Do you think the performance of the current House of Representatives is better than the previous session?

  yes
  No

Total Votes 1585

Session (4) / Semester Two / Third Year

Session (24) / first semester / third year

2020-12-05

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Session with Agenda

Attendees : 0 Deputy

Absence with Excused : 0 Deputy

Absence without Excused : 0 Deputy

Session Items

	First: To vote in principle on the draft refugee law (the Labor and Social Affairs Committee, the Human Rights Committee, the Security and Defense Committee).	Not Executed
	Second: To vote on the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Convention on Limits of Liability on Maritime Claims of 1976 in its form amended by the 1996 Protocol, including the limits of liability amended therein (Committee on Foreig	Executed
	Third: To vote on a draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the 2005 protocol amending the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation of 1988. (Foreign Relations Committee, Lajjah, Security and	Executed
	Fourth: To vote on a bill for the Republic of Iraq’s accession to the international convention on civil liability for oil pollution damages for the year 1992. (Foreign Relations Committee, Health and Environment Committee) (2 articles).	Executed
	Fifthly: the first reading of the draft law on financing the expenses of the elections to the House of Representatives (Finance Committee). (2 articles).	Executed
	Sixth: The second reading of the draft Law of the Third Amendment to the Law of Implementation of Irrigation Projects No. 138 of 1971. (Committee on Agriculture, Water and Marshlands) (6 articles).	Executed
	Seventh: The first reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the international convention relating to intervention on the high seas in the event of accidents causing oil pollution for the year 1969 and the protocol relating to	Executed
	Eighth: The first reading of the draft law ratifying the air transport services agreement between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the United Arab Emirates. (Foreign Relations Committee), (2 articles)	Executed
	Ninth: General discussions (15 minutes).	Executed

Session Report

On (12/5/2020), the House of Representatives held its twenty-fourth session of the first legislative term for the third year, the fourth electoral cycle headed by Mr. Muhammad Al-Halbousi, and the session included:  - Representative Kata'a al-Rikabi recited a statement in which he recalled the heinous crime committed by the defunct Baathist regime.  - Reading Surat Al-Fatihah on the souls of the martyrs of Iraq and the souls of the ladies and gentlemen of representatives, Ghaida Kampash, Hussein Al-Zuhairi and Ali Al-Aboudi, who passed away after being infected with the Corona virus.  - Voting against the refugee bill, and returning it to the government at the request of the concerned committee.  - Voting on the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Convention on Limits of Liability for Maritime Claims of 1976 as amended by the 1996 Protocol, including the amended limits of liability submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.  - Voting on the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the 2005 Protocol amending the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation of 1988 submitted by the Committees on Foreign Relations, Security, Defense, Agriculture, Water and the Marshlands.  - Voting on the draft law for the Republic of Iraq’s accession to the 1992 International Convention on Civil Liability for Damage to Oil Pollution, submitted by the Foreign Relations, Health and Environment Committees.  - The first reading of the draft law on financing the expenses of the elections of the House of Representatives submitted by the Finance Committee.  - The second reading of the draft Law of the Third Amendment to the Law of Implementation of Irrigation Projects No. 138 of 1971 submitted by the Agriculture, Water and Marsh Committee.  First Deputy Hassan Al Kaabi presided over part of the session.  - The first reading of the draft law on the accession of the Republic of Iraq to the International Convention on Intervention on the High Seas in the event of accidents causing oil pollution for the year 1969 and the Protocol relating to the intervention on the high seas in cases of pollution by substances other than oil for the year 1973 submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.  - The first reading of the draft law on ratifying the air transport services agreement between the government of the Republic of Iraq and the government of the United Arab Emirates, submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee.  - The Council discussed important issues, including the reasons for not including a number of universities and colleges in the form (Employment Initiative), in addition to calling for the formation of a body for the equitable distribution of federal funds overseeing the management of federal government funds, reducing rampant poverty in some governorates, as well as accelerating the disbursement of farmers ’dues.  Emphasizing the need to activate the recommendations of Resolution (77) related to Abdallah's incense, noting the importance of legislating the law against domestic violence, in addition to addressing the stages of work in the large port of Faw as well as government investments outside Iraq.  - The session was adjourned to Monday 7/12/2020

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