| UPCOMING EVENTS |
 | Meeting of the Advisory Group of the IPU Committee on United Nations Affairs | GENEVA (IPU Headquarters) 18 July 2008 |
 | Parliamentary briefing during the XVII International AIDS Conference (3-8 August) | MEXICO CITY (Mexico) 5 August 2008 |
 | Annual 2008 session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO | Geneva (CICG) 11-12 September 2008 |
 | Parliamentary Seminar on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | GENEVA 16 October 2008 |
 | Joint IPU-UN Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 20-21 November 2008 |
 | Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the International Review Conference on Financing for Development (29 November - 2 December) | DOHA (Qatar) November/December 2008 |
 | Meeting of the IPU Advisory Group on HIV/AIDS | Second half of 2008 |
 | Regional HIV/AIDS Training Seminar | Second half of 2008 |
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| PAST EVENTS |
| 2008 |
 | Panel discussion on parliaments, peace-building and reconciliation | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 13 June 2008 |
 | Stakeholder Forum on "The role of national and local stakeholders in contributing to aid quality and effectiveness" | ROME (Italy) 12-13 June 2008 |
 | Parliamentary briefing on HIV/AIDS | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 9 June 2008 |
 | The role of parliaments in financing for gender equality. Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the 52nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 27 February 2008 |
 | Parliamentary Forum to Fight Human Trafficking | VIENNA (Austria) 12 February 2008 |
| 2007 |
 | Meeting of parliamentary bodies dealing with the status of women and gender equality | GENEVA (IPU Headquarters) 6-8 December 2007 |
 | First global parliamentary meeting on HIV/AIDS | MANILA (Philippines) 28-30 November 2007 |
 | Regional Capacity Building Seminar for Asian Parliaments on Sustainable Development | VIENTIANE (Lao PDR) 26-28 November 2007 |
 | Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations "Reinforcing the Rule of Law in International Relations: The Key Role of Parliaments" | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 20-21 November 2007 |
 | Meeting of the Advisory Group of the IPU Committee on United Nations Affairs | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 19 November 2007 |
 | Seminar for members of parliamentary committees on human rights and other committees addressing migration issues "Migration: the human rights perspective" | GENEVA (IPU Headquarters) 24-26 October 2007 |
 | Parliamentary seminar on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | GENEVA (CICG) 11 October 2007 |
 | World e-Parliament Conference 2007: Challenges and benefits of ICT in parliamentary processes | GENEVA (CICG) 11 October 2007 |
 | Parliamentary Panel "Trade and climate change: Is trade killing our planet?", held within the framework of the WTO Public Forum 2007 | GENEVA (WTO Headquarters) 4 October 2007 |
 | Regional seminar for parliaments in French-speaking Africa on the "Role of Parliaments in the implementation of international and regional human rights treaties" | OUAGADOUGOU (Burkina Faso) 1-3 October |
 | Parliamentary Forum on the occasion of the 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government | VIENNA (Austria) 25 June 2007 |
 | Panel discussion on "Enhancing the parliamentary response to the HIV/AIDS crisis" | WASHINGTON D.C. 12 June 2007 |
 | Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the 51st session of the Commission on the Status of Women | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 1 March 2007 |
 | Third Annual Meeting of Women Speakers of Parliament | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 2 March 2007 |
| 2006 |
 | Annual 2006 session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO | GENEVA (Switzerland) 1-2 December 2006 |
 | Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 13-14 November 2006 |
 | Parliamentary Forum on the occasion of the sixth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies | DOHA (Qatar) 29 October - 1 November 2006 |
 | Parliamentary panel on governance in the Least Developed Countries | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 15 September 2006 |
 | Regional Capacity-Building Seminar for African Parliaments on Sustainable Development, organized jointly by the IPU and UNITAR | YAOUNDE (Cameroon) 26-28 June 2006 |
 | Parliamentary Caucus on the occasion of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 1 June 2006 |
 | Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the 50th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 1 March 2006 |
| 2005 |
 | Hong Kong session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO | HONG KONG (China) 12 and 15 December 2005 |
 | Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society | TUNIS (Tunisia) 17 November 2005 |
 | Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 31 October - 1 November 2005 |
 | Information seminar "Implementing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: The Role of Parliaments and their Members" | GENEVA (IPU Headquarters) 20 October 2005 |
 | Seminar for Latin American Parliaments on Parliament and the budgetary process, including from a gender perspective | SAN SALVADOR (El Salvador) 19-21 September 2005 |
 | Second World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 7-9 September 2005 |
 | Seminar on the impact of parliamentary action on indigenous peoples' rights, organised in partnership with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | GENEVA (IPU Headquarters) 25-27 July 2005 |
