Globalisation must be equitable: IPU

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MAY 2. The Inter-Parliamentary Union president, Dr. Najma Heptullah, has said that the organisation was committed to making globalisation equitable, people-centric and gender- sensitive. Speaking at the inauguration the 103rd IPU conference in Amman (Jordan) today, she said that the IPU planned a specialised conference along with other multilateral trade institutions, like the WTO, on these issues.

Dr. Heptullah, Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, said parliamentarians must be involved in trade negotiations. Closer cooperation between the IPU and the United Nations was also necessary and an agreement to that effect had already been signed. In the next few days, the IPU would adopt a blueprint for cooperation in the next century, she said.

King Abdullah II of Jordan inaugurated the conference, which is also being attended by the Lok Sabha Speaker, Mr. G.M.C. Balayogi.

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