International cooperation

Since 2007, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly has had the observer status at the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Founded:  1889
Number of Member States:  178
Charter Document: Statutes of the IPU
Governing Bodies: Assembly, Governing Council, Executive Committee (meets twice a year, according to the Statutes of the IPU)
IPU President: Gabriela Cuevas Barron, Mexico
IPU Secretary General: Martin Chungong, Cameroon

http://Website: https://www.ipu.org/

 

Parliamentary delegations of the CSTO Member States to the OSCE PA regularly conduct working meetings of heads of delegations prior to the next session of the OSCE PA.
Founded:  1991
Number of Member States:  56
Charter Document: Madrid Declaration (1991)
Governing Bodies: Standing Committee, consisting of the OSCE PA President, 9 Vice Presidents (3-year term); the Treasurer (2-year term); the Honorary (former) President; general committees’ officials and heads of national delegations
The Bureau: the OSCE PA President, 9 Vice Presidents; the Treasurer; general committees’ officials and the Honorary President (without voting rights)
Structure: Plenary Session of the Assembly, Standing Committee, the Bureau, the extended Bureau, three General Committees: On Political Affairs and Security; On Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment; and On Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions
Website: https://www.oscepa.org/​

The CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and the ICRC regularly participate in joint events.

Founded: February 17, 1863

Organization Type: international non-governmental organization

Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland

President: Peter Maurer
ICRC Main Governing Bodies:
•    The Assembly (supreme governing body)
•    The Assembly Council (a body working at the request of the Assembly)
•    President and Vice Presidents (ensure the activities of the Assembly, the Assembly Council and are responsible for ICRC’s external affairs)
•    The Directorate (an executive body consisting of Director General and three Directors)
•    The Internal Audit Unit.

Website: https://www.icrc.org/

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia and has had the observer status at the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly since 2010 and they have held joint events on a regular basis.
Founded: April 2, 1996.
Charter Document: Agreement on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Belarus and Russia (April 29, 1996); Agreement on the Union of Belarus and Russia (April 1, 1997); Regulations of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia (1997).
The Parliamentary Assembly (PA) consists of delegations formed respectively by both chambers of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
Number of Member States: 2
Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly: Vyacheslav Volodin
Number of annual sessions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia, according to the Regulations: 2 (extraordinary sessions are convened as necessary), which are held in turn in Russia and Belarus.
Permanent Office: Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly (Executive Secretary: Sergei Strelchenko)
At the moment 8 permanent commissions have been formed.

Website: http://belrus.ru/

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