The 8th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political parties List of Participants and Observers 8th General Assembly of the ICAPP (Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 18-21, 2014) Political Parties (64 political parties from 29 countries) Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 1. Islamic Party - Hon. Gul Mohammad Gulzai, Deputy Chairman of Political Committee and Advisor at the Ministry of Education Australia, Commonwealth of 2. Liberal Party - Ms. Kalyan Ky, Member of Communities Engagement Committee and Vice President of the Keysborough Electorate Conference Azerbaijan, Republic of 3. Yeni (New) Azerbaijan Party - Hon. Dr. Asaf Hajiyev, Member of Parliament, Head of the International Department of the Party, and Member of the ICAPP Standing Committee - Hon. Dr. Malahat Ibrahimqizi, Member of Parliament and Co-Chairperson of ICAPP Women’s Wing - Mr. Ramin Mammadov, Deputy Chairman of the Youth Union, and Senior Vice Chairperson of the ICAPP Youth Wing - Mr. Mahir Abbasaliyev, Head of Department Bangladesh, People’s Republic of 4. Bangladesh Awami League - Hon. Abdul Matin Khasru, Member of Parliament, Member of the Standing Committee on Estimates Committee of Bangladesh Parliament, Former Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Legal Affairs Secretary of the Central Committee, and Member of the ICAPP Standing Committee 5. Workers’ Party of Bangladesh - Hon. Fazle Hossain Badsha, Member of Parliament and General Secretary of the Party - Hon. Mustafa Lutfullah, Member of Parliament and Member of Political Bureau of the Party 6. National Socialist Party - Hon. Shirin Akhter, Member of Parliament and Member of the Central Standing Committee - Hon. Nazmul Haque Prodhan, Member of Parliament and Member of the Central Standing Committee - Ms. Afroza Haq Rina, President of Woman Front - Mr. Rokonuzzaman Rokon, President of Youth Front - Ms. Shayla Ahmed Lopa, General Secretary of Woman Front - Mr. Md Harun Or Rashid, Organizing Secretary of Youth Front - Mr. Md Shazzad Hossain, Member of the Party - 7. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) - Hon. Shamsher M. Chowdhury, Vice Chairman and Coordinator of Foreign Affairs and Madam Shaheda Yesmin - Hon. Mahbub Alam, Vice President of BNP Shessa Sebok Dal Cambodia, Kingdom of 8. Cambodian People’s Party - Hon. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister in charge of the Office of the Council of Ministers, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party, and Member of the ICAPP Standing Committee, and Madam Annie Sok An - Tan Sri Dr. Chen Lip Keong, Advisor to the Royal Government of Cambodia - Hon. Yos Son, Chairman of the International Relations Commission - Hon. Suos Yara, Member of Parliament, Vice Chairman of the International Relations Commission of the National Assembly, Vice Chairman of the International Relations Commission of the Party, and Deputy Chairman of the ICAPP Youth Wing - Hon. Tekreth Samrach, Secretary of State, Office of the Council of Ministers - Mr. Sok Sokan, Deputy Secretary General of the Royal Government, Office of the Council of Ministers, and Senior Vice Chairperson of the ICAPP Youth Wing - Mr. Kong Chanveasna, Director of International Relations, Office of the Council of Ministers - Mr. Keo Pheakdey, Deputy Director of International Relations, Office of the Council of Ministers - Mr. Dim Sovannarom, Assistant to the Office of the Council of Ministers - Mr. Sun Ly, Assistant to Hon. Sok An - Mr. Chen Yiy Fon, Assistant to Tan Sri Dr. Chen Lip Keong - Mr. Chen Yepern, Assistant to Tan Sri Dr. Chen Lip Keong - Mr. Sim Saravuth, Assistant to Tan Sri Dr. Chen Lip Keong 9. FUNCINPEC Party - Hon. Khuon Phon Rattanak, Member of Board Committee and Vice President of Youth Wing of the Party - Dr. Tee Ching Seng, Counsellor to the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Party, and Senior Vice Chairperson of the ICAPP Youth Wing 10. League for Democracy Party - Hon. Khem Veasna, President of the Party - Hon. E. Sangleng, Deputy President of the Party China, People’s Republic of 11. Communist Party of China - Hon. Chen Fengxiang, Vice Minister of the International Department, Central Committee (IDCPC) - Mr. Zhang Xuyi, Deputy Director General of IDCPC - Mr. Du Xiaolin, Director of IDCPC - Mr. Liu Yongjie, Second Secretary of IDCPC - Mr. Chen Bin, Second Secretary of IDCPC - Mr. Cao Zhigang, Third Secretary and Interpreter - Mr. Du Dong, Director of International Department of All-China Youth Federation East Timor, Democratic Republic of 12. National Congress for Reconstruction of Timor-Leste - Hon. Filomena De Oliveira Camoes, Secretary General of the Woman Organization of the Party 13. Front for National Reconstruction of Timor-Leste – Change - Hon. Vicente Floriano Dias Ximenes, Vice President of the Party, and Madam Benvinda Rodrigues Georgia 14. Labor Party of Georgia - Hon. Shalva Natelashvili, Leader of the Party - Mr. Natelashvili Beka, Representative of International Affairs India, Republic of 15. