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Issue No.11, 20 March 2008

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	Where is the money for gender equality ?
	IPU joins United Nations thematic debate on climate change
	Donor support for IPU activities
	Putting Parliaments in Southern Africa at the heart of security challenges
	IPU and UN to build greater awareness by parliamentarians on human trafficking
	IPU President in the Middle East
	Launch of the first World e-Parliament Report

Issue No.10, 7 December 2007

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	Call for observance of the International Day of Democracy
	Is trade killing our planet?
	Panel discussion on Capitol Hill draws attention to violence against girls
	Promoting human rights in French-speaking African countries
	Parliamentarians meet in Lisbon to discuss decent work
	Exploratory mission to the new Parliament of Sierra Leone
	New York Hearing sets new milestone in IPU-UN relationship

Issue No.9, 28 September 2007

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	IPU joins the Group of Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations
	Gender-sensitive budgets are key to economic efficiency
	Members of parliament join the global fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic
	New efforts to help the plight of some 200 legislators around the world
	Practising what it preaches: IPU makes its own budget "green"
	IPU-UNICEF partnership on agenda of UNICEF's Executive Board
	Handbook: Shedding light on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Issue No.8, 18 July 2007

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	UN Secretary-General visits IPU Headquarters in Geneva
	Parliamentarians join forces to rebuild trust in government
	Washington panel: parliaments must work together to combat HIV/AIDS
	IPU launches project to support women MPs in Burundi
	WTO Director-General: an interim agreement still within reach
	South Asian MPs to ensure respect for rights of children in conflict with the law
	Parliamentary oversight key to making aid dollars work, concludes UN meeting
	IPU President meets with the Congressional leadership

Issue No.7, 5 June 2007

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	Climate change reports make waves among parliamentarians
	A snapshot of the world's parliamentary elections in 2006
	Criminal case against Philippines MPs dismissed following on-site visit to Manila
	Donors and practitioners of assistance to parliaments seek greater effectiveness
	Two new handbooks seek to mobilize MPs against violence
	116th IPU Assembly: Green light to Parliamentary Committee on UN Affairs

Issue No.6, 20 March 2007

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	Third Annual Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliament
	Helping Parliament in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
	Global employment situation stagnating, MPs find at UN meeting
	Parliament: guarantor of fundamental freedoms in the information society
	Elucidating the assassination of a prominent MP in Bangladesh
	Event of the month: Combating violence against the girl child

Issue No.5, 12 December 2006

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	Latest resolution boosts partnership with the United Nations
	Action to combat discrimination and violence against women
	3-year parliamentary roadmap for the development of democracy
	Law and justice: the case for parliamentary scrutiny
	Dealing with the crisis of representation: finding solutions
	New global centre to boost ICTs in parliaments around the world
	Event of the month: Parliamentary Conference on the WTO

Issue No.4, 30 September 2006

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	IPU delegation praises UN but finds key reforms still needed
	The role of parliaments in the good governance of least developed counties
	IPU joins UN in promoting a new convention on the rights of people with disabilities
	Asian parliamentarians call for a new security architecture to deal with emerging security threats
	Capacity-building for parliaments on sustainable development
	Interview with the IPU President, Mr. Pier Ferdinando Casini

Issue No.3, 6 July 2006

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	Building up a parliamentary dimension of the WTO
	IPU and US Congress say more needs to be done to strengthen parliamentary institutions worldwide
	Africa's development needs are dramatically illustrated during IPU Assembly in Kenya
	Parliamentarians organize against HIV/AIDS during major UN meeting
	Learning lessons from the past, setting standards for the future

Issue No.2, 27 April 2006

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	UN reform opens prospects for more structured cooperation with parliaments
	Forthcoming IPU Assembly to focus on African continent
	IPU and UNDP join hands to boost capacities in newly established Afghan parliament
	Parliamentary meeting highlights the politics of water
	Strengthening parliamentary oversight of the security sector in Moldova
	Seeking to shed light on the murder of a prominent Mongolian MP
	Interview with the President of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Jan Eliasson
	Obituary

Issue No.1, 15 March 2006

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	IPU at the United Nations: Standing up for women
	IPU assists new Burundian parliament
	Curbing the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons
	New edition of groundbreaking publication on free and fair elections
	Women politicians make inroads worldwide
	Ms. Ann Clwyd: Testimony on the human rights of parliamentarians

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