On 1 December 2015, the International Council of Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA), at its annual meeting, elected nine new Members and the Treasurer of the PGA Executive Committee ("the Board") for a term of 2 years, integrating the Board Membership that will continue on for the 2016 term.
The International Council met on the occasion of the PGA Annual Forum, which is hosted every year by a different Parliament where PGA Members are present (currently over 1300 MPs in 143 parliaments from all regions of the world). This year's Forum was generously hosted by the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in San Salvador. Over 100 MPs from 41 Parliaments attended the Forum on behalf of the entire PGA Membership, which received invitations, alongside official delegations from several Parliaments – Bangladesh, Chad, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Kenya, Malaysia, Morocco, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea, Spain, Suriname and Uruguay.
The PGA Secretariat looks forward to work with the newly-elected Board Members in order to pursue the realization of the vision of the Organization, namely, "to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe and democratic world."
The newly-elected Members are:
- Dip. Ronny Monge Salas, Costa Rica
- Dip. Victor Orlando Bisono, Dominican Republic
- Ms. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, MP, Ghana
- Mr. Kula Segaran, MP, Malaysia
- Dep. Mohamed Benabdessadeq, Morocco
- Mr. Su’a William Sio, MP, New Zealand
The re-elected Members are:
- Dip. Margarita Stolbizer, Argentina
- Mr. Naveed Qamar, MP, Pakistan
- Ms. Margareta Cederfelt, MP, Sweden
The new Treasurer of PGA is:
- Ms. Petra Bayr, MP, Austria
Current Board members continuing their terms in 2016 are:
- Dip. Minou Tavárez Mirabal, Dominican Republic, President
- Sen. Alain Destexhe, Belgium
- Ms. Barbara Lochbihler, MEP, (Germany), European Parliament
- Dip. Bertha Sanseverino, Uruguay
- Hon. Dr.Pindi Chana, MP, Tanzania, Chair of International Council
International Council Members for 2016 are:
- Hon. Fatmir Mediu,MP, Albania
- Ms. Melissa Parke, MP, Australia
- Dep. Jean Wyllys, Brazil
- Dip. Tucapel Jimenez, Chile
- Dep. Marcel Djimasse, Central African Republic
- Dip. Angela Robledo, Colombia
- Dep. Mariam Traore, Cote d’Ivoire
- Dep. Dieudonné Upira Sunguma, DR Congo
- Ms. Mette Gjerskov, MP, Denmark
- Dip. Lorena Peña, El Salvador
- Ms. Ana Gomes, MEP, (Portugal), European Parliament
- Hon. Alban Bagbin, MP, Ghana
- Shri Tariq Anwar, MP, India
- Mr. Noel Grealish, MP, Ireland
- Ms. Lia Quartapelle, MP, Italy
- Hon. Worlea S. Dunah, MP, Liberia
- Dep. Antonio Niquice, Mozambique
- Hon. Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri, MP, Malaysia
- Sen. Chaudhary Aitzaz Ahsan, Pakistan
- Mr. Claude Kamanda, MP, Sierra Leone
- Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva, MP, Sri Lanka
- Hr. Mr. Patrick Kensenhuis, MP, Suriname
- Hon. Yusuph Nassir, MP, Tanzania
- Mr. Mark Pritchard, MP, United Kingdom
- Ms. Fungayi Jessie Majome, MP, Zimbabwe
PGA Secretary-General, Dr. David Donat Cattin
New York/The Hague, 15 December 2015
