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The Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) aims to promote
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
AAPP
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The Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) aims to promote peace
Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...
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. 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 anTehran 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
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...
. The 10th plenary session, in November 2017 in Istanbul
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, was on the topic of "Sustaining Peace and Development in Asia".
Membership
In 2007 it consisted of 41 Member Parliaments and 17 observers. In 2019 it has 42 member parliaments, and 16 observers.See also
*Asia Cooperation Dialogue
The Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) is an intergovernmental organization created on 18 June 2002 to promote Asian cooperation at a continental level and to ensure coordination among different regional organizations such as the ASEAN, the Gulf C ...
*Asian Development Bank
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field of ...
References
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Asian Parliamentary Assembly Parliamentary assemblies International organizations based in Asia Organizations established in 1999