29/11/2011 | President
“Accountability in the management of public funds and transparency are the pillars of good governance and parliaments play a key role in ensuring that these principles are implemented,” today said PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in New-York, addressing a parliamentary hearing organised jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the United Nations, on “Strengthening political accountability for a more peaceful and prosperous world”.
23/11/2011 | President
During his two-day working visit to the United Kingdom ending today, PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, welcomed the priorities of the UK presidency which hand in hand coincide with the priorities of the Assembly, in particular the emphasis put on the Reform of the Court. He recalled that as stated in PACE Resolution 1726, this process should take into account, the need to strengthen the implementation of Convention rights at the national level;
21/11/2011 | President
A 15-member PACE delegation, led by Tomáš Jirsa (Czech Republic, EDG), will visit Morocco from 22 to 26 November 2011 to observe the parliamentary elections on 25 November. The delegation will meet, inter alia, representatives of the parliamentary groups, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of the Interior in charge of election administration, the President of the National Human Rights Council and representatives of civil society, the media and political parties not represented in parliament.
21/11/2011 | President
At the end of his working visit to Monaco, in the margins of the Conference on the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child 2012-2015, PACE President today met with the Minister of State Michel Roger and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Badia. Mr Cavusoglu praised “the commitment of the Monegasque authorities” to the Council of Europe standards and values.
20/11/2011 | President
“The overall goal of the new Child’s rights programme debated today will be to implement international standards on the rights of the child through comprehensive national strategies. I can assure that the Assembly will take an active part in this process and the issue of children’s rights will remain high on our agenda in the years to come..."
18/11/2011 | President
“We should use fully our democratic oversight powers in order to ensure that Governments take into account the inter-cultural dimension in the design of their policies and legislation. Ever-closer ties should be developed with all of the actors in the society, particularly with ethnic and religious communities, including minority groups”, PACE President said today in Istanbul addressing the Annual conference of the international association of political consultants.
18/11/2011 | President
“The countries of South-East Europe and of the Black Sea region should play an active role in sharing their own experiences of democratic transformations with our neighbors, thus building the bridge between Europe and the wider Euro-Asian and Euro-Mediterranean region. By sharing their own good practices, as well as by learning from our neighbors’ experiences, they could make a concrete contribution to making our region even more politically stable and prosperous”, PACE President said today in Istanbul addressing the Black Sea energy and economic Forum.
18/11/2011 | President
PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will undertake a working visit to the United Kingdom on 21-23 November 2011, during which he is due to meet the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, the Lord Speaker, the Chair of the House of Lords EU Select Committee, the Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Turkey and the Chair of the delegation of the United Kingdom to PACE. Mr Çavuşoğlu will also attend Prime Minister’s question time.
16/11/2011 | President
“Algeria plays a key role for stability and economic development in the Euro-Mediterranean region, today said PACE President Mevlüt Çavusoglu, at the end of a three-day visit to the country. “While I fully understand the Algerian wish to introduce reforms at their own pace and in accordance with the national realities and sensibility, and following the principle of sovereignty, many key issues require common responses and co-operation..."
10/11/2011 | President
“Election observation increases public confidence in the democratic process and the democratic institutions,” today stressed PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in St. Petersburg, on the occasion of the seminar on elections monitoring organised by the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS member nations. “The presence of trusted observers pressure on the protagonists of the political process to set up a proper framework and respect the rules,” he said.
10/11/2011 | President
PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is making an official visit to Algeria on 13-16 November. He will hold talks with, in particular, the President of the National People’s Assembly, the Chairman of the Council of the Nation, the Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs. He will also meet the Chairman of the National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights.
03/11/2011 | President
"The promotion of human rights at local and regional level must be seen from an inter-institutional perspective and all Council of Europe bodies should seek to make best use of their respective competences and strengths, in order to foster synergies", PACE President said today in Kyiv adressing the Conference of Ministers Responsible for Local and Regional Government.