Today I spoke with בני גנץ - Benny Gantz to discuss our shared concerns about Iranian threats to attack Israel.

Further escalation in the region is in no-one's interest and risks further loss of civilian life.

The UK will continue to work with our partners in support of regional security.

Co-rapporteur for the IPU's forthcoming resolution on #ArtificialIntelligence Bunge la Tanzania's Neema Lugangira🇹🇿 explains why the #IPU is the best place for preparing legislation on #AI to safeguard #democracy , #humanrights and the rule of law.

Watch 🎥
➡️ipu.org/news/voices/20…

How has the #IPU supported #parliaments in becoming stronger and younger and more gender equal?

Watch the highlights video and access our 2023 Impact Report.

➡️youtube.com/watch?v=1tRJVT…

📷Dan Carden MP

Today at United Nations, Russia wanted to discuss weapons proliferation to Ukraine.

But let's be clear who is breaking international law:

Invading a sovereign nation
Buying arms from North Korea and Iran
Targeting civilians
And depriving them of power and heat

That is the work of Russia.

The CIJ_ICJ helps nations settle disputes peacefully in accordance with international law.⚖️

Want to understand how the #ICJ works and discover how #parliaments can advocate for countries to utilise international #justice ?

Register for our briefing!
➡️ipu.org/ICJ2024

⚖️ #Democracy is not an easy concept to measure, but Senate of Pakistan🇵🇰, through accessing #IPU and partners Indicators for Democratic Parliaments self-assessment toolkit, identified 1️⃣4️⃣ opportunities for improvement!
Which areas did they cover?
#Pakistan
➡️ipu.org/pakistan24

Great to be at the #MPs ' IPCIconference on Implementation of the Population + Development Programme of Action.

While countries have made strides in improving access to sexual and reproductive health + rights, so too has the issue become increasingly politicized.
#ICPD30 #SRHR

Glad to see this important issue gaining press coverage! 🌍 PMNCH & IPUparliament leadership on the repeal of law banning FGM in The Gambia. Let's keep the conversation going & support positive change!

thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/oped/…
Ulrika Karlsson Helen Clark Martin Chungong

Thanks to 🇳🇵 #Nepal 's endorsement of #IPU 's Common Principles for Support to #Parliaments , there are now 1️⃣4️⃣9️⃣ national parliaments supporting the cause!

Bravo प्रतिनिधि सभा नेपाल House of Representative Nepal!

Will your parliament endorse?

➡️ipu.org/principles

Bringing the World to You: International #Geneva at Balexert!

Experience global change first hand at #OpenHouseBalexert from 16-20 April, and discover how the #IPU + other international orgs are making a difference.

➡️ungeneva.org/en/events/jour…
#InternationalGenevaExpo

Met this week with the @Stortinge🇳🇴 Speaker from #Norway , Masud Gharahkhani.

Reassured by his commitment to the #IPU and looking forward to engaging further.

Find out more about the Norwegian parliament.
➡️ipu.org/parliament/NO

#Tanzania 🇹🇿 MP Neema Lugangira explains her role as co-rapporteur with Michelle Rempel Garner🇨🇦 on #IPU 's future resolution on the impact of #artificalintelligence on #democracy , #humanrights , and the rule of law in a recent conversation with the IPU.

#AI
➡️ipu.org/news/voices/20…

D'après le rapport de l' #UIP Les femmes au parlement en 2023, la part de #femmesparlementaires a augmenté de 0️⃣,4️⃣ point de % sur un an, soit moins que la croissance de 0️⃣,6️⃣ point de % observée en 2021 et en 2020.

Pourquoi ce ralentissement?

Lire plus
➡️ipu.org/fr/WIP23PR

Lorsque le #Bénin 🇧🇯 a demandé de l'aide pour la gestion de ses produits chimiques, l' #UIP a mis en relation l’Assemblée nationale du Bénin avec des experts de l' #ONU .
Moins d'un an plus tard, des changements significatifs ont été enregistrés.
➡️ipu.org/fr/benin24
#Parliaments4thePlanet

This is the struggle of our generation.

Ukraine can win this war and achieve a just peace. But we must all, Americans and Europeans alike, do more.

The outcome is down to us.

🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦

#UN SecCouncil new-membership committee: no consensus on #Palestine statehood: 2/3 members in favor & 5 holdouts (didn't say who)
Next: Malta, rotating prez, will write a report on the cttee discussions & maybe another mtg will happen, if warranted

Myanmar: is the junta’s grip on power weakening and what next for its leadership? theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Heard from Evgenia Kara-Murza, Alicia Kearns MP, Stephen Kinnock and Miguel Berger among many others at an event this evening hosted by Bill Browder’s Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign to mark two years of Vladimir Kara-Murza’s imprisonment

Vladimir represents a better Russia, and one worth fighting for.

Two years on from his arrest on fabricated charges, Vladimir Kara-Murza remains in prison in appalling conditions, at the hands of a regime determined to silence him and everything he stands for.

The UK will not rest in our efforts to secure his release.

British national Vladimir Kara-Murza was arrested two years ago today.

His health is declining and he has been refused urgent medical treatment.

We urge the Russian authorities to release him now on humanitarian grounds. #FreeKaraMurza