Upon the kind invitation of Hon. Abdelwahad Radi President of the Inter-parliamentary Union, and H. E. Mr. Anders B. Johnsson IPU Secretary General, His Excellency Prof. Dr. Mahmud Erol KILIC Secretary General of PUIC together with H.E. Amb. Mohammadi Sijani PUIC Assistant Secretary General Participated in the 2013 Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations which took place on 14 and 15 November in New York. 

This year’s Parliamentary Hearing was Entitled "Re-thinking Sustainable Development: The Quest for a "transformational" Global Agenda in 2015. 
It aimed at providing a parliamentary contribution to the on-going debate at the United Nations and in capitals around the world on the development agenda after 2015, when leading development commitments are set to expire.
The meeting took place in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber inside the main UN Secretariat Building. It was attended by a number of members of parliaments including some PUIC Member Parliaments (especially His Excellency Syed Nayyer Hussain Bokhari? President of the Senate of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan) , United Nations officials, representatives of United Nations diplomatic community, as well as scholars and leading academics.
At the opening welcome speeches were delivered by: Hon. Abdelwahad Radi President of the IPU, H.E. Mr. John W. Ashe President of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency Mr. Néstor Osorio President of ECOSOC. And the message of His Excellency United Nations Secretary-General to the Inter-parliamentary Union Annual Parliamentary Hearing was also delivered.
In the Working Sessions Participants were informed about the 128th IPU Assembly and "Quito Communique", the Report of the UN Secretary-General, and some other important issues.

4 December 2013