PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
PGA’s vision is to contribute to the creation of a Rules-Based International Order for a more equitable, safe, sustainable and democratic world.
On 10 May 2011, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) in cooperation with the Chambers of Deputies of Argentina, took the opportunity to present the Report on ’’Empowerment of women: Constructing Human Security’’, adopted by PGA at the
On March 10, 2011, PGA, represented by Board member Dip. Felipe Michelini (Uruguay), participated in the high-level segment of the 7th Special Session on the ICC
Following on from the First PGA Asian Consultation on the ICC held in the House of Representatives in The Philippines four years ago, the purpose of this second Consultation was to review current ratification and implementation processes of the Rome Statu
PGA Members in the Senate of the Philippines worked together with the Government and organized civil society, coordinated by the Philippines Coalition for the ICC, to facilitate a visit of the President of the ICC to the Senate in Manila, an event that wa
The fifty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from Tuesday, 22 February to Friday, 4 March, and on Monday, 14 March 2011.
The five days of talks of the Second ATT PrepCom which ended in New York on 4 March 2011 focused on the scope and criteria of the proposed international treaty to control the arms trade: what weapons to include and what activities it should cover, such as
Hosted by the Legislature of Liberia, under the leadership of Senator Franklin Siakor in collaboration with PGA, parliamentarians from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone and Ireland gathered at this regional PGA Roundtable to di
Hosted by the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, and organized by PGA, a set of informal consultations with MPs on the key issue of Cooperation with the ICC took place in New York on December 6, 2010, opening day of the 9th ASP.
PGA is saddened to learn of the recent passing, after a long illness, of its Member, Ms. Theresa Tagoe, 67, former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South Constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
"Empowering Women - Building Human Security". Istanbul, Turkey, October 23-24, 2010.
On October 23, 2010, Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA) presented the 2010 Defender of Democracy Awards to: Prof. Dr. Feride Acar of Turkey, Professor, Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and Member (-elect) of the UN Committee on the Elimin
The Strategy Meeting with UNFPA was organized to discuss future PGA activities in member countries from the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC).
On the occasion of PGA’S 32nd Annual Forum on Empowering women; building Human Security, Members of Parliament from the Central African region gathered to discuss the current status of implementing legislation of the Rome Statute in their respective c
In the context of the ongoing debate on the implementing legislation of the Rome Statute in the Congolese parliament, a multiparty delegation of legislators from the Democratic Republic of the Congo travelled to The Hague to meet with senior officials of
Under the leadership of Dip. Sigfrido Reyes (PGA; FMLN; Deputy Speaker) a multi-party delegation of parliamentarians from EL Salvador travelled to The Hague to meet with senior officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC), experts, diplomats and fe
PGA congratulates The Republic of Seychelles who today has deposited her Instrument of Ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) with the United Nations in New York.
On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, PGA International Council Member Dr. Bernadetter Lahi, MP (Sierra Leone) participated in a Side Event to the First ATT PrepCom in New York hosted by Oxfam, the Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development, and Igarape in coop
On 15th June 2010 PGA, together with the Parliamentary Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons, held a Workshop on Halting the Trafficking in Drugs, Arms and Human Beings at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations.