Asian Parliamentary Assembly

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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.<ref name="UIA">{{Cite web |url=https://uia.org/s/or/en/1100030203 |url-access= |title=Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) |author1=Staff writer |year=2024 |department=UIA Global Civil Society Database |website=uia.org |publisher=[[Union of International Associations]] |agency=Yearbook of International Organizations Online |location=Brussels, Belgium |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.asianparliament.org/History/view/|website=www.asianparliament.org|accessdate=8 April 2018|language=fa}}</ref>

==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 [[Member of parliament|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 [[legislature|legislative mechanism]]. Unlike the AAPP, members of the APA Plenary must be elected by members of member parliaments.{{Clarify|how are elected the AAPP members?|date=September 2010}}

A 2017 standing committee meeting was held in [[Bhutan]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kuensel|first1=Ann|title=Bhutan to host Asian parliamentary assembly|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2017/08/25/bhutan-to-host-asian-parliamentary-assembly.html|accessdate=8 April 2018|work=The Jakarta Post|language=en}}</ref> The 10th plenary session, in November 2017 in [[Istanbul]], was on the topic of "Sustaining Peace and Development in Asia".<ref>{{cite news|title=FNC to participate in 10th plenary session of Asian Parliamentary Assembly|url=http://wam.ae/en/details/1395302647792|accessdate=8 April 2018|work=wam|agency=Emirates News Agency}}</ref>

==Membership== [[File:Asia Parliamentary Assembly.png|thumb|right|334px|{{legend|#008000|member states}} {{legend|#00FF00|observer states}}]] As of 2023, it consisted of 43 Member Parliaments and 30 observers.<ref name="APAmembers">{{Cite web |url=https://www.asianparliament.org/member-parliaments/ |title=Member Parliaments |access-date=2023-07-10 }}</ref><ref name="APAObservers">{{Cite web |url=https://www.asianparliament.org/observer-parliaments/ |title=APA Observer Parliaments |access-date=2023-07-10 }}</ref><ref name="APAObservers1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.asianparliament.org/observer-organizations/ |title=APA Observer Organizations |access-date=2023-07-10 }}</ref>

=== Members and their votes in APA === <ref name="APAmembers" /> {{colbegin|colwidth=20em}} * {{AFG}} (4) [[House of Elders (Afghanistan)|House of Elders]] and [[House of the People (Afghanistan)|House of the People]] * {{AZE}} (4) [[National Assembly (Azerbaijan)|National Assembly]] * {{BHR}} (2) [[Council of Representatives (Bahrain)|Council of Representatives]] and [[Consultative Council (Bahrain)|Shura Council]] * {{BAN}} (5) [[Jatiya Sangsad|Parliament]] * {{BHU}} (2) [[National Council (Bhutan)|National Council]] and [[National Assembly (Bhutan)|National Assembly]] * {{CAM}} (4) [[Senate (Cambodia)|Senate]] and [[National Assembly (Cambodia)|National Assembly]] * {{CHN}} (7) [[National People's Congress]] * {{CYP}} (2) [[House of Representatives (Cyprus)|House of Representatives]] * {{PRK}} (4) [[Supreme People's Assembly]]{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} * {{IND}} (7) [[Rajya Sabha|Council of States]] and [[Lok Sabha|House of the People]] * {{IDN}} (6) [[People's Representative Council|House of Representatives]] * {{IRN}} (5) [[Islamic Consultative Assembly]] * {{IRQ}} (4) [[Council of Representatives of Iraq|Council of Representatives]] * {{JOR}} (4) [[Senate (Jordan)|Senate]] and [[House of Representatives (Jordan)|House of Representatives]] * {{KAZ}} (4) [[Senate of Kazakhstan|Senate]] and [[Mäjilis|House of Representatives]] * {{KIR}} (2) [[House of Assembly (Kiribati)|House of Assembly]] * {{KUW}} (4) [[National Assembly (Kuwait)|National Assembly]] * {{KGZ}} (4) [[Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan)|Supreme Council]] * {{LAO}} (4) [[National Assembly of Laos|National Assembly]] * {{LBN}} (4) [[Parliament of Lebanon|National Assembly]] * {{MAS}} (4) [[Dewan Negara|Senate]] and [[Dewan Rakyat|House of Representatives]] * {{MDV}} (2) [[People's Majlis]] * {{MNG}} (4) [[State Great Hural]] * {{NEP}} (4) [[National Assembly (Nepal)|National Assembly]] and [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representative]] * {{PAK}} (6) [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]] and [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]] * {{PLW}} (2) [[Senate of Palau|Senate]] and [[House of Delegates of Palau|House of Delegates]] * {{PSE}} (4) [[Palestinian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]] and [[Palestine National Council|National Council]]{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} * {{PHL}} (5) [[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]] and [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] * {{QAT}} (4) [[Consultative Assembly of Qatar|Majlis Al-Shura]] * {{ROK}} (4) [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] * {{RUS}} (5) [[Federation Council (Russia)|Council of the Federation]] and [[State Duma]] * {{SAU}} (4) [[Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia|Consultative Council]] * {{SRI}} (4) [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]] * {{SYR}} (4) [[People's Assembly of Syria|People's Assembly]] * {{TJK}} (4) [[National Assembly of Tajikistan|National Assembly]] and [[Assembly of Representatives (Tajikistan)|House of Representatives]] * {{THA}} (5) [[Senate of Thailand|Senate]] and [[House of Representatives (Thailand)|House of Representatives]] * {{TLS}} (4) [[National Parliament (East Timor)|National Parliament]] * {{TON}} (2) [[Legislative Assembly of Tonga|Legislative Assembly]] * {{TUR}} (5) [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Grand National Assembly]] * {{UAE}} (4) [[Federal National Council]] * {{UZB}} (4) [[Senate of Uzbekistan|Senate]] and [[Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan|Legislative Chamber]] * {{VNM}} (5) [[National Assembly of Vietnam|National Assembly]] * {{YEM}} (4) [[Shura Council (Yemen)|Consultative Council]] and [[House of Representatives (Yemen)|House of Representatives]] {{colend}}

