National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan - AIPA 41 President (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The second plenary session and aclosing ceremony will be held during the last working day of the 41st GeneralAssembly of the ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly (AIPA 41) on September 10.
As schedule, the lastworking will have activities, including the adoption of the draft resolutionsof committees, the formation of an AIPA young parliamentarians’ association,the presentation of devotion awards to those with outstanding contributions tothe AIPA, and the admission of new AIPA observers. They will also sign a jointstatement.
Host National AssemblyChairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, AIPA 41 President, will deliver a closingspeech before handing over the role of AIPA President to a representative ofthe next event’s host. She will also inform the working outcomes of AIPAPresident in 2020.
Meanwhile, participants willdiscuss the organisation of a meeting between the ASEAN Secretary-General withAIPA member parliaments, the adjustments of AIPA Regulations and Charter, aswell as a project to reform AIPA Secretariat.
AIPA was initially theASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organisation (AIPO), which was formed on September 2,1977 in Manila, the Philippines, with five members: Indonesia, Malaysia, thePhilippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Its name was changed to ASEANInter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in 2006.
The establishment of AIPO aimed at promotingcollaboration among legislative bodies of regional countries as well as thesharing of information and experience in law-building, thus enhancing mutualunderstanding, friendship, solidarity, and unity among members.
Since Vietnam entered theassembly in Vietnam has actively engaged in AIPA activities since then,including hosting the 23rd and 31st AIPA General Assemblies in 2002 and 2010,respectively, as well as thematic meetings and committee-level meetings.
The AIPA 41 is themed “Parliamentary Diplomacy fora Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN Community”.
This is the third timesthat Vietnam has hosted an AIPA General Assembly./.
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