The Assembly adopted 4 resolutions at the end of the weeklong assembly. The first was om advancing nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and securing the entry into force of the comprehensive nuclear-test-ban treaty. The Assembly called on all nuclear-armed States to make deeper, faster and irreversible cuts in their stocpiles of all types of nuclear and other weapons and urged all states to redouble their efforts to prevent the proliferation of such weapons. Lastly it strongly supported the important role of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Assembly also adopted a resolution on climate change, sustainable development models and renewable energy, urging governments to work strenously for a new post-Kyoto deal on climate change in Copenhagen in December.
A third resolution called for freedom of expression and the right to information. The resolution condemns restrictions, violence and assasination suffered by journalists and names and blames numerous countries.
The fourth resolution focuses on the role of Parliaments in mitigating the social and political impact of the international economic and financial crisis on the most vulnerable sectors of the global community, especially in Africa. The IPU Assembly called for the IPU Parliamentary Conference on the Global Economic Crisis 7 and 8 May in Geneva to dal further in depth on the issue.
In a special statement IPU expressed concern over the difficult situation of legislators in a total of 32 countries. As a special Africa targetted intervention the IPU proposes to hold a Conference for African Parliaments from 14 to 16 September 2009 in Botswana on the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance.