2025-11-13T07:54:33-06:00 2024-12-31 133628255 CONDON O'MEARA MCGINTY & DONNELLY LLP ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA 7TH FL NEW YORK NY 10004 990 2024-01-01 521168289 PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION PARL 9294611211 44 WALL STREET 903 NEW YORK NY 10005 PETRA BAYR TREASURER 9294611211 2025-11-07 1 0 ALEXANDER LAZZARUOLO P01775353 2126617777 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z PETRA BAYR 44 WALL STREET 903 NEW YORK NY 10005 2385444 0 X WWW.PGACTION.ORG X 1979 DC ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS & THE RULE OF LAW, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN SECURITY, INCLUSION & GENDER EQUALITY. 15 15 8 15 0 0 1856465 2370234 0 0 177 235 -4194 14975 1852448 2385444 0 0 0 0 1457777 1281423 0 0 60296 640810 743458 2098587 2024881 -246139 360563 1749981 2098550 481036 469042 1268945 1629508 X PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR GLOBAL ACTION (PGA) IS A NON-PARTISAN NGO NETWORK OF LEGISLATORS FROM ALL REGIONS OF THE WORLD ACTING IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY TO ADVOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, DEMOCRACY, AND THE RULE OF LAW; PEACE AND HUMAN SECURITY; GENDER EQUALITY AND INCLUSION; PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT; AND JUSTICE IN ALL ITS FORMS. 0 0 629648 INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS:- ORGANIZED ITS BIENNIAL 45 ANNUAL FORUM AND 13 CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PARLIAMENTARIANS ON THE INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW. - ORGANIZED FOUR SUCCESSFUL VISITS OF PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE: DELEGATION FROM UKRAINE IN FEBRUARY 2024, DELEGATION FROM SURINAME IN MAY 2024, DELEGATION FROM SOMALIA IN MAY 2024 AND PARLIAMENTARIANS FROM GHANA IN JULY 2024 AS WELL AS FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. - PGA PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UPON REQUEST TO ITS MEMBERS ON LEGISLATION FOR COOPERATION ON THE ROME STATUTE IN ARMENIA, ECUADOR, AND MEXICO. - IN ECUADOR, ON 14 MARCH 2024, THE DRAFT LAW ON COOPERATION INTRODUCED BY A PGA MEMBER IN 2022, WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE PARLIAMENT. - TWO RATIFICATIONS WERE ACHIEVED FOLLOWING PGA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: ARMENIA AND UKRAINE. - PARLIAMENTARIANS IN ZIMBABWE TOOK A CONCRETE STEP TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY BY ADOPTING THE DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION BILL IN DECEMBER 2024. - 17 PARLIAMENTARIANS ENGAGED IN PEER-TO-PEER DIALOGUE WITH CIVIL SOCIETY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. 613306 DEMOCRACY, GENDER AND INCLUSION:- ENGAGED APPROXIMATELY 50 MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (MPS), INCREASING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRITICAL LINK BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. - STRENGTHENING DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE THROUGH PRACTICAL TOOLS: PGA ENHANCED ITS PARLIAMENTARY TOOLBOX FOR DEMOCRACY DEFENSE, MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE ONLINE AND TAILORED TO THE EVOLVING NEEDS OF LEGISLATORS. - ON 12 NOVEMBER 2024, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF BELIZE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED THE MARRIAGE (AMENDMENT) BILL, RAISING THE LEGAL AGE OF MARRIAGE FROM 16 TO 18 YEARS. - PARTICIPATED IN THE 3RD PACIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE (PHRC), FOCUSING ON THE RIGHTS OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS OF DIVERSE SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION, AND SEX CHARACTERISTICS. - CO-ORGANIZED THE GLOBAL EQUALITY SUMMIT IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, WHICH CONVENED OVER 200 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING 40 LEGISLATORS FROM ALL REGIONS, ALONGSIDE LGBTQI+ CIVIL SOCIETY, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND MEMBERS OF THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY.- SEYCHELLES STRENGTHENED LEGAL PROTECTIONS AGAINST HATE CRIMES. 291666 INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY: - ACCESSION BY TUVALU AND THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) TO THE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION. - ORGANIZED FOUR NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS IN ZIMBABWE, NEPAL, TANZANIA AND SIERRA LEONE. - SEYCHELLES RATIFIED THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF ACTS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM (ICSANT). - ORGANIZED ONE REGIONAL WORKSHOP IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION IN FIJI TO PROMOTE ACCESSION AND ADHERENCE TO THE BUDAPEST CONVENTION ON CYBERCRIME.