08/04/2013 | President
“Discrimination against Roma in Europe starts even before they are born, due to a lack of adequate prenatal and maternal health care,” said Nursuna Memecan (Turkey, ALDE), Rapporteur on ending discrimination against Roma children of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), speaking on International Roma Day 2013.
05/04/2013 | President
“With its culture of tolerance and dialogue and its long tradition of efforts to advance the cause of peace, Norway can do a lot to help the Council of Europe to defend and promote its values in countries where democracy and human rights are under threat,” said Jean-Claude Mignon today at the end of his official visit to Norway.
03/04/2013 | President
“Europe cannot progress unless it invests in young people and unless young people’s voices are heard and heeded in all major decisions affecting society,” said Jean-Claude Mignon, PACE President, speaking today at the end of an official two-day visit to Finland (2 and 3 April 2013). “Europe is an idea that never grows old and one that cannot be achieved without young people,” he stressed.
28/03/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will make an official visit to Finland on 2-3 April 2013. During his visit, he will meet the Speaker of Parliament, the Minister for Culture and Sport, the State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and the Chairs of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee and the Constitutional Law Committee.
28/03/2013 | President
PACE President, Jean-Claude Mignon, will make an official visit to Norway on 4-5 April 2013. During his visit, he will have an audience with Harald V, King of Norway, and hold a series of parliamentary exchanges...
27/03/2013 | President
“I welcome the clear willingness expressed by Ukraine’s highest authorities to scrupulously respect their obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe, as well as the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights,” said PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon, speaking today in Kyiv.
22/03/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon is to make an official visit to Ukraine from 26 to 28 March 2013. In Kyiv on Tuesday, he is due to meet President Viktor Yanukovich, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara.
21/03/2013 | President
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly President Jean-Claude Mignon has today welcomed the PKK leader’s call for a truce. "This is a crucial stage in the continuing peace process, begun in December 2012 by the Turkish authorities with Abdullah Öcalan. Ending all violence is a precondition for any negotiations,” he said.
14/03/2013 | President
“The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the home of democracy and human rights, welcomes the election of Pope Francis,” PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon said today, congratulating the new Pontiff on his election.
12/03/2013 | President
In his speech to the Serbian National Assembly, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon today welcomed the major progress made by Serbia in honouring the commitments and obligations it entered into upon becoming a member of the Council of Europe. “You have made profound changes in the functioning of your democratic institutions...” said Mr Mignon.
08/03/2013 | President
PACE President, Jean-Claude Mignon, is to make an official visit to Serbia from 11 to 13 March. On Tuesday 12 March he will meet the Speaker of the Serbian National Assembly Nebojša Stefanović and will address a special session of the National Assembly.
06/03/2013 | President
“I would like us to launch a joint appeal to as many countries as possible to ratify the Istanbul Convention – and where better to do so than at the UN – to ensure that this instrument can come into force as soon as possible. This Convention should greatly reinforce our action to stop violence against women,” said Jean-Claude Mignon.