24/08/2022 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox, in a message to mark the 31st anniversary of the independence of Ukraine, has again pledged the Council of Europe’s full support in the coming months and years, adding: “Ukraine needs Europe, and Europe needs Ukraine”. “I want to express my admiration for the courage and...
29/07/2022 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
“On the eve of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons (30 July 2022), I call on everyone to speak out against the immense suffering and abuse inflicted on huge numbers of victims of trafficking,” said Theodoros Rousopoulos (Greece, EPP/CD), Chair of the Migration Committee of the...
29/06/2022 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
A cross-party delegation of ten members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE),* ending a visit to Kyiv on Ukraine’s Constitution Day (28 June 2022), has expressed shock at the level of evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity it saw, denounced the war in the...
28/06/2022 | President
"I am horrified by the recent wave of Russian air and missile strikes on civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in Ukraine, which has already resulted in dozens of innocent people killed and hundreds injured," said Tiny Kox, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
23/06/2022 | Session
“Brute force and misuse of power can never be allowed to have the last word. That conviction is what inspired the Kingdom of the Netherlands to join with nine other countries in 1949 to establish the Council of Europe,” said His Majesty King Willem-Alexander in an address to PACE. The King quoted...
23/06/2022 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly, during its summer plenary session, held a current affairs debate on "Consequences of the blockade of the Black Sea".Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, EC/AD) opened the debate. No report was prepared for a current affairs debate and no text was adopted.
22/06/2022 | Session
In an address to the Parliamentary Assembly, Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou called for a stronger Council of Europe and greater multilateralism to tackle the many challenges facing Europe today – ranging from the war in Ukraine to climate change and economic and social upheaval...
22/06/2022 | Session
The Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine, as well as the increase in arrivals of asylum seekers and migrants across the Mediterranean Sea, have caused rapidly growing numbers of unaccompanied and separated migrant and refugee children in Europe. Confronted with this worrying situation...
22/06/2022 | Session
PACE today expressed its deep concern about the humanitarian consequences caused by the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, causing the largest population movement since the Second World War. It commended the solidarity of member States in opening their borders on 24 February and the...
22/06/2022 | Session
PACE has set out ways women can be better protected in conflict situations, more involved in peace negotiations, and better represented in rebuilding and healing in post-conflict situations. Approving a resolution based on a report by Yevheniia Kravchuk (Ukraine, ALDE), the Assembly said women...
21/06/2022 | Session
Opening a high-level panel on “Upholding democratic security in Europe”, PACE President Tiny Kox underlined that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is not only a direct and real threat to peace and stability on the continent but has also severely damaged the mechanisms of multilateral co...
20/06/2022 | President
In his opening speech of the PACE summer session, President Tiny Kox invited members to hold a minute of silence for all the victims of the war in Ukraine, urging them to help end the suffering of the Ukrainian people and to continue showing solidarity. “This horrible war should never become a...