24/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The authorities in Gaza made public the execution of two so-called ‘collaborators’. These executions are a clear violation of the ‘Partnership for democracy’ with the Assembly, in which the PNC took upon itself", Tiny Kox said.
11/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Tiny Kox, the rapporteur on the Palestinian National Council’s ‘Partnership for democracy’ with Assembly, has called on the relevant Palestinian authorities to “respect their agreement with PACE” and prevent any executions.
06/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
On the basis of a report by Pietro Marcenaro (Italy, SOC) on the situation in the Middle East, the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, meeting in Paris today, reiterated its support for a solution establishing “two states for two peoples”, while emphasising the need to qualify this expression by specifying “two democratic and pluralist states”.
06/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“When, in 2011, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) agreed to grant partnership for democracy status to the Moroccan parliament, it stressed that the prime aim was progress in taking forward reforms and I note with satisfaction that this aim has been achieved. The partnership for democracy has created new dynamics between the Council of Europe and Morocco,” ...
05/06/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“Revenue shortfalls due to tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance practices of multinational companies, exploiting cross-border accounting to maximise their profits, challenge our democratic systems,” rapporteur Dirk Van der Maelen (Belgium, SOC) said at a hearing ...
24/05/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Liliane Maury Pasquier (Switzerland, SOC), PACE Rapporteur of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy on the parliamentary contribution to solving the Western Sahara conflict, currently on a visit to Rabat and to Laayoune (21-24 May 2013), has met with national and local Moroccan authorities...
26/04/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The members of the Sub-Committee on the Middle East of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), chaired by Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), will make a visit to Israel from 30 April to 1 May 2013, thus completing the second part of their visit to the Middle East – they visited Jordan on 6 and 7 April, followed by the Palestinian Territories on 8 and 9 April.
23/04/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
According to the PACE Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, meeting in Strasbourg today during the plenary session, the need for European countries to mobilise efforts to curb the production of opium and heroin in Afghanistan, and dismantle networks of drug trafficking from this country is becoming urgent.
09/04/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The members of PACE’s Sub-committee on the Middle East, currently visiting the Palestinian Territories, have learned with great concern that due to the hunger strike of Mr Samer Isawi, his life is in danger.
08/04/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The goal of peace requires the rapid resumption of negotiations,” said Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), who chairs the PACE Sub-Committee on the Middle East, currently visiting the Palestinian Territories. “In the short term, the Palestinians must be able to hold presidential and parliamentary elections by the end of 2013,” Mrs Durrieu added.
07/04/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“Jordan urgently needs the support of the international community in order to cope with the immense necessities of the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees whom it harbours on its territory. Merely fulfilling the basic needs of the 140,000 Syrian refugees placed in the Za’atri camp, which our delegation visited, costs a million dollars a day...
04/04/2013 | Political Affairs and Democracy
The members of the Sub-Committee on the Middle East of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), chaired by Josette Durrieu (France, SOC), will make a visit to Jordan on 6 and 7 April, and then to the Palestinian Territories on 8 and 9 April.