Inter-parliamentary Union. Committee on Economic and Social Questions
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Interparliamentary Union Collected Records
Collection
Identifier: SCPC-CDG-B-Switzerland-Interparliamentary Union
Abstract
The Inter-Parliamentary Union was organized in 1889 by Randal Cremer (England) and Frédéric Passy (France) as an association of members of the national legislative bodies of the world. It was established to secure cooperation of countries to work toward peace by means of a universal organization of nations; initially for individual parliamentarians, but since transformed into an international organization of the parliaments of sovereign states. By 1921 it was headquartered in Geneva,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1889-
Found in:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
