China's Top Legislator Elected AAPP Chairman

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China's Top Legislator Elected AAPP Chairman

China's top legislator Li Peng was elected chairman of the Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP) at the First Plenary Session of the organization's third annual meeting being held in Chongqing Wednesday. Li expresse confidence that with joint efforts from all its members the AAPP mechanism would further improve, and its activities would be more rich and colorful.

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Introduction of Association of Asian Parliaments for Peace (AAPP)

Created in September of 1999, the AAPP is the largest inter-parliamentarian organization in Asia with 36 member states and 15 non-member states.

In line with the theme of "peace and development", lawmakers every year will discuss a wide spectrum of issues including multi-polarization in the world politics, world peace, economic globalization and its ensuing impact upon developing nations and how to strengthen international cooperation for a new international political and economic order.

After the election, the new chairman said the exchanges and dialogues between parliaments of Asian nations would be conducive to facilitating inter-parliamentary relations and the development of state-to-state ties, which would promote peace and stability in the region and the world.

Li, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, expressed his appreciation for the performance of his predecessor Norodom Ranarith during the past year as AAPP chairman. Ranarith is president of the Cambodian National Assembly.

Li expresse confidence that with joint efforts from all its members the AAPP mechanism would further improve, and its activities would be more rich and colorful.

Ranarith presided over the first half of the plenary session, during which Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the Democratic People'sRepublic of Korea (DPRK), the Philippines and Tajikistan and Bhutan were accepted as new AAPP members.

The second half of the plenary session was presided over by the newly elected chairman Li Peng, who also appointed He Chunlin, secretary-general of China's NPC Standing Committee, as AAPP secretary general.

After the procedure, leaders of delegations from a number of countries spoke at the meeting.

The AAPP was formally launched in September 1999 in Dacca, capital of Bangladesh, and now has 36 member countries.

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