As Pakistan welcomes parliamentary leaders, diplomats and civil society voices for the curtain-raiser of the Inter-Parliamentary Speakers' Conference (ISC), hosted by the Senate of Pakistan in Islamabad, we set in motion a journey that is both historic and urgent. The first full session of the ISC, taking place on 11-12 November under the theme 'Peace, Security and Development', offers a rare and timely opportunity to reaffirm the power of parliamentary diplomacy, where dialogue between people's representatives, not just executive negotiations, may chart a new path for our shared global future.

Bringing to life a forum where the Speakers of many Parliaments can convene to raise crucial global issues of public importance in a dialogue that is both transparent and accountable is pivotal to

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