Tag: Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)

• Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Gibraltar lowers the EU flag and flies the Commonwealth colors

  

  The flag of the European Union at different points in Gibraltar was lowered over the weekend and replaced by the flag of the Commonwealth, marking Commonwealth Day. It has been traditional for the Commonwealth flag to fly on that day over No.6 Convent Place, the seat of Government in Gibraltar.

• Thursday, November 23rd 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  Falklands' newly elected Legislative Assembly members receive parliamentary training

  

  A delegation from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, CPA, is currently visiting the Falkland Islands to provide Parliamentary training to the newly elected Legislative Assembly as part of a joint program agreed ahead of the election.

• Monday, May 22nd 2017 - 08:13 UTC

  Gibraltar hosting Brexit conference for Commonwealth parliamentarians

  

  Nearly forty Parliamentarians from eleven Commonwealth countries and territories (including Falkland Islands) are meeting in Gibraltar in order to discuss the impact of the decision taken in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, among other current issues.

• Saturday, December 17th 2016 - 07:30 UTC

  Falklands/South America second flight to be addressed at Argentina/UK meeting next week

  

  Two Falklands lawmakers, MLA Mike Summers and MLA Phyl Rendell, will represent the Islands government as part of the British delegation at meetings with Argentina in London next Monday and Tuesday. According to a release from the Islands' government the principal item to be addressed is a second flight from South America to the Falklands that was agreed in a September Joint Statement between the UK and Argentina.

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 11:09 UTC

  Two Falkland Islanders at the 8th Commonwealth Youth Parliament in British Columbia

  

  In a colorful opening ceremony in the Legislative Chamber at the Parliament Buildings in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, over 60 young participants representing CPA Branches in eight of the nine CPA Regions – Africa; Asia; Australia; British Islands and Mediterranean; Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic; Canada; India; Pacific – came together for the start of a week long program of events. The Falkland Islands are represented by Jody Aldridge and Gemma Finn.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2016 - 06:23 UTC

  Falklands hopeful of improved relations with Argentina, Gilbert House tells BIMR conference

  

  Falkland Islands remains hopeful of improved relations with the new administration of Argentina and cooperation in the many areas of mutual interest such as fisheries and connectivity, but sovereignty of the Falklands is not for negotiation, reads the Gilbert House report to the 46th British Isles and Mediterranean Region Conference, which opened on Sunday in Jersey.

• Monday, April 25th 2016 - 06:17 UTC

  Falklands' future leaders at the Commonwealth Youth Parliament in Canada

  

  The Falkland Islands Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) would like to invite expressions of interest in representing the Islands at the Commonwealth Youth Parliament, CYP, 2016, to be held in Canada next November.

• Saturday, September 7th 2013 - 01:41 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum recognized by CPA members and South Africa as ‘free and fair’

  

  The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association during its conference in Johannesburg noted a motion recognising the Falkland Islands Referendum as a free and fair expression of the Falkland Islanders wishes and their right to Self-Determination.

• Saturday, September 7th 2013 - 01:34 UTC

  Gibraltar: CPA calls on Spain to cease immediately all political pressure and threats

  

  Delegates at the 59th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in South Africa, including Falklands’ delegates approved a motion expressing strong support for Gibraltar and denouncing Spanish political pressure on the Rock as “totally unacceptable”.

• Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 15:43 UTC

  Self determination and world examples dominated political debate hosted by Falklands

  

  The 43rd British Islands and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), held in the Falkland Islands on the 12th and 13th February 2013, was described as both fascinating and provoking by delegates.