Rwandan President Paul Kagame opened the 145th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in the city of Kigali on Tuesday.
This year, according to the draft resolution, the assembly will focus on “parliamentary impetus to local and regional development of countries with high levels of international migration and to stopping all forms, including state-sponsored, of human-trafficking and human rights abuses.”
The Assembly is expected to conclude on Saturday, after the adoption of an outcome document regarding the gender equality issue.
The Inter-Parliamentary Union is an international organization established in 1889 to boost cooperation between legislators around the world. At least 178 national parliaments are members of the IPU.