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In this section: Cooperation with the UN: table of contents Overview Issues, activities and partners Calendar of events Parliamentary Hearings Statements, reports and resolutions IPU Office in New York Useful links Related pages: Latest news Representative democracy Peace and security Sustainable development Women in politics Human rights What is the IPU? What's new on this site? Quick search	IPU COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS     Statements, reports and resolutions Since 2002, when the IPU became a Permanent Observer in the United Nations General Assembly, IPU representatives have regularly addressed the sessions of the General Assembly and its subsidiary organs as well as major United Nations conferences and high-level events. By virtue of its unique character as the world organisation of national parliaments, the IPU also enjoys the right to distribute its official documents (i.e., resolutions and declarations) in the General Assembly, translated into the six official languages of the United Nations. This arrangement has opened new possibilities for the IPU to bring the views of parliaments directly to the attention of the United Nations community. On this page, you will find: Selection of speeches delivered by IPU representatives at recent United Nations events United Nations reports and resolutions concerning the relationship with the IPU Texts of IPU documents circulated at the United Nations    STATEMENTS AND SPEECHES 2009 Statement before the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development 29 June 2009 [English] [French] Statement before the General Assembly: Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration 17 June 2009 [English] [French] Statement at UNCTAD's Public Symposium 18 May 2009 [English] [French] Statement before the Durban Review Conference 21 April 2009 [English] [French] Statement before the 53rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 5 March 2009 [English] [French] Statement before the Substantive session of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations 23 February 2009 [English] [French] 2008 Statement before the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development 29 November 2008 [English] [French] Statement before the World e-Parliament Conference 2008 25 November 2008 [English] [French] Statement before the General Assembly: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union 3 November 2008 [English] [French] Statement at the Second Committee of the General Assembly: Third United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries 3 November 2008 [English] [French] Statement at the Third Committee of the General Assembly: Promotion and protection of human rights 28 October 2008 [English] [French] Statement at the Second Committee of the General Assembly: Information and communication technologies for development 23 October 2008 [English] [French] Statement at the Second Committee of the General Assembly: Implementation of the second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008-2017) 22 October 2008 [English] [French] Statement at the Third Committee of the General Assembly: Promotion and protection of the rights of children 15 October 2008 [English] [French] Statement at the Third Committee of the General Assembly: Advancement of Women 13 October 2008 [English] [French] Statement before the General Assembly: Report of the Peacebuilding Commission 13 October 2008 [English] [French] Statement at the Development Cooperation Forum 1 July 2008 [English] [French] Statement at the Stakeholder Forum on "The role of national and local stakeholders in contributing to aid quality and effectiveness" 12 June 2008 [English] [French] Statement at a High-level Meeting on AIDS 12 June 2008 [English] [French] Statement at United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development 27 May 2008 [English] [French] Statement at High-Level Stakeholders Consultation on the Implementation of the Sierra Leone Peacebuilding Cooperation Framework 19 May 2008 [English] [French] Statement at Informal consultations in the United Nations General Assembly: System-wide Coherence 16 May 2008 [English] [French] Statement at UNCTAD XII 21 April 2008 [English] [French] Statement at a Thematic Debate of the General Assembly: Recognizing the achievements, addressing the challenges and getting back on track to achieve the MDGs by 2015 2 April 2008 [English] [French] Statement before the 52nd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 28 February 2008 [English] [French] Statement before the General Assembly: Thematic Debate on Climate Change 12 February 2008 [English] [French] Statement before the 46th Session of the Commission for Social Development of the United Nations 8 February 2008 [English] [French] 2007 Statement at the 2007 Meeting of the International Conferences of New or Restored Democracies 17 December 2007 [English] [French] Statement at the Commemorative high-level plenary meeting devoted to the follow-up to the outcome of the Special Session on Children 11 December 2007 [English][French] Statement before the General Assembly: Strengthening of the United Nations System 26 November 2007 [English][French] Statement at the Second Committee of the General Assembly: Information and communication technologies for development 5 November 2007 [English] [French] Statement before the General Assembly: Support by the United Nations system of efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies 5 November 2007 [English] [French] Statement at the Third Committee of the General Assembly: Promotion and protection of human rights 30 October 2007 [English] [French] Statement at the Second Committee of the General Assembly: Sustainable development 29 October 2007 [English] [French] Statement before the High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development of the United Nations General Assembly 23 October 2007 [English] [French] Statement at the Third Committee of the General Assembly: Promotion and protection of the rights of children 19 October 2007 [English] [French] Statement at the Third Committee of the General Assembly: Advancement of Women 16 October 2007 [English] [French] Statement before the the General Assembly: Report of the Peacebuilding Commission 10 October 2007 [English] [French] Statement at the Trade and Development Board of UNCTAD le 2 october 2007 [English] [French] Statement before the Second informal open meeting on the Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly 19 June 2007 [English] [French] Statement before the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development 21 May 2007 [English] [French] Statement before the United Nations Human Rights Council 13 March 2007 [English] [French] Statement before the the General Assembly: The promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women 8 March 2007 [English] [French] Statement before the 51st session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 2 March 2007 [English] [French] Statement before the 45th Session of the Commission for Social Development of the United Nations 9 February 2007 [English] [French] 2006 Statement before the General Assembly: Strengthening of the United Nations System 20 November 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the Third Committee of the General Assembly: Human rights questions 30 October 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the Second Committee of the General Assembly: Sustainable development 26 October 2006 [English] [French] Statement before