IPU joins United Nations thematic debate on climate change

The President of the UN General Assembly convened a high-level thematic debate on climate change, with the aim of building political momentum towards effective action in this crucial area. The Inter-Parliamentary Union, joined the discussion.   [ Full story ... ]

Donor support for IPU activities

Several donors are taking an interest in the IPU and its activities and are willing to provide it with funds. Recently, Irish Aid pledged to support the Programme on Gender Equality in Politics with € 1.1 million (CHF 1.78 million) over three years.   [ Full story ... ]

Putting Parliaments in Southern Africa at the heart of security challenges

On 20 and 21 February 2008 the National Assembly of Angola hosted a regional seminar on "The Role of National Parliaments and the SADC Parliamentary Forum in Ensuring Security in Southern Africa".   [ Full story ... ]

IPU and UN to build greater awareness by parliamentarians on human trafficking

The IPU and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime organized on 12 February 2008 a Parliamentary Forum on Human Trafficking at the Austrian Parliament in Vienna.   [ Full story ... ]

IPU President in the Middle East

President Casini went on an official mission to the Middle East at the end of January, when a freak snowstorm brought much of the region to a standstill. On January 28, he delivered a speech in the Knesset to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day.   [ Full story ... ]

New publication Launch of the first World e-Parliament Report "E-parliament" is about parliaments using modern information and communication technologies to be more transparent, accessible and accountable, to support their law-making and oversight functions, and to empower people to be more engaged in public life. [ Full story ... ]

Selected forthcoming IPU events
	118th IPU Assembly and Related Meetings CAPE TOWN (South Africa), 13-18 April 2008
	Seminar on the role of parliaments in Central America in reconciliation and democratization processes, SAN SALVADOR (El Salvador), 5-7 May 2008
	Annual session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, GENEVA (Switzerland), 11-12 September 2008

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