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Encyclopedia > Parliamentary session

A parliamentary session is a period of time where the legislature in a parliamentary government is sitting. In Commonwealth Realms, each session begins with a speech from the throne and can thereafter last from a few weeks to over a year. There are usually up to six sessions of parliament between elections. Bills are numbered within each session, and they expire if they do not become law by the time the session ends (see Prorogation). A legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to adopt laws. ... Alternative meanings: Parliamentary system, Parliament (band), Parliament (cigarette). ... The Commonwealth Realms, shown in pink A Commonwealth Realm is any one of the 16 sovereign states of the Commonwealth of Nations that separately recognise Queen Elizabeth II as their monarch. ... Queen Elizabeth II reads Canadas Speech from the Throne in 1977 The Speech from the Throne (or Throne Speech) is an event in certain monarchies in which the monarch (or a representative) reads a prepared speech to a complete session of parliament, outlining the governments agenda for the... An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... A prorogation is the period between two sessions of a legislative body. ...


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Cancun session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO (1014 words)
The Cancún session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO was held on the occasion of the fifth WTO Ministerial Conference (10-14 September 2003).
By holding a parliamentary session as a parallel event of the Ministerial Conference in Cancún, the Steering Committee sought to advance the process of the establishment of a parliamentary dimension of the WTO as a means of enhancing the transparency and democratic accountability of this organization.
The format of the Cancún session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO was established by the Post-Doha Steering Committee at its session on 17 June 2003 in Geneva (see Summary of the Committee decisions).
Annual 2006 session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO (1117 words)
The Parliamentary Conference on the WTO is a joint undertaking of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the European Parliament.
The sessions of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO are held once a year and on the occasion of WTO Ministerial Conferences.
As on past occasions, the 2006 annual session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO was intended primarily for parliamentarians who specialize in matters of international trade in their respective parliaments.
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