Talk:Inter-Parliamentary Union

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The United States was a founding member of this group, but seeems to be absense the last 30 years or so. Can anyone say why?--Dudeman5685 11:13, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Behind closed doors

Is it true that most IPU meetings are closed to the public and if so, is there a source for that besides Tony Fleming's blog? see http://tonyfleming.org/index.php?paged=2 Sarsaparilla (talk) 21:40, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] First Filipina President

During 112th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly in Manila, Cayetano was elected President of the 10th Meeting of Women Parliamentarians during the sidelines of the annual meeting. On April 17, 2008, Pia was elected for a 2 year term, president of the Committee of Women Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) during its 118th General Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa. As the first Filipino and Asian to head it, she ran unopposed and takes over from Uruguay's Monica Xavier.^[1] --Florentino floro (talk) 06:16, 18 April 2008 (UTC)