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Name of the association
Association of Senates, Shoora and Equivalent Councils in Africa and the Arab World
Date of establishment

7th of June 2002 ,Rabat, Morocco
Establishment of the Association


Accredited delegates of the Senates, Shoora and Equivalent Councils in Africa and the Arab World assembled in Sana'a in the Republic of Yemen from the 25th to 27th of April 2004 in a Conference and unanimously adopted the Resolution that established the Association of Senates, Shoora and Equivalent Councils in Africa and the Arab World. The Conference by resolution adopted the Rules of Procedure and the Statute of the Association. The idea of establishing the Association had been approved in an earlier meeting held in Rabat in the Kingdom of Morocco from 6th to 7th of June 2002.The Rabat meeting was attended by the under listed Councils/2nd Chambers in Africa and the Arab world:
 

 The National Council of the Provinces of South Africa  
The Council of the Nation of Algeria  
The House of Chiefs of Botswana  
The House of the Federation of Ethiopia  
The Senate of Gabon  
The Senate of Jordan  
The Senate of Lesotho  
The House of Counselors of Morocco  
The Senate of Mauritania  
The National Council of Namibia  
The Senate of Nigeria  
The Senate of Swaziland  
The Shoora Council of Yemen  
States' Council of Sudan  
The Shoora Council of Saudi Arabia  
The Shoora Council of Qatar  
The Shoora Council of Bahrain  
The Shoora Council of Egypt  
The Senate of Congo Kinshasa  
The Senate of Burundi  
The Senate of Madagascar  
The senate of Republic of Congo  
The senate of Republic of  Zimbabwe  
The High Council of State of Libya  
The Senate of Cameroon  
   


The above listed Councils/Senates were considered the establishing Councils of the Association.