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What is the IPU?
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) was founded in 1889 by two backbench
MPs: Frederic Passy from France, and William Randal Cremer from Westminster.
It is a world-wide organisation of parliamentarians working for peace
and co-operation among peoples and the firm establishment of representative
institutions.
International relations are conducted at inter-governmental level by ministers,
state officials and ambassadors. Complementing this, however, is the all-party
network of parliamentarians from the IPU's 159 member parliaments which
has achieved many successes. Even when their governments are in dispute,
parliamentarians meet at IPU Assemblies - and at other special meetings
- to debate issues of international concern.
The IPU seeks to establish friendship and co-operation between parliamentarians
so that the views of ordinary people have a better chance of influencing
events. To this end, the IPU is supported by an International
Secretariat in Geneva with responsibility for co-ordinating the IPU's
world-wide activities. In particular, there are annual Assemblies and
a series of specialised meetings, including those linked with United Nations
agencies.
The British Group, in common with other national groups in most other countries,
consists of members of all parties from both Houses of Parliament. Membership
is open to all members of the House of Commons and House of Lords.
The Chairman and Officers are elected at each Annual General Meeting. The following Officers were elected at the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday 29 November 2011:
| Chair: |
Robert Walter MP |
| Vice
Chairs: |
Stewart Jackson MP |
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Rt Hon Ann Clwyd MP |
| Treasurer: |
Mike Gapes MP |
The British Group is supported by a full time Secretariat, led by the Secretary, to whom suggestions about activites may be sent.
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| Latest
News |
| Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations, November 2011 |
Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Republic of Korea,
November 2011 >> |
Outward delegation to Kosovo,
November 2011 >> |
Kosovo on the brink,
November 2011 >> |
The way forward in Kosovo,
November 2011 >> |
WTO Public Forum, WTO HQ, Geneva,
September 2011 >> |
All Party Parliamentary Group for Latin America,
2010-2011 Report >> |
IPU Delegation from Mexico,
July 2011 >> |
Outward Delegation to Chile,
July 2011 >> |
124th IPU Assembly, Panama City, Panama,
April 2011 >> |
2011 Session of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO, Geneva,
March 2011 >> |
| Robert Walter MP leads Britain’s delegation to the IPU Assembly in Panama >> |
Delegation from China, led by the Vice-Chair of the National People’s Congress,
March 2011 >> |
Delegation from North Korea,
March 2011 >> |
Parliamentary meeting on the occasion of the 55th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, New York,
February 2011 >> |
Outward Delegation to Georgia,
February 2011 >> |
Regional Seminar on Youth Participation in Politics,
December 2010 >> |
IPU Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations,
December 2010 >> |
Parliamentary delegation from Tajikistan,
November 2010 >> |
Outward Delegation to Uruguay,
November 2010 >> |
Outward Delegation to Turkey,
November 2010 >> |
APPCG Delegation to Shanghai and Beijing,
October 2010 >> |
Outward delegation to Angola,
September 2010 >> |
| New MPs join the British Group of the IPU >> |
Legislative aspects of HIV relating to key affected populations,
20 July 2010>> |
| Visit of a Parliamentary delegation from Albania, 16 to 17 March 2010>> |
| Parliamentary Delegation from Afghanistan, 25 to 29 January 2010>> |
Congo-UK Friendship Group visit,
January 2010 >> |
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