 | Regional seminar for Latin American parliaments on parliamentary oversight of the security sector | MONTEVIDEO (Uruguay) 1-2 July 2005 |
 | Panel discussion "Promoting innovative sources of FFD: What role for parliaments?" | NEW YORK (UN Headquarters) 10 June 2005 |
 | Parliamentary panel in the framework of the WTO Public Symposium, organized by the IPU in partnership with the WTO Secretariat | GENEVA (Switzerland) 22 April 2005 |
 | Seminar on parliaments, environmental management and sustainable development, in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) | PARIS (France) 22-23 April 2005 |
 | Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women: Beijing + 10, organised jointly by the IPU and the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (UNDAW) | NEW YORK (USA) 3 March 2005 |
| 2004 |
 | Brussels session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, organised jointly by the IPU and the European Parliament in partnership with the WTO Secretariat | BRUSSELS (Belgium) 24-26 November 2004 |
 | Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations "From disarmament to lasting peace: Defining the parliamentary role" | NEW YORK (USA) 19-20 October 2004 |
 | Information seminar "Implemeting the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women", organised jointly with the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (UNDAW) | GENEVA (Switzerland) 2 October 2004 |
 | Regional seminar for Arab parliaments: "Parliament and the budgetary process, including from a gender perspective", organised jointly by the Lebanese National Assembly, the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the IPU | BEIRUT (Lebanon) 22-24 June 2004 |
 | Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of UNCTAD XI, organised jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Brazilian National Congress in co-operation with the UNCTAD Secretariat | SAO PAULO (Brazil) 11-12 June 2004 |
 | African Parliamentary Conference: "Refugees in Africa: The Challenges of Protection and Solutions", organised by the African Parliamentary Union, in partnership with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and with the IPU sponsorship | COTONOU (Benin) 1-3 June 2004 |
 | Seminar for Chairpersons and Members of Parliamentary Human Rights Bodies, organised by the IPU and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | GENEVA (Switzerland) 15-17 March 2004 |
| 2003 |
 | Parliamentary panel within the framework of the World Summit on the Information Society | GENEVA (Switzerland) 11 December 2003 |
 | Annual Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations | NEW YORK (USA) 27 October 2003 |
 | Cancún session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, organised jointly by the IPU and the European Parliament in partnership with the WTO Secretariat | CANCUN (Mexico) 9 and 12 September 2003 |
 | Parliamentarians' Forum on the occasion of the Fifth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies, organized jointly by the IPU and the Parliament of Mongolia | ULAANBAATAR (Mongolia) 11 September 2003 |
 | Fifth Round Table of Parliamentarians on "The role of members of parliament in promoting sustainable development at national level within the framework of the implementation of the UNCCD", organised by the IPU at the invitation of the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) | HAVANA (Cuba) 3-4 September 2003 |
 | Parliamentary panel in the framework of the WTO Public Symposium, organized by the IPU in partnership with the WTO Secretariat | GENEVA (Switzerland) 17 June 2003 |
 | Seminar for parliaments of South West Asia on "Parliament and the budgetary process, including from a gender perspective", organised jointly by the Parliament of Sri Lanka and the IPU, with the support of the World Bank Institute and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [PDF file] | COLOMBO (Sri Lanka)) 26-28 May 2003 |
 | Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, organised jointly by the IPU and the European Parliament, in partnership with the WTO Secretariat | GENEVA (Switzerland) 17-18 February 2003 |
| 2002 |
 | Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, organised by the IPU in cooperation with the South African Parliament | JONANNESBOURG (South Africa) 29-30 August 2002 |
 | Seminar for Asian parliaments on "Parliament and the budgetary process, including from a gender perspective", organized by the IPU and the Congress of the Philippines, with the support of UNDP and the World Bank | MANILA (Philippines) 23-25 June 2002 |
 | Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the World Food Summit: five years later, organised by the IPU and the Italian parliament, with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) | ROME (Italy) 11 June 2002 |
 | Parliamentary Forum on Children
, organised by the IPU and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | NEW YORK (USA) 9 May 2002 |
 | Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the 58th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, organized by the IPU with the assistance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) | GENEVA (Switzerland) 8 April 2002 |
 | Parliamentary Forum on the occasion of the International Conference on Financing for Development, organized by the Mexican parliament, with the support of the IPU | MEXICO CITY (Mexico) 16 March 2002 |
 | Conference on International Humanitarian Law for the Protection of Civilians During Armed Conflict in Africa, organised by the African Parliamentary Union (APU), with input from the IPU and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and in association with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | NIAMEY (Niger) 18-20 February 2002 |