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ICAPP-2012 Dec. (3) Summary Report of the 7th General Assembly Baku, Azerbaijan, November 21-23, 2012 Secretariat International Conference of Asian Political Parties Table of Contents I. Documents of the GA 1. Program……………………………………………………………………..…..…….5 2. List of Participating Political Parties and Observers………………………..….…….7 3. List of Candidates for the Bureau…………………………………………..……….15 4. Conference Procedures…………………………………………………….………..17 5. Recommendation for the Amendment of the ICAPP Charter………………….……18 6. List of Speakers at the Plenary Sessions……………………………………….……19 7. New List of the ICAPP Standing Committee………………………………….……23 II. Presentations by Speakers 1. Welcoming Remarks - H.E. Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan and Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party, delivered by Hon. Ramiz Mehdiyev, Chief of Presidential Administration, Office of the President of Azerbaijan……….......................................................26 - Hon. Ali Javad Ahmadov, Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary of the New Azerbaijan Party, and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 7th GA….28 2. Congratulatory Message - H.E. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations………………….30 3. Opening Remarks - Hon. Jose de Venecia, Jr., Founding Chairman of the ICAPP and Co-Chairman of the ICAPP Standing Committee……………………………………………31 - Hon. Du Qinglin, Member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)……………………………………………………………………………40 - Hon. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia and Senior Leader of the Cambodian People’s Party……………………………………………………..43 - Hon. Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Former President of Bangladesh and Chairman of Jatiyo Party of Bangladesh……………………………………………………47 - Hon. Madhav Kumar Nepal, Former Prime Minister and Senior Leader of CPN(UML)……………………………………………………………………..49 4. Keynote Speeches by Representatives - Hon. Raffi K. Hovannisian, Chairman, Heritage Party of Armenia……………51 - Hon. Natik Aliyev, Minister of Energy Industry of Azerbaijan………..………53 - Hon. Rauf Gurbanov, Chairman, Communist Party of Azerbaijan……………56 - Hon. Asim Mollazade, Chairman of Azerbaijan Democratic Reform Party……58 - Hon. Abdul Matin Khasru, Former Minister of Law, Justice and Placement Affairs, and Secretary for Legal Affairs of the Central Committee, Bangladesh Awami League…………………………………………………………………59 - Hon. Keo Puth Reasmey, Chairman of the Party and Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia with the rank of Deputy Prime Minister….……..67 - Hon. Dr. Barun Mukherji, MP and National Secretary of All India Forward Bloc...71 - Hon. Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Member of the National Executive and Political Associate to the National President, Bharatiya Janata Party of India………..…73 1 - Mr. Happy Bone Zulkarnain, Vice Secretary General, GOLKAR Party, Indonesia………………………………………………………………………...78 - Hon. Dr. Anis Byarwati Burhanuddin, Head of the Central Executive Board for Women Affairs of the Prosperous Justice Party of Indonesia…………………..80 - Hon. Dr. Anis Byarwati Burhanuddin (Special Workshop on Women Politicians)…………………………………………………..…………………..82 - Hon. Dr. Hassan Ghafouri Fard, Former Vice President and Member of the Central Committee of Islamic Motalefeh Party of Iran…………………………84 - Mr. Mahdi Soli, Vice President of the Center for International Affairs and Advisor on International Affairs to Former Vice President, Islamic Motalefeh Party (Special Workshop on Young Political Leaders)…………………………87 - Mr. Ghodrat Ali Heshmatiyan, Member of the Central Council, Iran Parties House……………………………………………………………………………89 - Hon. Yasuo Ogata, Vice Chairperson of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the International Commission of Japanese Communist Party (JCP)…………91 - Hon. Mukhtar Yermen, Deputy Head of Central Office, People’s Democratic Party “Nur Otan” of Kazakhstan………………………………………………..95 - Hon. Hwang Jin-ha, Member of the National Assembly and President of ICAPP Parliamentarians’ Union of the Korean National Assembly, Saenuri (New Frontier) Party, Republic of Korea…………………………………….….……97 - Hon. Dr. Park In-sook, Member of the National Assembly, Saenuri (New Frontier) Party, Republic of Korea (Special Workshop on Women Politicians)……….……………………………………………………….……100 - Hon. Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Deputy Head of the Committee for External Relations of the Central Committee of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party……103 - Hon. Fadi Fawaz, Advisor to the Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Future Movement Party of Lebanon………………………………………………………………105 - Hon. Dr. Chua Soi Lek, President of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)..107 - Mr. Mohamed Imthiyaz, Member of the Council and Register General, Jumhooree Party of Maldives…………………………………………………110 - Hon. Khuldorj Buren-Erdene, Member of the Conference, Mongolian People’s Party……………………………………………………………………………112 - Hon. Upendra Yadav, Chairman of Madhesi People’s Rights Forum, Nepal…114 - Hon. Ms. Sujata Koirala, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Head of International Relations Department of Nepali Congress Party…………...……118 - Hon. Mel Senen S. Sarmiento, Member of the House of Representatives and Secretary General of the Liberal Party of the Philippines……………………..121 - Hon. Gennady Zyuganov, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Russian Federation (CPRF) and Head of the CPRF Faction in the State Duma……………………………………………………………………...