“Observer” means any Parliament other than a Member Parliament who is conferred a formal status of an Observer by a letter of accreditation by the General Assembly and shall be a national or regional parliament of a state or states having diplomatic recognition from all ASEAN Member States. The dialogue between observer delegations and the AIPA may be included in the business of the General Assembly. Observer delegations shall be permitted to attend and make statements at the first plenary session of the General Assembly. Statements by observers shall be confined to matters of mutual concern and common interest. The dialogue between observer and AIPA shall be recorded. Source: AIPA Statute PART IV Article 8
List of Observer Parliaments
- 1979 | Parliament of Australia
- 1979 | National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
- 1980 | European Parliament
- 1980 | National Diet of Japan
- 1983 | Parliament of Canada
- 1990 | National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
- 1991 | National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
- 1991 | House of Representatives of New Zealand
- 1991 | Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
- 2010 | Parliament of India
- 2011 | Parliament of Belarus
- 2013 | National Parliament of Timor-Leste
- 2020 | House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco
- 2020 | Parliament of Norway
- 2021 | National Assembly of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- 2021 | Parliament of Ukraine
- 2022 | Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- 2022 | Parliament of Georgia
- 2022 | National Assembly of Nepal
- 2022 | United States Congress
- 2023 | National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
- 2023 | National Assembly of the People’s Power of the Republic of Cuba
- 2023 | Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Türkiye
- 2024 | National Assembly of the Kingdom of Bahrain
- 2024 | National Parliament of German Bundestag
- 2025 | National People’s Assembly of Algeria


























