Senator Mushahid Hussain elected as Secretary General of CAPDI

Lahore: The fourth plenary and second general assembly of the Centrist Asia Pacific Democrats International (CAPDI) has elected Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed as its Secretary General for a term of 4 years. CAPDI is an Asia-wide organisation that brings together political parties, parliamentarians and civil society on one platform with a focus on peace and reconciliation and combating climate change.

The two-day conference was held in Jakarta, Indonesia and carried the theme of “Mobilizing Governments, Political Parties and Civil Societies to Promote Peace and Reconciliation and to Fight Climate Change in Asia”.

The event consists of 130 political leaders from 19 countries; including 25 CAPDI members, 48 special guests, 39 delegates from Cambodia and 12 delegates from the Philippines. Senator Mushahid Hussain, Secretary General of Pakistan Muslim League and Chairman Senate Defense Committee, represented Pakistan.
The CAPDI conference was concluded by signing off on the Makassar Declaration, which canvassed political, economic, environmental, social, educative and cultural matters, as well as defense and security.

The participants also called on governments, civilians and academics to develop conservation programs to tackle climate change.

Among those attended the event were leaders and former heads of state, including Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and his deputy Sok An, former Philippine president Fidel Ramos, former Philippine parliamentary speaker and CAPDI president José de Venesia, former Nepalese prime minister and CAPDI vice president Madlav Kumar, and former Indonesian vice president, Jusuf Kalla, who also chaired CAPDI.