10/10/2011 | President
PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has condemned last night’s violent clashes in Egypt’s capital, which led to the death of at least 24 people, following a protest by Coptic Christians, joined by some Muslims, against an attack on a church in Aswan province last week.
10/10/2011 | President
Speaking at a forum in Baku on the humanitarian aspects of the challenges of the 21st century, PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu has said that overcoming prejudice, discrimination and xenophobia through a truly intercultural model of “living together” is a key challenge for Europe and the world.
22/09/2011 | President
PACE President Mevlüt Cavusoglu today called for increased co-ordination between PACE and the European Parliament (EP). At a meeting of the PACE Presidential Committee and the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament, he welcomed “good progress with regard to the accession of the European Union to the European Convention of Human Rights, in particular the agreement reached on the modalities of participation of EP representatives in PACE meetings when the Assembly elects judges onto the European Court of Human Rights.”
20/09/2011 | President
“I am shocked by the news of today’s bomb explosion in Ankara, in which – according to initial reports – three people have died and several people have been injured as a result of this act of violence," said PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu. "My thoughts are with them and their families. The perpetrators of such terrorist activities should know that terrorism has no place in a democracy, and that no-one can reach their goals through such inhuman and heinous attacks."
19/09/2011 | President
“In my mind, ‘wider’ Europe is associated rather with countries which are our neighbours, but beyond the strictly geographical frontiers of Europe,” the Assembly President said, referring to PACE's recently-established “Partnership for Democracy” status. The Assembly, he added, is pursuing a strategy of bringing non-member states closer to the Council of Europe and to its standards. “In the wake of the Arab revolutions, we have even intensified our efforts,” he said, recalling that the Parliament of Morocco was recently granted this status and that the Palestinian National Council is likely to receive it during the October plenary session.
19/09/2011 | President
Today’s politicians bear responsibility for overcoming humanity’s past errors and moving the world community in a direction which will preserve civilization, PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu has said. Speaking at a round table in Kyiv on risk reduction, the President said humanity could either move towards balanced development, with human rights and democracy at its core, or regress to promoting only short-term interests which could eventually lead to the destruction of civilization.
09/09/2011 | President
“After showing some signs of relief during the past year, the economic and financial crisis is deepening again in Europe. We all know too well from tragic past experience that when the cake becomes smaller and smaller and there is not enough for everybody, it becomes increasingly difficult to ensure that the rules of the game are the same for everybody. Discrimination is therefore a real threat to our societies,” today said PACE President Mevlüt Cavusoglu addressing the Assembly’s Committee on Equal Opportunities during its meeting in Paris.
08/09/2011 | President
"On this day of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks we first and foremost pay tribute to the victims and their families, declared Thorbjørn Jagland, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko and Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu. "This tragic date of mourning should serve as a reminder that terrorism has no ideology, no nationality and no religion. Terrorism in all its forms is a violation of the most fundamental human right: the right to life. Regardless of where, by whom and against whom terrorist offences are perpetrated, these crimes affect us all and target humanity as a whole," they added.
06/09/2011 | President
In a speech before the Political Affairs Committee, meeting today in Caserta, Italy, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has underlined that the request for “Partner for Democracy” status with the Assembly, submitted by the Palestinian National Council, came as “a logical development” as the Assembly had been co-operating closely with Palestinian representatives for a number of years.
23/08/2011 | President
PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has told participants at a Ramadan reception in the Danish Parliament that “the best model for living together” is to bring cultures and religions together in a spirit of respect, dialogue and tolerance.
19/08/2011 | President
PACE President, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, is due to participate in the 2011 Ramadan reception and discussion evening to be held at the Danish Parliament on 22 August 2011, in co-operation with the Scandinavian edition of the Zaman newspaper. On this occasion, he will address the participants, focusing on the Assembly’s contribution to promoting the principle of living together in Europe.
23/07/2011 | President
Following the massacre at Utoeya island youth camp and the bombing in Oslo, the President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) Mevlüt Çavusoglu made the following statement: "As every single European, I am deeply shocked by the massacre at Utoeya island youth camp and the bombing in Oslo, which caused the death of nearly one hundred people and wounded many others. On behalf of the 800 million Europeans which our Assembly represents, I extend my sincere condolences to the families of those dead as well as to the authorities of Norway. Terrorism remains the greatest threat to the universal values of human rights...