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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:
i) The National Council of the
Provinces of South Africa
ii) The Council of the Nation of
Algeria
iii) The House of Chiefs of
Botswana
iv) The House of the Federation
of Ethiopia
v) The Senate of Gabon
vi) The Senate of Jordan
vii) The Senate of Lesotho
viii) The House of Counselors of
Morocco
ix) The Senate of Mauritania
x) The National Council of
Namibia
xi) The Senate of Nigeria
xii) The Senate of Swaziland
xiii) The Shoora Council of
Yemen
The above listed
Councils/Senates were considered
the establishing Councils of the
Association.
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