IPU-144 emphasizes urgent need to tackle climate crisis

According to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Jakarta, in closing remarks, Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives Puan Maharani said that the IPU-144 had held many discussion sessions on climate change, peace issues and crisis risks, and sought Find solutions to these burning problems and challenges.

The Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives emphasized that the IPU is a “bridge” for different positions between countries on different issues. According to Ms. Puan, the IPU is a forum for the international community to see that the National Assembly always encourages international cooperation to promote global solidarity.

The Nusa Dua Declaration outlines the actions that Member Parliaments need to take to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, including accelerating the transition to clean energy, ensuring the integration of vulnerable groups, and strengthen global cooperation towards common climate solutions.

Regarding this issue, IPU President Duarte Pacheco emphasized: “The time has come to act and time is running out. IPU-144 needs to mobilize all National Assembly deputies. We need to set an example and act decisively before it’s too late. Don’t let the people and the young generation put their trust in us!”

For his part, the Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives said that international commitments are meaningless if they are not implemented at the national level. Parliaments need to develop appropriate national legal instruments, budgets and monitor the implementation of various international commitments, while mobilizing emissions reductions, strengthening adaptation efforts and implementing them. financing commitments to developing countries.

Earlier, at the discussion sessions, IPU members also highlighted the progress made in the field of combating climate change and the measures being taken to accelerate the non-carbon process; listen to a live presentation by speaker Samuelu Penitala Teo from Tuvalu – a country heavily affected by sea level rise and changing weather patterns.

In the context of the conflict in Ukraine, IPU-144 adopted a landmark resolution entitled “Rethinking and re-adjusting the approach to peace processes to promote lasting peace”, in which reaffirms the IPU’s core principle of dialogue in the settlement of international disputes.

The resolution calls on Parliaments to ensure that peace processes are increasingly inclusive, taking into account all parties, including the voices of women and young people. The resolution addresses the need to establish mechanisms that allow all people affected by conflict to speak up.

The IPU General Assembly also passed a Resolution on Leveraging information and communication technology to support the education sector, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. The resolution aims to build on distance learning experiences and expand access to education.

In addition, within the framework of IPU-144, the delegates also heard the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBT) Robert Floyd present a report, which called on countries to comply treaty to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons testing.

IPU-144 is hosted by the National Assembly of Indonesia and brings together delegates from more than 110 Member Parliaments, including 30 National Assembly Chairmen. This is one of the first large-scale live events held in the region since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Within the framework of IPU-144, the delegation of the National Assembly of Vietnam led by Chairman of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee Vu Hai Ha had a series of activities such as attending meetings, discussions and contacts. On the sidelines of the closing ceremony, Comrade Vu Hai Ha met with the Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives; congratulate the success of the IPU-144; Thank you for the respectful welcome and hospitality of the National Assembly of the host country.

Founded in 1889 with headquarters in Switzerland, IPU is one of the world’s oldest multilateral organizations. The IPU currently brings together 178 Member Parliaments and 14 regional parliamentary organizations with a mission to promote democracy and help parliaments become stronger, younger, more gender-balanced and more diverse.