Event Location: Geneva, Switzerland

The Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union travels to Geneva, Switzerland for the 131st Assembly of the IPU and Related Meetings. Oct. 12-16. More information is available online. 

The Canadian Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe will travel to Geneva, Switzerland for the Fall Meeting. Oct. 2-5. More information is available online. 

The Canadian Group of the Interparliamentary Union will attend the Extraordinary Session of the International Executive Committee of the IPU in Geneva, Switzerland. June 30-July 1. More information is available online. 

On behalf of International Cooperation Minister and Minister for La Francophonie Christian Paradis (Megantic-L’Erable, Que.), Health Minister Rona Ambrose (Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) will make an announcement on a maternal, newborn and child health project at the Improving Maternal & Newborn Health: the Importance of Working with Communities event in Geneva, Switzerland. The event will be held at Canadian … Read more

Representatives from the Humane Society International will be in Geneva to monitor World Trade Organization hearing on EU seal product trade ban. Humane Society International has campaigned to end Canada’s commercial seal hunt for many years. More information is available online.

On February 18, 2012, Canada and Norway challenged the European Union's seal products trade restrictions at the World Trade Organization (WTO). On November 25, the WTO panel in Geneva is expected to make its ruling on the challenge public. The panel's findings are subject to appeal and the parties have 60 days to file an … Read more

The Canadian Group of the Interparliamentary Union will attend the 129th Assembly and related meetings in Geneva, Switzerland. More information is available online.

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq (Nunavut) will provide remarks at the plenary session of the 66th session of the World Health Assembly. The event will be held at Salle des Assemblees, Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland. Call 613-957-2983.

A delegation of Indigenous, social justice, and labour groups from Canada are visiting Geneva from April 22-24 to speak to governments about the human right to water in Canada. The delegation takes place at a critical moment, as Canada will be up for its Universal Periodic Review on April 26, which will assess Canada’s record … Read more

The Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union travels to Geneva for the Annual Session of the Parliamentary Conference on the World Trade Organization. More information is available online.