The Inter-Parliamentary Union is an international organization established in 1889 by William Randal Cremer (United Kingdom) and Frédéric Passy (France). It was the first permanent forum for political multilateral negotiations. Initially, the organization was for individual parliamentarians, but has since transformed into an international organization of the Parliaments of sovereign States. Over one hundred national parliaments are members of the IPU.
Leading personalities of the IPU have received eight Nobel Peace Prizes:
The IPU played an important part in setting up the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, and has worked for establishment of institutions at the inter-governmental level, including the United Nations, an organization with which it cooperates. The IPU has permanent observer status at the United Nations.The Inter-Parliamentary Union began in 1889
The headquarters of the union have been moved several times since its inception. Locations:
The IPU has worked for establishment of institutions at the inter-governmental level, including the United Nations, an organization with which it cooperates.
The Committee for a Democratic UN and the German Bundestag have expressed interest in the possibility of transforming the IPU into a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly[1].
The Constituent Conference of the Arab IPU was held in Damascus from 19 to 21 June 1974.
Since its foundation in 1974, the Arab IPU was keen to effectively participate in the activities of the IPU, especially after acquiring the status of an observer at the IPUÂ’s 61st Conference held in Tokyo in 1974.
Euro-Arab Parliamentary Dialogue began in 1974, and was parallel to the Euro-Arab governmental Dialogue which also started in 1974, in view of the conviction that there is mutual interests in the establishing and the strengthening of an overall cooperation between the Arab and the West European Countries.
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