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UIPU Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

The Honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Senator, Vice-president of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (UIPU) and President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Committee on Middle East Questions (MEQ), called an extraordinary meeting of this committee to discuss recent developments in Palestine and in Libya. The Committee received a briefing from the Secretariat regarding the situation in the region and the related correspondence submitted by Member Parliaments before debating developments and possible actions by the committee.

The MEQ was formed in 1987 by the IPU Governing Council to follow the peace process in the region. It is comprised of 14 members with experience or keen interest relating to the Middle East, and each member of the committee is elected by the Governing Council of the IPU for a period of 4 years. Members of the Committee encourage contact between parliamentarians from all sides of the Israeli and Palestinian parliaments, neighbouring countries and members of the Quartet of peace mediators (United Nations, United States, European Union and Russia) and strives to strengthen ties between parliamentarians of the region. Though the Committee meets in private, it prepares and submits reports to the IPU’s Governing Council.

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