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Nearly every country in the world has some form of parliament. Parliamentary systems fall into two categories: bicameral and unicameral. Out of 190 national parliaments in the world, 78 are bicameral (156 chambers) and 112 are unicameral, making a total of 268 chambers of parliament with some 44,000 members of parliament. IPU membership is made up of 180 national parliaments
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Enhancing the role of parliaments in accelerating the achievement of the SDGs: Taking forward the UNGA resolution
Summary
10:00 to 11:45 CEST
Jointly organized by the IPU, the UNECE and UNESCAP, the event will follow up on the recently adopted UNGA resolution 77/159 which, in a historic first, recognizes the essential role of parliaments to bring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to life through their powers.
Through the prism of SDG 7 (“Affordable and clean energy”) - one of the Goals that will be reviewed at the 2023 High-level Political Forum – parliaments will have the opportunity to engage in discussions to take forward the abovementioned UN resolution and maximize SDG implementation by leveraging individual SDGs and their related interlinkages.