Chamber of Deputies

The Interparliamentary Union, an international organisation of the parliaments of sovereign states, is based in Geneva and since 1889 has been the reference point of interparliamentary cooperation on a global scale. The IPU supports the efforts of the UN, whose objectives it shares, and works in close cooperation with it.

The IPU cooperates with regional inter-parliamentary organisations, as well as with international intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations which are motivated by 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." Only one National Group may be created in each Parliament.