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27 May 2012 - 10:38 pm NZ time
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Assistant Speaker elected head of global group
Updated at 3:21 pm on 17 January 2012
Parliament's Assistant Speaker and Labour MP Ross Robertson has been elected president of the Parliamentarians for Global Action.
The organisation is based in New York and represents 131 parliaments worldwide.
Mr Robertson says he lobbied for six months before being elected president.
He says the organisation runs a number of programmes aimed at tackling regional conflicts, HIV Aids, arms trafficking and corruption.
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