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SPEAKER-IPU
Speaker attends Women Parliamentarians meeting at IPU assembly
DHAKA, Oct 13, 2019 (BSS) – Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin
Chaudhury today attended the meeting titled ‘Forum on Women
Parliamentarians’, at the 141th assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
(IPU) in Serbia, Belgrade.
Lawmakers Md Habibe Millat, Subarna Mustafa and Shabnam Jahan were present
at the assembly as part of Bangladeshi delegation, said a press release here.
During the meeting, Md Habibe Millat, MP, presented a paper on ‘Achieving
Universal Health Coverage by 2030: The role of Parliaments in ensuring the
right of health’.
Chairman of Forum on Women Parliamentarians and Serbian Deputy Speaker
Gordana Tomic presided over the meeting also addressed by IPU president
Gabriela Cuevas Barron, secretary Martin Chungong and president of IPU 141th
assembly and Speaker of Serbian Parliament Maja Gojkovic.
BSS/PR/RQ/RY/1910 hrs