World News | Rajya Sabha Dy Chairman Harivansh to lead delegation in Rwanda to IPU 145th General Assembly

Amit Kumar

New Delhi [India]October 9 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh will lead a parliamentary delegation to Rwanda to attend the 145th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

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A senior parliamentary official told ANI on condition of anonymity that the parliamentary delegation, led by Vice-President Rajya Sabha, will depart today for the Rwandan capital Kigali for the 145th session of the IPU, which will be held from 11 to 15. (IPU) General Assembly October.

“A 12-member delegation including Vice-President Rajya Sabha Harivansh, Rajya Sabha MP Kartikeya Sharma, Secretary-General Rajya Sabha PC Mody, Lok Sabha MP Diya Kumari, Vishnu Dayal Ram and other MPs and parliamentary officials will attend the IPU General Assembly,” Parliamentary officials tell ANI

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Sources from parliament further told ANI that this year, issues such as gender-sensitive parliaments, women’s empowerment, food security and climate change, cyber security, population migration due to war, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), tackling growing hunger The famine will be discussed during the five-day conference in Kigali, Rwanda.

“Under the leadership of Harivansh, the Indian delegation will present and defend India’s views and efforts on these issues,” the source said.

The IPU is the association of all parliaments in the world in which contemporary issues facing humanity are discussed and a roadmap for the future is decided.

Previously, Harivansh went to Jakarta to attend the 8th G20 Speakers Summit with the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Ombira.

At the summit, Harivansh spoke on “social inclusion, gender equality and women’s empowerment” at a meeting of G20 speakers in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday.

In Jakarta, Vice President Rajya Sabha met with his Korean counterpart Kim Young Joo and stressed the importance of the overall relationship between India and the Republic of Korea. (ANI)

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