Celebrating the ‘International Day of Parliamentarism’ or ‘World Parliament Day’, on June 30

World Parliament Day, International Day of Parliamentarism

The International Day of Parliamentarism is celebrated every year on 30 June, the date in 1889 on which the IPU was founded. The Day was established in 2018 through a United Nations General Assembly Resolution.

IPU: Who is The Rt. Hon. Dr. Tulia Ackson, the first African woman Parliamentarian elected as 31st IPU President

Tulia Ackson of the United Republic of Tanzania has been elected as the 31st President of the IPU

Geneva (Switzerland). The Rt. Hon. Dr. Tulia Ackson is a dynamic and committed person, a distinctive politician, a remarkable lawyer, and a distinguished academician, who has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills throughout her career. Prior to becoming Speaker of the National Assembly of the United Republic of Tanzania in February 2022, the post she is holding … Read more

CPA 66th CPC: Inaugural Lifaka Lecture highlights key role for Commonwealth Parliamentarians in promoting global education

66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Ghana

Accra, Ghana (AFRICA)/ October 03, 2023: The inaugural CPA Emilia Monjowa Lifaka Lecture has highlighted the key role of Commonwealth Parliamentarians in global education. The Lifaka Lecture took place in the margins of the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Accra, Ghana and was attended by delegates and the Ghanian diplomatic community. The CPA Lifaka Lecture … Read more

CPA 66th CPC: CPA Executive Committee address key governance issues

The Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA)

Nimish Kumar, The International Parliament Journal (IPJ) Accra, Ghana, AFRICA. (02 October, 2023). The Executive Committee of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) have met ahead of the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) in Accra, Ghana. The CPA Executive Committee represents the nine regions of the CPA – Africa; Asia; Australia; British Islands and Mediterranean; Canada; Caribbean, Americas and … Read more

66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference @ Accra, Ghana, AFRICA

Nimish Kumar, The International Parliament Journal (IPJ) The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) organises its annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) to address global political issues and developments in the parliamentary system through conference workshops and sessions for leading Parliamentarians representing Parliaments and Legislatures throughout the Commonwealth. The CPA is an international community of almost 180 Commonwealth Parliaments … Read more

ParlAmericas: Vertual learning lab to address climate migration

Nimish Kumar, The International Parliament Journal. Uruguay, 28 feb- 2 March, 2023>The virtual learning lab on ‘Mobilizing parliaments to address climate migration’ held on March 1, 2023 within the framework of VIII Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas and the Caribbean. www.ParlAmericas.org The patterns of climate migration in the Latin America and Caribbean … Read more

EU Parliament: EU Parliament Chair of Relations with India H.E. Morten Løkkegaard,MP met Indian Parliament Speaker

Nimish Kumar, The International Parliament Journal. New Delhi (India)/ Strasbourg (France), March 2, 2023: Welcoming Mr. Morten Løkkegaard, Member of the European Parliament and Chair of Relations with India, at Parliament House today, Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla said that the European Union is a natural partner of India. He observed that, it is … Read more

International Day of Democracy: South African Government statement

By Nimish Kumar, The Parliament Journal. On 15 September, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (link is external)(IPU) and parliaments around the world celebrate the International Day of Democracy, declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007. In its resolution A/RES/62/7 establishing the International Day of Democracy, the United Nations noted that “while democracies share common features, there is … Read more

International Day of Democracy: History & Timeline

By Nimish Kumar, The Parliament Journal. International Day of Democracy on September 15 allows us the opportunity to celebrate and appreciate our democratic society. It’s very easy for people who live in a free society to take their freedoms for granted. Yet, when freedom is absent, life includes unimaginable challenges that are often incomprehensible. Today, … Read more

The Commonwealth: Know about the Secretary General, The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC

The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC is the 6th Commonwealth Secretary-General. She is the second Secretary-General from the Caribbean and the first woman to hold the post.She was born in Dominica and was their candidate for the post at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta in 2015. Patricia Janet Scotland was born on 19 August 1955 … Read more