(Geneva) – The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has accepted a proposal tabled by the United Arab Emirates Parliamentary Division to issue a statement condemning terrorism. The UAE motion was presented to the IPU’s Secretariat General by Rashid Al Shuraiqi, MP and member of the IPU’s Executive Committee, during the 131st IPU Assembly, which concluded in Geneva.
The IPU president, in a statement, urged member parliaments to make every-effort to stem the spread of terrorism and extremism and to continue protecting human rights, including those of women.
Expressing deep concern at the spread of terrorism in the world at the close of the 131st IPU Assembly, the IPU Executive Committee, which oversees the organisation’s workTel, condemned all forms of violence and terror and the political Instability and destruction they bring.
(Courtesy WAM)