Press release of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
Moscow, 12 September 1998
N° 12

The new Union Headquarters in Geneva scheduled for delivery in August 2001. The "House of Parliaments" will be able to accomodate Executive Committee and other inter-parliamentary meetings. It will help to enhance the visibility of the Union as the Organisation of World Parliaments and provide the necessary space for its activities. The total cost of the project is 9.5 million Swiss Francs.

The land will be provided to the IPU freehold for a period of 60 years by the State of Geneva and the funds will be made available in the form of an interest-free loan from the Foundation for Buildings for International Organisations (FIPOI), with the approval of the Swiss Federal Council.

• 101st Conference, Brussels, 10-16 April 1999
• 102nd Conference, Berlin, 10-16 October 1999
• 103rd Conference, Amman, April/May 2000
• 104th Conference, Jakarta, October 2000

FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact in Moscow:

• IPU Press Officer: Yves Bellégo, tel. (70 95) 910 18 19/910 19 21/910 19 94 fax (70 95) 910 14 68/910 19 22
• Russian Press Officer: Guennadi Dyakonov, Deputy Director, Information Service of the Parliament, Moscow, tel. (70 95) 292 33 66; fax (70 95) 292 94 64