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Supporting Libya in Establishing Full Parliamentary Democracy - 18 December 2012
Egypt's Democratic Future Under Threat Without Representative Constitution - 12 December 2012
IPU Human Rights Mission to Maldives Question Lack of Police Accountability - 22 November 2012
IPU Begins Human Rights Mission to Maldives Amidst Increasing Reports of Political Intimidation - 20 November 2012
IPU Calls for End to Hostilities and Resumption of Serious Peace Talks in Middle East - 16 November 2012
MPs Call for Renewed Social Contract and Conclusion of Doha Trade Negotiations - 16 November 2012
New Report Highlights Unprecedented Use of Social Media by Parliaments in Citizen Engagement - 9 November 2012
127th IPU Assembly Concludes with Commitments on Mali, Women's Political Empowerment and Protecting Diversity - 26 October 2012
IPU to Send Human Rights Missions to Maldives and Turkey - 24 October 2012
Protect diversity to ensure peace in today's polarized world - 17 October 2012
IPU condemns killing of MP in Maldives, calls for calm - 2 October 2012
Peace never given chance in Syria, says IPU on International Day of Democracy - 12 September 2012
IPU calls on Syrian Parliament to fulfill its role and protect its people - 30 August 2012
IPU Commits to Further Assisting Maldives to Help Resolve Political Crisis - 24 July 2012
IPU welcomes release of Speaker of Palestinian Legislative Council - 20 July 2012
IPU Condemns Killing of Another Somali MP - 17 July 2012
Women Scale New Heights in French Parliamentary Elections - 19 June 2012
Egypt's Democratic Gains Since 2011 Should Not be Lost, Says IPU - 19 June 2012
International Support for Myanmar Needed to Ensure Smooth Transition to Parliamentary Democracy - 29 May 2012
New Algerian Parliament Reaches Important Milestone in Women’s Political Participation - 15 May 2012
Palestinian Hunger Strike Resolution Welcomed but IPU Reiterates Call for Full End to Administrative Detention by Israel - 15 May 2012
IPU condemns killing of Somali MPs - 2 May 2012
IPU-UNDP Work to Strengthen Secretariat of the Palestinian Legislative Council - 1 May 2012
IPU Mission to Myanmar Begins Work to Help Re-Build Parliamentary Democracy - 1 May 2012
Note for press - 1 May 2012
IPU Urged to Send Fact Finding Mission to Syria as 126th Assembly Concludes - 5 April 2012
IPU Concerned Over Continued Imprisonment and Human Rights Violations of Palestinian and Other MPs Around World - 5 April 2012
Parliaments still vital to public quest for democracy despite fragile trust, new report says - 2 April 2012
MPs to Focus on Syria and on Re-Connecting with Electorates During 126th IPU Assembly in Uganda - 28 March 2012
Lack of political will and missed opportunities in 2011 result in too few women in politics yet again, says IPU - 2 March 2012
IPU mission to Maldives urges all sides to use parliamentary dialogue to end crisis and to observe human rights - 23 February 2012
IPU sends urgent mission to the Maldives - 13 February 2012
9th International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. More comprehensive legislative and preventive efforts needed to end FGM - 3 February 2012
Statement by the IPU President concerning the detention of the Speaker and other members of the Palestinian Parliament - 25 January 2012
Parliamentarians under threat in many countries - 16 January 2012