International Parliamentary Assemblies
International Institution | International Parliamentary Assembly | Directly Elected |
ACP-EU Partnership | ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | NO |
African Union (AU) | Pan-African Parliament | NO |
Andean Community of Nations (ACN) | Andean Parliament* | Peru, Ecuador |
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) | Consultative Parliamentary Council | NO |
Arctic Council | Conference of Arctic Parliamentarians | NO |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) | Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum | NO |
Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) | -- | -- |
Benelux | Benelux Parliament | NO |
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) | Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians | NO |
Central America Integration System (SICA) | Central American Parliament (Parlacen) | YES |
Central European Initiative (CEI) | Parliamentary Assembly | NO |
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) | The Inter-parliamentary Assembly of the CIS | NO |
Council of Europe | Parliamentary Assembly | NO |
East African Community (EAC) | East African Legislative Assembly | NO |
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) | Communitarian Parliament | YES |
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) | Network of Central African Parliamentarians (REPAC)** | NO |
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) | ECOWAS Parliament | NO |
EurAsian Economic Community (EurAsEc) | Inter-parliamentary Assembly | NO |
Euro-Mediterranean Partnership | Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly | NO |
European Union | European Parliament | YES |
International Labour Organization (ILO) | -- | -- |
International Monetary Fund | -- | -- |
International Organization of La Francophonie | Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie | NO |
League of Arab States (Arab League) | Arab Parliament | NO |
Mercosur | Parliament of Mercosur (Parlasur) | NO (2011) |
North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | -- | -- |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) | NATO Parliamentary Assembly | NO |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) | OSCE Parliamentary Assembly | NO |
Organization of the American States (OAS) | Inter-parliamentary Forum of the Americas | NO |
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) | Parliamentary Union of OIC members | NO |
Pacific Island Forum (PIF) | -- | -- |
South Asian Association for Reagional Cooperation (SAARC) | -- | -- |
Southern African Development Community (SADC) | SADC Parliamentary Forum | NO |
Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) | -- | -- |
United Nations | -- | -- |
West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) | Inter-parliamentary Committee | NO |
World Bank | -- | -- |
World Trade Organization (WTO) | -- | -- |
* Only Peru and Ecuador have organized democratic elections for the Andean Parliament
** Not yet in place
Independent International Parliamentary Assemblies | Directly Elected |
Amazonian Parliament | NO |
Association of Senates, Shooras, and Equivalent Councils in Africa and the Arab World | NO |
Baltic Assembly | NO |
Indigenous Parliament of America | NO |
Inter-parliamentary Assembly of the Ortodoxy | NO |
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) | NO |
Latin-American Parliament | NO |
Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean | NO |
Parliamentary Confederations of the Americas | NO |