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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 12
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1998
The Sub-Committee on Human Rights and International Development of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade met at 3:40 o’clock p.m., this day, in Room 269, West Block, the Chair, Colleen Beaumier, presiding.
Members of the Sub-Committee present: Colleen Beaumier, Paul Bonwick, Claudette Bradshaw, Maud Debien, Keith Martin.
In attendance: From the Parliamentary Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Gerald Schmitz, Research Officer.
Witnesses: As Individual: Dapo Olorunyomi, Former Editor-in-Chief, The News and Tempo (Nigeria). From the North-South Institute: Melanie Gruer, Communications.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Sub-Committee proceeded to consider the situation of human rights in Nigeria.
Dapo Olorunyomi and Melanie Gruer each made an opening statement and answered questions.
On motion of Maud Debien, it was agreed, --That the Chair be authorized to hold meetings to receive evidence when a quorum is not present provided that at least three (3) Members of the Sub-Committee are present including a Member of the Opposition.
It was agreed, --That the Sub-Committee meet with the Canadian Lawyers Association for International Human Rights to discuss conflict in the Western Sahara; and the Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America to discuss human rights in Mexico; and that further, the Sub-Committee convene a meeting to discuss options for future substantive studies of the Sub-Committee.
At 4:47 o’clock p.m., the Sub-Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Janice Hilchie
Clerk of the Committee