LOMBOK, Indonesia, Sept 27 -- Law makers from the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have affirmed their support for the attainment
of One Asean Community in 2015.
Under the theme “Strengthening
the Parliamentarian Roles towards Asean Community 2015,” the delegates focused
on the vital role of legislatures in accelerating Asean integration efforts and
measures to narrow the development gap, Asean said in statement.
Asean said parliaments are
responsible for putting the ministerial agreements into law, and they form a
critical cornerstone in Asean’s foundation.
Delegates from the Asean
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) countries gathered in Indonesia for the
33rd General Assembly.
The assembly included plenary
sessions, committee meetings, and dialogues with observers, Asean said.
Marzuki Alie, AIPA president and
speaker of the Indonesian House of Representative was the chairperson of the
General Assembly.
The assembly is not only confined
to delegations from 10 AIPA member countries, but also attended by
observer-parliaments from Australia, Belarus, Canada, People’s Republic of
China, European Union Parliament, Japan, Republic of Korea an Russian
Federation, as well as guests of the host from the Asean Secretariat,
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Asean Supreme Audit Institution (Aseansai),
Timor Leste, Pan African Parliament (PAP), Indonesian House of Regional
Representatives (DPR RI) and Asean Wildlife Enforcement Network (Asean Wen).
The speeches and remarks from the
different group of delegates clearly indicated that AIPA is not only expected
to communicate the Asean vision to the people, many are also counting on them
to facilitate early ratification, to enforce and execute the agreements, and to
help harmonize legislations and policies in Asean.
From the series of committee
meetings, 24 draft resolutions were approved and accepted by the assembly.
In the dialogues with observers,
AIPA, observer-parliaments and guests shared ideas and initiatives and enhanced
commitments on issues such as strengthening human resource development and
capacity building; promoting collaborates research and strategy transfer in
agriculture, food and forestry procedure; energy issues and environmental
aspects; strengthening efforts to address climate change adaptation needs; and
“increasing Parliamentary cooperation between AIPA member parliaments and
observers.”
The General Assembly, Asean said,
also witnessed the handing over of the AIPA gavel by Marzuki to the incoming
President of AIPA, Pehin Dato Haji Isa Ibrahim, president of the National
Assembly and Speaker House of Representatives of Brunei Darussalam.
The gavel was received by
Brunei’s head of delegation, Pehin Dato Hj. Judin Hj. Asar.
The next and 34th General
Assembly will be in Brunei Darussalam on September 15 to 21, 2013.
Asean added that the delegates
concluded the 33rd General Assembly with a solidarity dinner where members of
the Women Parliamentarian of AIPA (Waipa) and spouses of the male delegates
robed up with their national dresses.
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