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DELEGASI DPR-RI 137Th IPU GENERAL ASSEMBLY and RELATED MEETINGS 14 – 18 OKTOBER 2017 ST LAPORAN DELEGASI DPR-RI 137th IPU GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND RELATED MEETINGS 14 – 18 OKTOBER 2017 ST. PETERSBURG - RUSIA BADAN KERJA SAMA ANTAR PARLEMEN DEWAN PERWAKILAN RAKYAT REPUBLIK INDONESIA 2017 ©Badan Kerja Sama Antar-Parlemen DPR RI 2017 Badan Kerja Sama Antar-Parlemen (BKSAP) adalah alat kelengkapan DPR RI yang bertugas membina, mengembangkan dan meningkatkan hubungan persahabatan dan kerja sama an- tara DPR RI dengan parlemen-parlemen negara lain baik secara bilateral maupun multilateral, termasuk organisasi regional/ internasional yang menghimpun parlemen-parlemen dan/atau anggota-anggota parlemen negara lain. Lebih lanjut lihat: www.dpr.go.id Semua pertanyaan tentang hak dan izin, termasuk hak-hak tambahan sekaligus saran dan masukan dialamatkan ke: Sekretariat Kerja Sama Organisasi Internasional Biro Kerja Sama Antar-Parlemen Sekretariat Jenderal DPR RI Gedung Nusantara III Lantai 6 Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Jakarta 10270 Indonesia +62 21 5175835, +62 21 5715813 +62 21 5732132 [email protected] Kata Pengantar Assalamualaikum Wr. Wb. Salam sejahtera untuk kita semua, Pertemuan Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) ke-137 mengusung tema “Promoting Cultural Pluralism and Peace through Inter-faith and Inter-ethnic Dialogue” diselenggarakan di St. Petersburg, Rusia pada Oktober 2017. Secara global, tema tersebut sangat relevan karena terkait dengan dinamika politik yang terjadi selama tahun 2017. Di Indonesia, tahun politik diwarnai gesekan antarkelompok dan berkembangnya isu-isu SARA. Ini pelajaran berharga, mengingatkan kita semua akan pentingnya keberagaman, toleransi, dan sikap saling menghormati. Sementara itu di dunia internasional, kita dikagetkan oleh konfik yang terjadi di wilayah Rakhine, Myanmar yang menimbulkan ribuan korban jiwa dari etnis Muslim Rohingya dan ratusan ribu pengungsi. Peristiwa tersebut tidak hanya menimbulkan gejolak internasional, tetapi juga menimbulkan keprihatinan masyarakat Indonesia. DPR RI sebagai lembaga demokrasi Indonesia tentu saja tidak dapat tinggal diam. Masyarakat Indonesia mendesak pemerintah berperan aktif menyelesaikan krisis kemanusiaan Rohingya. Isu Rohingya bukan merupakan isu agama, tetapi isu kemanusiaan, pelanggaran HAM berat yang terjadi di wilayah ASEAN. Sebagai pendiri dan negara senior ASEAN, sudah sepatutnya Indonesia bersikap tegas dan proaktif. Dalam Sidang IPU ke-137 ini, Delegasi DPR RI berkontribusi aktif dalam setiap diskusi untuk memperjuangkan kepentingan dan aspirasi masyarakat Indonesia. Sebagai ujung tombak diplomasi parlemen, DPR RI berinisiatif mengajukan Draft Resolusi mengenai Rohingya sebagai emergency item. Setelah melalui perdebatan panjang, DPR RI bersama tujuh negara lainnya berhasil meloloskan Resolusi berjudul “Ending the grave human crisis, persecution and violent attacks on the Rohingyas as a threat to international peace and security and ensuring their unconditional and safe return to their homeland in Myanmar” yang diadopsi melalui voting di Sidang IPU ke-137. Berita lain yang menggembirakan adalah terpilihnya kembali Ketua Badan Kerja-Sama Antar-Parlemen (BKSAP) Dr. Nurhayati