In the lead-up to Human Rights Day, the IPU continue to express grave concerns over the ever growing number of human rights violations against parliamentarians worldwide. The number of cases brought before the IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians has more than tripled in the last decade, from 311 in 2014 to 956 […]
From Monday 18 November to Wednesday 20 November BGIPU hosted a delegation from the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova led by Radu Marian MP, Chair of the Friendship Group with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He was joined by Tatiana Cunetchi MP, Chair of the Committee on Public Finance Oversight, […]
At its AGM on 13 November 2024 chaired by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, BGIPU members comprising members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords in UK Parliament elected new BGIPU Officers and Executive Committee members for 2024/25 based on nominations received in […]
Speech delivered by Dionysia Avgerinopoulou, IPU Vice-President, 12+ Group, at the Third Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform on 24 October 2024 in Riga, Latvia. “Your Excellencies, Speakers of Parliament, Honourable parliamentarians and colleagues, I am very honoured to address you today in my capacity as Vice-President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the global organization […]
A small but perfectly formed delegation of myself, John Whittingdale MP, Baroness Ros Scott, John Slinger MP and Joe Perry (IPU) travelled to Latvia between Sunday 15 and Wednesday 18 September for a short but intensive programme. That this was only the second outward IPU delegation of the new Parliament underlines the point made many […]
This first BGIPU outward visit of the new Parliament saw a small, balanced group of four parliamentarians plus the wonderful Mathilde Ollivo of the BGIPU travel to Berlin for a series of high-level meetings at the Bundestag as well as visits to the Bundesrat, British Embassy and British Council. Given that the Prime Minister and […]
More than 300 young parliamentarians from some 150 countries are expected at the tenth IPU Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians from 12-14 September 2024 in Yerevan, Armenia. The event is being co-organized by the IPU and the National Assembly of Armenia. The annual IPU Conference serves as a unique global platform for young parliamentarians under 45 to […]
We, the members of the IPU Executive Committee, have reviewed current developments in Ukraine. We deplore the ongoing loss of life and suffering caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago. We extend our deepest condolences to the families of the countless victims of the protracted war, which continues to cause widespread […]
Following an intense week of elections, the IPU’s two founding members, France and the United Kingdom, have just completed their parliamentary elections. How have both parliaments fared in terms of gender equality? How do they compare to previous chambers and the IPU’s global average of women in parliament which stood at 26.9% before these latest […]
The IPU facilitated a second round of high-level parliamentary talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan today, offering its good offices to the delegations. IPU Secretary General Martin Chungong welcomed the Speaker of the Azgayin Zhogov (National Assembly of Armenia), Mr. Alen Simonyan, and the Speaker of the Milli Mejlis (National Assembly of Azerbaijan), Ms. Sahiba Gafarova, […]
