23 Nov 2024
Wednesday 26 June 2019 - 14:03
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Asian Parliamentary Assembly convenes in Isfahan

Asian Parliamentary Assembly convenes in Isfahan
IRNA The meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) Standing Committee on Political Affairs started with participation of 20 countries in Isfahan on Wednesday.






After the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the APA is the biggest inter-parliamentary body in the world; it has 56 parliaments as members from which 42 are permanent members and 14 are observers.

The meeting started with the participation of Iran, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Cyprus, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Pakistan, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, and Qatar and will continue until Thursday.

Secretary-General of the APA Mohammad-Reza Majidi said, "The meeting has some important issues on the agenda, including debate topass eight drafts as the APA Resolutions by the executive council in Turkey in the end of the year."

The APA periodic presidency will transfer from Turkey to Pakistan in the next meeting.

He added that the assembly has four committees: socio-cultural, economic, political, financial-executive, and economic and sustainable development.

The APA political committee is among the most important ones and has resolutions about strengthening peace, good governance, good parliamentary practices, and building prosperity in Asia through Friendship and Cooperation on agenda.

Parliamentary Unionwas established in 1889 byFrdric Passy of France andWilliam Randal Cremer of United Kingdom. It was the first permanent forum for multilateral political negotiations. The organization was initially designed for individualparliament members, but later on it changed into an international organization of the parliaments.

The parliaments of 178 countriesare members of the IPU; 12 regional parliamentary assemblies are associate members of the IPU.

The IPU has permanentobserver status at the United Nations General Assembly.


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