the General Assembly: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union 20 October 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the Second Committee of the General Assembly: International trade and development 17 October 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the Second Committee of the General Assembly: Information and communication technologies for development 12 October 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the Third Committee of the General Assembly: Advancement of Women 10 October 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the midterm review of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001-2010 18 September 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the United Nations Conference to review progress made in the implementation of the programme of action to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects 29 June 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the first session of the United Nations Human Rights Council 22 June 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the High-level Meeting of the United nations General Assembly on HIV/AIDS 2 June 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the United Nations Ad hoc Working Group on Revitalization of the General Assembly 6 April 2006 [English] [French] Statement at the UN event in celebration of the International Women's Day 8 March 2006 [English] [French] Statement before the 50th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 3 March 2006 [English] [French] Statement before the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects 12 January 2006 [English] [French] 2005 Statement before the General Assembly: Support by the United Nations system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies 15 December 2005 [English] [French] Statement at the plenary session of the World Summit on the Information Society 18 November 2005 [English] [French] Statement before the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly: International Migration and Development 28 October 2005 [English] [French] Statement at the Security Council of the United Nations at the open debate on "Women, peace and security" 27 October 2005 [English] [French] Statement before the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly: Implementation of Human Rights Instruments 24 October 2005 [English] [French] Statement before the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly: Advancement of Women 13 October 2005 [English] [French] Statement before the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly 6 October 2005 [English] [French] Statement before the High-level Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly 16 September 2005 [English] [French] Statement at the High-level Dialogue of the United Nations General Assembly on Financing for Development 27 June 2005 [English] [French] Statement at the Round Table on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights with an emphasis on Gender, held within the framework of the High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on HIV/AIDS 2 June 2005 [English] [French] Statement before the 49th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women 7 March 2005 [English] [French] 2004 Statement before the General Assembly: The situation in Afghanistan, its implications for international peace and security and emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan 8 December 2004 [English] [French] Statement before the General Assembly: The question of Palestine 29 November 2004 [English] [French] Statement before the General Assembly: Implementation and follow-up to the outcomes of United Nations conferences and summits, and follow-up to the outcomes of the Millennium Summit 22 November 2004 [English] [French] Statement before the General Assembly: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union 21 October 2004 [English] [French] Statement before the General Assembly: Revitalisation of the work of the General Assembly and strengthening of the United Nations system 4 October 2004 [English] [French] Statement at the high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council: Resources mobilisation and an enabling environment for the eradication of poverty in the context of the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the decade 2001-2010 29 June 2004 [English] [French] Statement at UNCTAD XI 14 June 2004 [English] [French] Statement before the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Enhancing women’s participation in reconstruction and reconciliation processes in post-conflict countries and the role of men and boys in promoting gender equality 4 March 2004 [English] [French] Statement before the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, high-level segment March 2004 [English] [French] 2003 Statement before the General Assembly: Support by the UN system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies 5 November 2003 [English] [French] Statement at the high-level dialogue of the General Assembly: Financing for development 30 October 2003 [English] [French] 2002 Statement before the General Assembly: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union 21 November 2002 [English] [French] Statement at the World Summit on Sustainable Development: Toward sustainability, implementing Agenda 21 30 August 2002 [English] [French]    UNITED NATIONS REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS 2008 Resolution of the United Nations: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union 18 November 2008 [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Report of the United Nations Secretary-General: Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations 8 August 2008 [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] 2006 Resolution of the United Nations: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union 27 November 2006 [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Report of the United Nations Secretary-General: Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations 16 August 2006 [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] 2004 Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union 8 November 2004 [English] [French] Report of the United Nations Secretary-General: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (see Part 5 of the Annex) 1 September 2004 [English] [French] 2002 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union 21 November 2002 [English] [French] Resolution adopted by the General Assembly: Observer status for the Inter-Parliamentary Union in the General Assembly 19 November 2002 [English] [French] Report of the United Nations Secretary-General: Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union 3 September 2002 [English] [French]    IPU DOCUMENTS CIRCULATED AT THE UN 2009 Summary report of the Parliamentary Hearing held at the United Nations Headquarters on 20 and 21 November 2008 [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] 2008 Resolution of the 118th IPU Assembly: - The role of Parliaments in striking a balance between national security, human security and individual freedoms, and in averting the threat to democracy; - Parliamentary oversight of State policies on foreign aid; - Migrant workers, people trafficking, xenophobia and human rights; - The role of parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union in ensuring an immediate halt to the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in conflict areas and its environmental dimension, in facilitating the Palestinians’ right to self-determination - particularly by ending the blockade in Gaza - and in accelerating the creation of a Palestinian State through viable peace processes. [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] 2007 Policy paper adopted by the 117th IPU Assembly: On the nature of the relationship between the United Nations and the world of parliaments [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Declaration of the Governing Council of the IPU on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration on Democracy [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 116th IPU Assembly: Ensuring respect for and peaceful co-existence between all religious communities and beliefs in a globalized world [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 116th IPU Assembly: Job creation and employment security in the era of globalization [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 116th IPU Assembly: Promoting diversity and equal rights for all through universal democratic and electoral standards [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 116th IPU Assembly: International cooperation to combat terrorism, its root causes and its financing, including cross-border funding [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Declaration and Plan of action adopted by the Parliamentary Meeting and the International Civil Society Forum for Democracy on the occasion of the Sixth International Conference of New or Restored Democracies (Doha, 29 October - 1 November 2006) [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Summary and main conclusions of the parliamentary hearing held on 13 and 14 November 2006 at United Nations Headquarters [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] 2006 Resolution of the 115th IPU Assembly: Cooperation between parliaments and the United Nations in promoting world peace, particularly from the perspectives of the fight against terrorism and the achievement of greater energy security [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 115th IPU Assembly: The role of parliaments in overseeing the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, in particular with regard to the problem of debt and the eradication of poverty and corruption [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 115th IPU Assembly: Missing persons [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 115th IPU Assembly: The announcement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea of its nuclear weapons test and the strengthening of the nuclear non-proliferation regime [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] IPU contribution to the Twelfth session of the High Level Committee on Programmes [English] [French] Resolution of the 114th IPU Assembly: The role of parliaments in strengthening the control of trafficking in small arms and light weapons and their ammunition [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 114th IPU Assembly: The role of parliaments in environmental management and in combating global degradation of the environment [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 114th IPU Assembly: How parliaments can and must promote effective ways of combating violence against women in all fields [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 114th IPU Assembly: The need for urgent food relief in order to combat drought-induced famine and poverty in Africa, for the world's most industrialized nations to speed up aid to the continent and for particular efforts to be made to reach desperate and poor populations [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Summary and main conclusions of the parliamentary hearing held on 31 October and 1 November 2005 at United Nations Headquarters [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] 2005 Resolution of the 113th IPU Assembly: The respective roles of parliament and the media in providing the public with impartial, accurate and verifiable information, especially on armed conflicts and the struggle against terrorism [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 113th IPU Assembly: Migration and development [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 113th IPU Assembly: The importance of civil society and its interplay with parliaments and other democratically elected assemblies for the maturing and development of democracy [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 113th IPU Assembly: Natural disasters: The role of parliaments in prevention, rehabilitation, reconstruction and the protection of vulnerable groups [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Declaration adopted by the Second World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 112th IPU Assembly: The role of parliaments in the establishment and functioning of mechanisms to provide for the judgment and sentencing of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and terrorism, with a view to avoiding impunity [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 112th IPU Assembly: The role of parliaments in establishing innovative international financing and trading mechanisms to address the problem of debt and achieve the Millennium Development Goals [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 112th IPU Assembly: The role of parliaments in advocating and enforcing observance of human rights in the strategies for the prevention, management and treatment of the HIV/AIDS pandemic [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 112th IPU Assembly: Natural disasters: The role of Parliaments in prevention, rehabilitation, reconstruction and the protection of vulnerable groups [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] 2004 Resolution of the 111th IPU Assembly: The role of parliaments in strengthening multilateral regimes for non-proliferation of weapons and for disarmament, in the light of new security challenges [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 111th IPU Assembly: The role of parliaments in preserving biodiversity [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 111th IPU Assembly: Beijing + 10: An evaluation from a parliamentary perspective [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 111th IPU Assembly: The alarming situation in Iraq and the need for parliamentary action to contribute to restoring peace and security in that country [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Statement made by the speakers of the parliaments of countries neighbouring Iraq at the meeting convened by the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Amman, Jordan, on 12 and 13 May 2004 [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 110th IPU Assembly: Promoting international reconciliation, helping to bring stability to regions of conflict, and assisting with post-conflict reconstruction [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 110th IPU Assembly: Working towards an equitable environment for international commerce: The issues of trade in agricultural products and the access to basic medicines [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 110th IPU Assembly: Furthering parliamentary democracy in order to protect human rights and encourage reconciliation among peoples and partnership among nations [English] [French] [Spanish] [Arabic] [Chinese] [Russian] Resolution of the 110th IPU Assembly: The role of parliaments in stopping acts of violence, and the building of a separation wall, in order to create conditions conducive to peace and a lasting solution to the Palestinian–Israeli conflict 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