Incoming delegations and visits, 40th Parliament 2004

Incoming delegations and visits — 40th Parliament

Direct bilateral relationships with other parliaments are a major focus of the PRO. Official and unofficial visits by delegations and individual parliamentarians take place during the year.

The 40th Parliament was prorogued and the House of Representatives dissolved on 31 August 2004 in preparation for a General Election that was held on 9 October 2004. The information on this page refers to incoming delegations and visits of the 40th Parliament. Information about incoming delegations and visits during the 41st Parliament is available by visiting the "41st Parliament" link.

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Incoming delegations from 2003

INCOMING DELEGATIONS AND VISITS–2004
Dates	Official Title	Country
3 February, 2004	Visit by the Parliament of Mongolia and the National Statistics Office of Mongolia	Mongolia
10–11 February, 2004	Visit to the parliament by Professor Shahidul Islam MP, Chariman of the Standing Committee on Ministry of Cultrual Affairs, People's Republic of Bangladesh.	Bangaladesh
11–12 February, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from Kenya	Kenya
16–17 February, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from Ukraine	Ukraine
1 March, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by a Delegation from Germany	Germany
2 March, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from Chile	Chile
2 March, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by HE Dr Dimitrij Rupel, the Foreign Minister of the Repubic of Slovenia	Solovenia
3 March, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by Mr Roberto Fomigoni, President of the Lombardy Region, Italy	Italy
3–4 March, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by Mr Banuera Berina, Chairman of the Privileges Committee of the Republic of Kiribati	Kiribati
7–13 March, 2004	Visit to Australia by a Parliamentary Delegation from New Zealand (Law and Order Select Committee)	New Zealand
9–11 March, 2004	Visit by a Delegation from New Zealand, Australian Political Exchange Council	New Zealand
22–26 March, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by a parliamentary delegation from the Kingodm of Tonga – Legislators' Study Tour	Tonga
24 March, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by Hon John Hickey MP, Chariman of the Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts from the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea
25 March, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by Senator Louis Duvernois from the Parliament of France	France
28 March – 3 April, 2004	Visit to Australia by a parliamentary delegation from Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea
31 March – 1 April, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation	Russian Federation
1 April, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	United Kingdom
10 – 12 May, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by the Eighth Delegation from the International Youth Cooperation Development Centre (CYDECO) of Vietnam	Vietnam
12 – 13 May, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by a delegation from the Internal Affairs Committee of the Federal Republic of Germany	Germany
13 May, 2004	Visit to the Parliament by a Delegation from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)	China