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2006

What is IPU Browsing through this RETROSPECTIVE COLLECTION of press releases of the Inter-Parliamentary Union is the best way to learn quickly about the not-so-distant events in the life of the Union and the world parliamentary community. To select a year other than 2006, go directly to the corresponding page:

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Bullet"To deny the existence of the Holocaust is an insult to our conscience as human beings", declares the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (Geneva, 13 December 2006)
BulletThe IPU condemns the military coup d'état in Fiji (Geneva, 5 December 2006)
BulletWake-up call for all political decision-makers to oversee government action in the field of international trade (Geneva, 2 December 2006)
BulletThe political cost of failure of the WTO negotiations should perhaps be considered as the most compelling reason for reaching a deal (Geneva, 1 December 2006)
BulletParliamentary committees to discuss ways to achieve gender equality (Geneva, 1st December 2006)
BulletParliamentarians to call for resumption of WTO negotiations (Geneva, 28 November 2006)
BulletIPU calls on Parliaments to step up action to combat violence against women (Geneva, 24 November 2006)
BulletAssassination of Pierre Gemayel. IPU alarmed by escalating violence in Lebanon (Geneva, 21 November 2006)
Bullet21 November 2006 - World Television Day. Success of parliamentary TV channels proves interest in parliamentary activities (Geneva, 20 November 2006)
BulletIPU and the UN to inaugurate in Rome the Office of the Global Centre for Information and Communication Technologies in Parliament (Geneva, 16 November 2006)
BulletIPU and United Nations to strengthen operational partnership in conflict prevention and peace-building (New York, 14 November 2006)
BulletIPU President meets Speaker of Egyptian Parliament (Geneva/Rome, 27 October 2006)
BulletLegislators in Geneva condemn the Democratic People's Republic of Korea nuclear weapons test (Geneva, 18 October 2006)
Bullet"Parliaments are critical in our collective fight against poverty", said World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz at the 115th IPU Assembly (Geneva, 17 October 2006)
BulletThe announcement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of its nuclear weapons test adopted as emergency item at 115th IPU Assembly (Geneva, 16 October 2006)
BulletPanel on IPU Committee on Human Rights of MPs commemorates thirty years defending free speech (Geneva, 16 October 2006)
BulletConference on parliaments, parliamentary TV channels and public broadcasters in Geneva (Geneva, 16 October 2006)
BulletParliamentary diplomacy in action at the 115th IPU Assembly in Geneva (Geneva, 13 October 2006)
Bullet"Torture is unacceptable under any circumstances and in any situation" said legislators from more than 40 countries (Geneva, 27 September 2006)
BulletFormer magistrate Eva Joly says "corruption is a universal problem" (Geneva, 26 September 2006)
BulletLaw and justice: the case for parliamentary scrutiny (Geneva, 25 September 2006)
BulletParliaments to scale up involvement in HIV/AIDS (Geneva, 20 September 2006)
BulletThe IPU calls on Indonesian authorities not to execute three Christian Indonesian citizens (Geneva, 20 September 2006)
BulletThe IPU condemns the military coup d'état in Thailand (Geneva, 20 September 2006)
BulletParliamentarians call for resumption of WTO negotiations (Geneva, 15 September 2006)
BulletIPU President Casini concludes three-nation Middle East tour in Lebanon; calls for renewed political dialogue to achieve peace and stability in the region (Geneva, 11 September 2006)
BulletThe IPU commemorates 11 September terrorist attacks by calling for dialogue as it inaugurates the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (Geneva, 11 September 2006)
BulletIPU President Casini on official visit to Iran meets President Ahmadinejad and calls for dialogue to resolve nuclear issue (Geneva, 11 September 2006)
BulletIPU alarmed at the arrest and detention of the Speaker of the PLC (Geneva, 8 August 2006)
BulletIPU President calls for an end to violence in Lebanon and opening of a humanitarian corridor (Geneva, 21 July 2006)
BulletThe IPU Committee on Human Rights of Parliamentarians examined public cases concerning 112 parliamentarians in 19 countries (Geneva, 14 July 2006)
BulletPresident of Philippines Senate Franklin Drilon elected President of the Committee on Human Rights of Parliamentarians (Geneva, 11 July 2006)
BulletIPU lauds voter turnout in Kuwait (Geneva, 3 July 2006)
BulletIPU expresses concern at the detention of Members of the PLC (Geneva, 2 July 2006)
BulletIPU-UNITAR Seminar on parliaments, sustainable development, water and desertification (Geneva, 26 Juin 2006)
BulletIPU and EP call on WTO Members: "Concrete results are politically indispensable. There is no Plan B." (Geneva, 23 Juin 2006)
BulletParliamentarians meet during UN High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS (New York, 2 Juin 2006)
BulletIPU and UNICEF call for immediate assistance to populations in the Horn of Africa (Nairobi, 12 May 2006)
BulletParliamentarians in Nairobi urge all parties to ensure that food relief should not be used for political ends (Nairobi, 12 May 2006)
BulletRecord number of allegations of violations of human rights of MPs examined by the IPU (Nairobi, 12 May 2006)
BulletParliamentarians can put children at centre of AIDS agenda (Nairobi, 10 May 2006)
Bullet"Legislators could make laws that protect the environment rather than do politics with resources", said Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai at the IPU Assembly (Nairobi, 9 May 2006)
BulletNeed for urgent food relief in Africa was adopted as an emergency item at IPU Nairobi Assembly (Nairobi, 8 May 2006)
BulletIPU offers clear evidence that democratic change through parliament is possible (Nairobi, 8 May 2006)
BulletPresident Mwai Kibaki inaugurates the 114th IPU assembly in Nairobi (Nairobi, 7 May 2006)
BulletPresident of IPU Women Parliamentarians’ Meeting in Nairobi denounces rape and sexual violence during armed conflict, especially in Darfur (Nairobi, 7 May 2006)
BulletPresident Mwai Kibaki to open 114th Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in Nairobi (Geneva/Nairobi, 26 April 2006)
BulletIPU appeal to save 20 million people in Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia and the United Republic of Tanzania living under threat of starvation (Geneva, 30 March 2006)
BulletA free and fair election is the very meaning of democracy (Geneva, 24 March 2006)
BulletOne out of five parliamentarians elected in 2005 is a woman (Geneva/New York, 27 February 2006)
Bullet6 February, International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation: Parliamentarians raise awareness (Geneva, 3 February 2006)
BulletThe Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians welcomes the liberation of two Syrian former parliamentarians (Geneva, 23 January 2006)

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