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ECOWAS Parliament

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:43:39 +0000

The ECOWAS Parliament is the Assembly of the people of the Economic Community Of West African States. Members of the Parliament are deemed to represent all citizens of West Africa. It provides advisory opinion on issues covering a wide range of areas that are of crucial importance for the integration process in the region. These include respect for human rights, the interconnection of communication and telecommunication links, health, education, and revisions of basic community texts.

Location

International Conference Center Abuja, CT

Nigeria

Pan-African Parliament

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:29:06 +0000

The Pan-African Parliament was established in March 2004, by Article 17 of The Constitutive Act of the African Union, as one of the nine Organs provided for in the Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community signed in Abuja , Nigeria , in 1991. The establishment of the Pan-African Parliament is informed by a vision to provide a common platform for African peoples and their grass-roots organizations to be more involved in discussions and decision-making on the problems and challenges facing the continent.

Location

Pan-African Parliament

Richard Drive

Midrand, GT 1685

South Africa

Phone: +27 11 545 5000

Mercosur Parliament

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:20:41 +0000

The Parliament of MERCOSUR was established on December 6, 2006, as a substitute for the Joint Parliamentary Committee, and is the body representing the interests of citizens of member states. The structure of the Parliament is designed as a contribution to the quality and institutional balance of the MERCOSUR, creating a common space that reflects the pluralism and diversity of the region and contributing to democracy, participation, representativeness, transparency and social legitimacy in the development of the integration process and its rules.

Location

Edificio Mercosur

Luis Piera 1992

Montevideo

Uruguay

Phone: +598 24102298

Parlamento del Mercosur

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:12:36 +0000

El Parlamento del MERCOSUR fue constituido el 06 de Diciembre 2006, como sustituta de la Comisión Parlamentaria Conjunta, y es el órgano, por excelencia, representativo de los intereses de los ciudadanos de los Estados Partes. La conformación del Parlamento significa un aporte a la calidad y equilibrio institucional del MERCOSUR, creando un espacio común en el que se refleja el pluralismo y las diversidades de la región, y que contribuye a la democracia, la participación, la representatividad, la transparencia y la legitimidad social en el desarrollo del proceso de integración y de sus norm

Location

Edificio Mercosur

Luis Piera 1992

Montevideo

Uruguay

Phone: +598 24102298

Latin American Parliament

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:56:31 +0000

The Latin American Parliament (Parlatino) is a regional, permanent and unicameral institution consisting of the national parliaments of Latin America elected democratically by popular vote and whose countries adhered to the Treaty of Institutionalization ratified on 16 November 1987 in Lima, Peru.

Location

Parlamento Latinoamericano

Ave. Principal de Amador, Edif. 1111 y 1113

Panama City

Panama

Parlamento Latinoamericano

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:47:53 +0000

El Parlamento Latinoamericano (Parlatino), es un organismo regional, permanente y unicameral, integrado por los Parlamentos nacionales de América Latina, elegidos democráticamente mediante sufragio popular, cuyos países suscribieron el correspondiente Tratado de Institucionalización el 16 de noviembre de 1.987, en Lima -Perú, y aquellos cuyos Estados se adhirieron al mismo o lo hagan en cualquier tiempo, de conformidad con los procedimientos señalados en este Estatuto.

Location

Parlamento Latinoamericano

Ave. Principal de Amador, Edif. 1111 y 1113

Panama City

Panama

European Parliament

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:43:25 +0000

The European Parliament is the Community institution that represents the peoples of the Member States of the European Union. The Parliament plays an active role in drafting legislation which has an impact on the daily lives of its citizens.

Location

European Parliament

Rue Wiertz

Brussels B-1047

Belgium

Phone: + 32 2 28 4 21 11

Parlamento Centroamericano (Parlacen)

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:30:49 +0000

PARLACEN es un foro regional permanente de representación política del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA). Sus miembros son electos democráticamente para lograr, mediante la integración regional, el bienestar y la unión de los pueblos centroamericanos y de la República Dominicana.

Location

Central American Parliament

12 Avenida 33-04, Zona 05

Guatemala City 01005

Guatemala

Central American Parliament (Parlacen)

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:17:48 +0000

PARLACEN is a permanent regional forum for the political representation of the Central American integration (SICA). It‘s objectives are the union of the Central American states including the Dominican Republic and prosperity for the Central American people.

Location

Central American Parliament

12 Avenida 33-04, Zona 05

Guatemala City 01005

Guatemala

Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP)

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 11:13:56 +0000

The objectives of the ACCP are to: involve the people of the Community through their representatives in the process of consolidating and strengthening the Community; provide opportunities for involvement in the issues of the integration process by Members of Parliament in each Member State and Associate Member of the Community; provide a forum for people of the Community to make their views known through their representatives; provide a more frequent mechanism to monitor policies of the Community; provide enhanced opportunities for the co-ordination of foreign policies of Member States; pro

Location

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Georgetown

Guyana

Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA)

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:35:08 +0000

The Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) was born in 2006 at the Seventh Session of the Association of Asian Parliamentary for Peace (AAPP). In other words, the APA is continuation of an organization which was established in 1999. The APA comprises, in 2007, of 41 Member Parliaments and 17 observers. Each Member Parliament has a specific number of seats in the Assembly based on the size of their population. The number of total seats, and therefore, number of votes, is currently 206. Members of Assembly must be elected by members of the Member Parliaments.

Location

Secretariat of APA Tehran

Iran

Phone: +98 21 22694405-6

Parlamento Andino

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:29:42 +0000

El Parlamento Andino es el Órgano Deliberante y de Control del Sistema Andino de Integración, su naturaleza comunitaria representa a los pueblos de la Comunidad Andina, con personalidad jurídica internacional y capacidad de ejercicio de la misma. El Parlamento Andino es un solo cuerpo orgánico y estructural, constituido por los Representantes de los países miembros del Acuerdo de Cartagena.

Location

Parlamento Andino Bogota

Colombia

Andean Parliament

serge — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:28:01 +0000

The Andean Parliament is the deliberative and control body of the Andean Integration System. Its communitarian nature represents the peoples of the Andean Community with international legal standing and the capacity to exercise it. The Andean Parliament is a single organic and structural body, consisting of representatives of member countries of the Cartagena Agreement.

Location

Parlamento Andino Bogota

Colombia