IPU President inspires Lithuanian MPs on SDGs

IPU President Saber Chowdhury has made a speech to the Lithuanian Parliament in the capital Vilnius, calling on MPs to ensure that the country produces a robust plan to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. He said parliamentarians had a duty to their constituents to improve living standards in a world that was currently uncertain, unsustainable and unsafe. Mr Chowdhury's visit to Lithuania on 7 June came as the country celebrated the 26th anniversary of its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He pointed to actions in the region in recent years which he said were reminiscent of the Cold War - and stressed that IPU was ever ready to offer any help it could to mediate and facilitate dialogue in the search for lasting peace.