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Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/international-council-2024-11_medium.jpg" alt="Election of New Board Members at the 45th Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/pga-elections-2024.html" title="Election of New Board Members at the 45th Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action">Election of New Board Members at the 45th Annual Forum of Parliamentarians for Global Action</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-11-12 18:10:00">12 November, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">PGA’s annual International Council Meeting convened to elect new members to PGA’s Executive Committee and discuss PGA’s new strategic plan for the coming years.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/gambia-1540-point-of-contact.html" title="PGA welcomes the Nomination of a Point of Contact by The Gambia to the United Nations Security Council 1540 Committee"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/gambia-flag-map_medium.jpg" alt="PGA welcomes the Nomination of a Point of Contact by The Gambia to the United Nations Security Council 1540 Committee"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/gambia-1540-point-of-contact.html" title="PGA welcomes the Nomination of a Point of Contact by The Gambia to the United Nations Security Council 1540 Committee">PGA welcomes the Nomination of a Point of Contact by The Gambia to the United Nations Security Council 1540 Committee</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-11-12 14:19:00">12 November, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">Resolution 1540 (2004) affirms that the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery constitutes a threat to international peace and security</p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/defender-of-democracy-2024.html" title="Parliamentarians for Global Action Honors Hina Jilani and Fawzia Koofi with the 2024 Defender of Democracy Award"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/dda-2024_medium.jpg" alt="Parliamentarians for Global Action Honors Hina Jilani and Fawzia Koofi with the 2024 Defender of Democracy Award"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/defender-of-democracy-2024.html" title="Parliamentarians for Global Action Honors Hina Jilani and Fawzia Koofi with the 2024 Defender of Democracy Award">Parliamentarians for Global Action Honors Hina Jilani and Fawzia Koofi with the 2024 Defender of Democracy Award</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-11-05 17:28:00">05 November, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">The Defender of Democracy Awards were conferred in a high-level ceremony on 28 October 2024, hosted by the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Honorable Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. </p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/ilga-world-2024.html" title="PGA Brings Delegation to Cape Town"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/ilga-world-cape-town-2024_medium.jpg" alt="PGA Brings Delegation to Cape Town"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/ilga-world-2024.html" title="PGA Brings Delegation to Cape Town">PGA Brings Delegation to Cape Town</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-11-04 14:29:00">04 November, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">The largest global gathering of LBGTIQ changemakers and serves as a platform to campaign against the discrimination and persecution faced by communities around the world. </p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/seychelles-icsant-ratification.html" title="PGA Congratulates National Assembly of Seychelles on Authorization of ICSANT Ratification"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/seychelles-national-assembly_medium.jpg" alt="PGA Congratulates National Assembly of Seychelles on Authorization of ICSANT Ratification"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/seychelles-icsant-ratification.html" title="PGA Congratulates National Assembly of Seychelles on Authorization of ICSANT Ratification">PGA Congratulates National Assembly of Seychelles on Authorization of ICSANT Ratification</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-10-30 18:29:00">30 October, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">PGA looks forward to the deposit of the Instrument of Ratification of Seychelles of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in the near future.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/abotion-death-penalty-strategy-annual-forum-2024.html" title="PGA Gathers Parliamentarians to Address the Abolition of the Death Penalty"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/adp-pakistan-strategysession_medium.png" alt="PGA Gathers Parliamentarians to Address the Abolition of the Death Penalty"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/abotion-death-penalty-strategy-annual-forum-2024.html" title="PGA Gathers Parliamentarians to Address the Abolition of the Death Penalty">PGA Gathers Parliamentarians to Address the Abolition of the Death Penalty</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-10-30 16:51:00">30 October, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">PGA brought together parliamentarians from different regions around the world, to discuss and strategize towards the abolition of the death penalty.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/somalia-gambia-guinea-weapons-mass-destruction.html" title="Somalia, The Gambia and Guinea encouraged to comply with reporting requirements under UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/somalia-gambia-guinea-cover_medium.jpg" alt="Somalia, The Gambia and Guinea encouraged to comply with reporting requirements under UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/somalia-gambia-guinea-weapons-mass-destruction.html" title="Somalia, The Gambia and Guinea encouraged to comply with reporting requirements under UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)">Somalia, The Gambia and Guinea encouraged to comply with reporting requirements under UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-10-21 16:35:00">21 October, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">Recent media articles encourage their governments to take positive steps.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/nrs-parliamentary-session-sierra-leone.html" title="PGA National Parliamentary Session on Nuclear and Radiological Security, Freetown, Sierra Leone"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/nrs-sierra-leone-2024-10_medium.jpg" alt="PGA National Parliamentary Session on Nuclear and Radiological Security, Freetown, Sierra Leone"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/nrs-parliamentary-session-sierra-leone.html" title="PGA National Parliamentary Session on Nuclear and Radiological Security, Freetown, Sierra Leone">PGA National Parliamentary Session on Nuclear and Radiological Security, Freetown, Sierra Leone</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-10-21 16:31:00">21 October, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">PGA is grateful to the Parliament of Sierra Leone for facilitating the organization of this Workshop and to UNODC for their continued important collaboration with and cooperation.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/malawi-kenya-papua-new-guinea-invited-budapest-convention.html" title=" Malawi, Kenya and Papua New Guinea invited to accede to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/3-states-request-invitation-budapest-convention_medium.jpg" alt=" Malawi, Kenya and Papua New Guinea invited to accede to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/malawi-kenya-papua-new-guinea-invited-budapest-convention.html" title=" Malawi, Kenya and Papua New Guinea invited to accede to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime"> Malawi, Kenya and Papua New Guinea invited to accede to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-10-11 19:45:00">11 October, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">With these new invitations, 76 States are now Parties, two have signed it and 18 have been invited to accede to the Convention.</p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/international-day-of-the-girl-child-2024.html" title="Girls’ vision for the future"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/intl-day-girl-child-2024_medium.jpg" alt="Girls’ vision for the future"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/international-day-of-the-girl-child-2024.html" title="Girls’ vision for the future">Girls’ vision for the future</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-10-11 16:10:00">11 October, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">The 2024 International Day of the Girl theme is ‘Girls’ vision for the future’ conveying both the need for urgent action and persistent hope, driven by the power of girls’ voices and vision for the future</p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/seychelles-requests-invitation-budapest-convention.html" title="Seychelles Requests Invitation to Accede to Budapest Convention"><img src="https://www.pgaction.org/media/images/articles19/article1012_medium.jpg" alt="Seychelles Requests Invitation to Accede to Budapest Convention"></a> </figure> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <h3><a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/seychelles-requests-invitation-budapest-convention.html" title="Seychelles Requests Invitation to Accede to Budapest Convention">Seychelles Requests Invitation to Accede to Budapest Convention</a></h3> <div class="elx5_dateauthor"><time datetime="2024-10-11 14:00:00">11 October, 2024</time></div> </div> <div class="elx5_artbox_inner"> <p class="elx5_content_subtitle">Seychelles preparing changes to law to accede to Budapest Convention on Cybercrime</p> </div> </div> <div class="elx5_3colbox elx5_artbox elx5_artboxvt" data-short="1"> <figure class="elx5_content_imagebox elx5_content_imageboxlt"> <a href="https://www.pgaction.org/news/un-women-peace-and-security-open-letter.html" title="PGA Signs Open Letter to Protect Women's Rights"><img 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