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IPU logo ANNUAL PARLIAMENTARY HEARING AT THE UNITED NATIONS
New York (United Nations Headquarters), 13 - 14 November 2006
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Organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Every year during the fall session of the General Assembly the IPU organises a Parliamentary Hearing as an opportunity for members of parliaments to exchange views with United Nations officials, representatives of United Nations diplomatic community, as well as scholars and leading academics.

This year's meeting was entitled "Conflict Prevention and Peace-Building: Reinforcing the Key Role of the United Nations". The discussions centered on the following aspects:

  • the main findings of the 2006 United Nations Secretary-General's Report on Conflict Prevention;
  • the new UN Peace-Building Commission: challenges and expectations;
  • the fight against corruption, nationally and internationally, and implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (October 2003) and other multilateral instruments;
  • follow-up to the 2005 World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments: how to strengthen parliaments in their interaction with the United Nations.
As in the past, the 2006 Parliamentary Hearing brought together legislators who were part of their national delegations to the United Nations General Assembly, and in particular those whose worked in their parliamentary select committees concerned with the issues outlined above.
 

SESSION DOCUMENTS
Summary and main conclusions [PDF]
Introductory remarks by the IPU President, Mr. Pier Ferdinando Casini [PDF]
Message of the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan
Rapporteurs’ Summary [PDF]
Programme [PDF]
Backgrounder on Conflict prevention [PDF]
Backgrounder on Preventing and combating corrupt practices [PDF]
Backgrounder on the Peacebuilding Commission [PDF]
Backgrounder on Arrangements for establishing the Peacebuilding Fund [PDF]
Convocation [PDF]
Information Note [PDF]
Registration form [PDF] or [WORD]
 
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2005 Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations
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