The outcome of IPU 132 will be the basis for the UN to set sustainable development goals for the post-2015 period.
Established in 1889, the IPU is an international organization of parliaments of sovereign states. The IPU’s guidelines are peace for all people, equality, humanity, respecting and protecting human rights, national rights, and the right to freedom and happiness.
NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung and IPU President Saber Hossain Chowdhury (L) |
Vietnam raises high the flag of solidarity and peace
The IPU’s guidelines are in line with Vietnam’s aspirations and
development orientation. Hosting IPU-132 as the Union finetunes its
action program to that of the UN for the next 15 years, Vietnam will
advocate democracy, peace, and development worldwide.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said: "If we want unity,
peace, and cooperation worldwide to share and together build happy and
prosperous lives, we must respect human and national rights and build
solidarity from mutual trust. We’ll generate a global power to push
cooperative efforts to success."
Mr. Hung said parliaments have an important role in their nation in
allocating resources, distributing the state budget, creating legal
mechanisms for implementing national target programs, and fulfilling
sustainable development goals.
Mr. Hung said it’s necessary to have consensus and joint actions among
parliaments to realize sustainable development goals: “Vietnam has
proposed sustainable development targets and will exert efforts to turn
words, programs, and resolutions into actions. IPU 132 will set
millennium goals and ways to reach them over the next 15 years.”
Building firm trust
During its 30 years of renewal and integration, Vietnam
has escaped poverty to become a developing, middle-income country. It’s
been a turning point in Vietnam’s global integration. In 36 years of IPU
membership, the Vietnamese National Assembly has always been an active
and responsible member. It has held a number of important positions in
the IPU.
Vietnam has proposed several initiatives to implement millennium
goals like universal primary education, greater gender equality, and a
stronger role and status for women. Vietnam’s achievements in
implementing millennium goals have been hailed internationally.
Vietnam is one of the 5 developing nations in Asia with the highest
percentage of female parliamentarians. Vietnam has used the experience
of other parliaments to improve its own performance and the bonds
between its National Assembly and the IPU. IPU General Secretary Martin
Chungong: “My first program was to work with the Vietnamese parliament
to build its documentation base to help introduce ICT in parliament.
We all understand that it was the NA that initiated the master plan for
ICT in Vietnam. The conference taking place here is one way for Vietnam
to showcase its successes in some areas and also to learn from the
experience of others.”
Vietnam’s active role in IPU, its renewal achievements, and its thorough preparations for IPU 132 will guarantee the success of the IPU 132 event.
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