-Nimish Kumar. The IPU is the global organization of national parliaments, to empower parliaments and parliamentarians to promote peace, democracy and sustainable development. What began in 1889 as a small group of parliamentarians, dedicated to promoting peace through parliamentary diplomacy and dialogue, has since grown into a truly global organization of national parliaments. Today, our membership inches … Read more
-Nimish Kumar. The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent. It was officially launched in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU, 1963-1999). History: In May 1963, 32 Heads of independent African States met in Addis … Read more
-Nimish Kumar. The European Parliament is an important forum for political debate and decision-making at the EU level. The Members of the European Parliament are directly elected by voters in all Member States to represent people’s interests with regard to EU law-making and to make sure other EU institutions are working democratically. Organisation MEPs may … Read more
-Nimish Kumar. The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) is one of the organs of the African Union (AU) as set out by the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (Abuja Treaty). The Parliament is intended as a platform for people from all African states to be involved in discussions and decision-making on the problems and challenges facing … Read more
-Nimish Kumar. The GRULAC is a non-binding consensus and dialogue group comprising all Latin American and Caribbean countries, the purpose of which is to reach consensus on the different topics of the Region. In general terms, the coordinator or president of the group is responsible for: calling the meetings; sharing important documents regarding issues of common … Read more
-Nimish Kumar. bicameral National Congress or Congresso Nacional consists of:Federal Senate or Senado Federal (81 seats; 3 members each from 26 states and 3 from the federal district directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 8-year terms, with one -third and two-thirds of the membership elected alternately every 4 years)Chamber of … Read more
Mexico’s Congress was established in 1917 and has two chambers: the Chamber of Representatives and the Chamber of Senators (which is commonly referred to as the Republic’s Senate). The Chamber of Representatives is comprised of five hundred members who are elected every three years, with the possibility of being elected for up to four consecutive terms. The … Read more
Under the National Constitution, Argentina has a representative, republican, and federal form of government. It is organized under three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. The legislative branch is bicameral with a House of Deputies and a Senate. In general, laws originate in either house of Congress through bills introduced by its members or by the executive. Once … Read more
The Constitution of 1980, like its predecessor of 1925, provides for abicameral system in which the National Congress consists of two arms, theChamber of Deputies and the Senate. In Chile, the Congress has two main functions: (a) the Co-legislative Power and (b) the Monitoring Power. http://www.congreso.cl/The 1980 Constitution, like that of 1925, established a presidential system … Read more
unicameral National Assembly of People’s Power or National Assembly of People’s Power (605 seats; members directly elected by absolute majority vote; members serve 5-year terms); note 1 – the National Candidature Commission submits a slate of approved candidates; to be elected, candidates must receive more than 50% of valid votes otherwise the seat remains vacant or the … Read more