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BELIZE No.28/1/13 SENATE Thursday, 28th March 2019 10:00 A.M. ---*--- ORDERS OF THE DAY 1.

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Prayers.

Oath of Allegiance or Affirmation.

Announcements by the President.

Bills brought from the House of Representatives.

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General Revenue Appropriation (2019/2020) Bill, 2019.

Belize Trade and Investment Development Service (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
(Leader of Government Business and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Immigration Services and Refugees) 6.

Papers.

60/1/13 - Draft Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for Fiscal Year 2019/2020.

61/1/13 - The Eighteenth Annual Report of the Ombudsman of Belize for the Year Ending 2018.

(Leader of Government Business and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Immigration Services and Refugees) 14.
Public Business.

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GOVERNMENT BUSINESS I MOTIONS (For Text of Motions see Notice Papers attached) 1.

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Resolution Authorizing the Ratification by Belize of the Multilateral Air Services Agreement Motion, 2019.

Resolution Authorizing the Ratification by Belize of the Protocol on Contingent Rights Motion, 2019.

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Official Charities Fund Motion, 2019.


(Leader of Government Business and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Immigration Services and Refugees) BILLS FOR SECOND READING COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE SENATE ON MOTIONS AND BILLS BILLS FOR THIRD READING 3 BELIZE No.28/1/13 SENATE Thursday, 28th March 2018 10:00 A.M. ---*--- NOTICES OF QUESTIONS AND MOTIONS M O T I O N S 1.
Resolution Authorizing the Ratification by Belize of the Multilateral Air Services Agreement Motion, 2019.
WHEREAS, the Government of Belize signed the Multilateral Air Services Agreement in Port-au-Prince, Haiti at the 29th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community held from 26-27 February 2018; AND WHEREAS, the objective of the aforementioned Agreement is to: establish a single market for air transport services within the Community in furtherance of the undertaking of Member States under paragraph 1 of Article 33 and paragraph 1 of Article 37 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas to remove barriers to the right of establishment of Community nationals and the right of Community nationals to provide services within the Community; promote the adoption of uniform standards and recommended practices for the provision of air transport services within the Community; ensure uniformity in licensing and certification of aviation personnel within the Community; and ensure that the provision of international air transport services in the Community is undertaken by financially viable and technically qualified air carriers; AND WHEREAS, in accordance with its Article 29, the Agreement shall enter into force in accordance with Article 31 of the Multilateral Air Services Agreement; AND WHEREAS, section 61A(2)(a) of the Belize Constitution, as amended by the Belize Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act, 2008 (No.
13 of 2008), provides that the Senate shall authorize the ratification to any treaty by the Government of Belize; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Senate authorizes the Government of Belize to ratify the Multilateral Air Services Agreement, a full text of which is hereto annexed.

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Resolution Authorizing the Ratification by Belize of the Protocol on Contingent Rights Motion, 2019.
WHEREAS, the Parties to the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas undertook in Article 239 of the Treaty to elaborate a Protocol on Contingent Rights; AND WHEREAS, the Protocol on Contingent Rights (hereinafter referred to as the “the Protocol”) was signed by the Government of Belize, on 26th February 2019, in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis; 4 AND WHEREAS, the objective of the aforementioned Protocol is to provide for the rights relating to inter alia rights contingent on establishment, provision of services and movement of capital in the Community; AND WHEREAS, the Government of Belize is desirous of ratifying the said Protocol pursuant to its Article XIII; AND WHEREAS, section 61A(2)(a) of the Belize Constitution, as amended by the Belize Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act, 2008 (No.
13 of 2008), provides that the Senate shall authorize the ratification to any treaty by the Government of Belize; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Senate authorizes the Government of Belize to ratify the Protocol on Contingent Rights, a full text of which is hereto annexed.

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Official Charities Fund Motion, 2019.


BE IT RESOLVED THAT this Honourable House approves the expenditure of $2,385,089 from the Official Charities Fund as detailed in Appendix A of the Draft Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for the year ending 31st March, 2020.

(Leader of Government Business and Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Immigration Services and Refugees) 