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SAARC
MPs' conference concludes with call for peace
Monday July 11, 2011 07:55:08 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The fifth
conference of SAARC MPs concluded here Monday amid calls for peace
and rule of law in the South Asian region.
On the last day of the four-day conference, the participants who
included speakers and parliamentarians from the eight South Asian
countries deliberated on "Consolidating Democracy: Strengthening
Trust between Parliament and the People" and "Sustainable
Development in (the) SAARC Countries: The Way Forward".
In her concluding remarks, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, who
presided over the conference, said there was consensus on a host
of issues in the summit.
"It was an educative experience for the speakers and
parliamentarians from all the SAARC countries to come together and
exchange views on topical subjects of common concern for the South
Asian region," she said.
She stressed that it was the "onerous responsibility of
parliaments and parliamentarians to strengthen the roots of
democracy in the region".
"MPs must work together to strengthen democratic values of
protection of individual rights, rule of law, justice and to meet
the aspirations of the people," she emphasized.
Meira Kumar expressed satisfaction over the speakers' council
deciding to form a group of women parliamentarians for the annual
meeting.
This was done after amending the charter of the association to
include at least one woman member in every delegation to enable
them to meet in the Forum of Women Parliamentarians of the
Association on the sidelines of the conference every year.
In her vote of thanks, Fehmida Mirza, the speaker of the National
Assembly of Pakistan, congratulated her Indian counterpart on the
successful conclusion of the conference.
The conference of the Association of SAARC Speakers and
Parliamentarians was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
July 9.
It had delegates from Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh,
Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Maldives.
The 6th conference of the association will be held in Islamabad
next year and the seventh in the Maldives in 2013.
Meira Kumar also met her counterparts from Bangladesh, Maldives
and Nepal on the sidelines of the conference Monday.
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