21 October 2014 -  PUIC Desk 

PUIC delegations participating in the 131th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), held their annual meeting at 12:30, on Sunday, 12th October 2014 on the Third Floor of the CICG in Rooms Nos.5 & 6, Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting was chaired by H.E. Marzouq Ali M. Al-Ghanim, Speaker of the National Assembly of Kuwait, and in the presence of H.E. Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, President of the House of Councilors of Morocco, and the participation of more than 150 delegates representing PUIC Member Parliaments.
After a brief speech delivered by H.E. the PUIC Secretary General Prof. Mahmud Erol KILIC, He informed the participants that the venue of the 10th Conference, that was supposed to be held in Mali, has been changed to Turkey. Then he discussed the Agenda Items, including “Adopting a unified position regarding issues of common concern for the Islamic Group on the Emergency Agenda Items of the 131st Assembly Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.” And “Supporting the candidacy for the Presidency of IPU of :- Mr.  Saber H. Chowdhury from Bangladesh; (Proposed by Bangladesh), Dr. Nurhayati Ali Assegaf from Indonesia; (Proposed by Indonesia) and Mr. Abdulla Shahid from Maldives (Proposed by Maldives).”
At the 131st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) the participants elected Mr.  Saber H. Chowdhury from Bangladesh, as the new president of the IPU. Mr.   Chowdhury will replace H.E. Mr. Abdulwahid Radi from Morocco.