2024-11-12T12:29:25-06:00 2023-12-31 133628255 CONDON O'MEARA MCGINTY & DONNELLY LLP ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA 7TH FL NEW YORK NY 10004 990 2023-01-01 521168289 PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION PARL 9294611211 44 WALL STREET 903 NEW YORK NY 10005 PETRA BAYR TREASURER 9294611211 2024-11-11 1 0 ALEXANDER LAZZARUOLO P01775353 2126617777 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z PETRA BAYR 44 WALL STREET 903 NEW YORK NY 10005 1852448 0 X WWW.PGACTION.ORG X 1979 DC ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & THE RULE OF LAW, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN SECURITY, INCLUSION & GENDER EQUALITY. 15 15 12 15 0 0 1890448 1856465 0 0 88 177 7725 -4194 1898261 1852448 0 0 0 0 1821671 1457777 0 0 67337 752964 640810 2574635 2098587 -676374 -246139 2276117 1749981 761033 481036 1515084 1268945 X PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION ("PGA") IS A NON-GOVERNMENTAL, MULTI-PARTY, INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF LEGISLATORS ACTING IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, INFORMS AND MOBILIZES PARLIAMENTARIANS IN ALL REGIONS OF THE WORLD TO ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAW, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN SECURITY, INCLUSION, GENDER EQUALITY AND JUSTICE, INCLUDING CLIMATE JUSTICE. 0 0 651440 DEMOCRACY, GENDER AND INCLUSION:PGA'S DELEGATION OF 4 MPS FROM PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES (COOK ISLANDS, FIJI, SAMOA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS) TO SYDNEY WORLD PRIDE MET WITH PACIFIC LGBTQI+ ACTIVISTS, GOVERNMENTS, HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. PGA LED A DELEGATION OF 4 AFRICAN MPS FROM KENYA, UGANDA, SEYCHELLES AND BOTSWANA TO EUROPRIDE IN MALTA. PGA ORGANIZED THE 3RD AFRICAN PARLIAMENTARY FORUM ON GENDER AND SEXUAL MINORITIES, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM'S INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE (UNDP-IGI). TWENTY-FOUR PARLIAMENTARIANS FROM ELEVEN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES BOTSWANA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC), KENYA, LESOTHO, MALAWI, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, SEYCHELLES, SOUTH AFRICA, ZAMBIA AND ZIMBABWE PARTICIPATED IN THE FORUM HELD IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA. CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTSWANA, KENYA, NAMIBIA, SOUTH AFRICA, SPAIN, UGANDA, ZAMBIA AND ZIMBABWE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE ACTIVITY. 438973 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS:- RAISED AWARENESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE DEATH PENALTY. THIS ALIGNS WITH THE 2023 WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY'S THEME, HIGHLIGHTING THE DEATH PENALTY AS AN IRREVERSIBLE FORM OF TORTURE, WHICH PGA MARKED ON OCTOBER 10. - PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UPON REQUEST TO ITS MEMBERS IN IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION ON COMPLEMENTARITY IN ARMENIA, MEXICO, AND UKRAINE.- PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UPON REQUEST TO ITS MEMBERS ON LEGISLATION FOR COOPERATION WITH THE ICC IN ON ECUADOR, MEXICO, AND UKRAINE.- SUCCESSFULLY INITIATED THE "GLOBAL INITIATIVE AGAINST IMPUNITY FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: MAKING JUSTICE WORK" ALONGSIDE TEN OTHER NGOS. 412023 INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY:- ORGANIZED FIVE NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, SEYCHELLES, THE GAMBIA, SURINAME AND CAMEROON.- ZIMBABWE ACCEDED TO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF ACTS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM AS WELL AS THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONVENTION ON THE PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL AND ONGOING INITIATIVES IN OTHER TARGET STATES WITH SAME/SIMILAR OBJECTIVES.- ACCESSION BY CAMEROON TO THE BUDAPEST CONVENTION ON CYBERCRIME AND SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE IN SIERRA LEONE, GRENADA, AND SEYCHELLES WITH ANTICIPATED MULTIPLE COUNTRY ACCESSIONS WORLDWIDE IN 2024.- ORGANIZED TWO REGIONAL WORKSHOPS (IN AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN) TO PROMOTE ACCESSION AND ADHERENCE TO THE BUDAPEST CONVENTION ON CYBERCRIME. 345495 HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL:- BRIEFINGS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ESCAZ AGREEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE AND THE PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS WITH PGA MEMBERS IN COSTA RICA (AT THE REQUEST OF UN ECLAC) AND IN GUYANA (AT THE REQUEST OF PGA MEMBERS FOR THE ESCAZU AGREEMENT TO REVITALIZE MEMBERSHIP).- CONVENED AN OFFICIAL SIDE EVENT TO COP2 OF THE ESCAZ AGREEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TWO CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CIVIL SOCIETY AND PARLIAMENTARIANS WITH A FOCUS ON LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGES TOWARDS THE PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS.- CONVENED A VIRTUAL REGIONAL MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DISCUSSION ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PARTICIPATION AND JUSTICE FOR EFFECTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE, STRENGTHENING PGA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CO-ORGANIZING STAKEHOLDERS AND ALLOWING MPS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE GOOD PRACTICES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THEIR NATIONAL EXPERIENCES." 