Imphal, December 09 2010: The 6th general assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) was held in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia, from December 1 to December 4 under the theme Asia's Quest for a Better Tomorrow, informed Dr N Nara, Manipur ex-minister and executive member of CPI, Manipur chapter.

In a press briefing at Irawat Bhawan in Imphal today on his participation in the international conference � he attended as CPI representative � he said that 6 members representing different political parties of India participated in the general assembly: two each from CPI and BJP and one each from Congress and Forward Block.

Altogether 89 political parties from 36 different countries sent their representatives at the ICAPP which was hosted by Cambodian People's Party in collaboration with FUNCINPEC Party in Phnom Penh, capital of the Kingdom of Cambodia.

Dr Nara said that during the conference, issues ranging from Indo-Pak hostile relations, Afghanistan problem to the standoff in the Korean peninsula between the North and the South were discussed threadbare.

The participating delegates tacitly agreed that the problems are political and that political parties are accountable for the mess in the region.

ICAPP was formed keeping in mind the persistence of uneven development in the world and to help countries who are falling behind on development, and to ameliorate the effect of natural calamity in the region, he said.

He said, the key component of the conference was the meeting on World Environment Safety which was sponsored by China.

The meet attempted to address some key problems besetting climate change and the effect of green house gases and it declared that ICAPP will support all efforts from international and national governments on the agenda of reducing the greenhouse effect globally.

It also endorsed United Nation secretary general Ban Ki-Moon's call for reducing greenhouse gases.

Cambodia a war torn land for two decades has successfully rebuilt itself from the ashes of was to develop as a peaceful country Dr Nara observed, Manipur is going through similar warlike circumstances.

He appealed to the people of Manipur to learn from Cambodia help build Manipur into a peaceful society.

Dr Nara said he spoke in the conference on the need to reform the electoral system in India so that free and fair elections may be conducted in the country and that people may be empowered to fight corruption emanating from a flawed electoral system.

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