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The IPU condemns the murder of Lebanese Member of Parliament Gibran Tueni - 16 December 2005
"The Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization cannot fail, otherwise we risk chaos" stress parliamentarians in Hong Kong - 15 December 2005
A critical moment for the WTO, say parliamentarians - 12 December 2005
Parliamentarians to discuss key trade issues during WTO Conference in Hong Kong - 2 December 2005
Female genital mutilation: parliamentarians commit to stop it - 1 December 2005
Parliaments and sustainable management of water resources in the Arab region - 28 November 2005
Parliaments and access to information - 14 November 2005
On his first official visit, new IPU President Pier Ferdinando Casini will go to the United Nations and Washington - 28 October 2005
113th IPU Assembly takes stand on natural disasters, migration and development, role of parliament and media and importance of civil society - 20 October 2005
Mr. Casini elected President of the IPU - 19 October 2005
New IPU President to be elected tomorrow - 18 October 2005
The IPU alarmed at the outbreak of avian influenza - 17 October 2005
IPU and UNHCR launch a handbook on stateless people - 17 October 2005
IPU and OHCHR publish handbook - 17 October 2005
New IPU President to be elected at the 113th IPU Assembly - 13 October 2005
Mémoire du Grand-Saconnex exhibit on the Inter-Parliamentary Union - 22 September 2005
Bridging the democracy gap in international relations: a stronger role for parliaments - 9 September 2005
United Nations Secretary-General thanks Speakers of Parliaments for their belief in multilateral solutions - 8 September 2005
Global gathering of leaders of parliaments opens in New York - 7 September 2005
Speaker of United States House of Representatives at the opening of the IPU summit of Speakers of Parliaments - 31 August 2005
Summit of Speakers of Parliaments to advance the principles and practice of democracy worldwide - 25 August 2005
IPU The Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians examines 26 public cases in 17 countries - 8 July 2005
IPU Seminar on Parliamentary Oversight of the Security Sector in Latin America - 28 June 2005
Seminar on Freedom of Expression at the IPU - 20 May 2005
IPU welcomes Kuwaiti Parliament's decision to grant women the right to vote and stand in elections - 16 May 2005
IPU condemns the killing of Iraqi parliamentarian Mrs. Lamia Abed Khadouri - 28 April 2005
Launch of the IPU-UNITAR parliamentary capacity-building initiative on sustainable development - 22 April 2005
The 112th IPU Assembly condemns war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and terrorism - 8 April 2005
Parliaments all over the world to press more insistently for the respect of democracy and human rights in Myanmar - 8 April 2005
The role of parliaments in the prevention of natural disasters and the protection of vulnerable groups to be discussed by the 112th IPU Assembly - 4 April 2005
IPU and UNICEF launch handbook on ways to combat child trafficking - 4 April 2005
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo inaugurates the 112th IPU Assembly in Manila - 3 April 2005
Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Meeting of Women Parliamentarians - 3 April 2005
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to open 112th Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in Manila - 16 March 2005
Seven developing countries rank among the 17 top performers with more than 30 per cent of women parliamentarians - 3 March 2005
IPU condemns manipulations of constitutional rule in Nepal and Togo - 10 February 2005
The Fourth IPU Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Mediterranean (CSCM) is set to create the first Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean - 4 February 2005
IPU observes out-of-country elections for Iraq's Transitional National Assembly - 31 January 2005
The IPU will observe the elections in countries where Iraqis living outside their homeland are eligible to vote - 25 January 2005
The Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians examines 28 public cases in 17 countries - 24 January 2005
Panel of eminent persons debate the parliamentary dimension of democracy - 19 January 2005