Nimish Kumar, The International Parliament Journal (IPJ)
Re-elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared that voters had chosen “unity rather than division” after his center-left Labor Party secured a rare second-term victory, gaining additional seats in a result not seen in decades of Australian politics.
The Arab Parliament inaugurated its fourth session of the first legislative year of the fourth parliamentary term, held at Iraq’s Council of Representatives in Baghdad. In a statement, the parliament praised Iraq’s hosting of the upcoming 34th regular session of the Arab League Council at the summit level.
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The Pan-African Parliament was established in March 2004, by Article 17 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, as one of the nine Organs provided for in the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community signed in Abuja, Nigeria, in 1991. The Protocol establishing the PAP was ratified by 49 Member States.
The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan has passed the draft law on the regulation of the use of mobile devices schools in the 3rd reading. The draft law was developed to protect children and adolescents from the negative impact of mobile devices: worsened learning outcomes and risks in the field of cyberbullying,
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In a stunning political comeback, Canada’s ruling Liberal Party, led by newly minted Prime Minister Mark Carney, has secured a fourth term in office following snap elections dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s hostile rhetoric and domestic anxieties over economic security.
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