Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], September 27 (HBTV): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who is also Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Regional Chairperson, inaugurated the archive cell of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly Library on Friday, a press release said. 

The inaugurated arhive cell of Mizoram Legislative Assembly Library is the outcome of the initiatives taken by Mizoram Legislative Assembly Speaker Lalbiakzama with a limited fund gathered from the office expenses of the State Assembly. The archive room will maintain important old documents and record proceedings from the times of Mizoram being a District Council and UT dating since 1972, it added. 

According to the release, the room is equipped with several amenities, which will provide easy access to the documents for the member visitors. 

The archive cell was inaugurated in the presence of state CM Lalduhoma, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, Speaker Lalbiakzama, Nagaland Assembly Speaker Sharingain Longkumer, and Chairman of CPA Indian Region, Zone III, and Speakers and Deputy Speakers of CPA India Region Zone III Member States and other dignitaries. 

OM Birla arrived on Thursday to attend the 21st Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region, Zone III Annual Conference, which has a theme: 'Fostering Legislative Sanctity'.

He was also accompanied by the Secretary General of Lok Sabha, Utpal Kumar Singh, and Secretary General of Rajya Sabha, P. C. Mody. 

It is notable that the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is an international community of Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures working together to strengthen the Commonwealth's commitment to high standards of democratic governance and the parliamentary system.   

The CPA is one of the oldest organizations in the Commonwealth. Established in 1911, the federation is made up of more than 180 legislatures divided between nine geographical regions of the 54 Commonwealth countries. It provides an opportunity for MPs and parliamentary staff to collaborate on issues of mutual interest and share good practices. 

(ANI)