A round-up of media stories featuring Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) and its global work to promote peace, democracy, the rule of law, human rights, sustainable development and population issues.
April 25, 2012
Victims complain of uneven justice in Uganda
Dr. David Donat-Cattin, Senior Director of PGA's International Law and Human Rights Programme, quoted in article
April 10, 2012
Tunisia’s Women — Defying the Odds
Shazia Z. Rafi, Secretary-General of Parliamentarians for Global Action, writes that Tunisia is finding its own way while Islamist movements gain power in the region.
March 6, 2012
Newsweek's list of "150 fearless women” who “shake the world” includes PGA member Emma Bonino (Italy), former members Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (Argentina) and Sherry Rehman (Pakistan) and the 2007 DDA recipient, H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
February 21, 2012
PGA Executive Committee Member and Deputy Convenor of Peace & Democracy Programme Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya İrbeç MP delivers Statement of Turkey at 4th Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) PrepCom at United Nations in New York
February 11, 2012
Stolbizer Attending Meeting at UN on Arms Trade Treaty
Argentinian MP Margarita Stolbizer will participate this week in a preparatory meeting at the United Nations (UN) on an Arms Trade Treaty. Argentina was, alongside Australia, Costa Rica, Finland, Japan, Kenya and the United Kingdom, one of the co-authors of Resolution 61/89 of the UN General Assembly of 2006.
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February 09, 2012
Ambassador from Argentina: Who Is Jorge Argüello?
As Argentina grows more vocal in its criticism of British plans to drill for oil in the waters around the disputed Falklands Islands (called by Argentines the Islas Malvinas), the South American nation has sent a new ambassador to the U.S. who is well known for his advocacy of Argentina’s claims to the islands...
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January 27, 2012
Ortega not to accede to the Rome Statute
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