The Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean was established as a result of a series of conferences on the security and cooperation in the Mediterranean, within the organization of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 1991, when the first conference was organized on this topic. The goal of the process was to develop comprehensive regional policy, cultural dialogue, partnership, and balanced growth - by encouraging the inclusion of all the countries of the region – at the inter-parliamentary and inter-governmental levels. The process of cooperation that grew into a Parliamentary Assembly contributed to the reduction of tensions in the region and improved cooperation.

The plenary session is convened once a year. Three permanent committees also meet once a year.

Our country has been a full member since the organization was founded in 2006.

The composition of the delegation can be downloaded from the appropriate Internet page.

Latest activities:

• Veljko Odalović, Secretary General of the National Assembly, participated at the Second Meeting of Secretaries General of Parliaments of Member States of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean held on February 28, 2011 in Paris.
  
  
• Maja Laušević, Head of the Standing Delegation of the National Assembly to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean participated at the first working meeting of the Panel for Foreign Trade and Investments in the Mediterranean of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean held on 12-13 November in Naples.
  
  For additional information about the organization see: www.ipu.org