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IPU Parliamentary Event at the Summit of the Future
New York, United States
Summary
Parliaments and multilateralism: Opportunities from the Pact for the Future
13:00 -14:15, Conference Room 5
This event is for parliamentarians attending the UN Summit of the Future as part of their national delegations.
It will focus on the role of parliaments at the UN and in multilateralism, assessing progress so far and evaluating opportunities for deeper parliamentary engagement with the UN going forward. It will provide a first parliamentary response to the Pact for the Future.
Participants will be invited to provide concrete ideas to better articulate the parliaments-UN relationship in view of next year's General Assembly resolution on "Interaction between the UN, national parliaments and the IPU".
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