ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly

ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly
Logo of AIPA
Type
Type	Inter-parliamentary institution
History
Founded	2 September 1977; 47 years ago (1977-09-02)
Preceded by	ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization
Leadership
President	Puan Maharani[1] since 7 August 2023[3]
Secretary General	Siti Rozaimeriyanty[2] since 25 November 2022[4]
Structure
Seats	10 members  Brunei  Cambodia  Indonesia  Laos  Malaysia  Myanmar  Philippines  Singapore  Thailand  Vietnam
Committees	8 configurations Standing Committees: Political Committee Economic Committee Social Committee Organizational Committee AIPA Women Parliamentarians Conference Dialog Committee Study and Ad-Hoc Committees: AIPA Advisory Council on Dangerous Drugs AIPA Caucus
Motto
One Vision, One Identity, One Community
Meeting place
ASEAN Secretariat Heritage Building Jakarta, Indonesia
Website
aipasecretariat.org

The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) is a regional parliamentary body which acts as a primary point for communication and information sharing between member countries. Its primary objectives are to provide information to Southeast Asian citizens about policies aimed at establishing an ASEAN community by 2025 and to foster mutual understanding and collaboration among these parliaments.^[5]

Unlike the European Parliament, AIPA is a form of transnational parliamentary conference with weak constitutional power, holding only advisory power and lacking legislative and oversight powers over ASEAN itself and its members. Every year, ASEAN countries take turns holding the Presidency of the Assembly and taking on the responsibility of organizing the plenary meetings of the member parliaments in the General Assembly of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (AIPA General Assembly).^[6]