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Searching for a way out of the global economic crisis

 

Mark Hendrick MP and Lord Paul at the Parliamentary Conference on the Global Economic Crisis, held in Geneva in May 2009.

Mark Hendrick MP and Lord Paul at the Parliamentary Conference on the Global Economic Crisis, held in Geneva in May 2009.

The meeting discussed the worldwide impact of the recession and policies to aid economic recovery.

Please read the report for the Parliamentary Conference on the Global Economic Crisis >>

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The IPU Review publishes informative articles on the activities of the British Group of the IPU. The front page article is about a visit to Syria by a delegation of MPs and Peers where they discussed the crisis in Gaza.

Other articles include:

  • Britain urged by the Speaker of the United Arab Emirates to act as a "peace broker" in the Middle East
  • Widening contacts with Syria
  • Getting a word in edgeways at the UN
  • Can Ukraine's future still be Orange?
  • IPU President's message to parliaments in 154 countries
  • Uruguayans' credit crunch plea
  • America's empty seat at parliamentary conference on the WTO
  • More laws needed to combat child sex abuse
  • Mongolia: Legendary land of Ghengis Khan
  • "Best chance" for a Cyprus settlement for 35 years
  • Democracy in Kyrgyzstan slow to flower

Contributors to this issue include: Keith Hill MP, Lord Fowler, Lord McNally, Sir Gerald Kaufman MP, John Grogan MP, Lord Taylor of Warwick, Anthony Steen MP, John Battle MP, Lord Jopling, Christine Russell MP, Tom Levitt MP, Andrew Dismore MP, Wayne David MP, Lord Haworth, Dr Lynne Jones MP.


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