What's new ?

drop Electronic Newsletter: issue No. 11
drop New section: Promoting and defending human rights
drop Quarterly Review of the IPU (Web version): issue No.29

RECENT EVENTS

Logo of the Assembly CAPE TOWN (13 -18 April 2008)
point Details of diberations of the 118th IPU Assembly
point Resolutions of the 118th IPU Assembly
point Deliberations of the 182nd session of the Governing Council
point Council resolutions on human rights cases
point Complete text of the Results brochure as a PDF file (547K, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

MONTEVIDEO (10-11 March 2008)
point Regional seminar for Latin American Parliaments on the theme "Women shaping politics: gender, parliamentary representation and legislative agenda"

NEW YORK (27 February 2008)
point The role of parliaments in financing for gender equality

LUANDA (20-21 February 2008)
point Regional seminar on the role of national parliaments and the SADC Parliamentary Forum in enhancing security in Southern Africa

VIENNA (12 February 2008)
point Parliamentary Forum to Fight Human Trafficking


Publications RECENT PUBLICATIONS

drop Equality in politics: a survey of women and men in parliaments
drop Panorama of Parliamentary Elections: 2007
drop Women in Parliament: The year in perspective
drop Women in Politics: 2008 (poster)
drop World e-Parliament Report 2008
drop Tools for parliamentary oversight
drop First meeting of parliamentary bodies dealing with gender equality
drop Taking action against HIV

Speaker FUTURE ACTIVITIES

SAN SALVADOR (6-7 May 2008)
drop Sub-regional seminar on the role of parliaments in Central America in reconciliation and democratization processes

GENEVA (11-12 September 2008)
drop Annual 2008 session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO

GENEVA (13-15 October 2008)
drop Agenda of the 119th IPU Assembly


PRESS RELEASES

point IPU concerned about the plight of legislators in Zimbabwe and other countries (Cape Town, 18 April 2008)
point Legislators in Cape Town press for accelerated creation of a Palestinian State, end to blockade in Gaza and release of Zimbabwe election results (Cape Town, 18 April 2008)
point Parliamentarians committed to maternal, newborn and child health (Cape Town, 16 April 2008)
point Countdown to 2015 (Cape Town, 16 April 2008)
point 118th IPU Assembly to consider humanitarian situation in conflict areas, particularly in Gaza (Cape Town, 14 April 2008)
point IPU Survey Reveals Women's Growing Influence in Politics (Cape Town, 13 April 2008)
point President Thabo Mbeki opens the 118th IPU Assembly in Cape Town (Cape Town, 13 April 2008)
point President Thabo Mbeki to open 118th Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in Cape Town (Geneva / Cape Town, 31 March 2008)
point IPU condemns killing of Sri Lankan MP (Geneva, 7 March 2008)
point Women in Politics: not enough progress (Geneva, 4 March 2008)
point Women in politics: 2008 - Room for improvement despite significant gains (New York, 29 February 2008)
point IPU and UN launch World e-Parliament Report 2008 (Geneva, 28 February 2008)
point IPU welcomes release of four Colombian MPs (Geneva, 28 February 2008)
point How to put an end to the practice of female genital mutilation? (Geneva, 5 February 2008)

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