GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The General Assembly, supreme decision-making body of COPA, shall be composed of the delegations of the congresses and parliamentary assemblies of the unitary, federal, federated and associated States, the regional parliaments and the interparliamentary organizations of the Americas.

Its functions include:

a. Debating issues connected with the fields of interest of COPA;

b. Approving, on a consensus basis, recommendations expressing the views of COPA;

c. Confirming the appointment of members of the Executive Committee.

The General Assembly shall meet preferably every 12 months at the invitation of a congress or a parliamentary assembly of the Americas.

The delegations participating in the General Assemblies must respect the principles of gender equity and political pluralism.


Meetings of the General Assembly of COPA

• IX^th General Assembly of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA)
  
  
• VIII^th General Assembly of COPA, Mexico (D.F.) and Toluca (State of Mexico), Mexico, September 9 to 13, 2008
  
  
• VII^th General Assembly of COPA, Quito, Ecuador, May 29 to June 3, 2006
  
  
• VI^th General Assembly of COPA, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, May 7 to 11, 2005
  
  
• V^th General Assembly of COPA, Caracas, Venezuela, November 23 to 27, 2003
  
  
• IV^th General Assembly of COPA, Ixtapan de la Sal, Mexico, November 24 to 27, 2002
  
  
• III^rd General Assembly of COPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 18 to 21, 2001
  
  
• II^nd General Assembly of COPA, Río Grande, Puerto Rico, July 19 to 23, 2000
  
  
• I^st General Assembly of COPA, Quebec City, September 18 to 22, 1997