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This electronic newsletter provides you with latest information on the activities of the IPU, the international organization of Parliaments of sovereign States. The newsletter is published six times a year and appears in English and French.
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IPU delegation praises UN but finds key reforms still needed
In the midst of heated negotiations at the United Nations in late June on the various aspects of institutional reform, and on the verge of what could have become a major United Nations budgetary crisis, a high-level parliamentary delegation travelled to New York for a first-hand assessment of the situation.
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 | The role of parliaments in the good governance of least developed counties |
On 15 September, the Inter-Parliamentary Union together with the Office of the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries organized a panel discussion on the role of parliaments in building good governance in the LDCs. [ Full story ... ]
| IPU joins UN in promoting a new convention on the rights of people with disabilities |
A new Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities has just emerged from the United Nations after four years of negotiations among Member States. The text of the treaty went through a final reading in August. [ Full story ... ]
| Asian parliamentarians call for a new security architecture to deal with emerging security threats |
During two days, on 1 and 2 September 2006, parliamentarians from fourteen South East Asian and Asia-Pacific countries converged in Phuket, Thailand, to discuss the role of parliaments in security sector reform. [ Full story ... ]
| Capacity-building for parliaments on sustainable development |
Under a joint initiative launched in April 2005, the IPU and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research conducted a regional seminar for African parliaments in Yaoundé from 26 to 28 June 2006 at the invitation of the National Assembly of Cameroon. [ Full story ... ]
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Interview
IPU President,
Mr. Pier Ferdinando Casini:
Dialogue and negotiation are the only possible avenues through which Iran and other countries can reach agreement and solve differences.
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