Saber elected IPU standing committee president
Ruling Awami League (AL) lawmaker Saber Hossain Chowdhury has been elected president of Inter Parliamentary Union's (IPU) First Standing Committee (Peace & International Security).
Established in 1889 with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, IPU is an international organisation of parliaments of sovereign States, currently with 155 members.
Saber, chair of Bangladesh Parliament's All Party Parliamentary Group on Climate Change and Environment and global council member of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non Proliferation and Disarmament, is the first Bangladeshi parliamentarian to be elected for the post.
The election took place at IPU's 124th Assembly at Panama City, concluding yesterday, where Deputy Speaker of Parliament Col (retd) Shawkat Ali led the Bangladesh delegation.
IPU is the focal point for worldwide parliamentary democracy and a centre for dialogue and parliamentary diplomacy among legislators representing every political system and all major political leanings in the globe.
IPU constitutes a unique platform for observing and shaping political opinions and trends around the world and supports and works in close cooperation with the efforts of United Nations. It also cooperates with international intergovernmental organisations.
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