Tuesday September 6, 2022
The 9th annual conference of the Arab Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (AASGP) wrapped up on Monday in Cairo.
The 9th annual conference of the Arab Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (AASGP), chaired by Qatar and represented by the Shura Council, wrapped up on Monday in Cairo.
HE the Secretary-General of the Shura Council and President of the Arab Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments Dr Ahmed bin Nasser al-Fadhala presided over the two-day conference.
The conference witnessed exchanging views and regulating efforts to upgrade the performance of general secretariats of member parliaments as well as honouring previous secretaries general. Also, the 40th General Assembly was held to ratify the accession of the Arab Parliament to the Arab Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments.
During the conference, the report adopted by the assembly's Executive Committee in its March meeting held in Bali was reviewed.
The report comprised several articles, most notably the approval of the applications of the Federal Parliament of Somalia and Djibouti's National Assembly for membership of the association.
The Arab Parliament proposed preparing a parliamentary guidebook on the jurisdictions and duties of the secretary-general of the Arab Parliaments to be a role model and a significant tool to cope with the latest developments in leading roles undertaken by the secretary-general.
The envisaged guidebook will depend on the study of the best experiences and expertise not only in the Arab countries but at the regional and international levels in a bid to provide a developed and modernised vision of the secretary-general's duties.
Addressing the conference, HE Dr al-Fadhala appreciated the role played by Qatar and its continued and unlimited support for the efforts of secretaries-general at the Arab parliaments. He highlighted the importance of the conference to exchange views and orchestrate efforts to develop the performance of the secretariat-general for member parliaments as entailed by the association's internal regulation.
Since the launch of its first conference in Morocco, the association is used to selecting a definite topic for its annual conferences for discussion, exchanging views and ideas to upgrade the performance of the member parliaments and meet the needs of these parliaments in terms of joint studies, he said, elaborating that the topic of 'Jurisdictions of the Secretaries General of Arab Parliaments' selected for this year's conference will be scrutinised within the framework of the belief in the pivotal roles of secretaries-general in their parliaments.
Qatar, represented by HE al-Fadhala, won the AASGP presidency in the February elections held in Cairo.