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The IPU supports the efforts of the United Nations, whose objectives it shares, and works in close cooperation with it. The IPU also cooperates with regional inter-parliamentary organizations, as well as with international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations which are motivated by the same ideals.

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The working group had therefore suggested that substantial strategic goals be defined, followed by the instrumental goals needed to achieve the former. In February he had stressed three specific strategic goals – strengthening democracy through Parliaments, protecting human rights and promoting gender equality – as well as a fourth, not quite as prominent, goal: supporting the role of the ...

In addition to regular meetings with their federal counterparts, in recent years, members of the Canadian Section of the IPG have attended meetings of private-public sector groups, such as PNWER. At events such as these, Canadian delegates take the opportunity to engage in conversations that will help achieve the Canadian Section’s objectives, and to communicate the nature and scope of the ...

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The Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association undertook bilateral visits to Cotonou, Benin and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 5 to 12 September 2010. The visits had the following objectives: · to strengthen bilateral relations and parliamentary cooperation; · to engage parliamentarians on democracy, governance, economic issues, and the role of the media; · to strengthen relations with ...

He appealed to the 32nd General Assembly of AIPA to generate effective strategies focusing on cooperative frameworks, exchanges of information, enforcement of existing mechanisms, legal implementation, ratification of agreements, conventions, and other policies in order to prevent and reduce tensions in the region including current issues such as terrorism, trans-national crimes, human and ...

1. Mandate and Function of the Council of Europe The Council of Europe is an intergovernmental organisation whose aims are: · to protect human rights, pluralist democracy and the rule of law; · to promote awareness and encourage the development of Europe’s cultural identity and diversity; · to find common solutions to the challenges facing European society, such as discrimination against ...

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When meeting with state legislators more generally, delegates often focused on two issues of particular Canadian interest at this time: the United States’ mandatory country-of-origin labelling requirements and the need for a new bridge at the Detroit-Windsor crossing; mention was also made of the Keystone XL pipeline as part of a North American energy security strategy. The interaction with ...