02/10/2014 | Session
To ensure compliance by all member states with their obligations, the Assembly has asked to introduce a periodic overview of groups of member states, and an issue-based, cross-country monitoring.
02/10/2014 | Session
During a debate on the activities of the EBRD, PACE pointed out that, while providing assistance to its countries, the EBRD should also contribute to their “progress towards democracy and the rule of law”.
01/10/2014 | Session
A PACE delegation led by Doris Fiala will travel to Bulgaria from 3 to 6 October to observe the conduct of the early parliamentary elections, alongside observers from the ODIHR of the OSCE.
01/10/2014 | Session
The Secretary General of the OECD Angel Gurría today warned parliamentarians that unemployment had reached alarming levels, surpassing 50 per cent among the young in countries such as Greece and Spain.
01/10/2014 | Session
During a plenary debate, the Assembly applauded all political forces in Georgia for the handover of power which occurred 'peacefully and democratically' following the parliamentary and presidential elections.
01/10/2014 | Session
"There needs to be a permanent and durable ceasefire in Ukraine, together with the unconditional and complete withdrawal of foreign troops from the country", said Stefan Schennach, opening a current affairs debate.
30/09/2014 | Session
“I call on the authorities of Ukraine and Russia to help the families of missing persons in Ukraine to find them,” says PACE rapporteur Jim Sheridan.
30/09/2014 | Session
PACE has given its strong backing to a proposal put forward by youth activists to declare 22 July – the anniversary of the terrorist attack in Oslo and at Utøya – as a “European Day for Victims of Hate Crime”.
30/09/2014 | Session
Three years after the start of the Arab Spring, the Assembly has drawn a mixed picture about the situation of women in the southern Mediterranean countries and advises measures to improve women’s status.
30/09/2014 | Session
At the opening of the Living Library “No hate, no extremism” PACE President Anne Brasseur and the Speaker of the Norwegian parliament OlemicThommessen called on all parliaments in Europe to support the initiative to make 22 July a “European Day for the Victims of Hate Crime”. Today, the...
30/09/2014 | Session
The Assembly called for measures to improve the quality of vocational training, boost its attractiveness and bring it into line with the needs of the labour market. It said that vocational education face “many challenges"
29/09/2014 | Session
Adopting the agenda at the opening of its Autumn session, the Assembly decided to hold debates on “The crisis in Ukraine”, and an urgent debate on “Threats against humanity posed by the terrorist group known as “IS”".