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IPU COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS

    IPU Committee on United Nations Affairs

In order to better respond to the growing partnership between the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations, a dedicated Committee on United Nations Affairs was established in the spring of 2007.

According to the decision taken by the Governing Council of the IPU at its 180th session (Nusa Dua, 30 April 2007), the IPU Committee on United Nations Affairs meets once a year in plenary session, during the fall Assembly of the IPU. It has a broad mandate, which includes:

  • evaluating progress in the cooperation between the IPU and the UN system, and proposing strategies for further action;
  • convening hearings with senior UN officials;
  • examining how parliaments organize their work vis-à-vis the United Nations;
  • examining and making suggestions for more structured cooperation with the United Nations by regional parliamentary organizations and assemblies;
  • examining the overall working of the United Nations and its reform, in particular in terms of system-wide coherence, institutional effectiveness and the use of public funds.

At its first session in October 2007, the Committee adopted an IPU Policy paper on the nature of the relationship between the United Nations and the world of parliaments, subsequently endorsed by the IPU member Parliaments and circulated in the United Nations General Assembly.

In order to better organize its work, the Committee also set up an Advisory Group tasked with providing substantive input and preparing the Committee work plan, as well as with conducting investigations and field missions, and reporting thereon to the Committee.

To date, field missions have been conducted by the Advisory Group to pilot countries implementing the "Delivering as One" reform of UN operations at the national level. These missions have sought to evaluate progress in ensuring greater system-wide coherence, including in terms of greater involvement by parliament in the elaboration of national development plans and the monitoring of aid effectiveness.

Reports of the Committee on United Nations Affairs and its Advisory Group
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