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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Second Session, Fortieth Parliament, 2009

Chair: The Honourable CONSIGLIO DI NINO

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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Issue No. 6

First meeting on:

Such issues as may arise from time to time relating to foreign relations generally

• Order of Reference
• Minutes of Proceedings
• Transcript (Evidence) of Proceedings - April 21, 2009 (51K)

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WITNESSES:

As a  panel:

Her Excellency Juliette Bonkoungou, Ambassador of Burkina Faso;

Her Excellency Edda Mukabagwiza, Ambassador of Rwanda;

His Excellency Honoré Théodore Ahimakin, Ambassador of Benin;

His Excellency Mouldi Sakri, Ambassador of Tunisia;

His Execellency André William Anguile, Ambassador of Gabon;

His Excellency Shamel Elsayed Nasser, Ambassador of Egypt;

Dala F. Peng, Assistant to the Chargé d'Affaires, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Consiglio Di Nino, Chair

The Honourable Peter A. Stollery, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Andreychuk, Corbin, *Cowan (or Tardif), Dawson, De Bané, P.C., Downe, Fortin-Duplessis, Grafstein, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Mahovlich, Segal, Wallin

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Change in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 85(4), membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Wallin replaced the Honourable Senator Housakos (April 2, 2009).

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