The National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia is scheduled to host the 9th Plenary Session of the ASIAN Parliamentary Assembly (APA) in the late November to the early December 2016. A preparatory meeting towards the 9th Plenary Session of the APA was held at the National Assembly palace in the morning of 17 June 2016 under the presidency of H.E. Dr. Nguon Nhel, Second Vice-President of the National Assembly, and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 9th Plenary Session of the APA, with the aim of promulgating some decisions for actual implementation in order to ensure the successful organization of this international event.
The Parliament of Cambodia successfully hosted the 8th Plenary Session of the APA in the late 2015, but it is required to host again the 9th Plenary Session of the APA for the consecutive year of 2016.
In the meeting in the morning of 17 June, H.E. Dr. Nguon Nhel, promulgated some decisions made by Samdech Akka Hoha Ponhea Chakrei HENG SAMRIN, President of the National Assembly, and Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister, who have approved the host of 9th Plenary Session of the APA, which will take place in Siem Reap province, the land of Angkor Wat Temple.
H.E. Dr. Nguon Nhel further said the organizing process of the 9th Plenary Session is not different from the 8th plenary in which the organizing committee has established six sub-committees in charge of finance and supply, documentation and meeting preparation, transportation, security, protocol and information and ICT.
According to the schedule, the 9th Plenary Session of the APA will be held from 27 November to 02 December 2016 in the cultural province of Siem Reap Angkor. H.E. Dr. Nguon Nhel asked all concerned officials to begin their work from now on so as to provide effective services to the 9th Plenary Session the same as the 8th Plenary Session, which was hosted in 2015.
The Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) was born out of the Association of Asian Parliamentary for Peace(AAPP) in 2006. AAPP was established in 1999, and transformed into the APA, which currently comprises of 42 Member Parliaments, 16 observers and 10 partner organizations.
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