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The work of the Standing Committee on Budget and Planning of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) concluded yesterday in Tehran.
In his interventions before the Committee and the Working Group on the revision of the Assembly's Rules of Procedure, MP George Loucaides stressed the need for restructuring and institutional strengthening of the Assembly in order to make it more effective. Mr. Loucaides said that this requires the development of specific tools, through targeted exchange of know-how among the member parliaments of the ACA and in line with the functioning of other international and regional organisations.
Regarding the model for assessing the contribution of parliaments to the budget of the ACA, Mr. Loucaides pointed out that the different capacities and circumstances of each member should be taken into account, in the model of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, where, for the most part, the scale of contribution is calculated on the basis of GDP and population criteria.
Finally, Mr. Loucaides reaffirmed the consistent stance of the House of Representatives on the principles of the APS and the resolutions adopted by this Committee and the Assembly in general and the commitment of the members of the Cypriot delegation to the promotion of the objectives of the Assembly.
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