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123rd IPU ASSEMBLY AND RELATED MEETINGS
Geneva (Switzerland), 4 - 6 October 2010

Contents

AGENDA OF THE ASSEMBLY

Item 1 Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the 123rd Assembly
Item 2 Consideration of possible requests for the inclusion of an emergency item in the Assembly agenda
Item 3 Panel discussions on the subject items chosen for debate during the 124th Assembly (Panama City, 15-20 April 2011):

(a) Providing a sound legislative framework aimed at preventing electoral violence, improving election monitoring and ensuring the smooth transition of power
(First Standing Committee)

(b) The role of parliaments in ensuring sustainable development through the management of natural resources, agricultural production and demographic change
(Second Standing Committee)

(c) Transparency and accountability in the funding of political parties and election campaigns
(Third Standing Committee)

Item 4 Report of the IPU Committee on United Nations Affairs
Item 5 Amendments to the Statutes and Rules of the IPU
Item 6 Immediate action to support international relief efforts in response to natural disasters, in particular with regard to flood-stricken Pakistan

Updated on 1 October 2010   
REQUESTS FOR INCLUSION OF AN EMERGENCY ITEM

Items proposedAuthorDate of receiptAccompanying documents
The importance of international inter-parliamentary cooperation for natural disaster response, in particular with regard to relief aid to flood-stricken Pakistan United Arab Emirates 7 September 2010 PDF [English] [French]
The urgent need for immediate action by the IPU and its Member Parliaments to encourage international relief efforts in flood-stricken Pakistan Islamic Republic of Iran 29 September 2010 PDF [English] [French]

Procedure to be followed:

Under the terms of Assembly Rule 11.1, any Member of the Union may request the inclusion of an emergency item in the Assembly agenda. Such a request must be accompanied by a brief explanatory memorandum and a draft resolution which clearly define the scope of the subject covered by the request. The Secretariat shall communicate the request and any such documents immediately to all Members.

Furthermore, Assembly Rule 11.2 stipulates that:

(a) A request for the inclusion of an emergency item must relate to a major event of international concern on which it appears necessary for the IPU to express its opinion. Such a request must receive a two-thirds majority of the votes cast in order to be accepted;

(b) The Assembly may place only one emergency item on its agenda. Should several requests obtain the requisite majority, the one having received the largest number of positive votes shall be accepted;

(c) The authors of two or more requests for the inclusion of an emergency item may combine their proposals to present a joint one, provided that each of the original proposals relates to the same subject;

(d) The subject of a proposal that has been withdrawn by its authors or rejected by the Assembly cannot be included in the draft resolution submitted on the emergency item, unless it is clearly referred to in the request and title of the subject adopted by the Assembly.

