Iran’s Parliament Speaker to Attend High-Level Conference in Switzerland

Heading a parliamentary delegation, Qalibaf will deliver an address to the conference and hold meetings with a number of his foreign counterparts on the sidelines of the event, his special assistant said.

According to Abolfazl Amouee, a total of 112 parliamentary delegations will take part in the event, including 96 speakers of parliament.

The Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, organized by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in close collaboration with the United Nations, will take place from July 29 to 31 at the Palais des Nations (United Nations Office at Geneva).

The conference, first established in 2000 on the eve of the United Nations Millennium Summit, aims to provide a unique forum for high-level engagement and dialogue among parliamentary leaders from around the world.

Previous conferences, held every five years since then, have served as catalysts for shaping and strengthening the parliamentary dimension of global governance, thereby helping to bridge the democracy gap in international affairs.

During the conference, the world’s top legislators are expected to engage with leaders from international organizations, academia, civil society and the media.

The general debate of the conference will kick off on Tuesday about “A world in turmoil: Parliamentary cooperation and multilateralism for peace, justice and prosperity for all.”