I am most honoured to deliver this statement today on behalf of Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia and President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Today’s High-level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases takes place at a critical time, as …
The subject of today’s joint debate is too vast to be covered satisfactorily in a single statement. At the same time, this may not be the time and place to recount in any great detail the actual, concrete work that the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) is doing in follow-up to major United Nations co…
Allow me to begin by welcoming President Kerim’s initiative of convening this thematic debate on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
It is my pleasure today to address the General Assembly on behalf of the member parliaments of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
Over the years, through a nu…
For the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and its member parliaments, there are two broad issues that underlie today’s debate, three years after the adoption of the Monterrey Consensus. The first, pertaining to developed countries, has to do with generating and sustaining — steadily, and over a long p…
It gives me pleasure to address the General Assembly today during this debate on a matter which is very closely linked to the mandate of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). I will focus my remarks on the need for urgent international assistance in building representative institutions in Afghanistan…
