Iraqi Child Parliament first meeting next Friday

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Child Parliament is due to hold its first meeting in Amara, Missan province, to discuss matters pertaining to the future of Iraqi children, according to its Speaker Rasheed Mohammed Rasheed.

Rasheed, who is supposed to be included in Guinness Book of World Records as the youngest speaker of a children parliament in the world, invited IraqiNews.com to attend the first session. Discussions are expected to be held on the relations with labor and human rights ministries. The meeting shall be held by children from Baghdad, Salahuddin, Wassit, Najaf, Basra, Misan and Kirkuk provinces, as well as other political and cultural figures.