Chamber of Deputies

Since 1889, the Geneva-based Interparliamentary Union (IPU), an international organisation of the parliaments of sovereign states, has been a cynosure of global cooperation.

The IPU shares the objectives of the United Nations, supports its efforts and works in close partnership with it. The IPU also cooperates with regional interparliamentary organisations, as well as with international intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations sharing the same ideals.

The IPU is made up of national groups that represent their respective Parliaments. A national group is formed at the decision of a member Parliament that has been "constituted in conformity with the laws of a sovereign state." Each member Parliament of the IPU may set up one national group only.