The meeting was informed of the three (3) emergency items on the agenda of the IPU Assembly for consideration and adoption. The meeting discussed the items, Call for urgent global action to assist earthquake- and tsunami- hit Japan and to prevent the impact of the disaster on the region as a whole (Pakistan), Parliamentary action to strengthen the right to self- determination of peoples within the framework of international law (Venezuela), and The role of the IPU in ensuring a democratic transitional process towards the empowerment of women in the Middle East and North Africa (Indonesia), at length and agreed to support the item proposed by Pakistan.