The conference adopted the Declaration on Parliamentary leadership for more effective multilateralism that delivers peace and sustainable development for the people and planet.
Through the Declaration, leaders of parliaments and IPU President affirmed that they will always stand side by side with parliamentarians and people in this historic time as the world faces the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that this pandemic is a borderless crisis with its impact felt at all levels.
Speakers of Parliament emphasised that the global challenges require global solutions, in which strengthening multilateralism and international solidarity is more important than ever.
They affirmed their belief in and support of the purposes and principles set out in the Charter of the United Nations and that the role of the United Nations is increasingly necessary as the cornerstone of strong and effective global actions.
The year 2020 marks the start of the Decade of Action on Sustainable Development Goals, so Speakers of Parliament called on nations around the world to take bold steps to bring this agenda into reality.
Speakers of Parliament also committed to duplicating their efforts to help achieve these goals fully and effectively through parliamentary activities.
On the first working day of the conference, Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan delivered a speech on “Stepping up parliamentary action: climate change urgency”. She agreed that climate change has become ever more urgent, particularly as the world is being severely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The National Assembly of Vietnam has been working closely with the Government in responding to climate change via improving the legal framework on environmental protection and prioritising resources for the implementation of programmes on climate change response and sustainable development,” she said.
