Centenary of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
The Inter-Parliamentary Union, created in 1889 and headquartered in Geneva, is a global organization which brings together parliamentarians in common action aimed at ensuring that their respective States contribute fully to the strengthening and development of representative institutions as well as the establishment of peace in the world and cooperation between peoples, particularly by supporting the objectives of the United Nations.
To date, 112 of the 145 legislative assemblies of the world's sovereign states are represented in the Union, which also counts the European Parliament as an associate member. It brings together parliamentarians formed into national groups, in order to carry out the objective study of political, economic, social and cultural problems of international concern. The members of the Union transmit its resolutions to the respective assemblies and governments and encourage their implementation.
The Union operates with the following bodies:
- the Interparliamentary Conference,
- the Interparliamentary Council,
- the Executive Committee,
- the study commissions of which there are five and finally the Secretariat.
It is financed by its own resources. It also organizes, at the global or regional level, specialized meetings on issues relating to international security, economic development and social affairs, as well as international symposia on the functioning of parliamentary institutions.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union works in close collaboration with the United Nations and its specialized agencies. In 1976, the Union adopted a “Procedure for examining and processing communications relating to violations of human rights suffered by parliamentarians”, applicable to members of Parliament who are or have been the subject of arbitrary measures during the exercise of their mandate, whether the Parliament is in session, in recess or dissolved following unconstitutional or exceptional measures.
To date, 112 of the 145 legislative assemblies of the world's sovereign states are represented in the Union, which also counts the European Parliament as an associate member. It brings together parliamentarians formed into national groups, in order to carry out the objective study of political, economic, social and cultural problems of international concern. The members of the Union transmit its resolutions to the respective assemblies and governments and encourage their implementation.
The Union operates with the following bodies:
- the Interparliamentary Conference,
- the Interparliamentary Council,
- the Executive Committee,
- the study commissions of which there are five and finally the Secretariat.
It is financed by its own resources. It also organizes, at the global or regional level, specialized meetings on issues relating to international security, economic development and social affairs, as well as international symposia on the functioning of parliamentary institutions.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union works in close collaboration with the United Nations and its specialized agencies. In 1976, the Union adopted a “Procedure for examining and processing communications relating to violations of human rights suffered by parliamentarians”, applicable to members of Parliament who are or have been the subject of arbitrary measures during the exercise of their mandate, whether the Parliament is in session, in recess or dissolved following unconstitutional or exceptional measures.