Impact
The IPU facilitates parliamentary diplomacy and empowers parliaments and parliamentarians to promote peace, democracy and sustainable development around the world.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The opposition is a useful and necessary component of democracy, especially in ensuring transparent and accountable government that serves the people's interest.
By G.S. Goodwin-Gill. This IPU-commissioned work, by Professor Guy S.
The word democracy is one of the most used terms of the political vocabulary and, while it has given rise to much comment and reflection over the years, no text was ever adopted at the world level
By Georges Bergougnous. The Speakers of representative Assemblies occupy a privileged place in Parliaments which could not work without them.
