29/01/2026 | President
The first meeting of a new platform for dialogue between the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and Russian democratic forces took place in Strasbourg today, on the margins of the Assembly’s winter plenary session. The new Platform, which was created last October, will enable...
26/01/2026 | Bureau
The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting this morning ahead of the opening of the Assembly’s winter plenary session in Strasbourg, has approved the list of Participants in the Assembly’s Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces, which was...
19/03/2025 | Bureau
Meeting in Strasbourg today, the Bureau of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) made the following statement: “The Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly expresses its grave concern at the arrest of the Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu from the Republican People's Party (CHP), just...
24/06/2022 | Bureau
PACE has set up a special committee to contribute to the preparation of a Fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe. The new ad hoc committee brings together the Assembly’s President and the heads of its political groups and committees, the rapporteur of a recent...
20/09/2021 | Bureau
Upon the decision of the Bureau of the Assembly and at the invitation of the Russian authorities, an ad hoc committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) met in Moscow, on 17-20 September 2021, in the format of an Election Assessment Mission composed of the...
06/09/2021 | Bureau
An Election Assessment Mission of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will take place in Moscow on the occasion of the parliamentary elections in the Russian Federation (17-19 September 2021). Following a decision taken today by the Bureau of the Assembly, a five-member delegation...
07/05/2020 | Bureau
At its meeting on 7 May, the Bureau approved a memorandum on arrangements for the conduct of remote committee meetings, introducing supplementary working methods on a temporary basis in response to the exceptional situation of COVID-19. The organisation and holding of such meetings must guarantee...
30/04/2020 | Bureau
At its meeting on 30 April, the Bureau decided to postpone its part-session scheduled to be held in Strasbourg on 22-26 June to a later date, but before the October part-session. A decision on the date is expected to be taken by the Bureau at its meeting in June. The Bureau also approved a...
24/05/2019 | Bureau
Drawing up the draft agenda of the PACE June session, the Bureau decided to include a report on “Strengthening the decision-making process of the Parliamentary Assembly concerning credentials and voting”.
29/06/2018 | Bureau
Proposals aimed at maintaining, changing or supplementing the rules governing the ratification or challenge of credentials, and participation rights of national delegations, have been referred to PACE’s Rules Committee.
13/06/2018 | Bureau
At its meeting in Zagreb on 1 June, the Bureau's ad hoc Committee on the role and mission of the PACE held an exchange of views on the basis of a revised memorandum prepared by its Chairman and decided to declassify it.
20/12/2017 | Bureau
At its last meeting, the Bureau decided to set up an ad hoc Committee on ‘The role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly’. Its purpose is to make proposals to the Bureau on the implementation of the Resolution 2186.