The International Parliamentary Union has welcomed the Royal Order of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Adbullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, recently appointing 30 women in Majlis Al-Shura (Consultative Council, beginning with its 6th session, and amending Article III to allow women to join Al-Shura Council with at least 20% of the number of members. In a press statement, the International Parliamentary Union said that this resolution put Saudi Arabia in fourth place in the terms of Arab women's participation in parliaments. Saudi Majlis Ashura is member of the IPU.