African member states who subscribe to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association that is registered in 1911 as "charitable association" in the United Kingdom have expressed the need to present a unified front in the push to reform the association during the 72nd meeting of the Executive Committee of the CPA Africa Region held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

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1.Committees are a vital tool or organ in the working processes of Legislatures, without which, the proceedings of a Legislature could grind to a halt for the sheer volume of activities that would have to be considered at Plenary. Committees are agents, which enable Legislatures to organize their work in such a way as to perform numerous activities simultaneously and expeditiously. These include matters such as:

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