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  • 10.AnnualsessionParliamentaryconferenceontheWTO2008.pdf.jpg
  • 9-2008


  • Authors: Inter-Parliamentary Union (2008)

  • Contents include: Annoted agenda of the session -- Programme of the session -- Inaugural ceremony -- Outcome document -- Hearing with the WTO Director-general, Mr. Pascal Lamy -- Dialogue with the senior WTO negotiators -- Debate on substantive theme (A): Looking beyond Doha -- Deabte on substantive theme (B): Can international trade help mitigate climate change? -- Interactive panel discussion. Defusing the threat of conflicts over food and energy through trade -- Interactive panel discussion. Trade in the era of digital revolution -- Guidelines for relations between governments and parliaments on international trade issues -- Rules of procedure of the Parliamentary conference on the...

  • 4.Beyonnumberstheparticipationofindigenouspeoplesinparliament.pdf.jpg
  • 9-2014


  • Authors: Inter-Parliamentary Union (2014)

  • This report examines the extent to which indigenous peoples are participating meaningfully in external decision-making processes through parliamentary structures. It is based on a survey of countries known to have indigenous populations (26 of 77 parliaments participated), as well as on secondary data for another 10 parliaments.1 Because of the relatively limited data available, the report seeks not to quantify, but to provide a deeper understanding of indigenous peoples’ participation in parliaments. It analyzes the data against other research findings about their political participation as well as external variables, such as the kind of electoral system in place in each country.

  • 6.Parliamentaryoverninghtofloanagreementandrelatedprocesses.pdf.jpg
  • 2013


  • Authors: Inter-Parliamentary Union; World Bank (2013)

  • The study indicates that there is plenty of room for parliaments to exert influence in the loan approval process by instituting legal frameworks or by strengthening existing ones, as well as by improving a number of oversight practices. A common thread throughout the study is that these legal frameworks are often un-derutilized.

  • 13.Thechallengeofbroadcastingparliamentaryproceeddings.pdf.jpg
  • 10-2006


  • Authors: Inter-Parliamentary Union; European Broadcasting Union; Association of Secretaries General of Parliaments (2006)

  • Contents include: Introduction -- Messages -- The role of public broadcasters -- Examples of different channels -- Comments from the floor -- Questions & Answers -- EBU proposes programme exchanges -- Survey -- Conclusions .