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MS. DULCE MARIA SAURI RIANCHO Member of the Mexican Senate Dulce Maria Sauri has extensive experience as a legislator and public administrator. She was Governor of the State of Yucatan (1991-1994), and has been elected to either House of the Mexican Congress on numerous occasions since 1982. She was also President of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) from Dec. 1999 to March 2002. Since 1 December 2000, Ms. Sauri has been Chairperson of the Senate Asia Pacific Foreign Relations Committee. She is also a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, the North America Foreign Relations Committee and the Finance and Public Credit Committee. Annexes I 203
204 I PARLIAMENT AND DEMOCRACY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Legislative strengthening organisations The following is a non-exhaustive list of organisations involved in strengthening parliamentary institutions. Parliamentary associations Inter-Parliamentary Union The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) is the international organisation of Parliaments of sovereign States. It was established in 1889. The Union is the focal point for worldwide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy. The IPU operates a Technical Cooperation Programme under which it assists national parliaments, particularly in developing countries, to improve the organisation of their work and strengthen their infrastructure. Under this programme, which was initiated in the early 1970’s, the IPU (i) provides advisory services (ii) offers projects of assistance. The programme focuses on strengthening the parliamentary institution itself, as well as providing assistance to elected parliamentarians and parliamentary staff. It systematically integrates this work with gender and human rights perspectives. Indeed, certain projects are specifically focused on ensuring greater participation of women in the parliamentary process. Website: http://www.ipu.org Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie (APF) APF brings together parliamentarians from 73 parliaments or inter-parliamentary organizations spanning the five continents. Its work is aimed mainly at promoting and defending democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights, promotion of the French language throughout the world and cultural diversity. In close collaboration with the Agence de la Francophonie, it undertakes and implements activities in the fields of inter-parliamentary cooperation and the democracy-building. Its activities are geared towards strengthening a sense of solidarity among parliamentary institutions and promoting democracy and the rule of law, particularly within the community of French-speaking countries. The Noria Programme was launched in 2002 to meet a need for capacity-building in French-speaking parliaments of the South in the areas of production, management and dissemination of internal information of a legislative nature using information and communication technologies. That Programme was a follow-up to the PARDOC Programme, which benefited the document services of French-speaking parliaments. Web site: http://apf.francophonie.org
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