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29 November 2016 MPs Marija Janjusevic and Ljupka Mihajlovska at the conference in Brussels
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
National Assembly Delegation at Interparliamentary Conference on Non-Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities in EU Enlargement Region
Marija Janjusevic, member of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality, and Ljupka Mihajlovska, member of the Committee on Labour, Social Issues, Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction, took part in the interparliamentary conference on Non-Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities in the EU Enlargement Region, held in Brussels on 28 and 29 November. The conference, organised by the European Parliament, is part of the support programme for the national parliaments of the countries in the enlargement process.
Ljupka Mihajlovska spoke of the need to increase the political involvement of persons with disabilities, stressing that political parties should be open and adapt to the needs of persons with disabilities so as to engage them politically. She also stressed that politically active persons with disabilities have varied knowledge so their involvement need not be limited to issues of status of persons with disabilities.
The participants of the conference exchanged views on the role of the parliaments of the EU enlargement region in the protection of persons with disabilities, and learned more about the activities of the European Parliament concerning the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which the European Union is a signatory of, as well as the implementation of the European Disability Strategy 2010-2020.
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9.00 - consultations of representatives of the parliamentary groups about the election of deputy chairpersons of the National Assembly working bodies (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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10.00 - visit of the students of Stevan Dukic Elementary School to the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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11.00 - visit of the students of Drinka Pavlovic Elementary School Student Parliament to the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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11.00 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)оwn Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House 13, Nikola Pasic Square. Central Hall)
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13.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Speaker’s Cabinet)