Good governance and democracy are “non-negotiable” and must be implemented across all regions of the world with the help of parliamentarians.

That’s according to the Secretary-General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

Martin Chungong is currently at UN Headquarters in New York for the Fourth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.

The focus is on “building the world people want” in the context of new Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, recently agreed by UN Member States.

Cristina Silveiro caught up with Mr Chungong.

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