Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A Vietnamese delegation,headed by Chairman ofthe NationalAssembly's Committee for External Relations Nguyen Van Giau, is attending avirtual meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)'s Governing Council from November 1-4.
The most important agenda of the 206th meeting,which sees the participation of 454 parliamentarians from 144 delegations, is toelect a new president of the IPU.
The event heard that the IPU has promoted its strength in a common voice,representing 179 member parliaments around the world to participate in theinternational agenda for peace, stability, democracy, rule of law, justice andequality, and constantly strive to ensure rights of women, children and youthsin all fields.
During the meeting,the Vietnamese delegation has demonstrated the role as a responsible member ofthe IPU, and other international and regional parliamentary forums.
The delegation highly valued contributions made by outgoing IPU PresidentGabriela Cuevas Barron, expressing its belief that the successor caneffectively promote precious values for a sustainable multilateralparliamentary diplomacy.
Four candidates representing different geopolitical groups from Portugal,Canada, Uzbekistan and Pakistan is running for the IPU Presidency. They all presentedtheir action plans and visions to make the IPU a stronger organisation.
The Vietnamese delegation affirmed its support for the development of the IPU,and its compliance with the IPU’s regulations.
In preparation for the 206th meeting, on October 30, the delegation attended anonline meeting of the ASEAN Plus Threecountries and the IPU's Asia-Pacific Group.
As planned, the 206th meeting will approve reports of the 205th meeting in October last year, a report on the activities of the IPU President,a summary report of the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights of the IPU, reports on the virtual fifth World Conference ofSpeakers of Parliament, and the summit ofthe world's parliament femaleheads that took place from August 17-21, 2020.
The Governing Council will makedecisions on the IPU financial report for 2019, planned activities of the IPU andthe 2021 budget estimate.
It also consideredholding the 142nd IPU General Assembly in 2021 in Morocco./.
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