Mushahid elected Secretary General of CAPDI

Date : May 26, 2013

ISLAMABAD, May 24 (APP): 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 “Mobilizing 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 is Secretary General of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid and Chairman Senate Defence Committee, represented Pakistan.

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.

The participants also called on governments, civilians and academics to develop conservation programs to tackle climate change.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 Philippines president Fidel Ramos, former Philippines parliamentary speaker and CAPDI president Jos’ de Venesia, former Nepalese prime minister and CAPDI vice president Madlav Kumar, and former Indonesian vice president, Jusuf Kalla, who also chaired CAPDI.

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