SE Asian MP's to meet in Hanoi

Fri, 06 Sep 2002 | Source: AFP

VIETNAM: Nearly 400 Southeast Asian parliamentarians will converge on the Vietnamese capital on Sunday for a five-day meeting tackling human rights, terrorism, democracy and other regional issues.

Delegates at the 23rd general assembly of the ASEAN Inter- Parliamentary Organization (AIPO) will also discuss measures to accelerate growth in the region, the body's secretary-general, Vu Mao, said on Thursday.

AIPO is made up of eight states from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations -- Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

The other two ASEAN members not part of the AIPO grouping, Brunei and Myanmar, have no legislatures but will attend the meeting as observers. --AFP

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