Asian Parliamentary Assembly
Asian Parliamentary Assembly | |
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History | |
Founded | 2006 |
Leadership | |
President | Mustafa Şentop |
Secretary General | Mohammad Reza Majidi |
Meeting place | |
Tehran, Iran | |
Website | |
https://www.asianparliament.org/ |
The Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) aims to promote peace in general, and in the Asian region in particular. It was established as the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP) in September 1999 by Sheikh Hasina, acquiring its current name in 2006 during the Seventh Session of the AAPP.[1] The APA consisted, as of 2007, of 41 Member Parliaments and 17 observers. Each Member Parliament has a specific number of seats in the Assembly based on the size of their population. The number of total seats, and therefore, number of votes, is currently 206. Members of Assembly must be elected by members of the Member Parliaments. The APA Charter and Tehran Declaration lay out a framework of cooperation among Asian countries, and point out to a vision; that is Asian Integration.
The APA differed from its predecessor through a focus on broadening areas of cooperation toward regional integration with the long term perspective to eventually reach the status of an Asian common legislative mechanism. Unlike the AAPP, members of the APA Plenary must be elected by members of member parliaments.[clarification needed]
A 2017 standing committee meeting was held in Bhutan.[2] The 10th plenary session, in November 2017 in Istanbul, was on the topic of "Sustaining Peace and Development in Asia".[3]
Membership
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As of 2023, it consisted of 43 Member Parliaments and 30 observers.[4][5][6]
Members and their votes in APA
[edit]Afghanistan (4) House of Elders and House of the People
Azerbaijan (4) National Assembly
Bahrain (2) Council of Representatives and Shura Council
Bangladesh (5) Parliament
Bhutan (2) National Council and National Assembly
Cambodia (4) Senate and National Assembly
China (7) National People's Congress
Cyprus (2) House of Representatives
North Korea (4) Supreme People's Assembly[citation needed]
India (7) Council of States and House of the People
Indonesia (6) House of Representatives
Iran (5) Islamic Parliament
Iraq (4) Council of Representatives
Jordan (4) Senate and House of Representatives
Kazakhstan (4) Senate and House of Representatives
Kiribati (2) House of Assembly
Kuwait (4) National Assembly
Kyrgyzstan (4) Supreme Council
Laos (4) National Assembly
Lebanon (4) National Assembly
Malaysia (4) Senate and House of Representatives
Maldives (2) People's Majlis
Mongolia (4) State Great Hural
Nepal (4) National Assembly and House of Representative
Pakistan (6) Senate and National Assembly
Palau (2) Senate and House of Delegates
Palestine (4) Legislative Council and National Council[citation needed]
Philippines (5) Senate and House of Representatives
Qatar (4) Majlis Al-Shura
Republic of Korea (4) National Assembly
Russia (5) Council of the Federation and State Duma
Saudi Arabia (4) Consultative Council
Sri Lanka (4) Parliament
Syria (4) People's Assembly
Tajikistan (4) National Assembly and House of Representatives
Thailand (5) Senate and House of Representatives
Timor-Leste (4) National Parliament
Tonga (2) Legislative Assembly
Turkey (5) Grand National Assembly
United Arab Emirates (4) Federal National Council
Uzbekistan (4) Senate and Legislative Chamber
Vietnam (5) National Assembly
Yemen (4) Consultative Council and House of Representatives
Observers
[edit]Australia Senate and House of Representatives
Federated States of Micronesia Congress
Fiji Parliament
Japan House of Councillors and House of Representatives
Marshall Islands Parliament
Nauru Parliament
New Zealand House of Representatives
Oman Consultative Council and State Council
Papua New Guinea National Parliament
Samoa Legislative Assembly
Solomon Islands National Parliament
Turkmenistan Assembly and People's Council
Tuvalu Parliament
Vanuatu Parliament
- Arab IPU
- Arab Parliament
- AIPA
ASEAN
Council of Europe
ICAPP
- Inter Parliamentary Assembly of the Eurasian Economic Community
- IPC
Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States
- Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Non-Aligned Movement Parliamentary Network
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
TURKPA
- PUIC
- The League of Parliamentarians for Al Quds
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "History". www.asianparliament.org (in Persian). Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ Kuensel, Ann. "Bhutan to host Asian parliamentary assembly". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "FNC to participate in 10th plenary session of Asian Parliamentary Assembly". wam. Emirates News Agency. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Member Parliaments". Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ a b "APA Observer Parliaments". Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ a b "APA Observer Organizations". Retrieved 2023-07-10.