№ 2269. Inter-Parliamentary Union

From October 14 to October 18, 2017, the 137th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union will be held in St. Petersburg.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union is an international organization founded in 1889 to coordinate the actions of world parliaments. The main goals are the promotion of the ideas of peace and the peaceful settlement of disputes, the development of cooperation between peoples, the strengthening of the position of parliamentary institutions in all countries. The members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union are inter-parliamentary groups of 146 states and 7 regional inter-parliamentary organizations. Parliamentarians of the Russian Federation have been participating in the work of the Inter-Parliamentary Union since 1992.