Association of Senates, Shoora
and Equivalent Councils in
Africa and the Arab World
Date of
establishment
7th of
June
2002 ,Rabat,
Morocco
Establishment
of the Association
Accredited
delegates of the Senates, Shoora
and Equivalent Councils in
Africa and the Arab World
assembled in Sana'a in the
Republic of Yemen from the 25th
to 27th of April 2004 in a
Conference and unanimously
adopted the Resolution that
established the Association of
Senates, Shoora and Equivalent
Councils in Africa and the Arab
World. The Conference by
resolution adopted the Rules of
Procedure and the Statute of the
Association. The idea of
establishing the Association had
been approved in an earlier
meeting held in Rabat in the
Kingdom of Morocco from 6th to
7th of June 2002.The Rabat
meeting was attended by the
under listed Councils/2nd
Chambers in Africa and the Arab
world:
The National Council of the
Provinces of South Africa
The Council of the
Nation of Algeria
The House of Chiefs of
Botswana
The House of the
Federation of Ethiopia
The Senate of Gabon
The Senate of Jordan
The Senate of Lesotho
The House of Counselors
of Morocco
The Senate of Mauritania
The National Council of
Namibia
The Senate of Nigeria
The Senate of Swaziland
The Shoora Council of
Yemen
States' Council of Sudan
he
Shoora Council of Saudi
Arabia
The Shoora Council of
Qatar
State's Council of Oman
The Shoora Council of
Bahrain
The Shoora Council of
Egypt
The Senate of Congo
Kinshasa
The Senate of Burundi
The Senate of Madagascar
The above listed
Councils/Senates were considered
the establishing Councils of the
Association.
