Year: 2025

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MPs unite in Cape Town on climate action, debt relief & just energy transitions

Against the backdrop of the climate crisis, unsustainable debt burdens and growing inequality, parliamentary leaders from the world’s largest economies agreed today on bold actions to accelerate climate resilience, ensure fairer energy transitions and unlock sustainable development. Meeting in Cape Town under the leadership of the Parliament of South Africa and with the support of […]

Gaza City, on September 25, 2025 (Hassan Jedi / Anadolu via AFP)

IPU leadership statement on the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

On behalf of the global parliamentary community, we reiterate our grave concern over the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. We are profoundly horrified by the immense suffering being inflicted upon the civilian population of Gaza, including famine, caused by the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure and severe restrictions on humanitarian and other vital aid entering […]

IPU SG Chungong addresses the 149th IPU Assembly held in October 2024 at the CICG which will also host the 151st IPU Assembly

151st IPU Assembly and related meetings to take place in Geneva in mid-October

The 151st Assembly of the IPU will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, on 19-23 October 2025. All IPU statutory bodies, including the Governing Council, Standing Committees, Committees on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians and on Middle East Questions, as well as the Forum of Women Parliamentarians and the Forum of Young MPs, will meet on […]

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IPU looks at how the Australian Parliament is transforming its workplace culture

Parliament House is not only the heart of Australia’s parliamentary democracy, it is also the most high-profile workplace in the country. So when accounts of sexual assault, harassment and bullying in the Parliament emerged in 2020, there was no doubt that changes needed to be made. The accounts led to a national conversation about workplace […]

BGIPU was represented in Lima by former President of the IPU Board of Young Parliamentarians, Dan Carden MP and Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge

Young and experienced MPs join forces for gender equality at Peru conference

Young and more seasoned parliamentarians from around the world, gathered in Lima for the IPU’s 11th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians, have called for urgent action to advance the representation of women in political life, especially young women.  Hosted by Peru’s Congress of the Republic from 11 to 12 September 2025, the Conference was opened by […]

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Bahrain’s Council of Representatives becomes greener and smarter

Bahrain’s Council of Representatives has become the first legislative body in the region to secure the ISO 14001:2015 certification for environmental management. The Council’s journey to the certification, awarded in July 2025, involved several key initiatives. Solar panels were installed andnow supply a portion of the chamber’s energy needs, reducing reliance on traditional power sources and promoting wider […]