Inter-Parliamentary Union
▪ Lok Sabha Speaker recently delivered the keynote address on ‘Parliamentary Action for Social Development and Justice’ at the 150th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union in Tashkent.
About Inter-Parliamentary Union
▪ The IPU is the global organization of national parliaments.
▪ It was founded in 1889 as the first multilateral political organization in the world, encouraging cooperation and dialogue between all nations.
▪ The slogan of IPU is “For democracy. For everyone.”
▪ The headquarters of IPU is in Geneva, Switzerland.
▪ Today, the IPU comprises 181 national Member Parliaments.
▪ The Governing Council is made up of three MPs from each Member Parliament.
