List of Inter-parliamentary Institutions
Since 1949, more than 40 parliamentary assemblies have been brought into being.
| Name | Sessions | Legislative power | Direct election | Related organization and notes |
| Inter-Parliamentary Union | 1889 - | no | no | none |
| Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) | 1949 - | no | no | CoE |
| European Parliament | 1952 - | 1970 | 1979 | EU |
| Nordic Council | 1953 - | no | no | none |
| Benelux Parliament | 1955 - | no | no | Benelux Economic Union |
| Assembly of the Western European Union | 1955-2011 | no | no | WEU that dissolved and was effectively succeeded by the EU. |
| NATO Parliamentary Assembly | 1955 - | no | no | NATO |
| Latin American Parliament | 1964 - | no | no | none |
| African Parliamentary Union | 1976 - | no | no | none |
| Andean Parliament | 1979 - | no | no | CAN |
| British Irish Parliamentary Assembly | 1990 - | no | no | none |
| Central American Parliament | 1991 - | no | no | SICA |
| Baltic Assembly | 1991 - | no | no | none |
| Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe | 1992 - | no | no | OSCE |
| Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States | 1992 - | no | no | CIS |
| Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States | 1999 - | no | no | OIC |
| Asian Parliamentary Assembly | 1999 - | proposed | no | none |
| ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly | 2000 - | no | no | none |
| East African Legislative Assembly | 2001 - | no | no | EAC |
| Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Eurasian Economic Community | 2002 - | no | no | EurAsEC |
| Arab Parliament | 2004 - | no | no | AL |
| Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly | 2004 - | no | no | none |
| Pan African Parliament | 2004 - | no | no | AU |
| Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2006 - | no | no | none |
| Mercosur Parliament | 2007 - | 2014 | Mercosur | |
| Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-speaking Countries | 2008 - | no | no | Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States |
| Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians | no | CARICOM | ||
| Inter-Parliamentary Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union | no | UEMOA | ||
| Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States | no | ECOWAS | ||
| Parliamentary Assembly of French-speaking countries | no | no | OdLF | |
| Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean | no | no | none | |
| Euronest Parliamentary Assembly | proposed | no | no | none |
| South American Parliament | proposed | UNASUR | ||
| United Nations Parliamentary Assembly | proposed | UN | ||
| Parliamentary assembly of the World Trade Organization | proposed | WTO | ||
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