Date Plenary sittings Meeting of Women Parliamentarians, Standing Committees and other events In camera sittings ASGP meetings     10.00 - 13.00 Sub-Committee on Finance Achwa, first floor, KSCC       15.00 - 18.00 Sub-Committee on Finance Achwa, first floor, KSCC       10.00 - 13.00 Executive Committee Achwa, first floor, KSCC       15.00 - 18.00 Executive Committee Achwa, first floor, KSCC       09.00- 10.00 Gender Partnership Group Achwa, first floor, KSCC 10.00 - 13.00 Executive Committee Achwa, first floor, KSCC     15.00 - 17.00 Executive Committee Achwa, first floor, KSCC     09.30 - 13.00 Meeting of Women Parliamentarians Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 08.00 - 09.15 Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians Achwa, first floor, KSCC 09.30 - 13.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians VIP Meeting room, ground floor, KSCC   14.00 - 15.00 Meeting of the Network of Secretaries and Advisers to delegations Gardenia, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 14.30 - 18.30 Meeting of Women Parliamentarians Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel   14.30 - 18.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians VIP Meeting room, ground floor, KSCC Committee on Middle East Questions Achwa, first floor, KSCC   19.30 - 20.30 Inaugural Ceremony of the 126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Munyonyo Speke Resort 09.00 - 10.00 Governing Council: election of the President of the Assembly, Questions relating to Members and Report on the activities of the Executive Committee Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 10.00 - 12.00 Assembly: election of the President, followed by general debate Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 12.00 - 13.00 Open Debate with the Executive Directors of UNICEF and UNFPA Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 09.00 - 13.00 First Standing Committee (Peace and Security): presentation of the Report(s) of the rapporteurs and of the draft resolution; debate, and possible designation of a drafting committee Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 08.00 - 09.00 Assembly Steering Committee Nile Room, first floor, KSCC 09.30 - 11.00 ASGP Executive Committee Honey Bee, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel 11.00 - 12.30 ASGP Meeting Sunflower, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel 14.30 - 18.30 Assembly: General debate and at 16.30 consideration of requests for the inclusion of an emergency item Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 14.00 - 15.00 First Standing Committee (Peace and Security): continuation of the debate or drafting committee Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 15.30 - 18.30 Third Standing Committee (Democracy and Human Rights): presentation of the Report(s) of the rapporteurs and of the draft resolution; debate Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 14.30 - 18.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians VIP Meeting room, ground floor, KSCC 15.30 - 18.30 First Committee: start or continuation of drafting committee Scarlet, ground floor, Imperial Royale hotel 14.30 - 17.30 ASGP Meeting Sunflower, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel 09.00 - 12.00 Assembly: continuation of the plenary debate Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 12.00 - 13.00 Launch of the Global Parliamentary Report Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 09.00 - 11.00 Third Standing Committee (Democracy and Human Rights): continuation of the debate and possible designation of a drafting committee Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 11.30 - 13.00 Second Standing Committee (Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade): presentation of the Report(s) of the rapporteurs and of the draft resolution; debate Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 09.00 - 13.00 First Committee: continuation and end of drafting committee Scarlet, ground floor, Imperial Royale hotel 09.30 - 13.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians VIP Meeting room, ground floor, KSCC Group of Facilitators for Cyprus Achwa, first floor, KSCC 09.30 - 10.00 ASGP Executive Committee Honey Bee, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel 10.00 - 12.30 ASGP Meeting Sunflower, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel 14.30 - 18.30 Assembly: Continuation of the General debate Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 14.30 - 18.30 Second Standing Committee (Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade): continuation of the debate and possible designation of a drafting committee Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 14.00 - 18.00 HIV/AIDS Advisory Group Anemone, ground floor, Imperial Royale hotel 14.30 - 18.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians VIP Meeting room, ground floor, KSCC 14.30 - 18.30 Possible drafting committee on the emergency item Achwa, first floor, KSCC 14.30 - 17.30 ASGP Meeting Sunflower, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel   09.00 - 12.00 Panel discussion on "Tackling malnutrition in young children: The role of parliamentarians" Gardenia, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 12.30 - 14.30 Informal Panel discussion on "Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development" Gardenia, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 09.00 - 13.00 Second Committee: start of drafting committee Nile Room, first floor, KSCC Third Committee: start of drafting committee Addis Room, first floor, KSCC 09.30 – 11.00 Meeting of the Bureau of the First Standing Committee Scarlet, ground floor, Imperial Royale hotel 09.30 - 13.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians VIP Meeting room, ground floor, KSCC 11.30 - 13.00 Possible drafting committee on the emergency item Achwa, first floor, KSCC     15.00 - 17.30 Panel discussion on "Making the law work for the response to AIDS: zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths" Gardenia, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 15.30 - 17.30 Open briefing of the International Humanitarian Law Committee on "Health care in situations of conflict and violence" Achwa, first floor, KSCC 15.30 - 18.30 First Standing Committee: adoption of the draft resolution Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 14.30 - 15.30 International Humanitarian Law Committee Achwa, first floor, KSCC 14.30 - 17.30 Third Committee: continuation and end of drafting committee Addis Room, first floor, KSCC 14.30 - 18.30 Second Committee: continuation and end of drafting committee Nile Room, first floor, KSCC 17.30 - 18.30 Meeting of the Bureau of the Third Standing Committee Addis Room, first floor, KSCC   09.00 - 13.00 Assembly: continuation of the General debate Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 09.00 - 11.00 Third Standing Committee: adoption of the draft resolution Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 09.30 - 12.00 Workshop on "Parliamentary oversight of Government external loans and related processes". Launch of joint global survey report (IPU, World Bank and IMF). (English and French only) Gardenia, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 10.00 - 12.00 Executive Committee Achwa, first floor, KSCC 11.30 - 12.30 Meeting of the Bureau of the Second Standing Committee Nile Room, first floor, KSCC 12.00 - 13.00 Gender Partnership Group Achwa, first floor, KSCC 09.30 - 10.00 ASGP Executive Committee Honey Bee, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel 10.00 - 12.30 ASGP Meeting Sunflower, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel 14.30 - 16.30 Assembly: continuation and end of the General debate Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC   14.00 - 15.00 Meeting of Women Parliamentarians Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 16.00 - 16.30 Meeting of Women Parliamentarians Primrose, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 16.30 - 18.30 Second Standing Committee: adoption of the draft resolution Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 14.00 - 17.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians VIP Meeting room, ground floor, KSCC 14.30 - 16.30 Advisory Group of the IPU Committee on UN Affairs Achwa, first floor, KSCC 15.00 - 16.00 Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians Gardenia, ground floor, Imperial Royale Hotel 17.00 - 19.00 Committee on Middle East Questions Achwa, first floor, KSCC 14.30 - 17.30 ASGP Meeting Sunflower, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel 10.00 - 13.00 Governing Council (including the reports of some subsidiary bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee) Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 10.30 - 12.30 Informal meeting of young parliamentarians Achwa, first floor, KSCC 08.30 - 10.00 Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians Achwa, first floor, KSCC 09.30 - 10.00 ASGP Executive Committee Honey Bee, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel 10.00 - 12.30 ASGP Meeting Sunflower, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel 15.00 - 16.00 Governing Council: last sitting Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC 16.00 - 18.00 Assembly: closing session – reports of the Committees, and adoption of the resolutions and decisions Closure of the 126th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Victoria Hall, ground floor, KSCC     14.30 - 17.30 ASGP Meeting Sunflower, level 4, Imperial Royale Hotel