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142nd IPU Assembly
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Summary
Virtual format, April / May 2021
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At its meeting on 18 January 2021, the IPU Executive Committee decided that, in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact, the 142nd IPU Assembly would be held during the week of 24 May 2021 in virtual format. In order to examine the implications of such an unprecedented virtual Assembly and to find the best possible solutions, the Executive Committee decided to set up a Working Group composed of representatives of the geopolitical groups, the Bureau of Women Parliamentarians and the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians, and supported by the IPU Secretariat. The Working Group has examined relevant aspects relating to the virtual session of the Assembly and put forward its findings and recommendations for consideration by the Executive Committee. These recommendations, once reviewed and endorsed by the Executive Committee, will be submitted for approval by the Governing Council.
While the Assembly itself will take place during the week of 24 May 2021, it will be preceded by meetings of the Standing Committees, the Forum of Women Parliamentarians and the Forum of Young Parliamentarians, and the other subsidiary bodies of the Governing Council, in the weeks leading up to the Assembly. The Assembly will focus on the overall theme of “Overcoming the pandemic today and building a better tomorrow: the role of parliaments”.
Documents in Spanish (the translation is the responsibility of the GRULAC Secretariat) / Documentos en español (La traducción es responsabilidad de la Secretaría del GRULAC)
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Bureau of the Standing Committee on Peace and International Security
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Bureau of the Standing Committee on Sustainable Development
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Committee on Middle East Questions
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Committee to Promote Respect for International Humanitarian Law
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Standing Committee on Peace and International Security
Drafting Committee on the draft resolution on Parliamentary strategies to strengthen peace and security against threats and conflicts resulting from climate-related disasters and their consequences. (Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Standing Committee on Sustainable Development
Drafting Committee on the draft resolution on Mainstreaming digitalization and the circular economy to achieve the SDGs, particularly responsible consumption and production. (Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Standing Committee on Peace and International Security
Debate on overall theme: Overcoming the pandemic today and building a better tomorrow: the role of parliaments |
Interprefy |
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Joint meeting of the Standing Committee on Sustainable Development and of the Standing Committee on UN Affairs
Debate on overall theme |
Interprefy |
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Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights
Debate on overall theme |
Interprefy |
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Advisory Group on Health
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Standing Committee on UN Affairs
Discussion on UN75 follow-up |
Interprefy |
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Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Forum of Women MPs
Advancing gender equality: Covid’s impact and priorities for recovery - Briefings on inter-parliamentary e-dialogues held in March-April - Towards a gender-responsive post-Covid recovery Contributing to the work of the Assembly from a gender perspective Elections to the Bureau of Women MPs |
Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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Committee on Middle East questions
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Bureau of Women Parliamentarians
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Bureau of the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Forum of Women Parliamentarians
Panel discussion: Generation equality in and through parliaments Elections of the Bureau’s presiding officers |
Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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Forum of Young Parliamentarians
Contributing to the work of the 142nd Assembly from a youth perspective Parliaments, youth and COVID-19 - Briefings on intergenerational e-dialogues held in April - Prioritizing youth empowerment in post-Covid recovery Elections to the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians |
Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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Bureau of the Standing Committee on UN Affairs
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Forum of Young Parliamentarians
Panel discussions: - A new decade of action for the IPU and parliaments on youth participation - Launch of the Campaign - Elections of the Board of the Forum of Young Parliamentarians (election of the President of the Board) |
Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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Standing Committee on Peace and International Security
Adoption of resolution on Parliamentary strategies to strengthen peace and security against threats and conflicts resulting from climate-related disasters and their consequences |
Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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High-Level Advisory Group on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Standing Committee on Sustainable Development
Adoption of resolution on Mainstreaming digitalization and the circular economy to achieve the SDGs, particularly responsible consumption and production |
Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights
Debate on Legislation worldwide to combat online sexual child exploitation |
Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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Sub-Committee on Finance
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Executive Committee
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Executive Committee
(Closed meeting) |
Zoom |
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Governing Council
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Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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Governing Council
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Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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ASGP Meeting
The role and organization of parliaments in a time of pandemic. |
Zoom |
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Assembly
Interactive debate on overall theme Overcoming the pandemic today and building a better tomorrow: the role of parliaments Video messages |
Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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ASGP Meeting
The role and organization of parliaments in a time of pandemic |
Zoom |
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Assembly
Adoption of Resolutions Reports by Standing Committees Adoption of outcome document |
Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
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Governing Council (if required)
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Virtual event platform (Interprefy and Webex) |
Documents
Assembly
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Full programme 158.82 KB
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Convocation 551.45 KB
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Concept note for the General Debate 213.78 KB
Governing Council
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Agenda 141.91 KB
Standing Committee on Peace and International Security
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Agenda 183.3 KB
Standing Committee on Sustainable Development
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Agenda 184.6 KB
Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights
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Agenda 288.47 KB
Standing Committee on United Nations Affairs
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Agenda 213.08 KB
Forum of Women Parliamentarians
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Agenda 273.93 KB
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Concept Note- 12 May 250.96 KB
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IPU Presentation 2.91 MB
Forum of Young Parliamentarians
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Agenda 87.83 KB
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Rules of the Forum of Young MPs 80.23 KB
Outcomes
- Summary records of the proceedings of the 142nd IPU Assembly
- Results of the proceedings of the 142nd Assembly
- Summary records of the 207th session of the Governing Council
- President’s summary of the debate on the overall theme of the 142nd IPU Assembly - Overcoming the pandemic today and building a better tomorrow: the role of parliaments
- Resolution - Parliamentary strategies to strengthen peace and security against threats and conflicts resulting from climate-related disasters and their consequences
- Resolution - Mainstreaming digitalization and the circular economy to achieve the SDGs, particularly responsible consumption and production
- Decisions adopted by the IPU Governing Council at its 207th session
- Statement on the occasion of the 2021 United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS
- Parliamentary action in support of ending statelessness
Agenda
- General Debate on the theme Overcoming the pandemic today and building a better tomorrow: the role of parliaments
- Parliamentary strategies to strengthen peace and security against threats and conflicts resulting from climate-related disasters and their consequences (Standing Committee on Peace and International Security)
- Mainstreaming digitalization and the circular economy to achieve the SDGs, particularly responsible consumption and production (Standing Committee on Sustainable Development)
- Reports of the Standing Committees
- Approval of the subject items for the Standing Committee on Peace and International Security and for the Standing Committee on Sustainable Development for the 144th Assembly and appointment of the Rapporteurs
List of Participants
Speeches
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