The resolution on combating corruption calls for an enhanced capacity to fight corruptions which include a strengthened local legislation to enforce anti-corruption measures.
Various members of the parliaments from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Bahrain, Russian Federation and Palau gathered here to discuss issues on combating corruption”, “achieving health equity” and “opportunities and challenges of globalization” in Asia.
In the adopted resolution, the members are encouraged to be signatories to the parties to the United Nation against Corruption in accordance with the APA Plan of Action.
The resolution also recommended to study the need and utility of developing an Asian anti-corruption convention in the next meeting of the sub-committee on combating corruption in 2011.
The subcommittees will also develop an institutional framework to implement the APA Plan of Action, a network of Asian Parliamentarian Against Corruption (NAPAC) where all Asian Parliamentarians may join forces to combat corruption in Asia.
Palau hosted for the first time, the APA meeting which started on March 14 and concluded Tuesday.
APA has a 41-member country and 17 observer countries.
The APA Charter and Tehran Declaration lay out a framework of cooperation among Asian countries for “Asian Integration” of which Palau and other Pacific countries are included.
The APA was established in 2006. It is a continuation of Association of Asian Parliamentary for Peace (AAPP), which was established in 1999.
The AAPP was established in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to promote unity toward the single purpose of peace and a concrete framework for regional cooperation to strengthen human rights protection and democracy. The AAPP was to cultivate strategies for the realization of peace and the right to development as well as social, cultural, and environmental rights of the peoples in Asia.
APA has eleven different subcommittees which deals with major issues facing Asia. Decisions made by the subcommittees are referred to the executive council to be examined and approved. The executive council convenes at least twice a year. The council submits its decisions to the plenary for final approval by the APA member parliaments.
The subcommittee also adopted the resolution of the proposal of the Russian Federation to assist the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Prevention of Illegal Drug Trafficking and Declaration.
