| >>> VERSION FRANÇAISE | ||
| Inter-Parliamentary Union | ||
| Chemin du Pommier 5, C.P. 330, CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex/Geneva, Switzerland |
|
129th IPU ASSEMBLY AND RELATED MEETINGS
Geneva (Switzerland), 7 - 9 October 2013
|
| Updated on 7 October 2013 |
| REQUESTS FOR INCLUSION OF AN EMERGENCY ITEM |
|
Procedure to be followed:Under the terms of Assembly Rule 11.1, any Member of the Union may request the inclusion of an emergency item in the Assembly agenda. Such a request must be accompanied by a brief explanatory memorandum and a draft resolution which clearly define the scope of the subject covered by the request. The Secretariat shall communicate the request and any such documents immediately to all Members.
Furthermore, Assembly Rule 11.2 stipulates that:
(a) A request for the inclusion of an emergency item must relate to a major event of international concern on which it appears necessary for the IPU to express its opinion. Such a request must receive a two-thirds majority of the votes cast in order to be accepted;(b) The Assembly may place only one emergency item on its agenda. Should several requests obtain the requisite majority, the one having received the largest number of positive votes shall be accepted;
(c) The authors of two or more requests for the inclusion of an emergency item may combine their proposals to present a joint one, provided that each of the original proposals relates to the same subject;
(d) The subject of a proposal that has been withdrawn by its authors or rejected by the Assembly cannot be included in the draft resolution submitted on the emergency item, unless it is clearly referred to in the request and title of the subject adopted by the Assembly.
| Updated on 17 January 2014 |
| SESSION DOCUMENTS |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| DEADLINES |
The IPU is currently in the process of putting in place mechanisms to enhance the functioning of its Standing Committees. Among other things, Committees will be encouraged to establish multiyear work plans and to conduct a wider variety of operational activities such as: commissioning research; conducting field missions; preparing and discussing reports on good practices; holding hearings with senior international officials; and monitoring the implementation of IPU resolutions. To this end, in Geneva the governing bodies will be adopting amendments to the IPU Statutes and Rules.The provisional calendar for the preparation of draft resolutions by all three Standing Committees (transitional phase) is as follows:
|
| Updated on 2 October 2013 |
| GENERAL TIMETABLE OF THE ASSEMBLY AND RELATED MEETINGS ** |
| Legend: | Assembly or Governing Council | Standing Committees or Panel discussions | Other Assembly events, including in camera sessions | |||
 |  |  |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* In camera meeting ** Simultaneous interpretation will be provided during the Assembly in the four working languages of the IPU: English, French, Spanish and Arabic. The interpretation of proceedings serves to facilitate communication and does not constitute an authentic or verbatim record of the proceedings. Only the original speech is authentic.
| Legend: | Assembly or Governing Council | Committees or Panel discussions | Other Assembly events, including in camera sessions | |||
| | |
IPU ASSEMBLYMAIN AREAS OF ACTIVITYIPU STRUCTURE AND DOCUMENTS
Twitter
Collection of photo images of the Assembly on Flickr
[
[
[
