Monthly Archives: November 2022

Press Release: The Belize Parliament Represented at the WTO & IPU Workshop for Latin American and Caribbean Parliaments The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Valerie Woods, is currently attending, in representation of the National Assembly of Belize,  the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Workshop for Latin American & Caribbean[...]

Press Release: National Assembly Hosts Parliamentary Training on Effective and Inclusive Budgets The National Assembly, in collaboration with United Nations Women (UN Women) and the United Nations Country Office of Belize (UN Belize), in its efforts to enhance awareness and technical capacity for members of Parliament, held a training entitled “Effective and Inclusive Budgets.” Download[...]

On the 25th of November 2022, the National Assembly of Belize in collaboration with the National Commission for Families and Children (NCFC), the Office of the Special Envoy for Women and Children, and UNICEF hosted a successful Children’s Parliament.  At this special event, adult Parliamentarians along with other invited guests were in attendance in the[...]

Press Release: Youth Parliamentarians participate in the 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in Trinidad and Tobago Miss Kalen Middleton and Mr. Daril Avila, both active members of the Youth Leaders Alliance of Belize (YLAB), are participating in this year’s 11th Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) from the 20th – 24th November, 2022. Download Full Press Release

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Today, Tuesday, 15th November 2022, the President of the Senate, Senator, the Honourable Carolyn Trench-Sandiford welcomed a courtesy visit from the Ambassador of Brazil, H.E. Agemar De Mendonca Sanctos. The short meeting took place in the Committee Room of the National Assembly building in Belmopan. Amongst their discussion were issues of mutual interest of concerns, as[...]

Press Release: Women Parliamentarians attend the XV Regional Conference for Women of Latin America and the Caribbean in Buenos Aires, Argentina The Honourable Elvia Samos, Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous People’s Affairs and Isabel Bennett, Vice Chair of the Parliamentary Women Caucus, are attending the XV Regional Conference[...]

Press Release: Members of Parliament attend FOPREL’s Joint Inter-Parliamentary Committees Meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica The Honourable Ramon Cervantes, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration and the Honourable Jorge Espat, Member for Cayo West, are attending the Joint XIII Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Citizen Security[...]