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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. 9th International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation. More comprehensive legislative and preventive efforts needed to end FGM (Geneva, 3 February 2012) Statement by the IPU President concerning the detention of the Speaker and other members of the Palestinian Parliament (Geneva, 25 January 2012) Parliamentarians under threat in many countries (Geneva, 16 January 2012) New Year Message from the IPU President, Mr. Abdelwahad Radi (Geneva, 31 December 2011) The President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union deeply concerned by the violence in Egypt (Geneva, 23 November 2011) IPU President calls for an end to violence in Syria (Geneva, 18 November 2011) Abdelwahed Radi elected new IPU President (Bern, 19 October 2011) 125th IPU Assembly debates the plight of the people of famine-stricken Somalia (Bern, 17 October 2011) Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey opens 125th IPU Assembly in Bern (Bern, 16 October 2011) Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey to open 125th IPU Assembly in Bern (Geneva/Bern, 6 October 2011) IPU welcomes Saudi Arabia's decision to grant women the right to vote and stand for election (Geneva, 26 September 2011) International Day of Democracy: Statement by Dr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, IPU President (Geneva, 15 September 2011) The IPU welcomes the recognition by the State of Colombia of its responsibility in the assassination of Senator Manuel Cepeda (Geneva, 11 August 2011) IPU Human Rights Committee elects new President (Geneva, 5 July 2011) Parliamentarians pledge to support change for the Least Developed Countries (Istanbul, 8 May 2011) Browse through a complete chronological collection of IPU press releases issued in recent years. FURTHER INFORMATION For further information, send us your questions or contact the Union's Information Officer at the following address: Inter-Parliamentary Union 5, chemin du Pommier Case postale 330 CH-1218 Le Grand Saconnex / Geneva Switzerland Telephone: +4122 9194150 Fax: +4122 9194160 E-mail: postbox@mail.ipu.org