The 153rd Assembly of the IPU will take place in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, on 5-9 October 2026. All IPU statutory bodies, including the Governing Council, Standing Committees, Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians and Committee on Middle East Questions, as well as the Forum of Women Parliamentarians and the Forum of Young […]
The IPU and the National People’s Congress (NPC) of China today signed a donation agreement to further strengthen their partnership in promoting parliamentary action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The funds will support some of the IPU’s SDG programmes and events for parliamentarians with a focus on capacity-building in developing countries. The framework agreement […]
The IPU warmly congratulates the Kingdom of Tonga on its accession to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), both formalized on 7 July 2026 at the United Nations in New York. With this ratification, approved by its Parliament, Tonga becomes the 179th state […]
