Each Province has a provincial assembly.

Departmental assemblies

Until the LFO there were 23 reserved seats for women in the provincial assemblies with 12 in the Punjab Assembly, 5 in the Sindh Assembly, 4 in the NWFP Assembly and 2 in the Balochistan Assembly.

The Provincial Assemblies are responsible for all matters relating to the province that are not directly attributed to the President of the Provincial Assembly.

6.4. Elections to the provincial assemblies and to the Congress

Congress is the legislative assembly of New Caledonia. It comprises 54 members, consisting of 7 members of the Provincial Assembly of the Loyalty Islands, 15 of the Provincial Assembly of the North Province and 32 of the Provincial Assembly of the South Province.

2.1.2. The term of office of members of the Congress and the provincial assemblies shall be five years.

In each province, a member of the leading party has been elected President of the Provincial Assembly, who also acts as the chief executive of the province.

The Territorial Congress is composed of 15 members from North Province, 32 members from South Province and 7 members from the Province of the Loyalty Islands.

In order to avoid overlapping of standards among the provinces, the National Congress, where the provinces are represented at the Senate level, enacted the National Traffic Law in 1995, supported by all the provinces.

For subsequent terms of office, the provincial assemblies may reduce the number of members who are not members of the Congress.

After voting, the meeting decided to appoint Zhang Guangjun as the Vice Governor of the Guangdong Provincial People s Government.

A similar pattern can be seen among women members of provincial councils in 1992 the proportion was 29.6 and in 2001 it was still only 29.9 .

The Constitution contains lists of subjects, which are dealt with by the National Assembly, and those dealt by the provincial assemblies.

He is assisted by the presidents of the assemblies and by the President of the Territorial Congress.

The Conference welcomed the resumption of negotiations in Abuja between the Sudanese government and armed movements in the province.

Only last week, the final results of the parliamentary and provincial council elections were confirmed.

Considerable savings in conference servicing resources were thus made.

Women also secured 121 (29 per cent) out of the 420 seats in the provincial councils.

Membership of the Government shall be incompatible with membership of the Congress or the provincial assemblies.

Women are regularly appointed ministers, parliamentary secretaries and advisers to the provincial Chief Ministers.

Sensitization sessions on human rights were also conducted in Bweru commune, Muyinga province Makebuko commune, Gitega province Nyabihanga commune, Mwaro province Giheta commune, Gitega province Buhinyuza commune, Muyinga province Bugenyuzi commune, Karuzi province Rugombo commune, Cibitoke province Butezi commune, Ruyigi province and several other communes and provinces.

The architecture of provincial and district administration, including the respective roles and responsibilities of the elected provincial and district councils, will need to be addressed by the future parliament.

The terms of office of the members of the provincial assemblies shall end on the date of those elections.

Power at the provincial level is exercised by councils and governors.

A mining authority composed of representatives of the provinces, whose meetings shall be attended by the representative of the State, shall be consulted with respect to draft decisions of the Congress or of the provinces which relate to mining issues.

The percentage of reserved seats in the Senate, the National Assembly and the provincial assemblies is approximately 17 .

On the initiative of the provincial or municipal assemblies, the customary authorities may participate in the drafting of the decisions of the local assemblies.

Ten per cent of the candidates in the parliamentary and provincial council elections in September 2005 were women.

The constituencies of the National and Provincial Assemblies are demarcated in accordance with the provisions of the Delimitation of Constituencies Act, 1974.

Article 106 of the Constitution governs the strength and composition of the provincial assemblies.

Elections to the general seats of the National and the Provincial Assemblies are held on the basis of first past the post system.

This was visible particularly in 1984, when the United Leftist Front (Frente de Izquierdas Unidas) won the Lima Provincial Council and the number of councilwomen increased from 4 to 7.

In order to economize on resources, there will be no capacity for parallel meetings with interpretation.

Any member of the Congress or of a provincial assembly who is appointed to the Government shall be replaced in the corresponding assembly by the next ranking candidate on the list.

MEMBERS OF THE LIMA PROVINCIAL COUNCIL, BY MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AND BY SEX

The main focus for ISAF will be the support to the National Assembly and provincial councils election process.

Five provincial seats reserved for women remain vacant owing to the lack of women candidates in three provinces, while women won two provincial council seats in Kabul, in addition to those seats reserved for women.

The fifth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People s Congress of Guangdong Province held its second plenary meeting in Guangzhou on the 30th.

Further increases in isolated violent incidents are expected with the approach of the National Assembly and provincial council elections.

The electorate for the elections to the provincial assemblies and to the Congress will be limited, as provided for in the Matignon Accords.

Meeting with the Governor of the province

People are also of the opinion that municipal and provincial councils do not make very efficient use of their time.

1995 Facilitator Needs assessment workshop for women members of provincial and district Council, Province of Nusa Tanggara Timur.

Afghan provincial council and presidential elections take place April 5.