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.
05/03/2013 | President
In the run-up to International Women’s Day, PACE President, Jean-Claude Mignon, has declared: “8 March is an auspicious annual occasion for all those involved in promoting women’s rights. This year the event will have the theme of ‘A Promise is a Promise: Time to Act to End Violence against Women’...
05/03/2013 | President
“I am appealing to all of you to help ensure that 2013 is the year the Istanbul Convention comes into force,” said Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the PACE, today at the opening of an event organised by the Council of Europe and the French Permanent Delegation to the United Nations, alongside the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
01/03/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon in New York on 5 March. On the day before, he will speak at a side event organised by the Council of Europe and the permanent mission of France to the United Nations, at the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
26/02/2013 | President
Speaking yesterday in the Romanian parliament, Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), welcomed “Romania’s contribution to stability in the region”. Referring to last summer’s political crisis, the President said he was pleased that the country had managed to settle its differences peacefully, seeing this as a “sign of democratic maturity”...
26/02/2013 | President
"Romania's political crisis of July 2012 is long behind it and acceptance of political cohabitation reflects the country's democratic maturity," said PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon today when concluding an official two-day visit to Bucharest. "Tensions remain and problems persist, for example in the fight against corruption, but considerable progress has been achieved," he said.
25/02/2013 | President
PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon is currently on an official visit to Romania (25-26 February). He met today Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Titus Corlăţean, as well as the President of the Chamber of Deputies Valeriu Stefan Zgonea.
21/02/2013 | President
In the context of his official visit to Luxembourg, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon, held an exchange of views with Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker on 19 February 2013. The discussion mainly concerned the current political situation and the contribution that parliamentary diplomacy can make to the solution of frozen conflicts.
18/02/2013 | President
“The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers missed a big chance to fight against the death penalty when it invited the United States to join the Venice Commission without first asking the US to re-open a constructive dialogue on ending executions,” said Renate Wohlwend (Liechtenstein, EPP/CD), General Rapporteur on the abolition of the death penalty for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
15/02/2013 | President
Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make an official visit to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from 18 to 20 February 2013. On 19 February he is due to meet the President of the Chamber of Deputies Laurent Mosar, the Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker as well as the Minister of Justice François Biltgen.