The Regional Meeting of Young Parliamentarians of the Asia-Pacific will take place from April 25 to 26 at the Hilton Hotel in Colombo, Jointly organised by the Inter Parliamentarian: Union (IPU), United Nations l)envelopment Programme (UNDI) and the Parliament of Sri Lanka, the meeting will be on “the role young parliamentarians in advancing inclusive and peaceful societies and preventing violent extremist”.
The meeting will bring together young members of national parliament from 39 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as observers from selected youth organisations, networks and associations.
Delegation of Sri Lanka will comprise 20 young parliamentarians from United National Party (UNP), United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and Illankai Tamil.Arasu Kadchi (ITAK).
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will deliver key note addresses as the Chief Guests at the Opening Ceremony to be held on April 25.
Speaker of Parliament, MP Karu Jayasuriya will grace the occasion delivering the welcome speech at the inaugurations.
The conference is expected to place particular emphasis on preventing violent extremism (PVE) since the world has witnessed new waves of violent extremism in the recent years that have taken the lives of many innocent people.