Dr Roger Berry MP

Dr Roger Berry MP was elected to the Chair of the British Group of the IPU at its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, 5 December 2007.

Dr Berry, Labour MP for Kingswood, has been a Vice-Chair for the past three years. He replaces the Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP who has completed her three-year term of office.

In a ballot of members of the British Group, Christine Russell MP was elected as a Vice-Chair. Nigel Evans MP has also become a Vice-Chair after serving as Treasurer for three years. He is replaced as Treasurer by Sir Nicholas Winterton DL MP.

Newly-elected members of the Executive Committee are: Ms Anne Snelgrove MP, the Rt Hon John Stanley MP and the Rt Hon Lord Anderson of Swansea DL.

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The IPU Review publishes informative articles on the activities of the British Group of the IPU. The main front page article is about a visit to Westminster by the Prime Ministe of Turkey, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Message from the new Chair of the British Group
Big changes to Cambodia and Vietnam
Migrant workers and globalisaton
Promises to Libya
Uneasy return to Darfur
Cuba keen on devolution
Helping women through national budgets
Turkey at the crossroads
IPU Annual Westminster debate

UK opportunities in Paraguay
Keeping the peace in Burundi
Albania to join NATO
Challenges for Chile
Plea for a UK embassy in Gabon

IPU Review: Winter 2007