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Central Committee meeting of Parliament about approval of travel and provisions for delegation to attend several Committee meetings of Parlatino.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The House of Parliament will sit in a Central Committee meeting on, August 20, 2019.
The Central Committee meeting which was originally scheduled for August 16, 2019 at 14.00 hrs. and was postponed until further notice has been rescheduled for Tuesday at 10.00 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg.
The agenda points are:


1. Approval of travel and provisions for delegation to attend several Committee meetings of Parlatino:
• Committee of Agriculture, Cattle Raising and Fishery together with Committee of Environment and Tourism (Guatemala, August 29 and 30, 2019; IS/1307/2018-2019 dated July 24, 2019)
• Committee of Health (Panama, September 5 and 6, 2019; IS/1331/2018-2019 dated August 1, 2019)
• Committee Labor, Social and Legal Affairs (Panama, September 5 and 6, 2019; IS/1327/2018-2019 dated August 1, 2019)
• Committee of Economic Affairs, Social Debt and Regional Development (Panama, September 12 and 13, 2019; IS/1348/2018-2019 dated August 2, 2019)
• Committee of Education, Culture, Science, Technology and Communication (Cuba, September 19 and 20, 2019; IS/1364/2018-2019 dated August 8, 2019)
• Committee of Gender Equity, Childhood and Youth (Cuba, September 19 and 20, 2019; IS/1365/2018-2019 dated August 8, 2019)
2. Approval travel and provisions for delegation to attend Presidium meeting Tripartite on Curaçao (IS/1366/2018-2019 dated August 9, 2019)

Members of the public are invited to the House of Parliament to attend parliamentary deliberations.

The House of Parliament is located across from the Court House in Philipsburg.

The parliamentary session will be carried live on St. Maarten Cable TV Channel 115, via SXM GOV radio FM 107.9, via Pearl Radio FM 98.1, the audio via the Internet www.sxmparliament.org
, www.pearlfmradio.sx and Parliament’s Facebook page: Parliament of Sint Maarten.

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