RIYADH: Saudi Shoura Council Speaker Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Asheikh will on Tuesday head the Kingdom’s delegation to the fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Austria.
The conference, in the capital Vienna, is being organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and hosted by the Austrian parliament in cooperation with the UN under the theme of parliamentary leadership for more effective multilateralism to deliver global peace and sustainable development.
Al-Asheikh was on Thursday also due to participate in the first Global Parliamentary Summit on Counterterrorism also being staged by the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
The parliamentary speakers will focus on international priorities including the global response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and recovery planning, climate change, misleading information, youth participation, gender equality, and fighting extremism and terrorism.
