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No.280, Geneva, 20 September 2007 IPU Logo-bottom

IPU CONDEMNS MURDER OF LEBANESE MP ANTOINE GHANEM

"The Inter-Parliamentary Union strongly condemns the killing of the Lebanese member of Parliament, Mr. Antoine Ghanem", said the President of the IPU, Mr. Pier Ferdinando Casini. Mr. Ghanem died as a car bomb exploded in Beirut last night, along with several other persons.

"This is the fourth time a Lebanese legislator has been murdered in less than two years. These acts are outrageous", added the IPU President.

The IPU sends its condolences to the Lebanese Parliament and to Mr. Ghanem's family, as well as to the families of the other victims of the blast.

Established in 1889 and with its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the IPU, the oldest multilateral political organisation, currently brings together 147 affiliated parliaments and seven regional assemblies as associate members. The world organisation of parliaments has an Office in New York, which acts as its Permanent Observer at the United Nations.
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