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International Relations
BRICS Agreement, Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), AGOA and SA-US Trade Relations & South Africa Indian Ocean Rim Association: Department briefing
24 Feb 2016
The Committee was given insight into the rationale behind the BRICS Agreement. From a regional perspective the BRICS Agreement served as a catalyst to promote the African Union’s regional integration programme as well as related continental infrastructure programmes. From a domestic dimension SA and its BRICS partners faced similar developmental ...
International Relations
Department of International Relations & Cooperation & African Renaissance Fund 3rd 2015/16 Quarter Performance, with Deputy Minister present
17 Feb 2016
DIRCO briefed the Committee on its performance and financial report for the 3rd Quarter of 2015/16.
Some of the changes in the international arena were the rapid weakening of the rand against major currencies, slowdown in growth of China and its impact on the global economic outlook as well as plummeting ...
International Relations
Parliament handbook on Foreign Policy launch
4 Nov 2015
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation held a workshop launch of a Parliamentary Handbook on Foreign Policy. The handbook was published in 2014 by the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) associated with UNISA, with support from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. The book is considered as the first Parliamentary Handbook on ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Version 7 of the Draft Rules: finalisation
30 Oct 2015
The Sub-Committee on Review of National Assembly Rules met to consider and take political parties' comments on Draft 7 of the Rules. The Chairperson clarified that where the majority of the Committee had agreed upon a principle or wording, it was contained in this Draft as a proposal but where ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Register of Members’ Interests 2015: adoption
28 Oct 2015
Documents handed out: 2015 Register of Members’ Interests
The Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests met briefly to consider and adopt the 2015 Register of Members’ Interests.
Before they could proceed, it was noted that there were not enough Members to form a quorum and a suggestion was made that ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Draft National Assembly Rules: Party inputs
16 Sep 2015
The Sub-Committee met to discuss party input further and to continue general discussion on the rules as they had been drafted thus far, with the aim of developing a complete Sub-Committee document to take to the Rules Committee. The Committee went through the chapters, pausing at certain chapters where Members ...
Rules of the National Assembly
Deliberations of Motions Without Notice, section 89 Removals of Presidents deliberations; Party inputs on the Draft Rules
11 Sep 2015
The Subcommittee continued to debate the revised Rules of the National Assembly (the Rules). A briefing was presented by the Secretary to the NA, on motions in terms of section 89 of the Constitution, to remove the President. It was emphasised that this procedure would lead to the removal of ...
International Relations
African conflicts & insurgencies & conflict resolution; SA peace-making in Lesotho, Burundi & South Sudan; Department on International Relations & Cooperation 1st Quarter 2015/16 performance
2 Sep 2015
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) briefed the Committee on the performance and financial reports for Quarter 1 for the 2015/16 financial year for the Department, as well as the African Renaissance Fund, and provided an update on South Africa’s peace-making efforts in Lesotho, Burundi and South Sudan. ...
International Relations
UN Post 2015 Development Agenda: briefing by Department on International Relations and Cooperation, with Deputy Minister in attendance
26 Aug 2015
The Committee met to hear a presentation on the new post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the light of the upcoming meeting of the 70th United Nations (UN) General Assembly in September.
The Department of Internation Relations and Cooperation explained the need for more specific goals to finish the work ...
Ethics and Members' Interest
Ethical standards for elected public representatives and implementation: workshop
25 Aug 2015
The workshop on ethical standards for elected public representatives and their implementation, was the first in a series of three workshops for all provincial legislatures, metropolitan municipalities, district councils and local municipalities. It was indicated that South Africa had an elaborative integrity framework which included codes of conduct to guide ...