AIPA appoints new Philippine Secretary General for 2010-2013

 

National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong receives AIPA's newly appointed Secretary General Antonia V. Cuenco. — VNA/VNS Photo Tri Dung

HA NOI — The Vietnamese National Assembly, as Chair of the 31st ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Assembly, hosted in Ha Noi yesterday the appointment ceremony for Antonio Cuenco of the Philippines as Secretary General of the AIPA for the 2010-13 term.

The appointment was made in line with an AIPA-30 resolution passed in Thailand.

NA chairman Nguyen Phu Trong, who currently acts as AIPA Chairman, praised the Philippine Parliament's nomination of a new Secretary General for AIPA. The appointment is intended to ensure the smooth operation of the Secretariat which will greatly help Viet Nam in performing the duties of its AIPA Chairmanship.

He expressed the hope that the new AIPA Secretary General would make more contributions to helping his organisation realise its goals.

Addressing the event, Cuenco said he felt honoured to have been chosen for the position of AIPA Secretary General at a time when the organisation is boosting its co-operation with ASEAN, which is implementing a roadmap to develop an ASEAN Community by 2015.

The new AIPA Secretary General pledged that he would work closely with the ASEAN Secretary General and said he believed that under the Vietnamese NA's leadership, AIPA would advance and find an important voice in the ASEAN Community.

Earlier, the new AIPA Secretary General was received by Trong. — VNS