The participants of the assembly included rotating head of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, head of Swiss Parliament, Swiss President and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey, secretary-general of the International Inter-Parliamentary Union Ben Johnson, and Bern Mayor Ben Johnson.

Swiss President and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey and Secretary of the International Inter-Parliamentary Union, and Bern Mayor Lee Bettis delivered speeches at the assembly.

The 125th Assembly of International Inter-parliamentary Union is held on October 16-20 in Bern.

International Inter-parliamentary Union is an international parliamentary institution which convenes twice every year in the venue of a member-state.

The IPU has presently 157 member-states and its headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland.