11/04/2011 Session
The credentials of the national delegations to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from Montenegro, San Marino and Serbia were approved today, on the opening day of the Assembly’s spring session, after all three submitted new delegations which include at least one woman Representative.
The credentials of the three delegations were challenged in January following new rules – aimed at improving gender-balance in the Assembly – which require national delegations to appoint at least one Representative from “the under-represented sex”.
The Assembly decided to give all three delegations until the opening of the April session to take this step, or have their voting rights suspended.