Updated on1 7 January 2011   
SESSION DOCUMENTS

Title and codeAvailable versions
Assembly
List of participants PDF [Bilingual]
Complete electronic version of the brochure "Results of the 123rd IPU Assembly and related meetings" PDF [English] [French]
Detailed deliberations of the 123rd Assembly HTML [English] [French]
Texts of resolutions and declarations of the 123rd Assembly HTML [English] [French]
Convocation of the 123rd IPU Assembly
A/123/C.1 (4 June 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
First Standing Committee - Draft reports prepared by the co-Rapporteurs
A/123/3(a)-R.1 (20 September 2010)		 MS Word [English] [French]
PDF [English] [French]
Summary Records of the panel discussion held during the 123rd Assembly (October 2010) on the subject item "Preventing electoral violence and ensuring the smooth transition of power" New! PDF [English] [French]
Second Standing Committee - Draft report prepared by the co-Rapporteurs
A/123/3(b)-R.1 (14 September 2010)		 MS Word [English] [French]
PDF [English] [French]
Summary Records of the panel discussion held during the 123rd Assembly (October 2010) on the subject item "Management of natural resources, agricultural production and demographic change" New! PDF [English] [French]
Third Standing Committee - Draft reports prepared by the co-Rapporteurs
A/123/3(c)-R.1 (20 September 2010)		 MS Word [English] [French]
PDF [English] [French]
Summary Records of the panel discussion held during the 123rd Assembly (October 2010) on the subject item "Transparency and accountability in political party funding" New! PDF [English] [French]
Review and follow-up session: Scaling up parliamentary action on migration and development PDF [English] [French]
Poster of the review and follow-up session on migration and development PDF [English] [French]
Committee on United Nations Affairs
Report of the Committee
A/123/4-R (6 October 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Summary of the briefing session on LDC IV PDF [English] [French]
Convocation
UNC/2010/C.1 (23 July 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals PDF [English] [French]
IPU report "Meeting the Millennium Development Goals" PDF [English] [French]
IPU report "Strengthening the IPU and its relationship with the United Nations" PDF [English] [French]
Analytical Study of Parliamentary Mechanisms for MDGs PDF [English] [French]
Flyer: A glimpse into parliamentarians' perceptions of the Millennium Development Goals PDF [English]
Report of the UN Secretary-General "Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010" PDF [English] [French]
Guide "Mobilizing parliamentary support for the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries" HTML [English] [French]
Convocation of the Parliamentary Hearing 2010 at the United Nations PDF [English] [French]
Report on the parliamentary event organized by the IPU on the occasion of the 54th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women PDF [English] [French]
Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on system-wide coherence PDF [English] [French]
Pre-draft of the Outcome Document of the Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the UN Climate Change Conference in Cancún, submitted by the Mexican Congress
A/123/5-DR.1 (20 September 2010)		 MS Word [English] [French]
PDF [English] [French]
Governing Council
Summary records of the 187th sessionNew! PDF [English] [French]
Detailed deliberations of the 187th session of the Governing Council HTML [English] [French]
Council resolutions on human rights cases HTML [English] [French]
Convocation of the 187th Session of the Governing Council
CL/187/C.1 (2 July 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Interim Report of the Secretary General on the activities of the Union since the 186th session of the Governing Council
CL/187/5(b)-R.1 (26 August 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Draft 2011 consolidated budget
CL/187/6(b)-P.1		 PDF [English] [French]
Cooperation with the United Nations system
CL/187/8-R.1 (30 August 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Reports on recent IPU specialized conferences and meetings: Regional Seminar for Latin American parliaments on violence against women
CL/187/11(a)-R.1 (30 August 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Reports on recent IPU specialized conferences and meetings: Third Parliamentary Forum on Shaping the Information Society "ICT and the Global Economic Crisis: Current Situation and Future Perspectives"
CL/187/11(b)-R.1 (30 August 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Reports on recent IPU specialized conferences and meetings: Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the UN Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference
CL/187/11(c)-R.1 (25 August 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Reports on recent IPU specialized conferences and meetings: Regional Conference "Towards enhanced parliamentary action to combat the trafficking of children for purposes of labour exploitation in West and Central Africa"
CL/187/11(d)-R.1 (25 August 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Reports on recent IPU specialized conferences and meetings: Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the 2010 Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations
CL/187/11(e)-R.1 (30 August 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Reports on recent IPU specialized conferences and meetings: Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the XVIII International AIDS Conference
CL/187/11(f)-R.1 (20 August 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Reports on recent IPU specialized conferences and meetings: Regional Workshop for Arab Parliaments on "Implementing CEDAW and ending violence against women"
CL/187/11(g)-R.1 (30 August 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Reports on recent IPU specialized conferences and meetings: Regional Seminar on parliamentary oversight in the area of security in West Africa
CL/187/11(h)-R.1 (30 September 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
Miscellaneous documents
Registration form PDF [English] [French]
Vacancies to be filled during the 123rd Assembly
A/123/Inf.1 (6 September 2010)		 PDF [English] [French]
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DOCUMENTOS EN ESPAÑOLGo!
(La traducción es responsabilidad de la Secretaría del GRULAC / Translation under the responsibility of the GRULAC Secretariat)

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Updated on 24 September 2010   
GENERAL TIMETABLE OF THE ASSEMBLY AND RELATED MEETINGS

