I take the floor to speak on agenda item 113, on the follow- up to the outcome of the Millennium Summit. When the Millennium Declaration (resolution 55/2) was adopted in 2000, it was greeted with great hope. An important highlight was, of course, the establishment of the Millennium Development Goals…
I bring to this Meeting, at this late hour, the greetings of the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Mr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, who, as the President of the General Assembly who presided over the adoption of the Millennium Declaration in 2000, much regrets that urgent business prevents him …
Last month, Sir, one of the predecessors of the President of the General Assembly and today the Speaker of the Parliament of Namibia, Dr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, was elected President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). He has asked me to deliver these remarks on his and the IPU’s behalf and to assure…
The President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), Senator Sergio Paez Verdugo, regrets very much that pressing political engagements in his country, Chile, prevent him from being with you today. At his request, I therefore have the honour to report on the outcome of the Second World Conference o…
I regret to say that the President of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU), Senator Sergio Páez Verdugo, had to be in Chile today for an important vote in parliament. I am therefore delivering his statement on behalf of the IPU.
“I would like to refer to the report of the Secretary-General on the i…
It is a particular pleasure to take the floor at a time when the General Assembly is led by a formidable Swiss politician. As an organization of national parliaments that has its headquarters in Geneva, the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) owes much to the Parliament, Government and people of Switze…
