https://www.ipu.org/news/press-releases/2021-11/143rd-ipu-assembly-focus...
https://www.ipu.org/event/143rd-assembly-and-related-meetings
The 143rd IPU Assembly will be held in Madrid from 26 to 30 November 2021, hosted by the Parliament of Spain. Hundreds of IPU Members from all over the world will meet in person in the world’s largest gathering of parliamentarians.
The Spanish authorities and the IPU have put in place robust and comprehensive health measures to ensure a safe Assembly, including temperature checks, regular testing, limits on the numbers of delegates and mandatory face-masks.
The main focus of the Assembly will be on Contemporary challenges to democracy: Overcoming division and building community. With eroding public trust in political systems, growing polarization and the spread of disinformation through social media, IPU Members will discuss what parliaments can do to address these problems.
Parliamentarians will have the opportunity to exchange ideas on how to engage more meaningfully with the public and how to ensure decision-making is as inclusive and representative as possible.
How to deal with threats to parliamentarians, whether physical or online, will feature strongly at the Assembly, against the backdrop of the recent murder of British MP, Sir David Amess. The IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians will meet to consider the cases of more than 100 persecuted MPs from several countries including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Tunisia and Venezuela.
Other IPU bodies, including the IPU Governing Council and Standing Committees, as well as the Forum of Women Parliamentarians and the Forum of Young MPs, will meet in person for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The IPU will launch several new tools for parliamentarians during the Assembly, including a Handbook on gender-responsive law-making in partnership with UN Women, a regional report on Sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliaments in Africa and Guidelines for parliamentarians on budgeting for the SDGs.
Delegates will also consider a draft resolution on legislation worldwide to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse.
During the Assembly, the IPU and the Spanish Parliament will facilitate dozens of bilateral meetings, providing an opportunity for renewed in-person dialogue and diplomacy at the parliamentary level.
The IPU will continue expanding its outreach to the global community with four new organizations (the G5 Sahel Inter-Parliamentary Committee, the International Parliamentary Network for Education
All IPU statutory bodies, including the Governing Council, Standing Committees, Committees on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians and on Middle East Questions, as well as the Forum of Women Parliamentarians and the Forum of Young MPs, will convene during this Assembly. The General Debate will provide a platform for delegates to deliberate, exchange views and seek to galvanize parliamentary action to uphold and promote democracy around the world.
The Assembly will adopt resolutions on the emergency item and on the subject item taken up by the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights entitled Legislation worldwide to combat online child sexual exploitation and abuse. The Assembly is expected to conclude with the adoption of an outcome document on the overall theme of the General Debate.
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