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Press release of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Geneva, 2 October 1998
FBF N° 1
THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION IS PRESENT
AT THE FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) will be present at the Frankfurt
Book Fair, the largest event for publishers and editors which
is to be held from 7 to 12 October.
The IPU will share a stand with the United Nations (a co-operation
agreement between the IPU and the UN has been signed in 1996)
to present its most recent publications concerning various aspects
of its work in the fields of democracy, representative institutions
and elections:
- Democracy: its principles and achievement: (ISBN 92-9142-036-0)
this book gathers opinions and thoughts from personalities representative
of the different geopolitical currents on the principles and achievements
of democracy. It also contains the text of the Universal Declaration
on Democracy adopted by the IPU in September 1997. Available
in English, French and Spanish. SF 30.-
- Codes of Conduct for Elections: (ISBN 92-9142-039-5)
this book provides a comprehensive review of practical problems
and solutions relating to the financing of elections, media coverage,
election observation, campaign practices and the institutionalisation
of the electoral process. Available in English, French and Spanish.
SF 30.-
- Free and Fair Elections: International Law and Practice:
(ISBN 92-9142-000-X) this books seeks to establish the content
of the rules and standards of international law pertaining to
free and fair elections, with special attention to State practice.
Available in English, French and Spanish. SF 10.-
- Presiding Officers of National Parliamentary Assemblies:
(ISBN 92-9142-028-X) this book aims to define the status of presiding
officers and their functions before attempting to determine their
place and role in the institutions. Available in English, French
and Spanish. SF 30.-
- Chronicle of Parliamentary Elections: (ISBN 92-9142-042-5)
this book contains separate chapters on national legislative elections,
information on the electoral system, the background and outcome
of the elections, and statistics on the results of the poll and
the new members of parliament. Available in English and French.
SF 35.-
The Inter-Parliamentary Union is the world-wide organisation of
parliaments and focal point for world-wide parliamentary dialogue.
It works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the
firm establishment of representative democracy. By means of twice-annual
Conferences and specialised meetings of representative of its
136 member-parliaments, the IPU considers questions of common
interest and concern, expresses its views on political, economic,
social and cultural problems of international significance in
order to bring about action by parliaments and parliamentarians.
Information about the goals and activities of the IPU is accessible
via Internet (http://www.ipu.org); the IPU's catalogue of publications
is also available on the Web.
For more information, please contact:
The IPU Information Service
Tel. (41 22) 919.41.27
Fax (41 22) 733.31.41
cd@mail.ipu.org
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