30 June – International Day of Parliamentarism

The IPA CIS Council Secretariat congratulates international parliamentary organizations, as well as diplomatic missions accredited in St. Petersburg on the International Day of Parliamentarism. Inter-parliamentary dialogue plays an enormous role in creating an atmosphere of good-neighborliness and mutually beneficial cooperation.

On 22 May 2018 in New-York, the 72^nd session of the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus the resolution A/RES/72/278 “Interaction between the United Nations, national parliaments an the Inter-Parliamentary Union”. The resolution confirms the join initiative by the IPA CIS and the IPU on establishing 30 June as the International Day of Parliamentarism.