Asian Parliamentary Assembly

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Asian Parliamentary Assembly
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History
Founded2006
Leadership
President
Mustafa Şentop
Secretary General
Mohammad Reza Majidi
Meeting place
Tehran, Iran
Website
https://www.asianparliament.org/

The Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) aims to promote peace in general, and in the Asian region in particular. It was established as the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP) in September 1999 by Sheikh Hasina, acquiring its current name in 2006 during the Seventh Session of the AAPP. [1] [2] The APA consisted, as of 2007, of 41 Member Parliaments and 17 observers. Each Member Parliament has a specific number of seats in the Assembly based on the size of their population. The number of total seats, and therefore, number of votes, is currently 206. Members of Assembly must be elected by members of the Member Parliaments. The APA Charter and Tehran Declaration lay out a framework of cooperation among Asian countries, and point out to a vision; that is Asian Integration.

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The APA differed from its predecessor through a focus on broadening areas of cooperation toward regional integration with the long term perspective to eventually reach the status of an Asian common legislative mechanism. Unlike the AAPP, members of the APA Plenary must be elected by members of member parliaments.[ clarification needed ]

A 2017 standing committee meeting was held in Bhutan. [3] The 10th plenary session, in November 2017 in Istanbul, was on the topic of "Sustaining Peace and Development in Asia". [4]

Membership

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As of 2023, it consisted of 43 Member Parliaments and 30 observers. [5] [6] [7]

Members and their votes in APA

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Observers

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APA general Sessions

DateCountryLocation
September 1999Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Dhaka
5 - 10 November 2000Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia Phnom Penh
16-19 April 2002Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Beijing and Chongqing
31 August - 4 September 2003Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Manila
29 November - 3 December 2004Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Islamabad
2005Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Pattaya
12 - 14 November 2006Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Tehran

See also

References

  1. ↑ Staff writer (2024). "Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA)". UIA Global Civil Society Database. uia.org. Brussels, Belgium: Union of International Associations. Yearbook of International Organizations Online. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "History". www.asianparliament.org (in Persian). Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Kuensel, Ann. "Bhutan to host Asian parliamentary assembly". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "FNC to participate in 10th plenary session of Asian Parliamentary Assembly". wam. Emirates News Agency. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Member Parliaments" . Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  6. 1 2 "APA Observer Parliaments" . Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  7. 1 2 "APA Observer Organizations" . Retrieved 2023-07-10.

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