The Speaker participates in IPU Speakers’ Conference in Geneva
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Approximately one hundred Speakers and thirty Deputy Speakers are expected to participate in the conference, which includes a general debate, panel discussions, round-table discussions and presentations of reports. The conference will be preceded by a summit for women Speakers from various parliaments and will close with the adoption of a high-level declaration drawn up by a representative group of Speakers in consultation with their colleagues.
The Speaker Andreas Norlén will, among other things, deliver a speech at the general debate on the theme “A world in turmoil: Parliamentary cooperation and multilateralism for peace, justice and prosperity for all” and make contributions to two panel debates. He will furthermore hold meetings with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and UNDP Assistant Secretary-General Susan Brown, as well as bilateral meetings with fellow Speakers from various parliaments.
Further information
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the global organisation of world parliaments, consists of 181 member countries and 12 regional parliamentary bodies from the whole world. The IPU holds two large meetings every year.
The World Conference of Speakers of Parliament is organised every five years in close collaboration with the UN with the aim of strengthening the parliamentary dimension of the work of the UN. The conferences take place in cities with UN headquarters (New York, Geneva, Vienna).
The Riksdag delegation to the IPU
Contact
- Björn Sondén, International Adviser, International Department of the Riksdag, telephone +46(0)70 361 88 02, email: bjorn.sonden@riksdagen.se
- Pernilla Eldblom, Press Secretary to the Speaker, telephone +46(0)72 209 59 14, email: pernilla.eldblom@riksdagen.se