World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association Convenes in Athens

Parliament president Evangelos Meimarakis opened the 9th General Assembly of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association (WHIA) at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, at the Greek Parliament. The WHIA will convene between July 2-4. The WHIA was founded in 1996 in Athens when an international delegation of elected members of Parliament of Greek descent living in non-Greek-speaking countries convened for the first time. The association's purpose, which acquired legal status in Greece in June 2005, is "to organize this unique association, which created a network of top-level government officials and parliamentarians from around the globe who are of Hellenic heritage," according to a description on its web page.

Further information is available at www.whia.gr.