H.E. the PUIC Secretary General, Prof Mahmud Erol KILIC, accompanied by H.E. Ambassador Ali Asghar Mohammadi Sigani, participated in the proceedings of the 7th Plenary Session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA), in Lahore, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, on 1-3 December 2014, under the slogan “Quest for Asian Parliament in Asian Century”.

The second Executive Council Meeting was held during the same period and in the same venue.
H. E. the PUIC Secretary General delivered a speech before the attendants in which he stated that the slogan of the APA Session  reflected a strategic vision of a parliamentary endeavor which is capable of gearing up its parliament activities and actions for the sake of positive and constructive interaction with the challenges and horizons of the “Asian Century”. He also said that we live in an age in which extremism and intolerance constitute a major element, and that we must take precautionary and preventive steps to steer clear from the devastating consequences of immoderation.
The items of the agenda of the APA Session included discussion of the issue of an Asian Parliament. They also include a meeting of the APA Women Parliamentarians. At the end of the Session the Lahore Declaration was adopted.

10 December 2014