Parliamentary assembly

A parliamentary assembly is part of many international organizations. Examples include:

• the oldest parliamentary assembly being a statutory body of an international organisation is the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
• European Parliamentary Assembly (now the European Parliament)
• NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO-PA)
• Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
• United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA) (proposed)
• Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)
• Parliamentary Assembly of French-speaking countries

There is also a much called for but not yet achieved parliamentary assembly of the World Trade Organization (WTO).

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva is a non-governmental association of national parliaments.

Parliamentary assemblies are often referred to as Inter-Parliamentary Institutions when they are made up of parliamentarians appointed by member nations. When they are made up of directly elected delegates, they are often referred to as parliaments.

Since 1949, more than 40 parliamentary assemblies have been brought into being.

See also

• international parliament
• Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean
• Natochannel

Links

• Article by Steve Charnovitz on Transparliamentary Assemblies in Global Governance