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - Hon. Polsani Muralidhar Rao, National General Secretary - Hon. Vijay Jolly, Global Convenor, BJP Overseas Affairs - Mr. Nitin Ronghe, Secretary - Mr. Ashish Tulshidas Merkhed, Social Media Co-Convener, BJP Maharashtra State 16. Indian National Congress - Hon. Anil K. Shastri, Senior Leader and Special Invitee of the Congress Working Committee, and Madam Manju Shastri 17. Nationalist Congress Party - Hon. Ganesh Mahadeo Ambike, General Secretary of the Nationalist Youth Congress Indonesia, Republic of 18. GOLKAR Party - Hon. Theo L. Sambuaga, Vice President of the Party and Member of the ICAPP Standing Committee - Amb. Iris Indira Murti, Chairperson of the International Cooperation Division - Hon. Ahmad Doli Kurnia, Vice Secretary General - Ms. Emmalia Natar, Member of the International Cooperation Division 19. Prosperous Justice Party - Dr. Taufik Ramlan Widjaja, Head of Foreign Relations Division - Mr. Achmad Rozi, Legal Division 20. Crescent Star Party - Hon. Wibowo Hadiwardoyo Somodsatro, Secretary General - Hon. Muhammad Taufiek Rahman, Vice Secretary General - Hon. Panhar Makawi Manan, Leader of Law - Hon. Sabar Sitanggang Sampit, Former Vice Secretary General Iran, Islamic Republic of 21. Islamic Motalefeh Party - Hon. Prof. Hassan Ghafouri Fard, Former Vice President of Iran and Member of the ICAPP Standing Committee - Hon. Hamidreza Taraghi, Member of the Central Council and Head of the Center for International Affairs of the Party - Hon. Laleh Eftelchari, Member of the Islamic Parliament of Iran Iraq, Republic of 22. Kurdistan Democratic Party - Hon. Hayman Ahmed HMA Salah, Head of Foreign Relations Office - Mr. Abdulsalam Ibrahim Abdullah, Head of Asian Division of the Foreign Relations Office - Ms. Liza Falakadeen Saber, Member of Foreign Relations Office 23. Islamic Group of Kurdistan - Mr. Dara Mohammed Ameen Saeed, Member of Leadership Japan 24. Democratic Party of Japan - Hon. Satoshi Arai, Member of the House of Representatives, Director-General of the Executive Office, and Former Minister of State for National Policy - Hon. Motohiro Ono, Member of the House of Councillors, Vice Director-General of the International Department, and Secretary General of the General Research Commission on Security 25. Japanese Communist Party - Hon. Kazuo Shii, Chairman of the Party and Member of the House of Representatives - Hon. Yasuo Ogata, Vice Chairperson of the Party and Member of the House of Councillors - Hon. Kimitoshi Morihara, Member of the Executive Committee - Mr. Minoru Tagawa, Coordinator of International Commission - Mr. Toshiya Kobayashi, Staff Member of International Commission Kazakhstan, Republic of 26. Nur Otan Party - Hon. Bauyrzhan Baibek, First Deputy Chairman of the Party and Member of the ICAPP Standing Committee - Hon. Sayasat Nurbek, Director of the Institute of Public Policy - Ms. Gaukhar Amantayeva, Coordinator of International Relations - Mr. Sayan Diyashev, Cameraman 27. Communist People's Party of Kazakhstan - Hon. Zhambyl Akhmetbekov, Secretary of the Central Committee Korea, Republic of 28. Saenuri (New Frontier) Party - Hon. Hwang Jin-ha, Chairman of the National Defense Committee of the National Assembly, President of the ICAPP Parliamentarians’ Union in the Korean National Assembly, and Member of the ICAPP Standing Committee - Hon. Dr. Park In-sook, Member of the National Assembly, Deputy Floor Leader, and Co-Chairperson of the ICAPP Women’s Wing - Hon. Yoon Myung-hee, Member of National Assembly - Hon. Lee Kang-hoo, Member of National Assembly - Mr. Park Jin-ho, Chief of Staff for Policy of Defense and Foreign Affairs, and Director of ICAPP Parliamentarians’ Union - Ms. Kim Dong-hyun, Deputy Director of ICAPP Parliamentarians’ Union 29. New Politics Alliance for Democracy - Hon. Chun Soon-ok, Member of the National Assembly - Hon. Hong Ihk-pyo, Member of the National Assembly - Hon. Kim Kwang-jin, Member of the National Assembly and Assistant Floor Leader Laos, People’s Democratic Republic of 30. Lao People’s Revolutionary Party - Mr. Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Vice-Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of the Central Committee of the Party - Mr. Khamfeuang Phanthaxay, Deputy Director of Europe, America and Multilateral Division, Party Relations Department, Committee for the External Relations of the Central Committee of the Party Lebanon, Republic of 31. Future Movement Party - Hon. Fadi Fawaz, Advisor for Development Affairs to Hon. Saad Hariri, Former Prime Minister and Chairman of the Party, and Member of the ICAPP Standing Committee Malaysia 32. United Malays National