345495 1847931 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 1 12 1 0 1 NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 15 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 NY X MONICA ADAME 9294611211 44 WALL STREET 903 NEW YORK NY 10005 SYED NAVEED QAMAR MP PRESIDENT 2.00 X X 0 0 0 ALI EHSASSI CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 PETRA BAYR MP TREASURER 2.00 X X 0 0 0 VALERIE WOODS BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ESTHER CUESTA BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANGELA BROWN BURKE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MILLIE ODHIAMBO BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 EMILIO ALVAREZ ICAZA BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANTONIO NIQUICE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ROZAINA ADAM BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 BORIS DITTRICH BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 BERNARD GEORGES BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANN-SOFIE ALM BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 FABIO MASSIMO CASTALDO BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARGARITA STOLBIZER BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MONICA ADAME SECRETARY-GENERAL 40.00 X 216045 0 53263 DAVID DONAT CATTIN SECRETARY-GENERAL 40.00 X 228919 0 8061 JENNIFER MCCARTHY DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL 40.00 X 149198 0 8700 PETER BARCROFT SENIOR DIRECTOR 40.00 X 131297 0 48125 725459 0 118149 4 0 1 0 EIGHT SQUARE ACCOINTING 500 GREGORY AVENUE WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086 ACCOUNTING/BOOKKEEPING AND GRANT MANAGEM 102881 1 1400 1382220 472845 1856465 177 177 OTHER 900099 3758 3758 FOREIGN EXCHANGE(LOSS) 900099 -7952 -7952 -4194 1852448 -4194 0 177 503386 442868 40765 19753 674901 593688 53968 27245 29057 25590 2576 891 150524 132556 13352 4616 99909 87982 8863 3064 253138 209446 37343 6349 26577 21990 3920 667 18480 16776 1574 130 11517 6823 4274 420 101643 92430 7534 1679 216195 207947 6666 1582 8252 6828 908 516 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 3082 2226 447 409 MISCELLANEOUS 1926 781 1129 16 2098587 1847931 183319 67337 604849 636102 523500 285868 694563 473912 8592 4696 16025 6907 3848 3848 0 0 428588 342496 2276117 1749981 317131 129064 443902 351972 761033 481036 X 808655 490552 706429 778393 1515084 1268945 2276117 1749981 -246139 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 2673986 1875966 2519027 1890448 1856465 10815892 2673986 1875966 2519027 1890448 1856465 10815892 1021578 9794314 321 135 79 88 177 800 -11377 25064 8151 7725 -3794 25769 10842461 25769 0.90330 0.89390 X PART II LINE 10 - OTHER INCOME OTHER INCOME IS USED TO CARRY OUT TAX EXEMPT ACTIVITIES. 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FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE PGA, EACH MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL (THE "COUNCIL") SHALL BE ELECTED FOR A TERM OF TWO CALENDAR YEARS, FOLLOWED BY A ONE-YEAR STAND DOWN PERIOD. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PGA SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTEEN VOTING MEMBERS. THE BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF TWO OFFICERS (PRESIDENT AND TREASURER); THE CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL (EX-OFFICIO AND VOTING); UP TO TWELVE PARLIAMENTARIAN MEMBERS; AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL (EX-OFFICIO AND NON-VOTING). IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, THE COUNCIL SHALL ELECT, BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT, THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WHEN THE COUNCIL ELECTS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD IT SHALL MAINTAIN A GENDER BALANCE SUCH THAT EACH GENDER'S REPRESENTATION SHALL BE APPROXIMATELY NOT GREATER THAN 60% AND NOT LESS THAN 40%, AND SHALL GIVE DUE REGARD TO REGIONAL REPRESENTATION, POLITICAL BALANCE, AND SUCH OTHER CRITERIA AS THE BOARD MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, DEEM RELEVANT. EACH MEMBER SHALL SERVE A TWO-YEAR TERM AND MAY BE RE-ELECTED ONCE, FOR A TOTAL OF SERVING TWO TERMS, BEFORE A ONE-YEAR STAND DOWN PERIOD. IN ADDITION TO ITS ROLE IN THE ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS, THE COUNCIL SHALL ADVISE THE BOARD WITH RESPECT TO OTHER MATTERS, WHICH ARE TO BE DECIDED UPON BY THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND DISCUSSED WITH THE TREASURER, WHO ACTS ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. AFTER THE TREASURER APPROVES THE FORM 990, THE FINAL VERSION OF THE FORM 990, FOR SIGNATURE, IS PROVIDED AND FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12 ALL MEMBERS OF THE PGA STAFF SUBSCRIBED TO PGA EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK, A MANUAL THAT CONTAINS TWO CLEAR SECTIONS TO PREVENT ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND TO ALWAYS PURSUE THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PGA. THE PGA BOARD MEMBERS ARE INFORMED AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR TENURE OF THEIR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH INCLUDED A STATUTORY COMMITMENT CONTAINED IN THE BY-LAWS TO ALWAYS ACT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PGA AND AVOID AND PREVENT ANY CONFLICT OF INTERESTS WITH THE PGA. IN THIS RESPECT, IT MUST BE NOTED THAT PGA BOARD MEMBER OPERATE PRO-BONO CAUSA AND THE PGA BY-LAWS PRESCRIBE THAT THEY CANNOT RECEIVE ANY FORM OF REMUNERATION OR HONORARIUM FROM PGA, TO WHICH THEY DONATE THEIR TIME IN FULL GRATUITY. THIS IS, IN AND OF ITSELF, THE BEST GUARANTEE AGAINST CONFLICT OF INTEREST. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE SALARY OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL IS DETERMINED BY THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE COMPRISING THE PRESIDENT, TREASUSRER AND THE CHAIR OF THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.