Azerbaijani MP to Join a PACE Committee Meeting
A member of the Milli Majlis Sevinj Fataliyeva will be in Izmir on 21 September to take part in a scheduled meeting of the PACE Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development.
Our MPs to Take Part in CIS IPA Commissions’ Meetings
A group of members of the Milli Majlis will leave for St Petersburg on 21 September to take part in the scheduled meetings of the Permanent Commissions of the CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly.
There Will Be More Occupations and Jobs for Women
All manifestations of discrimination against women are prohibited legislatively in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Maintenance of gender equality, protection of women’s rights in all the walks of social and public life and granting women increasingly broader opportunities in every area are amongst the state political priorities.
Several Educational Products to Be Exempted from Customs Duties
The set of amendments to the Customs Tariff Law that has arrived at the Milli Majlis bearing the signature of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic envisages the exemption of a number of devices, equipment and implements used in education from the customs duties.
Our MPs to Take Part in an International Gathering
The Milli Majlis members Soltan Mammadov and Vugar Bayramov will go to Paris on 16 September for the 12th international gathering of ministers and parliamentarians of the International Astronautical Federation member-countries that will be held on the margins of the 73rd International Astronautical Congress.
Chairman of GNAT Calls Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova
Chairman of the Great National Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Şentop ranged Chair of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan Sahiba Gafarova on 13 September.
Employee Professionalism Will Be Raised In-Service
Raising professionalism of employees is known well to be one of the topmost issues on the current agenda; this issue is being addressed in the Bill containing amendments to the Labour Code of the Azerbaijan Republic that arrived at the Milli Majlis a few days back in the way of the Head of State’s legislative initiative.
Document and Information Submissions for Provision of Services Electronically to Be Minimised
Optimisation of the provision of the state services electronically and minimising the accompanying need for citizens to submit documents and information are the matters in the focus of the national administration. A package of documents containing amendments to 47 laws with regards to the above and signed by the Head of State arrived at the Milli Majlis a few days ago.
To Strasbourg to Meet Europarliament officials
MP and co-chairman of the European Union-Azerbaijan Inter-Parliamentary Co-operation Committee Tural Ganjaliyev will be in Strasbourg on 11 September.
Azerbaijani MP to Take Part in an International Seminar
A member of the Milli Majlis and of the Azerbaijani Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union Shahin Ismayilov will go to the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 12 September to join the 3rd IPU regional (Asia-Pacific) seminar on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Our MPs Will Join PACE Committees’ Meetings
Members of the Milli Majlis are going to take part in the meetings of the committees of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe due on 12-19 September.
Meeting CE GRETA Group Members at Milli Majlis
First Deputy Chair of the Milli Majlis/Chairman of the parliamentary Law Policy and State-Building Committee Ali Huseynov and Chairman of the Human Rights Committee Zahid Oruj had a meeting with the members of the Council of Europe Great of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) on 9 September.
First Draft of New Political Parties Bill to Come Up for Public Hearing
As we have reported, a new draft law on political parties is in the pipeline at the parliament to the orders of Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. As many as 39 state-registered political parties have submitted their relevant suggestions to the Milli Majlis already. The drafting of the new Bill goes on with the study of the relevant experience of more than 20 countries and the Venice Commission’s 2010 and 2020 recommendations concerning regulation of political parties’ activities.
Ten Parties More Send Suggestions about the New Political Parties Law to Milli Majlis
As reported previously, representatives of all the parliamentary political parties had appealed to the Chair of the Milli Majlis for a new Political Parties Law to meet the modern national development realities and the demands of the time. This future law of considerable social significance is in the making currently as instructed by Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.
A Meeting with Overseas Journalists at Milli Majlis
The chairman of the Milli Majlis International and Inter-Parliamentary Relations Committee Samad Seyidov and the MPs Nigyar Arpadarai and Mazahir Efendiyev met a group of overseas mass media people accredited at the UN on 2 September.
Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Sends a Congratulatory Letter to Chairman of Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Şentop
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova has sent a letter to Chairman of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Mustafa Şentop congratulating him on the Victory Day – the day of the victory that turns 100 years on 30 August.
Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Extends Condolences to Chairmen of Senate, National Assembly of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Chair of the Milli Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic Sahiba Gafarova has sent condolences over the heavy loss of life and destructions caused by the strong floods to the Chairmen of the National Assembly and the Senate of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan – Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Sadiq Sanjrani, respectively.
Chair of Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova Tweets on Azerbaijani Army’s Deployment in Lachin Town
Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova has made the following post in her official Twitter account in connexion with the deployment of the Azerbaijani Army in the town of Lachin, ‘Azerbaijan`s Army is in the city of Lachin.
A Conference on the Great Homecoming
The members of the Milli Majlis Nizami Safarov and Amina Agazade have taken part in the conference ‘The Great Return to the De-Occupied Lands of the Azerbaijan Republic: the Damaged Rights and Restoring Them.’
Work on Political Parties Law Continues at Milli Majlis
As previously reported, members of all the political parties present in the Milli Majlis of the Azerbaijan Republic have appealed to the Chair of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova about drawing up a new Political Parties Bill. The appeal emphasises the utmost need in the new law adequate to modern national development realities and the call of the time.