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.
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.
From 27 to 28 May 2010, more than 100 Legislators from all regions of the world participated in the 6th Session of the Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the ICC and the Rule of Law in Kampala, Uganda. The biennial event, organized by Parliamen
PGA held a Strategy Meeting on the Contribution of Parliamentarians to the Negotiation of an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) at the Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the United Nations on 8 April, 2010.
PGA organized a Parallel Side Meeting in conjunction with the 54th CSW on the topic of Role of Policymakers in Governance, Development and Women's Empowerment on March 11, 2010 at the Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN.