ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani attended the opening session of Inter-Parliamentary Union's 132nd Assembly in Ha Noi, Vietnam on Sunday which pledged to take practical steps on the Sustainable Development Goals.
He will participate in 70 overall sessions that will discuss and adopt several draft resolutions on cyber warfare, water governance, and international law in relation with national sovereignty, said a press release issued here on Monday.
Speaking at the opening session in Ha Noi, IPU Assembly Chairman, Nguyen Sinh Hung said, "The Sustainable Development Goals: Turning words into action," is extremely important at a time when the 15-year period (2000-2015) for implementation of Millennium Development Goals is about to end and the United Nations is going to adopt an agenda for post-2015 development.
He said the document with a clear message on parliaments' role in implementing the post-2015 development programme that would be submitted to the United Nations General Assembly in September, 2015, which would be a practical contribution to the next phase of development of the international community.
UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser Anina J. Mohammed read UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's message which noted that proposed SDGs must not leave anyone behind and that parliaments could support and facilitate discussions on how each country sees its future sustainable development.
IPU President Saber Chowdhury spoke highly of Viet Nam's thorough preparations for the large-scale diplomatic event, affirming that people's well-being was given a focal position in discussions during the event and pointing to the need to carry out SDGs.
The IPU-132 brought together over 160 participating international delegations, including those from IPU member parliaments, associate members, and foreign organizations.
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