Salil Saroj Parliament is central to the functioning of Government. The countries across the world have developed parliamentary institutions in a manner best suited to native needs. Despite the social, cultural and linguistic diversities, there is one common point that Parliaments of various countries represent people and serve their needs, hopes and aspirations; Parliaments provide a forum to the representative s of the people to freely express their views and scrutinize governmental activities. It is at this forum only that the matters of national and international importance are discussed at length and shaped into various laws, policies and programmes of governance. The institution of Parliament is a living entity. It has to attune itself to the emerging needs and ever changing scenario at national and inte rnational levels. Today, globalization has established the significance of interdependence and inter-connectedness far more than at any time in human history. Fuelled by economic liberalization and rapid technological advancement, especially the phenomenal growth of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), the web of transnational contacts has grown immensely over the years. The world has tran sformed into a global village in terms of trade, flow of capital, goods, services, labour and technologies, and circulation of information and knowledge through the information superhighway– the Internet. So much so, the whole of international community entered into a commitment in September 2000, to work together towards building a safer, prosperous and equitable world by meeting time-bound and measu rable Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Ranging from eradicating poverty and hunger to achieving universal primary education to gender equality and empowerment of women to child and maternal health to combating HIV/AIDs, Malaria and other diseases to ensuring environmental sustainability, the MDGs have established the inevitability of global partnership in addition to national resources. Global par tnership becomes all the more essential in view of the issues that transcend A TO Z INDIA ● APRIL 2022 ● PAGE 12 Parliamentary Democracy and Globalisation Parliamentary Diplomacy : Salil Saroj New Delhi