=== Observers === <ref name="APAObservers" /><ref name="APAObservers1" /> {{colbegin|colwidth=20em}} * {{AUS}} [[Australian Senate|Senate]] and [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] * {{FSM}} [[Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia|Congress]] * {{FJI}} [[Parliament of Fiji|Parliament]] * {{JPN}} [[House of Councillors]] and [[House of Representatives (Japan)|House of Representatives]] * {{MHL}} [[Legislature of the Marshall Islands|Parliament]] * {{NRU}} [[Parliament of Nauru|Parliament]] * {{NZL}} [[New Zealand House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] * {{OMA}} [[Council of Oman|Consultative Council]] and [[Council of State (Oman)|State Council]] * {{PNG}} [[National Parliament of Papua New Guinea|National Parliament]] * {{SAM}} [[Legislative Assembly of Samoa|Legislative Assembly]] * {{SOL}} [[National Parliament of Solomon Islands|National Parliament]] * {{TKM}} [[Assembly of Turkmenistan|Assembly]] and [[People's Council of Turkmenistan|People's Council]] * {{TUV}} [[Parliament of Tuvalu|Parliament]] * {{VAN}} [[Parliament of Vanuatu|Parliament]] * [[Arab IPU]] * [[Arab Parliament]] * [[ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly|AIPA]] * {{flagicon|ASEAN}} [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations|ASEAN]] * {{flagicon|Council of Europe}} [[Council of Europe]] * [[File:Symbol of ICAPP.jpg|22px]] [[International Conference of Asian Political Parties|ICAPP]] * [[Inter Parliamentary Assembly of the Eurasian Economic Community]] * [[International Parliamentarians' Congress|IPC]] * {{flagicon|CIS}} [[CIS Interparliamentary Assembly|Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States]] * [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]] * [[Non-Aligned Movement Parliamentary Network]] * {{flagicon|Council of Europe}} [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]] * [[File:PAM LOGO HR.svg|22px]] [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean]] * [[File:TURKPA logo.svg|22px]] [[TURKPA]] * [[Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States|PUIC]] * [[The League of Parliamentarians for Al Quds]] {{colend}}

==APA general Sessions== {| class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin-right:1em" |- ! scope="col" | Date !! scope="col" | Country !! scope="col" | Location |- | style="text-align:right" | September 1999 || {{BAN}} || [[Dhaka]] |- | style="text-align:right" | 5 - 10 November 2000 || {{CAM}} || [[Phnom Penh]] |- | style="text-align:right" | 16-19 April 2002 || {{CHN}} || [[Beijing]] and [[Chongqing]] |- | style="text-align:right" | 31 August - 4 September 2003 || {{PHI}} || [[Manila]] |- | style="text-align:right" | 29 November - 3 December 2004 || {{PAK}} || [[Islamabad]] |- | style="text-align:right" | 2005 || {{THA}} || [[Pattaya]] |- | style="text-align:right" | 12 - 14 November 2006 || {{IRI}} || [[Tehran]] |}

==See also== * [[Asia Cooperation Dialogue]] * [[Asian Development Bank]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{official|http://www.asianparliament.org/}}

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