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The Press and Information Service of the Inter-Parliamentary Union issues press releases on the occasion of statutory Inter-Parliamentary Conferences and specialized meetings, as well as other important events in the life of the Union.
Take a look at the most topical press releases below, or browse through a complete chronological collection of them issued in recent years.
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9th International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. More comprehensive legislative and preventive efforts needed to end FGM (Geneva, 3 February 2012)  |
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Statement by the IPU President concerning the detention of the Speaker and other members of the Palestinian Parliament (Geneva, 25 January 2012) |
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Parliamentarians under threat in many countries (Geneva, 16 January 2012) |
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New Year Message from the IPU President, Mr. Abdelwahad Radi (Geneva, 31 December 2011) |
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The President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union deeply concerned by the violence in Egypt (Geneva, 23 November 2011) |
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IPU President calls for an end to violence in Syria (Geneva, 18 November 2011) |
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Abdelwahed Radi elected new IPU President (Bern, 19 October 2011) |
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125th IPU Assembly debates the plight of the people of famine-stricken Somalia (Bern, 17 October 2011) |
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Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey opens 125th IPU Assembly in Bern (Bern, 16 October 2011) |
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Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey to open 125th IPU Assembly in Bern (Geneva/Bern, 6 October 2011) |
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IPU welcomes Saudi Arabia's decision to grant women the right to vote and stand for election (Geneva, 26 September 2011) |
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International Day of Democracy: Statement by Dr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, IPU President (Geneva, 15 September 2011) |
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The IPU welcomes the recognition by the State of Colombia of its responsibility in the assassination of Senator Manuel Cepeda (Geneva, 11 August 2011) |
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IPU Human Rights Committee elects new President (Geneva, 5 July 2011) |
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Parliamentarians pledge to support change for the Least Developed Countries (Istanbul, 8 May 2011) |
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