28/11/2023 | Standing Committee
“Although geographical smallness has many disadvantages, it also allows state institutions to be closer to the people. This not only fosters greater trust in the Liechtenstein Parliament and Government, but also allows us to maintain efficient processes and put tailored and pragmatic solutions at...
28/11/2023 | Standing Committee
“Liechtenstein’s priorities for the next six months revolve around our guiding motto ‘United by our values, towards a better future, for the needs of all’”, said Dominique Hasler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Sport of Liechtenstein, speaking during an exchange of views with the...
28/11/2023 | Standing Committee
On June next, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), in partnership with the Government of Iceland, will award for the first time the Vigdís Prize for Women's Empowerment. A joint initiative of the Icelandic Government and PACE, the Prize pays tribute to former Icelandic...
28/11/2023 | Standing Committee
“It is time to shoulder our responsibility to implement the Reykjavik priorities. This means re-doubling our efforts to modernise our Organisation, make it more efficient, more ‘green’ and more responsive to the expectations of our citizens. We must be responsible and frugal, and we must...
28/11/2023 | Standing Committee
“In this fast-moving and volatile situation, our Assembly must do everything it can to contribute to finding a peaceful end to the spiral of violence and the terrible humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which UNICEF has named as the most dangerous place on earth to be a child today”, Aleksander Pociej...
28/11/2023 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting in Vaduz, today recommended that the Committee of Ministers call on member states to embrace a “a clear and total prohibition” of establishing a pregnancy with genetically modified germ line cells or human embryos, “by introducing legislation at the national...
28/11/2023 | Standing Committee
The PACE Standing Committee, meeting in Vaduz, today expressed its concern about police brutality against Roma and Travellers in Europe, including inhuman and degrading treatment, torture, excessive use of force, and violence resulting in some cases in the victim’s death. The parliamentarians...
26/05/2023 | Standing Committee
“Now the #RoadToReykjavik is over and I wish to stress once again that this was an exciting, eventful, and – most importantly – successful journey. But when one road ends, another one begins. And now we must implement the decisions taken in Reykjavik, so that they bring meaningful results to...
26/05/2023 | Standing Committee
“We must undoubtedly and powerfully demonstrate that Russia’s approach of ‘might is right’ fails, and that justice is fully restored. We must ensure that after it is defeated in Ukraine, Russia never again resorts to aggression as an instrument of foreign policy,” Saeima Speaker Edvards Smiltēns...
26/05/2023 | Standing Committee
“The Latvian Presidency will be guided by the decisions taken at the Summit. We are committed to advance their implementation. Given the importance of the parliamentary dimension in the work of the Council of Europe, we count on your input in this process,” Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars...
26/05/2023 | Standing Committee
“With the Reykjavik declaration, the heads of State and Government have provided a new direction for the Council of Europe for the years to come, acknowledging its impact in fostering greater unity between its members States, and its central role in the evolving European multicultural...
26/05/2023 | Standing Committee
In the framework of the Standing Committee meeting in Riga, the ‘Women@PACE’ group today held an exchange of views with Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, who served as the President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007. She was the first woman to hold the post in the country. Addressing the participants, Ms Vīķe...