Date Plenary sittings / Panel discussions Committees / Panel discussions and other events In camera sittings ASGP meetings
Thursday, 30 September 2010 Morning     10.00 - 13.00
Executive Committee
Main meeting room, IPU Headquarters		  
Afternoon     15.00 - 18.00
Executive Committee
Main meeting room, IPU Headquarters		  
Friday, 1 October 2010 Morning     10.00 - 13.00
Executive Committee
Main meeting room, IPU Headquarters		  
Afternoon     15.00 - 18.00
Executive Committee
Main meeting room, IPU Headquarters 		 
Saturday, 2 October 2010 Morning     09.00 - 13.00
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Room B, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

10.00 - 13.00
Executive Committee
Main meeting room, IPU Headquarters

  
Afternoon     14.30 - 18.00
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Room B, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

15.00 - 17.00
Executive Committee
Main meeting room, IPU Headquarters

17.00 - 18.00
Gender Partnership Group
Main meeting room, IPU Headquarters

 
Sunday, 3 October 2010 Morning    

09.00 - 13.00
Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians
Room A, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Room B, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

Afternoon   14.15 – 14.45
Meeting of Advisers and Secretaries to delegations
Rooms 5 & 6, level 3, CICG

14.30 - 18.00
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Room B, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

Committee on Middle East Questions
Room A, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

 
Monday, 4 October 2010 Morning 09.00 - 11.30
Governing Council: membership; reports; finance; presentation of 2011 budget
Room 1, level 1, CICG

11.30 - 13.00
Assembly: Opening; Adoption of an emergency item
Room 1, level 1, CICG

 09.00 - 13.00
IPU Committee on UN Affairs
Room 2, level 0, CICG		 08.00 - 08.45
Assembly Steering Committee
IPU President's Office, level 3, CICG

09.00 - 13.00
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Room B, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

09.00
ASGP Executive Committee
Room 20, level 3, CICG

10.30
ASGP Meeting
Rooms 5 & 6, level 3, CICG
Afternoon 14.30 - 18.30
Assembly: Debate on the emergency item
Room 1, level 1, CICG		 14.30 - 18.00
IPU Committee on UN Affairs
Room 2, level 0, CICG		   14.30
ASGP Meeting
Rooms 5 & 6, level 3, CICG
Tuesday, 5 October 2010 Morning


09.00 – 11.00
Special event on Migration and Development
Rooms 3 and 4, level 0, CICG

09.00 - 12.30
Panel discussion on Preventing electoral violence and ensuring the smooth transition of power (subject to be discussed by the First Standing Committee during the 124th Assembly in April 2011)
Room 2, level 1, CICG

09.00 - 13.00
Drafting committee on emergency item
Room A, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

11.30 - 13.00
Advisory Group of the IPU Committee
on UN Affairs
Room B, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

 09.30
ASGP Executive Committee
Room 20, level 3, CICG

10.00
ASGP Meeting
Rooms 5 & 6, level 3, CICG
Afternoon 14.00 - 17.30
Panel discussion on Transparency and accountability in political party funding (subject to be discussed by the Third Standing Committee during the 124th Assembly in April 2011)
Room 1, level 1, CICG		 14.00 - 17.30
Panel discussion on Management of natural resources, agricultural production and demographic change (subject to be discussed by the Second Standing Committee during the 124th Assembly in April 2011)
Room 2, level 0, CICG		 15.00 - 18.00
Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
Room B, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

16.00 - 17.00
Gender Partnership Group
Room A, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

17.30 - 19.00
Executive Committee
Room A, CCV Annexe Building, CICG

 14.30
ASGP Meeting
Rooms 5 & 6, level 3, CICG
Wednesday, 6 October 2010 Morning 09.00 - 13.00
Governing Council: debate and adoption of the 2011 budget; IPU reform
Room 1, level 1, CICG

09.00 - 13.00
IPU Committee on UN Affairs: finalization and adoption of outcome document
Room 2, level 0, CICG

 

09.30
ASGP Executive Committee
Room 20, level 3, CICG

10.00
ASGP Meeting
Rooms 5 & 6, level 3, CICG
Afternoon 14.30 - 16.00
Governing Council
Room 1, level 1, CICG

16.00 - 17.30
Assembly: adoption of resolution and closing session
Room 1, level 1, CICG

    

14.30
ASGP Meeting
Rooms 5 & 6, level 3, CICG

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