Question: The 4th South Asian Speakers’ Summit on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), took place in which country?
(a) Maldives
(b) Indonesia
(c) Malaysia
(d) Thailand
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- The 4th South Asian Speakers’ Summit on Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), jointly organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the People’s Majlis, took place in Male’ (Maldives), on 1st and 2nd September, 2019.
- It was followed by a half-day field visit on 2nd September.
- This is the fourth event in a series of Speakers’ Summits for the region on SDGs, the previous three having been hosted by the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh (in 2016), the Sansad of India (in 2017) and the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2018).
- This high-level Summit was built on the conclusions of the previous summits and allowed Speakers of Parliament to continue to develop dialogue and parliamentary cooperation on achieving the SDGs.
- Given their legislative, oversight, representative and budgetary functions, parliaments play a key role in ensuring a sustainable future for current and future generations.
- The Summit is intended for Speakers of the Parliaments of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
Links:
https://maldivesindependent.com/politics/south-asian-speakers-summit-begins-in-maldives-147668
https://www.ipu.org/event/fourth-south-asian-speakers-summit-achieving-sdgs