A panel discussion was held on the subject to be considered by the Third Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights during the 124th IPU Assembly in 2011. Ms Kubayi and Mr Rametlekane attended the meeting. A draft report entitled "Transparency and accountability in the funding of political parties and election campaigns" was submitted by the co- rapporteurs Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi (South Africa) and Mr P Moriau (Belgium) (the text of the draft report is attached as an Annexure to this report). The panel discussion was led by the following panelists - Mr Nicolas Kaczorowski, Head Election Department, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Mr Andrew Bradley, Director of Global Programmes Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).