Emirates News Agency – Federal National Council attends Inter-Parliamentary Union Executive Committee meeting in Angola

Luanda, October 21 / WAM / Chairman of the UAE Parliamentary Section Committee at the Inter-Parliamentary Union and representative of the Arab Geopolitical Group at the Union’s Executive Committee, Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi participated in the 291st meeting of the Committee. , held today, Saturday, in Luanda, Republic of Angola, as part of the 147th Assembly of the Union and 212th Governing Council meeting.

During the meeting, the minutes of the previous session of the board meeting held in Lisbon were approved and the President of the Federation, His Excellency Duarte Pacheco, presented a report on its activities since the last Governing Council meeting. It was held in Manama, the capital of Bahrain.

A report on the activities of the Union was presented by the Secretary General of the Union, Martin Songgong. According to its strategy for the period 2022-2026, the digital transformation plans of the Union were also reviewed. Efforts at the Parliamentary Conference on Peace, Inclusion and the Rule of Law, Interfaith Dialogue, and United Nations resolutions promote tolerance, combat hatred, and encourage interfaith and intercultural dialogue.

The Executive Committee also discussed issues related to membership of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, membership reports on follow-up of decisions of the Union, financial issues and opening of regional offices for the Union, Union’s policy against harassment, amendments. Law of the Union and election of new President of the Union.

The report of the Union’s working group on the Ukrainian crisis, concerned with openness and transparency and cooperation between the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Association of Secretaries General of National Parliaments, was supplemented by the election. New Vice-Chairmen of the current session.