The Political, Economic and Social Committees of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) approved several resolutions during their meetings as part of the ongoing 43rd AIPA General Assembly (AIPA-43).
Phnom Penh (VNA)💫 – The Political, Economic and Social Committees of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) approved several resolutions during their meetings as part of the ongoing 43rd AIPA General Assembly (AIPA-43).
The Political Committeeadopted a resolution on promoting peace, solidarity and multilateralism viaASEAN’s centrality proposed by Cambodia. The Vietnamese delegation asked to co-sponsor the resolution and made contributions to its contents to reflect AIPA’s interest and voice in promoting ASEAN’s central role and contribute to peace, solidarity anddevelopment in the region.
🐠 The committee also passed aresolution on strengthening parliamentary diplomacy on maritime security toenhance stability in Southeast Asia which was proposed by Indonesia. Vietnam and other participants made suggestions to the draft for more balanced content, which emphasised behaviours in accordance with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and attention to disadvantaged groups.
A resolution on parliamentary diplomacy regarding the implementation of the Five-Point Consensus on Myanmar sponsored by Indonesia was also adopted by the Political Committee.
Meanwhile, the SocialCommittee discussed four draft resolutions. The Report of the AIPAAdvisory Council on Dangerous Drugs’ fifth meeting was adopted with high consensus.
ꦰ Meanwhile, Vietnam and the Philippines asked to co-sponsor a draft resolution on strengthening digitaltransformation for comprehensive social protection initiated by Cambodia, which was accepted by the host country.
Another draft resolution on strengthening social health protection to address challenges inASEAN initiated by Thailand also received support from by AIPA members. The Vietnamese delegation proposed threemore recommendations which were adopted by the meeting.
🐭 The Social Committee also looked into a draft resolution onpromoting youth participation for a prosperous, resilient and sustainable ASEANcommunity proposed by Cambodia.
The Economic Committee’smeeting passed three resolutions. During the discussion of one resolution on promoting parliamentary cooperation for sustainable and inclusive growth inASEAN through the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) approach initiated by Cambodia, the Vietnamese delegation made many suggestions and asked to co-sponsor the resolution, earning agreement from Cambodia. The committee also approved aresolution on empowering micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in digitaltransformation sponsored by Cambodia, and another on optimising the participation of MSMEs in thetourism industry for economic recovery initiated by Indonesia./.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 21 sent a message to the 43rd General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-43), which officially opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia the same day, reiterating Vietnam’s commitment to actively and responsibly participate in multilateral cooperation frameworks in both law execution and making aspects.
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue affirmed that the Vietnamese legislature will make efforts to implement commitments and resolutions to be passed by the 43rd General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-43).
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The Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) delegation has been approved to co-sponsor a draft resolution on enhancing digital transformation for comprehensive social protection as part of the ongoing 43rd General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-43) in Cambodia on November 22.
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At the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
