Meetings of the Political, Economic and Social Committees of the ASEANInter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) and dialogues between AIPA and itsobservers were the main activities of the ongoing AIPA 33 in Lombok,Indonesia, on Sept. 19.
AIPA observers includeAustralia, Belarus, Canada, China, the European Parliament,India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Russia.
Discussionsof the AIPA committees focused on raising people’s awareness of andencouraging their participation and role in building the ASEAN Communityas well as increasing cooperation on the basis of respectinginternational laws, reached agreements and peaceful negotiations throughdialogue mechanisms to resolve disputes and differences in order tomaintain regional peace, security and stability.
Thecommittees also discussed how to strengthen regional efforts andcooperation to fight money laundering and raise people’s awareness of aswell as their involvement in disaster mitigation programmes, and issuesrelating to AIPA structure and its secretariat.
At a dialogue with observers later the same day, AIPA members focused their discussion on human resources development and capacity enhancement,promoting joint studies and transfer of strategies in agriculture, andboosting parliamentarian cooperation between AIPA members and observers.
AIPA also asked its member parliaments tosupport and encourage ASEAN countries to increase consultations so as toseek peaceful solutions for regional issues on the basis of the 1976Southeast Asia Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, the 2008 ASEAN Charterand the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Declaration on the six-point principleguiding the settlement of the East Sea issues which was announced inPhnom Penh on July 20.-VNA
AIPA observers includeAustralia, Belarus, Canada, China, the European Parliament,India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Russia.
Discussionsof the AIPA committees focused on raising people’s awareness of andencouraging their participation and role in building the ASEAN Communityas well as increasing cooperation on the basis of respectinginternational laws, reached agreements and peaceful negotiations throughdialogue mechanisms to resolve disputes and differences in order tomaintain regional peace, security and stability.
Thecommittees also discussed how to strengthen regional efforts andcooperation to fight money laundering and raise people’s awareness of aswell as their involvement in disaster mitigation programmes, and issuesrelating to AIPA structure and its secretariat.
At a dialogue with observers later the same day, AIPA members focused their discussion on human resources development and capacity enhancement,promoting joint studies and transfer of strategies in agriculture, andboosting parliamentarian cooperation between AIPA members and observers.
AIPA also asked its member parliaments tosupport and encourage ASEAN countries to increase consultations so as toseek peaceful solutions for regional issues on the basis of the 1976Southeast Asia Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, the 2008 ASEAN Charterand the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Declaration on the six-point principleguiding the settlement of the East Sea issues which was announced inPhnom Penh on July 20.-VNA
