By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: While addressing the 147th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly at Luanda in Angola on Friday, the Biju Janata Dal Rajya Sabha MP from eastern Indian State of Odisha, Dr Sasmit Patra, reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to overcome global trust deficiency.
The IPU is the global organization of national parliaments. It began in 1889 as a small group of parliamentarians, dedicated to promoting peace through parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue, and has since grown into a global organization with 180 Members and 14 Associate Members. The IPU facilitates parliamentary diplomacy and empowers Parliaments and Parliamentarians to promote peace, democracy and sustainable development around the world.
The BJD Rajya Sabha MP Dr Patra while representing India, acknowledged the G20 India summit theme of One Earth, One Family, One Future and also mentioned the African Union getting permanent membership of G20 after India’s proposal.
‘A divided world cannot provide solutions to the major challenges faced by humanity. This is a time for growth and well-being of all. We have to overcome the global trust deficit and move forward on human-centric thinking,’ Dr Patra said in his address.
MP Dr Patra further argued that, “We have to look at the world in the spirit of One Earth, One Family, One Future. In this spirit, Bharat proposed to make the African Union a permanent member of the G20 and we were glad that all G20 member countries accepted it. We were very happy to see the participation of the Pan Africa Parliament in the P20 forum in New Delhi a few days back.”
