In this section of the handbook we offer some recommendations for parliamentary action and some examples of effective parliamentary practice. It is not possible in the space of this handbook to be comprehensive in each and every disarmament issue. Rather, we point to parliamentary guides and other resources on specific disarmament issues, which legislators can consult for further information and action.
INFO BOX 2:
Types of parliamentary actions
- Resolutions, motions and legislation adopted by parliament;
- Budgetary decisions in the nuclear-armed States on their nuclear weapons programmes;
- Budgetary decisions in all parliaments on supporting nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament treaties, mechanisms and initiatives;
- Questions, hearings and debates in parliament;
- Parliamentary commemorations of key days;
- Hearings, debates, panels and resolutions in inter-parliamentary bodies including the Inter-Parliamentary Union, NATO Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States;
- Participation in government delegations to sessions of the UN, treaty negotiations and treaty review/implementation conferences (such as the NPT Review Conferences);
- Joint letters/statements with parliamentary colleagues globally or regionally;
- Joint events with civil society constituencies;
- Social media actions and promotion.
Excerpted from Parliamentary Action Plan for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World, PNND 2017