……123 - Hon. Somawansa Amarasinghe, Leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People’s Liberation Front) of Sri Lanka…………………………………………………127 - Hon. Daya Dharmapala Kilittuwa Gamage, MP, National Organizer of United National Party of Sri Lanka……………………………………………………129 - Hon. Muhiddin Kabiri, Chairman of Islamic Revival Party, Tajikistan………131 - Hon. Prakob Chirakiti, MP, Democrat Party of Thailand……………….…….133 - Hon. Dr. Nalinee Taveseen, Minister Attached to the Prime Minister’s Office, Pheu Thai Party of Thailand…………………………………………………...138 2 - Hon. Ercan Candan, MP, Member of APA for Turkish Group, Justice and Development Party of Turkey………………………………………………….141 - Hon. Hoang Binh Quan, Chairman of the Central Commission for External Relations and Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam………………………………………………………………..………144 - Mr. Itaru Ishii, Executive Deputy Director, CAPDI Japan (Special Workshop on Young Political Leaders)………………………………...…………………….147 - Hon. Gustavo Carvajal Moreno, Deputy President of COPPPAL and Former President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of Mexico..................148 - Dr. Max Georg Meier, Permanent Representative for Central Asia, Hanns Seidel Foundation..........................................................................................................150 - Dr. Jiang Mingjun, Director General of International Eco-Safety Cooperative Organization (IESCO)…………………………………………………………151 5. Report on the Discussion of Special Workshop on Women Politicians - Hon. Malahat Ibrahim qizi, MP, New Azerbaijan Party, and Hon. Dr. Park In- sook, Member of the National Assembly, Saenuri Party, Republic of Korea....154 6. Closing Remark - Hon. Chung Eui-yong, Co-Chairman of the Standing Committee and Secretary General of the ICAPP………………………………………………………….157 III. ICAPP Charter and Major Understandings reached at the SC Meetings 1. ICAPP Charter (As amended at the 7th GA on November 23, 2012)………...……161 2. Major Understandings……………………………………………..………………166 3 Documents of the GA 4 Program of the 7th General Assembly of the ICAPP (Baku, Azerbaijan, November 21-24, 2012) Wednesday, November 21 Arrival and Registration of Delegates - Venue: Grand Ballroom, Hilton Hotel th 21:00-23:30 18 Meeting of the ICAPP Standing Committee - Venue: 2nd Floor, “Sevda” Room, Hilton Hotel Thursday, November 22 09:00-09:30 Depart Hotel by bus to the Gulustan Palace (Istiqlaliyyat str.1) 10:00-12:00 Opening Session - Venue: Main Hall, Gulustan Palace 12:00-12:30 Coffee Break 12:30-13:30 First Plenary Session 13:45-14:00 Group photo 14:00-15:00 Lunch - Venue: Main Hall, Gulustan Palace 15:00-16:30 Second Plenary Session 16:30-17:00 Coffee Break 17:00-18:00 Third Plenary Session 18:00 Depart Gulustan Palace by bus to the Hotel 19:00-22:00 Dinner Host: Hon. O. Asadov, Speaker of Parliament - Venue: 2nd Floor, “Sevda” Room, Hilton Hotel Friday, November 23 08:30 Depart Hotel by bus to the Gulustan Palace 09:20-11:00 Fourth Plenary Session - Venue: Main Hall, Gulustan Palace 09:20-11:00 Special Workshop on Young Political Leaders - Venue: Conference Room I, Gulustan Palace 09:20-11:00 Special Workshop on Women Politicians - Venue: Conference Room II, Gulustan Palace 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break 11:30-12:40 Fifth Plenary Session 12:40-13:40 Sixth Plenary Session 13:40-15:00 Lunch - Venue: Main Hall, Gulustan Palace 15:00-16:00 Closing Session 16:15 Depart Gulustan Palace by bus to the Hotel 16:30-17:00 Courtesy Call on H.E. Artur Rasizade, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan by SC Members 20:00 Gala Dinner to be hosted by the New Azerbaijan Party - Venue: “Sharg” Room, Marriott-Absheron Hotel Saturday, November 24 Optional Tour of Baku/ Departure of Delegates 10:30 Group I - Asteshgah Fire Temple - Gala Ethnography Museum 5 - Lunch at the Museum Area 10:30 Group II - National Flag Square - National Seaside Park - Lunch at the Sahil Restaurant 10:30 Group III - Old City Complex (Maiden Tower, Caravanserai, Shirvanshahs Palace, Blue Mosque, etc.) - Lunch at the Baku Business Center 6 List of Participating Political Parties and Observers in the 7th General Assembly of the ICAPP (Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 21-24, 2012) Political Parties
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    AZERBAIJAN: THE REPRESSION GAMES THE VOICES YOU WON’T HEAR AT THE FIRST EUROPEAN GAMES 1 The first ever European Games are due to take place in (Above) Flame Towers in downtown Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on 12-28 June 2015. This Baku © Amnesty International multi-sport event will involve around 6,000 athletes and features a new state-of-the-art stadium costing some US$640 million. The games will give a huge boost to the government’s campaign to portray Azerbaijan as a progressive and politically stable rising economic Key Country Facts power. According to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, the hosting of the European Games ‘will enable Azerbaijan to assert itself again Head of State throughout Europe as a strong, growing and a modern state.’2 President Ilham Aliyev But behind the image trumpeted by the government of a forward-looking, Head of Government modern nation is a state where criticism of the authorities is routinely Artur Rasizadze and increasingly met with repression. Journalists, political activists and human rights defenders who dare to challenge the government face Population trumped up charges, unfair trials and lengthy prison sentences. 9,583,200 In recent years, the Azerbaijani authorities have mounted an Area unprecedented clampdown on independent voices within the country. 86,600 km2 They have done so quietly and incrementally with the result that their actions have largely escaped consequences. The effects, however, are unmistakable. When Amnesty International visited the country in March 2015, there was almost no evidence of independent civil society activities and dissenting voices have been effectively muzzled.