IPU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 1: IPU Assembly to focus on good governance to address global crises

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IPU News Release

IPU Assembly to focus on good governance to address global

crises

Geneva/Luanda, Tuesday, 3 October 2023. For immediate release.

The

147th IPU Assembly

will be held in Luanda, Angola, from 23 to 27 October 2023,

hosted by the National Assembly of Angola. The IPU Assembly will provide a platform for

parliamentarians, partner organizations and experts to share good practice and commit to

the overall theme of

Parliamentary action for peace, justice and strong institutions.

The theme is closely linked to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16:

Peace,

justice and strong institutions,

a key enabler of the entire development agenda. The

Assembly will consider actions to strengthen trust between people and governance

structures, to make public institutions more effective, accountable and representative, and

to better equip parliaments to address the multiple interconnected geopolitical, economic

and environmental crises facing the world.

At the Assembly, IPU Member Parliaments will elect their 31st President to replace the

incumbent, Mr. Duarte Pacheco, a parliamentarian from Portugal. To date,

four candidates

have come forward for the position, all women MPs from Africa – a historic first.

Hundreds of parliamentarians from around the world, including delegations from countries

at war or in conflict situations, are expected to come to Luanda.

The IPU Task Force for

the peaceful resolution of the war in Ukraine

is due to meet parliamentarians from both the

Russian Federation and Ukraine. The

IPU Committee on Middle East Questions

will meet

to consider the latest developments and chart a path to peace in the region. The IPU is

also in close contact with the parliamentary leadership of both Armenia and Azerbaijan and

IPU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 1: IPU Assembly to focus on good governance to address global crises

has offered its good offices to help promote political dialogue between MPs from the two

countries.

At the Assembly, the IPU is expected to take one step closer to universal membership with

the addition of the

Bahamas

as its 180th Member Parliament.

The IPU will launch a number of new products and

publications

to support parliaments

including:



Indicators for Democratic Parliaments, a new tool linked to the Assembly’s overall

theme, which will help parliaments to measure their capacity and performance;

the latest IPU report on youth participation in parliament;

a guide to digital transformation in parliaments;

a new toolkit on parliaments and human rights, in partnership with the Office of the

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); and

a parliamentary handbook on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of

Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol, also in partnership with

OHCHR.

The winner of the

2023 Cremer-Passy Prize,

the so-called MP of the year award, will also

be announced in Luanda. The winning parliamentarian is expected to have a first-class

track record on climate action, complementing the IPU’s climate campaign,

Parliaments for

the Planet,

launched earlier this year.

All the IPU’s

governance bodies

will meet in person, including its Executive Committee,

Governing Council, four thematic Standing Committees, Forum of Women

Parliamentarians, Forum of Young Parliamentarians and Committee on the Human Rights

of Parliamentarians.

On 25 October 2023, the Second Global Parliamentary Summit on Countering Terrorism

and Violent Extremism will also take place during the Assembly, with a special focus on the

deteriorating security situation in the Sahel region.

The Assembly will adopt a number of resolutions, including on

Orphanage trafficking: The

role of parliaments in reducing harm.

IPU, Alm.del - 2023-24 - Bilag 1: IPU Assembly to focus on good governance to address global crises

Practical details for the media:

Date: 23-27 October 2023

Venue: The National Assembly of Angola, Avenida Dr. Antonio Agostinho Neto, Praia do

Bispo-Luanda.

Media attendance: All representatives of the media need to register

at this link

A letter from your media outlet and a copy of your press card should be submitted

[email protected]

in support of your online registration.

Press conference: An opening press conference is tentatively scheduled for

Monday, 23

October 2023 at 17:30.

Venue to be confirmed.

The Assembly will be livestreamed on

ipu.org/147

The IPU is the global organization of national parliaments. It was founded more than 130

years ago as the first multilateral political organization in the world, encouraging

cooperation and dialogue between all nations. Today, the IPU comprises 179 national

Member Parliaments and 14 regional parliamentary bodies. It promotes democracy and

helps parliaments become stronger, younger, gender-balanced and more innovative. It

also defends the human rights of parliamentarians through a dedicated committee made

up of MPs from around the world.

For more information about the IPU, contact Thomas Fitzsimons at e-mail:

[email protected]

or tel: +41(0) 79 854 31 53

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