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First International Day of Democracy celebrated across the world
The date 15 September 2008 will go down in history as the first International Day of Democracy. Addressing a special session of the Hellenic Parliament, IPU President Pier Ferdinando Casini underlined that this Day, which was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in late 2007, is neither a historical nor an abstract celebration. [ Full story ... ] |
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 | IPU briefs members of parliament attending the UN General Assembly |
On 26 September, the IPU convened a briefing session at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for members of parliament attending the opening of the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. [ Full story ... ]
| Parliamentary fact-finding mission
to Tanzania |
Members of the Advisory Group to the IPU Committee on United Nations Affairs travelled to Tanzania to get a first-hand understanding of progress in the implementation of the Delivering as One reform of the UN system. [ Full story ... ]
| Washington panel: human rights and democracy inextricably linked |
A panel discussion focusing on the human rights of parliamentarians and the violations they are subjected to was held at the US Congress as a joint endeavour of the IPU, the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and the House Democracy Assistance Commission. [ Full story ... ]
| IPU co-chairs session on Governance Challenge in Africa |
On the occasion of the High-Level Meeting on Africa’s Development Needs: State of Implementation of Various Commitments, Challenges and the Way Forward, the IPU co-sponsored a side event. [ Full story ... ]
| Parliamentary leadership in the response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic |
In less than twenty years, 65 million people have been infected by the HIV virus, and over 33 million are living with it today. Over 20,000 delegates travelled to Mexico City to attend the XVII International AIDS Conference. [ Full story ... ]
| New toolkit for evaluating parliamentary performance |
Parliaments are asking for tools to help them identify the areas where they are performing well and those where there is a need to build parliamentary capacity. [ Full story ... ]
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Event of the month
Parliamentary Conference on the WTO
This year's session took place at a critical moment for the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations. For the third summer in a row, attempts to reach a breakthrough in WTO talks ended in failure. Despite the repeated commitments to conclude the Round by the end of 2008, WTO meetings held in late July fell short of an accord, once again.
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