Ali Assegaf sebagai Presiden Komite IHL (Committee to Promote Respect for International Humanitarian Law) hingga Oktober 2018. Selain itu, saya juga mendapatkan kehormatan untuk menyampaikan pandangan Indonesia dalam debate on emergency item. Inisiatif dan kontribusi DPR RI dalam Sidang IPU semakin menegaskan posisi penting Indonesia dalam politik internasional. Pengalaman dan aspirasi yang diperjuangkan Delegasi DPR RI selama mengikuti Sidang IPU ke-137 dituangkan dalam Buku Laporan ini. Semoga tulisan ini dapat menjadi acuan bagi perkembangan legislasi nasional kita di masa mendatang. Terima Kasih dan Semoga Bermanfaat. Wassalamualaikum. Wr. Wb. Dr. H. Fadli Zon, S.S., M.Sc Wakil Ketua DPR-RI Bidang Korpolkam (A-347) Daftar Isi Kata Pengantar Daftar Isi I. PENDAHULUAN II. AGENDA SIDANG III. ISI LAPORAN A. Jalannya Persidangan 1 a. Pertemuan Asia Pacifc Group 3 b. Pertemuan PUIC Grup 6 c. Forum of Women Parliamentarians 6 d. Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the IPU 6 e. Komite International Humanitarian Law 7 f. Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, 8 Finance and Trade 8 g. Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights 8 h. Standing Committee on UN Affairs i. Meeting of the Committee on Middle East Questions 9 B. Partisipasi Delegasi DPR-RI 9 IV. KESIMPULAN DAN SARAN 9 A. Kesimpulan 10 B. Saran 11 V. PENUTUP 12 12 LAMPIRAN: 12 Hasil Sidang 12 Dokumentasi 1 Laporan Delegasi DPR RI 137th IPU GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND RELATED MEETINGS 14 – 18 OKTOBER 2017 ST. PETERSBURG - RUSIA I. Pendahuluan DPR RI melalui Badan Kerjasama Antar-Parlemen (BKSAP) menerima undangan dari Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) untuk menghadiri sidang umum tahunan the 137th IPU General Assembly and Related Meetings yang diselenggarakan di St. Petersburg, Rusia pada tanggal 14-18 Oktober 2017. Inter Parliamentary Union atau IPU adalah organisasi internasional yang didirikan pada 1889 bertujuan untuk mewadahi parlemen dari Negara-negara yang berdaulat. Pada saat ini, IPU adalah satu-satunya organisasi yang mewakili sisi legislatif yang berskala global. Sejumlah parlemen dari 157 negara merupakan anggota dari IPU. Organisasi ini merupakan forum internasional permanen pertama yang membidangi negosiasi politik antar-negara. Misi IPU seperti yang dicantumkan dalam Statutanya adalah memperjuangkan perdamaian dan kerjasama antar bangsa-bangsa dan untuk kedudukan lembaga perwakilan yang kokoh. Dengan mandat yang luas ini, organisasi ini berupaya memperkuat akar demokrasi keparlemenan diseluruh dunia. Partisipasi Delegasi DPR-RI dalam Sidang 137th IPU General Assembly and Related Meetings ini didasarkan pada Surat Keputusan Pimpinan DPR-RI Nomor 136/PIMP/I/2017-2018 tanggal 28 September 2017 dengan susunan delegasi sebagai berikut: 2 Tabel 1. Anggota Delegasi NO NAMA JABATAN 1 Dr. H. Fadli Zon, SS, M.Sc. • Ketua Delegasi DPR RI A- 347 • Wakil Ketua DPR RI/KORPOLKAM • Fraksi Partai GERINDRA • Ketua Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) periode 2015-2017 2 Dr. Nurhayati Ali Assegaf, M.Si. • Anggota Delegasi A-432 • Ketua BKSAP/Anggota Komisi I • Fraksi Partai Demokrat • President of the Committee to Promote Respect for International Hu- manitarian Law of IPU 3 H. Rof Munawar, Lc. • Anggota