Czech parliamentary delegation at 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliament
31.08.2015 / 17:30 | Aktualizováno: 31.08.2015 / 23:18
On 31 August 2015 the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament has started at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The event is held from Monday 31 August to Wednesday, 2 September 2015. This summit of Speakers of Parliament from across the world is a unique forum for dialogue and cooperation between parliaments at the highest level. The overall theme of the Conference will focus on peace, democracy, and development seen through the parliamentary lens.
The event has been convened by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and organized in cooperation with the United Nations HQ in New York.
The Conference is part of the series of high-level meetings leading up to the UN Summit in late September 2015, at which the new sustainable development agenda will be launched. The conference was preceded by the Tenth Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliament held on 29 and 30 August 2015.
The Czech Republic is represented by Mr. Jan Hamáček, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament and Mr. Přemysl Sobotka, Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Czech Parliament.
Mr Jan Hamáček addressed the conference on behalf of the Czech delegation. Text of the speech (DOCX, 474 KB) is enclosed.