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8 October 2013 Students’ parliament session
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
National Assembly House Hosts Students’ Parliament Session as Part of Children’s Week
Today, the National Assembly House hosted a session of the students’ parliament as part of Children’s Week, traditionally celebrated, as every year, in the first week of October.
The session was opened by Ljiljana Lucic, Deputy Chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, who said that the students’ parliament session provides an excellent opportunity to discuss the observance and promotion of children’s rights. She stressed that all the institutions of the system are responsible for the protection and promotion of children’s rights, with the National Assembly and the Committee on the Rights of the Child playing an important role in the process, by setting up the legislative framework necessary for the improvement of the situation in the sphere.
In the introductory part of the session the participants were also addressed by representatives of the organisation Friends of the Children of Serbia, Union of Secondary School Students of Serbia, and Mirjana Rasevic of the Institute of Social Sciences lectured them on youth education for the protection of reproductive health.
At the students’ parliament session the participants discussed the importance of reproductive health, health risk factors and exchanged opinions on the introduction of sexual education into schools.
Children’s Week, an event with a long tradition in the world and in Serbia, is held with the support of the organisation Friends of the Children of Serbia, under the patronage of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy.
Activities
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11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.00 - judges elected to judicial office for the first time take the oath of office before the National Assembly Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)
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12.00 - opening of the exhibition marking 150 years since the birth of Mileva Maric Einstein (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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17.05 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker at the AEPA Association if Lawyers Conference: NO MORE SILENCE – ME AGAIN (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)