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.
Overview 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.
A 2017 standing committee meeting was held in Bhutan. The 10th plenary session, in November 2017 in Istanbul, was on the topic of "Sustaining Peace and Development in Asia".
Membership
As of 2023, it consisted of 43 Member Parliaments and 30 observers.
Members and their votes in APA
(4) House of Elders and House of the People (4) National Assembly (2) Council of Representatives and Shura Council (5) Parliament (2) National Council and National Assembly (4) Senate and National Assembly (7) National People's Congress (2) House of Representatives (4) Supreme People's Assembly (7) Council of States and House of the People (6) House of Representatives (5) Islamic Consultative Assembly (4) Council of Representatives (4) Senate and House of Representatives (4) Senate and House of Representatives (2) House of Assembly (4) National Assembly (4) Supreme Council (4) National Assembly (4) National Assembly (4) Senate and House of Representatives (2) People's Majlis (4) State Great Hural (4) National Assembly and House of Representative (6) Senate and National Assembly (2) Senate and House of Delegates (4) Legislative Council and National Council (5) Senate and House of Representatives (4) Majlis Al-Shura (4) National Assembly (5) Council of the Federation and State Duma (4) Consultative Council (4) Parliament (4) People's Assembly (4) National Assembly and House of Representatives (5) Senate and House of Representatives (4) National Parliament (2) Legislative Assembly (5) Grand National Assembly (4) Federal National Council (4) Senate and Legislative Chamber (5) National Assembly (4) Consultative Council and House of Representatives
Observers
Senate and House of Representatives Congress Parliament House of Councillors and House of Representatives Parliament Parliament House of Representatives Consultative Council and State Council National Parliament Legislative Assembly National Parliament Assembly and People's Council Parliament 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
APA general Sessions Date Country Location September 1999 Dhaka 5 - 10 November 2000 Phnom Penh 16-19 April 2002 Beijing and Chongqing 31 August - 4 September 2003 Manila 29 November - 3 December 2004 Islamabad 2005 Pattaya 12 - 14 November 2006 Tehran
See also Asia Cooperation Dialogue Asian Development Bank
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