- ACCESSION BY GRENADA, KIRIBATI AND FIJI TO THE BUDAPEST CONVENTION ON CYBERCRIME AND SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE IN VANUATU. OUTREACH TO MEMBERSHIP IN TWO COUNTRIES TO RAISE AWARENESS REGARDING THE BENEFITS OF JOINING THE ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT). COLOMBIA RATIFIED THE ARMS TRADE TREATY. - MEMBERS IN COLOMBIA RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT THE RATIFICATION OF THE ATT OVER THE PAST 8 YEARS. 272832 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT:- CONVENED AN OFFICIAL SIDE EVENT TO COP3 OF THE ESCAZ AGREEMENT, BRINGING PARLIAMENTARIANS FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN TOGETHER TO PROVIDE INPUT ON THE PGA DRAFT TOOLKIT FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS ON THE ESCAZ AGREEMENT. - STRENGTHENED CIVIL SOCIETY'S TRUST IN PARLIAMENTARIANS BY CHANGING THEIR PERCEPTION AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO TAKE ACTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. - DEVELOPED KEY RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS IN THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS IN THE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTEXT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, DURING A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARLIAMENTARY WORKSHOP.- PUBLISHED PGA'S TOOLKIT FOR PARLIAMENTARIANS ON THE ESCAZU AGREEMENT: PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS. - RAISED AWARENESS THROUGH RELEVANT CONFERENCES/FORA ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MPAS, THE GOAL TO PROTECT 30 PERCENT OF THE OCEAN BY 2030, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HIGH SEAS TREATY.- MEMBERS' ADVOCACY CONTRIBUED TO RATIFICATIONS OF THE HIGH SEAS TREATY IN BELIZE, CHILE, SEYCHELLES; AND SIGNATURES IN JAMAICA, KENYA, THE GAMBIA, AND ARGENTINA. 272832 1807452 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 3 0 1 8 1 0 1 NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 15 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 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 ANGELA BROWN BURKE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 OLIVER BAMENJU AGHO BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MARGARITA STOLBIZER BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 SAHAR ALBAZAR BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 AMANZA WALTON-DESIR BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MIRZA IKTHIAR BAIG BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 BORIS DITRICH BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 BERNARD GEORGES BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 FOX ODOI-OYWELOWO BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 GALYNA MYKHAILIUK BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 ANTONIO NIQUICE BOARD MEMBER 2.00 X 0 0 0 MONICA MARTINEZ ADAME SECRETARY-GENERAL 40.00 X 227654 0 45039 PETER BARCROFT SENIOR DIRECTOR 40.00 X 130998 0 39203 JENNIFER MCCARTHY DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL 40.00 X 147853 0 8765 506505 0 93007 3 0 1 0 EIGHT SQUARE ACCOUNTING 500 GREGORY AVENUE WEEHAWKEN NJ 07086 ACCOUNTING/BOOKKEEPING AND GRANT MANAGEM 126725 1 980 1504141 865113 2370234 235 235 FOREIGN EXCHANGE(LOSS) 900099 13995 13995 OTHER 900099 980 980 14975 2385444 14975 0 235 272693 250797 13595 8301 801632 738482 38262 24888 23630 21551 1432 647 84664 77214 5130 2320 98804 90110 5987 2707 247033 195189 46823 5021 82 65 15 2 29000 22914 5497 589 24924 19417 5080 427 18586 8313 9813 460 101991 92429 4527 5035 300581 277869 14786 7926 9181 7827 790 564 MISCELLANEOUS 7455 2162 4679 614 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 3366 1962 609 795 EQUIPMENT RENTAL 1259 1151 108 2024881 1807452 157133 60296 636102 751075 285868 383404 473912 698014 4696 10755 6907 7870 3848 3848 0 0 342496 247432 1749981 2098550 129064 219783 351972 249259 481036 469042 X 490552 511946 778393 1117562 1268945 1629508 1749981 2098550 360563 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1875966 2519027 1890448 1856465 2370234 10512140 1875966 2519027 1890448 1856465 2370234 10512140 1208225 9303915 135 79 88 177 235 714 25064 8151 7725 -3794 14975 52121 10564975 37146 0.88060 0.90330 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 A, LINE 7B SAME AS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE 15 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE THE GOVERNING BODY AND TAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS GIVEN TO THE TREASURER FOR HER APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE BEFORE IT IS FILED WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C 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 OF THE PRESIDENT, TREASURER 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.