Delegasi A-115 • Wakil Ketua BKSAP/Anggota Komisi VII • Fraksi Partai Keadilan Sejahtera • Member of Committee on Middle East Question of IPU 4 Siti Hediati Soeharto • Anggota Delegasi A-281 • Wakil Ketua BKSAP/Ketua Desk Kerjasama Internasional • Anggota Komisi IV • Fraksi Partai Golongan Karya 5 Dr. Evita Nursanty, M.Sc. • Anggota Delegasi A-171 • Anggota BKSAP/Anggota Komisi I • Fraksi PDI Perjuangan • Member of IPU Standing Committee on United Nations Afairs 6 Vanda Sarundajang. • Anggota Delegasi A-224 • Anggota BKSAP/Anggota Komisi X • Fraksi PDI Perjuangan 7 Dwie Aroem Hadiatie, S.I.Kom. • Anggota Delegasi A-247 • Anggota BKSAP/Anggota Komisi VI • Fraksi Partai Golkar 8 Dr. H. Jazuli Juwaini, MA • Anggota Delegasi A-117 • Anggota BKSAP /Anggota Komisi I • Fraksi Partai Keadilan Sejahtera 9 H. Jon Erizal, SE, MBA • Anggota Delegasi A-463 • Anggota BKSAP/Anggota Komisi XI • Fraksi Partai Amanat Nasional 10 Amelia Anggraini • Anggota Delegasi A-17 • Anggota BKSAP/Anggota Komisi IX • Fraksi Partai Nasional Demokrat Delegasi didampingi oleh sekretaris delegasi yang terdiri dari pejabat sekretaris Jenderal DPR-RI Staf bagian Kerjasama Antar Parlemen DPR-RI, Tenaga Ahli BKSAP, dan KBRI Moscow. 3 II. Agenda Sidang Tabel 1. Agenda Sidang 137th IPU General Assembly and Related Meetings PUKUL KEGIATAN/TEMPAT Sabtu, 14 Oktober 2017 08.30 – 10. 00 Registrasi Delegasi 08.45 – 09.15 ASEAN +3 Meeting Venue: Event Hall, Parliamentary Centre 09.00 – 10.00 Asia Pacifc Group Meeting (TBC) 10.00 – 11.00 Meeting of Advisers and Secretaries to Delegations Venue: Hall no. 1 (Ground Floor), Tavrichesky Palace 09.00 – 11.00 APA Coordination and Cooperation Meeting Venue: Hall no. 16, Ground Floor, Tavrichesky Palace 10.30 – 13.00 Forum of Women Parliamentarians 14.30 – 17.30 Venue: Dumsky Hall, Tavrichesky Palace 12.00 – 12.30 Consultation Meeting of the PUIC Group 15.00 – 18.00 Committee on Middle East Questions Venue: Reading Room, Tavrichesky Palace * (in camera meeting) 19.30 – 20.30 Inaugural Ceremony Venue: ExpoForum. St. Petersburg Minggu, 15 Oktober 2017 07.30 – 08.30 Breakfast meeting delegasi Venue: Hotel Corinthia 09.00 – 11.00 Governing Council Venue: Dumsky Hall (Ground Floor), Tavrichesky Palace 09.00 – 10.30 Bureau of Standing Committee on United Nations Afairs Venue: Multi functional Hall (2nd Floor), Parliamentary Center 1. The Role of the UN General Assembly in International gover nance: what path forward 2. The Parliamentary dimension to the United Nations – 20 years in the making 09.30 – 13.00 Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights Venue: Hall no. 1 (ground foor), Tavrichesky Palace Presentation and debate of draft resolution on sharing our diversity: the 20th anniversary of the universal declaration on Democracy 10.00 – 13.00 Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the IPU Venue: Multi-functional Hall (2nd Floor), Parliamentary Center 11.00 – 13.00 Assembly Venue: Dumsky Hall (Ground foor), Tavrichesky Palace Start of the General Debate on Promoting Cultural Pluralism and peace through inter-faith and ethnic dialogue 4 PUKUL KEGIATAN/TEMPAT Minggu, 15 Oktober 2017 14.30 – 17.00 Assembly Venue: Dumsky Hall (Ground foor), Tavrichesky Palace General Debate 14.30 – 18.30 Standing Committee
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