“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
AIPA Observer Parliaments
- September 1979 | Parliament of Australia
- September 1979 | National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
- June 1980 | European Parliament
- June 1980 | National Diet of Japan
- April 1983 | Parliament of Canada
- September 1990 | National Parliament of Papua New Guinea
- November 1991 | National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China
- November 1991 | House of Representatives of New Zealand
- November 1991 | Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
- September 2010 | Parliament of India
- September 2011 | National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus
- September 2013 | National Parliament of Timor-Leste
- September 2020 | House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco
- September 2020 | The Storting
- August 2021 | National Assembly of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- August 2021 | Parliament of Ukraine
- November 2022 | Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- November 2022 | Parliament of Georgia
- November 2022 | National Assembly of Nepal
- November 2022 | United States Congress
- August 2023 | National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
- August 2023 | National Assembly of the People’s Power of the Republic of Cuba
- August 2023 | Grand National Assembly of Türkiye
- October 2024 | National Assembly of the Kingdom of Bahrain
- October 2024 | German Bundestag
- September 2025 | National People’s Assembly of Algeria


























