Today, Wednesday, 1st July 2020, the Senate met in the Chamber of the National Assembly Building in Belmopan for a Special Sitting of the Senate. The meeting began shortly after 10: 00 A.M. with all Members present. The days agenda comprised of two (2) Bills, which are the General Revenue Supplementary Appropriation (2012/2013) Bill, 2020, and General Revenue Supplementary Appropriation (2020/2021) Bill, 2020; three (3) Papers namely, Sessional Paper No. 78/1/13 – Supplementary Appropriation Schedule for Fiscal Year 2012/2013, Sessional Paper No. 79/1/13 – Supplementary Appropriation Schedule for Fiscal Year 2020/2021, and Sessional Paper No. 80/1/13 – Report to the National Assembly on Primary Balance Budget Outturn for Fiscal Year 2019-2020; and five (5) Motions which are Resolution Authorizing the Ratification by Belize of the Revised Georgetown Agreement Motion, 2020, Caribbean Development Bank – COVID-19 Emergency Response Support (US$15,000,000) Loan Motion, 2020, Caribbean Development Bank – Enhancing Sugarcane Farmers Resilience to Natural Hazard Events (US$1,013,000) Loan Motion, 2020, Inter-American Development Bank – Support to Safety Nets for Vulnerable Populations Affected by Coronavirus in Belize (US$12,000,000) Loan Motion, 2020, and International Fund for Agricultural Development – Resilient Rural Belize (Be-Resilient) Project (US$1,914,800) Loan Motion, 2020.
At the end of the meeting, the two Bills were passed, the 3 Papers were ordered to lie on the Table and the 5 Motions were adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 3:20 P.M.