Hosting the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-132) ishistorically and diplomatically significant for Vietnam, demonstratingthat the Vietnamese legislature is a responsible IPU member with astrong global integration spirit.
The late-Marchevent coincides with the 36th anniversary of Vietnamese NationalAssembly (NA)’s membership to the IPU and the 126th anniversary of thefounding of the IPU, Chairman of the NA’s Committee for ExternalRelations Tran Van Hang told the Vietnam News Agency.
As Deputy Head of the IPU-132’s organising board, Hang said 2015 is acrucial year to review the 5-year implementation of the PoliticalPlatform adopted by the 11th National Party Congress in preparationfor the 12th National Party Congress, as well as celebrations for the85th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the 70thanniversary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the 125th birthanniversary of the late President Ho Chi Minh, and the 40thanniversary of southern liberation and national reunification.
Themed “Sustainable Development Goals: Turning words into action", theIPU-132 will attract top leaders of global parliaments, regionalinter-parliamentary and international organisations, distinguishedguests, and foreign reporters.
According to him,sustainable development goals will replace the UN Millennium DevelopmentGoals which are expected to be fully materialised this year, covering17 goals and 169 tasks across poverty reduction, improvement ofeducation-training and health care, development of more sustainablecities, climate change mitigation, and forest and ocean protection.
Since January 2014, the board has worked tirelessly on comprehensiveand thorough preparations, including establishing and fine-tuningapparatus of the Steering Board, the Organising Board, the Secretariat,and sub-committees on information popularisation, reception, security,healthcare, financial logistics as well as launching a logo and websitedesigned exclusively for the event. The activities have been organisedup to international diplomatic standards and are compatible with theagreement on organising IPU-132 and the IPU practices.
Hang added that the agenda would cover a breadth of issues regardingpeace, security, politics, democracy, socio-economics and theenvironment, among others. The global forum would be a platform forparliamentarians to raise their voice on critical issues worldwide andthose relevant to the United Nations agenda.
Hesaid the focus is to screen, propose and press forward agenda contentsin line with the IPU’s priorities towards achieving harmony betweennational interests and those of the region and the world.
Vietnam put forward several initiatives accepted by the IPU, includingdiscussions on shaping new mechanisms on water resource management andpromoting parliamentary action on the issue.
Vietnam is also set to discuss several draft documents with the IPUSecretariat, including a joint statement or the Hanoi declaration.
The country will also join the Assembly’s resolutionson peace, security, democracy and human rights, boosting cooperationbetween IPU and the UN, he concluded.
The Vietnamese NA officially became a member of the IPU in April 1979.
The IPU, established in 1889, currently has 166 members and 10associate members and works in close cooperation with the UN, regionalinter-parliamentary organizations, and international inter-governmentaland non-governmental organisations.-VNA
The late-Marchevent coincides with the 36th anniversary of Vietnamese NationalAssembly (NA)’s membership to the IPU and the 126th anniversary of thefounding of the IPU, Chairman of the NA’s Committee for ExternalRelations Tran Van Hang told the Vietnam News Agency.
As Deputy Head of the IPU-132’s organising board, Hang said 2015 is acrucial year to review the 5-year implementation of the PoliticalPlatform adopted by the 11th National Party Congress in preparationfor the 12th National Party Congress, as well as celebrations for the85th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the 70thanniversary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the 125th birthanniversary of the late President Ho Chi Minh, and the 40thanniversary of southern liberation and national reunification.
Themed “Sustainable Development Goals: Turning words into action", theIPU-132 will attract top leaders of global parliaments, regionalinter-parliamentary and international organisations, distinguishedguests, and foreign reporters.
According to him,sustainable development goals will replace the UN Millennium DevelopmentGoals which are expected to be fully materialised this year, covering17 goals and 169 tasks across poverty reduction, improvement ofeducation-training and health care, development of more sustainablecities, climate change mitigation, and forest and ocean protection.
Since January 2014, the board has worked tirelessly on comprehensiveand thorough preparations, including establishing and fine-tuningapparatus of the Steering Board, the Organising Board, the Secretariat,and sub-committees on information popularisation, reception, security,healthcare, financial logistics as well as launching a logo and websitedesigned exclusively for the event. The activities have been organisedup to international diplomatic standards and are compatible with theagreement on organising IPU-132 and the IPU practices.
Hang added that the agenda would cover a breadth of issues regardingpeace, security, politics, democracy, socio-economics and theenvironment, among others. The global forum would be a platform forparliamentarians to raise their voice on critical issues worldwide andthose relevant to the United Nations agenda.
Hesaid the focus is to screen, propose and press forward agenda contentsin line with the IPU’s priorities towards achieving harmony betweennational interests and those of the region and the world.
Vietnam put forward several initiatives accepted by the IPU, includingdiscussions on shaping new mechanisms on water resource management andpromoting parliamentary action on the issue.
Vietnam is also set to discuss several draft documents with the IPUSecretariat, including a joint statement or the Hanoi declaration.
The country will also join the Assembly’s resolutionson peace, security, democracy and human rights, boosting cooperationbetween IPU and the UN, he concluded.
The Vietnamese NA officially became a member of the IPU in April 1979.
The IPU, established in 1889, currently has 166 members and 10associate members and works in close cooperation with the UN, regionalinter-parliamentary organizations, and international inter-governmentaland non-governmental organisations.-VNA
