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 | IPU Assembly debates election violence … |
The struggle for power can sometimes spill over into violence. Where the political system is unable to manage the tension between competing interests in society, people take to the streets, and not always with peaceful intentions. [ Full story ... ]
| … and political party financing |
There is no politics without political parties. Parties help articulate the wishes of the people and transform them into policies. Parties are a central cog in the machine of democracy, and they need money to function properly. [ Full story ... ]
| Get involved, Gurirab tells young people |
Do parliaments do a good job? Are MPs answerable to the electorate? How accountable is parliament? These sorts of questions often figure in public debate, and rightly so. The International Day of Democracy is an appropriate moment to raise them again. [ Full story ... ]
| Justice as a double-edged sword:
the IPU returns to Colombia |
An IPU delegation went back to Bogota to meet both authorities and victims and resume last year's talks. Discussions centred on the investigations into the murders of members of Congress, and strengthening security for parliamentarians at risk. [ Full story ... ]
| Pacific Parliaments eyeing IPU membership |
Though a near-universal organisation, there are a small number of parliaments not represented in the IPU. In the case of the Pacific Islands, the reasons for non-membership are essentially economic.
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WTO Public Forum
World trade facing new challenges
 Can the existing multilateral trading system, embodied by the World Trade Organization, withstand the tectonic shifts in global trade geography or waves of crisis-provoked protectionism? What is the nature of these challenges? Should parliamentarians be concerned with the proliferation of regional and bilateral trade agreements? With the Doha Round seeming endless, are there any alternatives to the "rounds" as such?
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