Summary Records of the Proceedings of the 133rd IPU Assembly Geneva 15 – 21 October 2015 Table of contents Page(s) Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 4 Opening of the 133rd Assembly · Speech by Mr. S. Chowdhury, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union ..................... 5 · Opening of the General Debate ........................................................................................ 5 · Interventions by special guests: - Mr. W. Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) ...................................................................................................... 5 - Mr. G. Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) ......... 6 - Ms. C. Kashetu Kyenge, Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly ............................................................ 7 · Consideration of requests for the inclusion of an emergency item in the Assembly agenda ............................................................................................................. 17 · Final agenda ..................................................................................................................... 19 General Debate on the overall theme: The moral and economic imperative for fairer, smarter and more humane migration · Resumption of the General Debate .................................................................................. 11 - Interactive debate with Dr. M. Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) .................................................................................................... 33 Plenary debate on the emergency item: The role of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, parliaments, parliamentarians, and international and regional organizations in providing necessary protection and urgent support to those who have become refugees through war, internal conflict and social circumstances, according to the principles of international humanitarian law and international conventions ...................................................................... 20 Adoption of the resolution on the emergency item ............................................................ 42 Inter-Parliamentary Union – 133rd Assembly Summary Records of the Proceedings Page(s) Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights · Adoption of the agenda ..................................................................................................... 56 · Approval of the summary record of the Committee's session held on the occasion of the 132nd IPU Assembly in Hanoi (March-April 2015) .................................................. 56 · Elections to the Bureau .................................................................................................... 56 & 64 · Debate on and adoption of the resolution on Democracy in the digital era and the threat to privacy and individual freedoms ........................................................................... 56 · Appointment of a rapporteur to the 133rd Assembly ......................................................... 64 · Preparations for future Assemblies .................................................................................. 64 Standing Committee on Peace and International Security · Adoption of the agenda ...... …………………………………………………………………… 65 · Approval of the summary record of the Committee's session held on the occasion of the 132nd IPU Assembly in Hanoi (March-April 2015) .................................................. 65 · Elections to the Bureau ..................................................................................................... 65 · Expert hearing on the theme Terrorism: The need to enhance global cooperation against the threat to democracy and individual rights ...................................................... 65 · Workplan for future Assemblies ........................................................................................ 74 Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade · Adoption of the agenda ....... …………………………………………………………………… 75 · Approval of the summary record of the Committee's session held on the occasion of the 132nd IPU Assembly in Hanoi (March-April 2015) .................................................. 80 · Elections to the Bureau ..................................................................................................... 80 · Parliamentary contribution to the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference ........................ 75 · Debate on Ensuring lasting protection against destruction and deterioration for the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of humanity ....................................................... 81 · Future work programme ................................................................................................... 81 Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs · Adoption of the agenda ..................................................................................................... 88 · Approval of the summary record of the Committee's session held on the occasion of the 132nd IPU Assembly in Hanoi (March-April 2015) .................................................. 88 · Elections to the Bureau ..................................................................................................... 88 · Review of the work of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) ................. 88 · Discussion on the role of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the settlement of international disputes ........................................................................................................ 94 · Future work programme ................................................................................................... 88 Forum of Young Parliamentarians of the IPU · Adoption of the agenda ..................................................................................................... 98 · Election of members from the Eurasia Group to the Board of the Forum ........................ 98 · Contribution to the work of the 133rd Assembly ................................................................ 98 · Update and discussion on the Forum's activities (2015-2016) ......................................... 99 · Preparations for the 134th Assembly ................................................................................ 100 · Question and answer session .......................................................................................... 100 Panel discussion on Parliamentary action in meeting international commitments to counter terrorism .................................................................................................................. 102 Parity debate on Parliamentary oversight and political will ..................................................... 108 Open session of the Committee to Promote Respect for International Humanitarian Law .... 113 Panel discussion jointly organized by the IPU and the ASGP on Powerful parliaments: Building capacity for effective parliamentary oversight ........................ 117 2 Inter-Parliamentary Union – 133rd Assembly Summary Records of the Proceedings Page(s) Adoption of resolutions, final documents and reports · General Debate ................................................................................................................ 121 · Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights .................................................. 120 · Approval of the subject item for the Standing Committee on Democracy and th Human Rights for the 135 Assembly and appointment of the Rapporteurs ................... 120 · Standing Committee on Peace and International Security ............................................... 120 · Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade ......................... 121 · Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs ................................................................ 121 Closure of the Assembly ....................................................................................................... 123 Annexes I. Declaration from the General Debate on the theme The imperative for fairer, smarter and more humane migration (Item 3) ............. 125 II. Democracy in the digital era and the threat to privacy and individual freedoms (Item 4) Text of the resolution ................................................................................. 128 III-A – III-C Reports of the Standing Committees on Peace and International Security, Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade and United Nations Affairs ... …. 132-138 IV-A. – IV-D. Results of roll-call vote on proposals for the inculsion of an emergency item on the Assembly agenda ..................................................................................... 139-142 V. The role of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, parliaments, parliamentarians, and international and regional organizations in providing necessary protection and urgent support to those who have become refugees through war, internal conflict and social circumstances, according to the principles of international humanitarian law and international conventions (Item 7) Text of the resolution ................................................................................. 143 VI. Presidential Statement ........................................................................................