Summary Records of the Proceedings of the 130th IPU Assembly Geneva 16-20 March 2014 Table of contents Page(s) Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 4 Opening of the 130th Assembly · Speech by Mr. M. Abdelwahad Radi, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union ........... 5 · Speech by Mr. Michael Møller, Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva ..................................................................................................................... 6 · Tribute to Mr. Anders B. Johnsson, outgoing General Secretary of the Inter- Parliamentary Union ……………………………… ............................................................ 7 Organization of the work of the Assembly · Opening of the General Debate .................................................................................... 9 · Consideration of requests for the inclusion of an emergency item in the Assembly agenda ......................................................................................................... 18 · Final agenda ................................................................................................................. 20 General Debate on the overall theme: The IPU at 125: Renewing our commitment to peace and democracy ...................................................................................................... 9 · Speech by Mr. Mustafa Ben Jaafar, Speaker of the National Constituent Assembly of Tunisia .......................................................................................................................... 12 · Resumption of the General Debate ............................................................................... 13 · Interactive discussion with Mr. William Lacy Swing, Director General, International Organization for Migration ............................................................................................. 33 Plenary debate on the emergency item: Helping to restore peace and security and consolidate democracy in the Central African Republic: The contribution of the IPU .............. 43 Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: The contribution of parliaments (Standing Committee on Peace and International Security) · Adoption of the Agenda ......…………………………………………………………………… 60 · Approval of the summary records of the Committee's session held on the occasion of the 128th IPU Assembly in Quito (March 2013) .......................................................... 60 · Election of the Standing Committee Bureau .................................................................. 60 · Preparation and adoption of a draft resolution ............................................................... 69 · Presentation of the preliminary draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs, followed by a debate ..................................................................................................... 61 · Appointment of a rapporteur to the 130th Assembly ....................................................... 72 Inter-Parliamentary Union – 130th Assembly Summary Records Page(s) · Preparations for future Assemblies (a) Proposals for a subject item to be considered by the Committee ............................ 72 (b) Proposals for two co-Rapporteurs .......................................................................... 72 (c) Proposals for the future work plan ......................................................................... 72 Towards risk-resilient development: Taking into consideration demographic trends and natural constraints (Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade) · Adoption of the Agenda ................................................................................................ 74 · Approval of the summary records of the Committee's session held on the occasion of the 128th IPU Assembly in Quito (March 2013) ........................................... 74 · Election of the Standing Committee Bureau .................................................................. 74 · Presentation of the preliminary draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs, followed by a debate ..................................................................................................... 74 · Preparation and adoption of a draft resolution ............................................................... 82 · Appointment of a rapporteur to the 130th Assembly ....................................................... 82 · Preparations for future Assemblies (a) Proposals for a subject item to be considered by the Committee ............................ 83 (b) Proposals for two co-Rapporteurs .......................................................................... 83 (c) Proposals for the future work plan ......................................................................... 83 The role of parliaments in protecting the rights of children, in particular unaccompanied migrant children, and in preventing their exploitation in situations of war and conflict (Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights) · Adoption of the Agenda ................................................................................................ 84 · Approval of the summary records of the Committee's session held on the occasion of the 128th IPU Assembly in Quito (March 2013) ........................................... 84 · Election of the Standing Committee Bureau .................................................................. 84 · Presentation of the preliminary draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs, followed by a debate ..................................................................................................... 84 · Preparation and adoption of a draft resolution ............................................................... 92 · Appointment of a rapporteur to the 130th Assembly ....................................................... 92 · Preparations for future Assemblies (a) Proposals for a subject item to be considered by the Committee ........................... 92 (b) Proposals for two co-Rapporteurs .......................................................................... 93 · Any other business ....................................................................................................... 95 Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs · Adoption of the Agenda ................................................................................................ 96 · Approval of the summary records of the Committee's session held on the occasion of the 129th IPU Assembly in Geneva (October 2013) ..................................... 96 · Election of the Standing Committee Bureau .................................................................. 96 · Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments and the IPU ..................... 96 · Discussion of the parliamentary contribution to the United Nations process of devising the next generation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) ...................................... 102 · Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the IPU ............................................................ 108 · Panel discussion on Promoting the child's best interest: The case of migrant children ... 111 · Panel discussion on Reasons for the high turnover of parliamentarians at elections ...... 117 2 Inter-Parliamentary Union – 130th Assembly Summary Records Page(s) Adoption of resolutions, final documents and reports · General Debate ......................................................................................................... 122 · Emergency item ......................................................................................................... 122 · Standing Committee on Peace and International Security ........................................... 122 · Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade ....................... 124 · Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights .............................................. 124 · Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs ........................................................... 125 Approval of the subject items to be taken up by the Standing Committees and appointment of the Rapporteurs .................................................................................... 125 Closure of the Assembly ................................................................................................ 126 Annexes I. Chair’s summary of the debate on The IPU at 125: Renewing our commitment to peace and democracy ................................................................................... 128 II. Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: The contribution of parliaments (item 4) Text of the resolution .............................................................................. 130 III. Towards risk-resilient development: Taking into consideration demographic trends and natural constraints (item 5) Text of the resolution .............................................................................. 133 IV. The role of parliaments in protecting the rights of children, in particular unaccompanied migrant children, and in preventing their exploitation in situations of armed conflict (item 6) Text of the resolution .............................................................................. 137 V. Report of the Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs (item 7) ................ 142 VI-A–VI-C Results of roll-call vote on proposals