Manama – The 146th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), with the participation of Angola, opens this Saturday in one of the halls of the Exhibition World Bahrain (EWB), in Manama, capital of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The event, which will be attended by 1,300 parliamentarians from 178 national parliaments and 12 regional assemblies, will be focused on analysing the organisation’s strategies to combat climate change, accountability at all levels and the transformation of speeches into actions, until the 15th of this month.
Also on the agenda is the strengthening of climate legislation to reduce emissions of polluting gases and support for a transition to clean energy.
The Angolan delegation, headed by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira, has on the agenda, before the opening ceremony of the event, to participate in the meeting of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP)’s Group, which will serve to define strategies for action of the bloc during the event.
On Friday, the day before the start of the event, the Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s Group, at a strategic meeting, submitted to its members the approval of the reports of the Kigali Meeting (Rwanda), held in October 2022, the report of the executive committee, as well as the analysis of emergency points on the situation in some countries in the region and the filling of vacancies in the organisation.
The parliamentarians of the SADC Group expressed support during the meeting for Angola to host, in October this year, the 147th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IUP).
During the meeting, Angola also presented its candidacy to occupy the vacant position in the SADC Youth Group.
Regarding the support and vote of confidence of the SADC Group, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira, said it was the recognition of Angola´s role in the region.
Carolina Cerqueira said that the country has the human, material and technical conditions to host the next assembly of the IPU.
On the sidelines of the meetings of the SADC and African Geopolitical groups, on Friday Carolina Cerqueira had a meeting with a delegation from the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), led by its Vice Speaker, Andre Mbata, to discuss the situation in the easernt region of the DRC and the state of the bilateral cooperation between the two parliaments.
The Angolan official expressed full support and solidarity for an urgent and lasting peace that will bring more stability to Central Africa, particularly in the Great Lakes sub-region, regional security and alleviate the suffering of the local populations.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is the main parliamentary interlocutor of the United Nations.
Source: Angola Press News Agency (APNA)