{"id":67160,"date":"2024-02-18T17:42:18","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T17:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=67160"},"modified":"2024-02-18T17:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T17:11:25","slug":"tayebwa-elected-to-oacps-eu-parliamentary-general-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tayebwa-elected-to-oacps-eu-parliamentary-general-assembly","title":{"rendered":"Tayebwa elected to OACPS &#8211; EU Parliamentary General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Uganda&#8217;s Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has been elected member of the bureau to represent East Africa to the Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) &#8211; European Union General Assembly.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Ruhinda North MP was elected during the 64th session of the OACPS Parliamentary Assembly and Constitutive Sessions of the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary Assemblies happening in Luanda, Angola between February 17 and 21.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tayebwa will be representing Mauritius, Seychelles, Djibouti, Comoros, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.<\/p>\n<p>Key among others, Mr Tayebwa said he will focus on the implementation of the Samoa Agreement which has replaced the Cotonou Agreement that had been running for over 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We shall be engaging strongly with the European Union coalition&#8217;s to deal with climate change, gender parity, energy transition, human rights, Peace and Conflict Resolution, and democracy which are cornerstones of the international framework,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He pledged to be a voice of the Global South, focusing on the unfair trade practices including unfair trade restrictions by the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We shall engage the EU on energy issues and renewable energy. 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