04/02/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Liliane Maury Pasquier, Chair of the PACE Sub-Committee on Public Health, has issued a strong call for a number of practical steps to ensure the adequate prevention, cure and care of cancer.
27/01/2015 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Priority must be given to the best interests of children in removal, placement and reunification decisions, a new report of the PACE Committee of Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development concludes.
17/12/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Stella Kyriakides calls upon governments not to let go unnoticed the terrible Taliban attacks on a Pakistan school as yet another extremist act, but to join other world leaders in expressing their grave concern.
15/12/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Milica Marković will be visiting different towns of Azerbaijan from 15 to 18 December for the preparation of her report on “Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water”.
02/12/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The rights to organise, to bargain collectively and to strike are fundamental rights that have come under threat in many Council of Europe member States in the context of the economic crisis, the committee warned today.
02/12/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Adopting unanimously the proposals by the rapporteur Silvia Bonet (Andorra, SOC), the committee called on the Council of Europe member States to address the risk factors for misdiagnosis of ADHD.
19/11/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Stella Kyriakides, general rapporteur on children, speaking on the occasion of Universal Children’s Day, highlights the dangers of communication technologies for children.
14/11/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The ratification of the Lanzarote Convention by the Republic of Cyprus is a continuation of our country’s commitment for the defense of children's rights, said General Rapporteur on Children, Stella Kyriakides.
06/11/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A series of events in Cyprus aimed at ending sexual violence against children, beginning with a key parliamentary vote, will be presented at a press conference at 11 am on 12 November in Nicosia.
30/10/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Volgograd will receive the Plaque of Honour of the Council of Europe on 31 October. This distinction rewards the European activities of this city which has developed intense cooperation with its twenty twin cities.
17/10/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
"Many austerity and fiscal consolidation programmes were implemented without prior consultation with social partners and are not in conformity with the European Social Charter,” stressed the Sub-committee.
15/10/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Nicosia (Cyprus) has exceptionally been awarded both the Flag and the Plaque of Honour of the Council of Europe at a ceremony on 10 October.