The Clerk of Parliament, Mr. Rex Owusu-Ansah left Accra for Harare, Zimbabwe to attend the fifth biennial conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union (CPU), Africa Region.

The two-day conference would be attended by 32 African clerks of parliament and would discuss issues such as the way forward for the CPU and the role of Clerks.

Mr. Owusu-Ansah is expected to present a paper on the work of parliaments in the emerging democracies of Africa.