National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality Committee Chairman Receives UNDP Representatives
The Chairman of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality Meho Omerovic spoke today with the representatives of UNDP (SEESAC) on promoting cooperation in the sphere of gender equality and reducing the risks of natural disasters.
UNDP representatives Sergej Anagnosti, Zorica Mrsevic and Danijela Djurovic briefed Chairman Omerovic on the activities implemented within SEESAC aimed at a strategic approach to addressing the issue of natural disaster risk reduction. A roundtable is to be organised on the occasion, on 12 October, to mark the day for natural disaster risk reduction and at the same time present strategies and ideas to resolve problems of this kind, said the UNDP representatives. They informed the Committee Chairman that Serbia was the site of a study on natural disaster risk reduction and gender equality aimed at coming up with recommendations applicable in the field.
The Chairman of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality Meho Omerovic said that the Committee cooperated with the Serbian Interior Ministry’s Emergency Situation Sector and emphasised the importance of the Committee’s role in controlling the implementation of the laws in the field.
The meeting also touched on the issues of promoting gender equality in the sphere of natural disaster risk reduction.
The officials agreed that both sexes should be represented in the process of prevention, data collection and logistics in the sphere of natural disaster risk reduction, the public should be kept better informed on the job availability in the sphere and examples of good practice should be introduced into Serbian society.
Activities
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10.00 - the students of the Belgrade Business and Arts Academy of Applied Studies visit the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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10.00 - the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska speak at the opening of the Republic of Serbia – Republic of Srpska Parliamentary Forum (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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after the opening of the Parliamentary Forum – press conference of the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Centrall Hall)
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11.00 - the students of the Belgrade Faculty of Law visit the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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15.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the representatives of the Media Freedom Rapid Response mechanism (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, office 34, hall on the 1st floor)