The proposed treaty would therefore give the IPU the power to enter into a binding relationship agreement with defined roles and responsibilities with the UN. This would also increase the level of influence that the IPU would have on the UN and other international bodies as it would be on the same level as recognised international organization. The IPU would have the authority to represent parliaments at the global level to democritise international participation by providing a parliamentary dimension to international discussions and decisions. Speaker Sisulu stated that the discussions on the establishment of the treaty should be used as an opportunity to discuss the reform / transformation of the IPU. The re-creation of the IPU into an international organization should be preceded by a discussion on the transformation / reform of the IPU to ensure that the treaty provided for what member parliaments intend the re-created IPU to look like. In addition, it would be useful to locate the debate on the reform of the IPU within the broader debate of the reform of the United Nations. He enquired whether the project was bound by any time frames and whether the governance structures of the IPU would need to be adjusted because of this initiative. He added that individual parliaments would need to consider the proposal by commencing their initial discussions on the matter.