11/03/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A report on “human rights and ethical issues related to surrogacy” is due to be discussed – and possibly adopted – by the Committee on Social Affairs at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday 15 March.
17/02/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“I took note with great interest of steps taken by WHO with a view to increasing the accessibility of affordable and innovative medicines,” said Liliane Maury Pasquier (Switzerland, SOC), at the end of a visit to WHO headquarters in Geneva on 15 February.
03/02/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
PACE's rapporteur on international public health emergencies Silvia Bonet has welcomed the WHO decision declaring the Zika virus a Public Health Emergency. "This is an important step forward," she said.
02/02/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Sevinj Fataliyeva has suggested governments are “overlooking the most vulnerable” following a Europol report that thousands of unaccompanied migrant and refugee children have disappeared after arriving in Europe.
22/01/2016 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“The death of a patient in Rennes during a clinical trial of a new medicine shows, once again, the importance of ensuring absolute transparency of all clinical test results,” said Liliane Maury Pasquier.
10/12/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Parliaments should focus on what they do best: promote national climate laws and get them recognised in the global agreement”, said Lord Prescott, in Paris during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21).
09/12/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Assembly organised a balloon launch today on the forecourt of the Council of Europe building, to mark the first European Day on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, set on 18 November.
03/12/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Lord Prescott, former Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Environment and Energy, will take part in a meeting organised by the IPU and the French Parliament in Paris, on the occasion of the UN Conference on Climate Change.
01/12/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Axel E. Fischer and Jean-Claude Frécon presented the Trophy of the PACE Europe Prize to Fredrik Nelander, Mayor of Vara, in the presence of local authorities, associations and population.
27/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A delegation of parliamentarians, led by Axel E. Fischer, will present the Europe Prize to to Fredrik Nelander, Mayor of Vara (Sweden), the Prize-winner for 2015 (with Dresden in Germany), on Sunday 29 November 2015.
26/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In a draft resolution PACE's Social Affairs Committee says the lack of regular maintenance work on the Sarsang reservoir, located in an area of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia, “poses a danger to the whole border region”.
24/11/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“We, as parliamentarians, must raise awareness of the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes, and their negative impact on public health,” warns Valeriu Ghiletchi, Chair of PACE's Social Affairs Committee.