Mushahid elected CAPDI Secretary General

Date : May 26, 2013

The fourth plenary and second general assembly of the Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats International (CAPDI) has elected Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed as its Secretary General for a term of four years. CAPDI is an Asia-wide organisation that brings together political parties, parliamentarians and civil society on one platform with a focus on peace and reconciliation and combating climate change.

The two-day conference was held in Jakarta, Indonesia and carried the theme of "Mobilising governments, political parties and civil societies to promote peace and reconciliation and to fight climate change in Asia." The event consists of 130 political leaders from 19 countries; including 25 CAPDI members, 48 special guests, 39 delegates from Cambodia and 12 delegates from the Philippines.

Senator Mushahid Hussain, Secretary General of Pakistan Muslim League and Chairman Senate Defence Committee, represented Pakistan, a spokesman of PML-Q said. The CAPDI conference was concluded by signing off on the Makassar Declaration, which canvassed political, economic, environmental, social, educative and cultural matters, as well as defence and security.

Among those attended the event were leaders and former heads of state, including Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and his deputy Sok An, former Philippine president Fidel Ramos, former Philippine parliamentary speaker and CAPDI president José de Venesia, former Nepalese prime minister and CAPDI vice president Madlav Kumar, and former Indonesian vice president, Jusuf Kalla, who also chaired CAPDI.

Source: http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/1189104/