Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union

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international organization organ interparliamentary institution parliamentary assembly

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union was the interparliamentary body that brought together national parliamentarians from member states to oversee and debate the organization’s security and defense activities.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union canonical	14
WEU Assembly	2
Assemblée de l’Union de l’Europe occidentale	1
Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations of the WEU Assembly	1
Plenary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union	1
Western European Union Parliamentary Assembly	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T397227 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union
Context triple: [Western European Union, hasOrgan, Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union]

A. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is a pan-European deliberative body composed of parliamentarians from member states that debates and issues recommendations on democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
B. Council of the European Union
The Council of the European Union is one of the main decision-making institutions of the European Union, where government ministers from each member state meet to adopt laws and coordinate policies.
C. European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected legislative body of the European Union, responsible for passing EU laws, approving budgets, and overseeing other EU institutions.
D. NATO Parliamentary Assembly
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly is a consultative interparliamentary organization that brings together legislators from NATO member countries to discuss and influence Alliance policies and transatlantic security issues.
E. Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is a pan-European intergovernmental organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across its member states.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union
Target entity description: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union was the interparliamentary body that brought together national parliamentarians from member states to oversee and debate the organization’s security and defense activities.

A. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is a pan-European deliberative body composed of parliamentarians from member states that debates and issues recommendations on democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
B. Council of the European Union
The Council of the European Union is one of the main decision-making institutions of the European Union, where government ministers from each member state meet to adopt laws and coordinate policies.
C. European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected legislative body of the European Union, responsible for passing EU laws, approving budgets, and overseeing other EU institutions.
D. NATO Parliamentary Assembly
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly is a consultative interparliamentary organization that brings together legislators from NATO member countries to discuss and influence Alliance policies and transatlantic security issues.
E. Council of Europe
The Council of Europe is a pan-European intergovernmental organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law across its member states.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international organization organ ⓘ interparliamentary institution ⓘ parliamentary assembly ⓘ
archivesAt	European institutions ⓘ surface form: European Union institutions
composition	delegations from associate member states ⓘ delegations from associate partner states ⓘ delegations from national parliaments of WEU member states ⓘ delegations from observer states ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Western European Union member states ⓘ
dissolved	2011 ⓘ 30 June 2011 ⓘ
follows	Modified Brussels Treaty ⓘ surface form: Brussels Treaty (Modified Brussels Treaty) framework
hasMotto	European security and defence through parliamentary cooperation ⓘ
hasPart	Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations ⓘ Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges ⓘ Defense Committee ⓘ Political Committee ⓘ Technological and Aerospace Committee ⓘ
hasRole	adoption of recommendations to the WEU Council ⓘ debate of security and defence issues ⓘ parliamentary scrutiny of WEU activities ⓘ
headquartersLocation	France ⓘ Paris ⓘ
inception	1954 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalForm	consultative assembly ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	France ⓘ Paris ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ surface form: Île-de-France
mainSubject	European security and defence cooperation ⓘ security and defence policy ⓘ
meetingFrequency	two ordinary sessions per year ⓘ
nativeLabel	Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Assemblée de l’Union de l’Europe occidentale
numberOfMembers	approximately 120 ⓘ
officialName	Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union self-link ⓘ
operatedInJurisdiction	Western European Union ⓘ
parentOrganization	Western European Union ⓘ
partOf	Western European Union ⓘ
reasonForDissolution	integration of WEU functions into the European Union ⓘ
replacedBy	European Parliament ⓘ
shortName	Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WEU Assembly
significantEvent	transfer of many WEU functions to the European Union after the Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
usedScript	Latin script ⓘ
website	http://www.assembly-weu.org ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western European Union → hasOrgan → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union → officialName → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union self-link ⓘ

Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union → shortName → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WEU Assembly

Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union → nativeLabel → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assemblée de l’Union de l’Europe occidentale

Assembly of the Western European Union → alsoKnownAs → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: WEU Assembly

Assembly of the Western European Union → alsoKnownAs → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Defense Committee → partOf → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Defense Committee → parentOrganization → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Defense Committee → reportsTo → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Plenary of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union

Defense Committee → legislativeBody → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Technological and Aerospace Committee → partOf → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Technological and Aerospace Committee → parentOrganization → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations → partOf → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations → hasParentOrganization → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations → isCommitteeOf → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Western European Union Parliamentary Assembly

Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations → hasAbbreviation → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations of the WEU Assembly

Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations → dissolvedWith → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges → partOf → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges → isSubOrganizationOf → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges → seeAlso → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union ⓘ

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