‘Africa deserves urgent attention’ — Ben Kalu wants all continents to present proposal at IPU assembly

Ben Kalu, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, has called for an amendment to the Inter-Parliamentary Union general assembly rule to accommodate more emergency items for deliberation.

Section 1.1 of the extant rule states that only one emergency rule can be proposed and must get a two-thirds majority of all members of the IPU general assembly. The deputy speaker called for an amendment of the IPU rule to allow every continent to present at least one emergency item for consideration.During the 148 general assembly, about five emergency items were proposed.Israel proposed the immediate release of the hostages in Gaza; while Indonesia and Malaysia presented a proposal on parliamentary diplomacy for peace in Palestine.

A proposal was also presented on the need to end the aggression and violations of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Kalu told the assembly that the IPU rule does not favour Africa, noting that there are issues on the continent that require intervention.“I am proposing one item per continent at every assembly to energise the voices of concern across the globe,” the deputy speaker said.

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