms Margaret Zziwa-Nantongo was re-elected as President of the GPH Africa.
In addition, legislation from the home countries of the participating parliamentarians was presented and compared in order to learn something and to develop best-practice examples.
Suggestions on a "Charter for Parliamentarians", which the GPH Africa intend to present on the 7th Global Forum of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat in May 2011 in Zadar, Croatia, were made.
Finally, the African Parliamentarians drafted Resolutions in order to present them on the 23rd Governing Council of UN-HABITAT.
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Stand: 09.06.2011