07/03/2011 | President
"In March 1911, for the first time, more than a million women attended rallies to celebrate the first International Women’s Day and ask for womens' right to receive an education, to work, to vote and to hold public office," said PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, on the anniversary of International Women’s Day 2011.
07/03/2011 | President
PACE President Mevlüt Çavusoglu today stressed the need to complete quickly Serbia’s key outstanding commitments and obligations to the Council of Europe. “The reforms should not slow down,” he said, during a press conference in Belgrade. “The Serbian Government and Parliament should intensify efforts to amend the electoral legislation and abolish the so-called ‘party-administered mandates’, strengthen the independence of the judiciary, step up efforts to fight corruption and continue strengthening minority rights."
02/03/2011 | President
PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has expressed deepening concern at the plight of refugees and other foreigners currently fleeing or trying to flee from Libya. “The reports now coming out from UNHCR are dramatic. The humanitarian situation is worsening hour after hour. While already over 110 000 persons have fled Libya, more than 1000 persons per hour are fleeing from Libya into Tunisia.”
02/03/2011 | President
PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has expressed deepening concern at the plight of refugees and other foreigners currently fleeing or trying to flee from Libya. “The reports now coming out from UNHCR are dramatic. The humanitarian situation is worsening hour after hour. While already over 110 000 persons have fled Libya, more than 1000 persons per hour are fleeing from Libya into Tunisia.”
25/02/2011 | President
Some teachers are reinforcing gender stereotypes in their pupils by failing to give boys and girls access to the full range of learning experiences they are entitled to, PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu told a seminar in New York today. Giving the keynote speech at a conference being held by the Council of Europe and Turkey’s Permanent Representation to the UN on the theme Combating Gender Stereotypes in Education, the President said: “Boys and girls are different. But this does not mean that they should not have the same opportunities to develop their full potential.”
25/02/2011 | President
PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has strongly condemned the indiscriminate and excessive use of force by the authorities in Libya, and demanded that the human rights of everyone in the country be fully respected. Following meetings in New York with the UN Representatives of several Council of Europe member and observer states, the President said the current situation in the country was deeply disturbing.
23/02/2011 | President
Non-sexist teaching, gender balance among teachers and state funding of schools, are among concrete measures needed to promote better education and training for girls, according to PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.
18/02/2011 | President
PACE stands ready to support democratic transformation in Tunisia, PACE President Mevlüt Cavuşoğlu has told a group of students in London. Addressing students from the London School of Economics, the President recalled the Assembly’s offer of “Partnership for democracy” status for Tunisia’s parliament, which would allow a delegation of its members to take part in Assembly debates, provided the conditions were met.
14/02/2011 | President
The Republic of Tatarstan (Russian Federation) can serve as an example of tolerance and peaceful and prosperous coexistence of cultures and religions for the whole region, said PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, speaking at the end of a two-day visit to the Republic’s capital Kazan (11-12 February 2011). He expressed his appreciation to the President of the Republic and its leadership for their efforts to develop and preserve the cultures and traditions of about 115 nationalities and ethnic groups.
14/02/2011 | President
PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has expressed concern at the arrival by sea of thousands of Tunisians on the island of Lampedusa in Italy. “History has a tendency to repeat itself on Lampedusa. The authorities must handle these arrivals with the necessary care, as those in need of protection must receive it. Notwithstanding the need for action, there must be no mass expulsion,” he said.
11/02/2011 | President
The role of NG0s is indispensable in promoting intercultural and inter-religious dialogue, declared PACE President Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, speaking during a meeting with the “Dialogue Eurasia Platform” held today in Moscow. He expressed appreciation and support for the activities of this major non-governmental organisation, which promotes tolerance and peaceful co-operation among nations and different ethnic groups in the Euro-Asian space.
10/02/2011 | President
Speaking today at the Moscow State University of Culture and Art, where he was awarded an "honoris causa" degree, PACE President Mevlüt Çavusoglu welcomed the positive climate in relations between Russia and the Council of Europe. He said Russian MPs and experts were greatly contributing to the functioning of the Organisation, by actively working on an equal footing with their fellow European colleagues on the most pressing challenges society has to face.