Welcome to Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development

ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBERS: National groups of parliamentarians on population and development or parliamentary committees dealing with population and RH issues shall seek membership in the Forum by making written application through the Honourable Speaker of the Parliament (Lower House / Upper House) to the Secretary-General of AFPPD. The Secretary-General shall without delay refer the application, with his comments thereon, if any, to the Executive Committee of the FORUM. Membership will be granted on the approval of a majority of the Executive Committee and expressed either in writing or at the next meeting of the Executive Committee. The approval is then confirmed at the next General Conference of the FORUM.

Associate members of the FORUM include parliamentarians concerned with population and development in Asian countries which are members of the United Nations and its specialized agencies; and those countries in which a national group of parliamentarians on population and development has not yet been formed.

NATIONAL COMMITTEES ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT/ PARLIAMENTARIAN COMMITTEES ON POPULATION AND RH

1. Afghanistan Parliamentarians Committee on Population and Development, Parliament of Afghanistan
2. Australian Parliamentary Group on Population and Development
3. Bangladesh Committee of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, Parliament of Bangladesh**
4. Cambodian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, Parliament of Cambodia
5. Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee of the National People's Congress in China
6. National Committee of Parliamentarians on Population and Development in Fiji*
7. Indian Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development
8. Indonesian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development
9. Iranian Parliamentarians on Population and Development Committee, Parliament of Iran
10. Japanese Parliamentarian Forum on Population
11. Parliamentarians' Group on Family and Population in Kazakhstan, Parliament of Kazakhstan
12. Association on Population and Development in Kyrgyzstan, Parliament of Kyrgyzstan
13. Laos Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, Parliament of Laos
14. AFPPD-Malaysia, Parliament of Malaysia
15. Maldives Parliamentary Group on Population and Development, Parliament of Maldives
16. Mongolian Parliamentarian Committee on Population and Development, Parliament of Mongolia
17. Population and Social Committee in Nepal, Parliament of Nepal
18. New Zealand Parliamentarians on Population and Development
19. Pakistan Parliamentarians' Group on Population and Development**
20. Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development
21. Korean Parliamentary League on Children, Population and Environment, Parliament of Korea
22. Sri Lankan Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, Parliament of Sri Lanka
23. National Committee on Family in Tajikistan, Parliament of Tajikistan
24. Senate's Standing Committee on Public Health in Thailand, Senate of Thailand
25. Vietnam Association of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, Parliament of Vietnam
26. Pacific parliamentarians on Population and Governance in Cook Island (Pacific Committee of AFPPD)

*Parliament dissolved.
** Not yet reformed

The AFPPD is continually encouraging and strengthening the development of National Committees of Parliamentarians on Population and Development within Asia and Pacific.

The AFPPD also maintains a working relationship with other parliamentarian groups on population and development and other regional and international parliamentary organizations from the various regions of the world, and also with several global organizations working with parliamentarians.

REGIONAL PARLIAMENTARIAN GROUPS

The AFPPD frequently collaborates and cooperates with other parliamentary organization, including:

1. Forum of Africa and Arab Parliamentarians on Population and Development (FAAPPD)
2. Inter-American Parliamentary Group on Population and Development (IAPG)
3. International Medical Parliamentarians Organization (IMPO)
4. Inter-European Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (IEFPPD)
5. Parliamentary Network of World Bank (PNoWB)
6. Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA)

SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
Since its inception AFPPD has maintained a close working relationship with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). IPPF's Director General is an ex officio member of AFPPD's Executive Committee. IPPF HQ is in London and there is a regional office in Kuala Lumpur.