26/01/2017 | Session
The right and obligation to protect national and EU external borders is not incompatible with the commitment to uphold international humanitarian law, the Parliamentary Assembly said today.
26/01/2017 | Session
The Assembly decided to ratify the credentials of the Slovak parliamentary delegation noting that the delegation has undertaken to comply with the Rules, which require at least one woman to be appointed as a Representative.
26/01/2017 | Session
Sir Roger Gale (United Kingdom, EC) opened a current affairs debate on the situation in Syria, and its effects upon surrounding countries, with an emotional appeal for action to relieve the suffering in the country.
26/01/2017 | Session
“The refugee crisis is becoming unsustainable for Lebanon. Greater solidarity is needed,” PACE said today. It added that the international community should step up its contribution to support and assist the refugees.
26/01/2017 | Session
PACE has adopted the annual report on its monitoring procedure, which takes stock of the activities of its Monitoring Committee from September 2015 to December 2016 and assesses the progress of the countries concerned.
25/01/2017 | Session
PACE has called on all sides to take urgent steps to alleviate the humanitarian plight of the population of the Gaza Strip, which it described as having “worsened significantly” since the 2014 Israeli military operation there.
25/01/2017 | Session
PACE recommended today that member States initiate discussions on norms and mechanisms required for “preventing the risk of information distortion and manipulation of public opinion”.
25/01/2017 | Session
“Europhobia is not just against the values of the European Union. It is also very much against the fundamental values, principles and norms of the Council of Europe,” said Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania.
25/01/2017 | Session
Based on the report by Marit Maij, PACE has proposed, in a resolution, a set of measures to prevent and combat online hate, and calls on member States to strengthen their national legislation.
25/01/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today expressed its concern with regard to the “lower significance and changing role of trade unions” which “could further increase social and economic inequalities”.
25/01/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has welcomed Ukraine’s ambitious reform programme, stressing that “much progress has been achieved” – but warned that progress on combating corruption was still “too slow”.
24/01/2017 | Session
The EU’s Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn has hailed the Council of Europe’s role as a “moral compass”, and called for the Council of Europe and EU to combine their strengths in a strategic partnership.