07/04/2014 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly today elected, at the opening of its Spring 2014 plenary Session, two new Vice-Presidents: Predrag Sekulić (Montenegro, SOC) and Michele Nicoletti (Italy, SOC).
07/04/2014 | Session
The Assembly approved the report presented today by Nataša Vučković reviewing the activities of the Assembly's Bureau and Standing Committee since the last part-session in 2014 (27-31 January).
07/04/2014 | Session
"Russia has consistently used the allegation of minorities not being properly treated as a pretext for actions taken," Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said adressing the Parliamentary Assembly.
04/04/2014 | Session
At its spring session, PACE will debate a motion to reconsider the already ratified credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation on substantive grounds (under Rule 9 of the Rules of Procedure).
21/03/2014 | Session
At its spring session, PACE will debate a motion to reconsider the already ratified credentials of the delegation of the Russian Federation on substantive grounds (under Rule 9.1.a of the Rules of Procedure).
13/03/2014 | Session
An urgent debate on threats to the functioning of democratic institutions in Ukraine is likely to be a major focus of PACE’s spring session on 7-11 April. The final agenda will be decided on the opening day of the session.
31/01/2014 | Session
The adopted resolution, based on the report by José María Beneyto, makes a number of recommendations to increase international organisations’ accountability for human rights violations.
31/01/2014 | Session
The Council of Europe should revise and modernise the 24-year-old European Convention on Transfrontier Television to take account of the latest technological standards, PACE has said.
30/01/2014 | Session
The eight committees of the Parliamentary Assembly have elected their Chairpersons - the full list is now out: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, Theodora Bakoyannis (Greece, EPP/CD);...
30/01/2014 | Session
The Ukrainian authorities should enter into “open, honest and effective negotiations with the opposition” and promptly seek a wide consensus on the geopolitical alignment, the Assembly said today at the end of an urgent debate.
30/01/2014 | Session
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told members of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly today that European governments cannot allow themselves to “become accustomed” to high youth unemployment.
30/01/2014 | Session
The Assembly has called on member States to step up their efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015, the target date set by the United Nations at their summit in September 2000.