Resolution on Peace and Regional Stability

8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum
8-14 January 2000

Resolution on Peace and Regional Stability

APPF08/RES/17

(submitted jointly by the Australian and Indonesian Delegations)

The 8th Annual Meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum

Welcoming the agreement of the Australian and Indonesian delegations to continue their dialogue in the interests of peace and regional stability.

Resolves to:

Meet again at the 9th meeting of the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Chile in 2001 to continue discussion of this issue.

Propose that a working group of Australia, Indonesia and one other member country be formed to work towards a resolution of this issue.

Invite the Executive Committee of the APPF to nominate an additional country to participate in the working group.

Calls upon all APPF countries to develop and maintain a dialogue and to develop cooperative measures to ensure the effective coordination of all aspects of humanitarian and disaster relief activities.