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Michael Douglas at the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament - 29.07.25
Michael Douglas, UN Messenger of Peace, addressed the world’s top legislators at the IPU/UN World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. In his interview, he talks about his relationship with the IPU and why he came to address the conference.
Reopening the Assembly Hall at the Palais des Nations - 30.07.25
The largest conference room in UN Geneva, its reopening during the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference highlights its continued role at the heart of global diplomacy.
Geneva Press Briefing: WFP, UNWOMEN, UNEP, UNCTAD, WMO - 29.07.25
🎦 Update from Gaza; 🎦 Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) process and structure; 🎦 Publication of the Global Trade Update August on Plastic pollution; 🎦 New lightning world record for the official Weather and Climate Extremes
Press briefing: Mr Martin Chungong, IPU Secretary General - 29.05.25
Mr Martin Chungong, Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Secretary General, will brief the media on the opening day of the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.
Happening at UN Geneva
Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament
The Conference, first established in 2000 on the eve of the United Nations Millennium Summit, aims to provide a unique forum for high-level engagement and dialogue among parliamentary leaders from around the world. Previous Conferences, held every five years since then, have served as catalysts for shaping and strengthening the parliamentary dimension of global governance, thereby helping to bridge the democracy gap in international affairs. This occasion will mark the culmination of two years of work by a Preparatory Committee of approximately 20 Speakers of Parliament from all regions of the world, and promises to be the largest ever gathering of its kind. In keeping with the IPU’s inclusive approach, it will also feature prominent leaders from other international organizations, academia and civil society organizations, as well as the media.
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