30/01/2025 | Session
At a critical juncture in a rapidly evolving geopolitical environment, Europe must show unwavering commitment and unity to support a “just and lasting” peace in Ukraine, PACE has said. Approving a resolution based on a report by Miapetra Kumpula-Natri (Finland, SOC), the Assembly said that any...
19/11/2024 | President
In a video statement on the occasion of the 1000th day of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos recalls the nightmares experienced by Ukrainian citizens who see foreign troops occupying their country, “who every day and every night wake up and fall...
24/10/2024 | President
Addressing the 3rd Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform in Riga today, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos highlighted the Assembly’s range of proposals since April 2022 calling for the establishment of “a comprehensive system of justice for the crimes committed by Russia in...
03/10/2024 | Session
Ninety years on from the Holodomor, Stalin's genocide by artificial famine which resulted in the deaths of millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33, Ukraine again faces the threat of genocide, PACE has declared, urging all governments to help the people of Ukraine "fight off the ongoing genocidal...
02/10/2024 | Session
PACE has demanded that prisoners of war and civilians held in Russian captivity be treated in line with international humanitarian law and human rights standards, pledging to “remain involved until the last captive is released”. A total of 65 956 servicemen and civilians have been registered...
30/09/2024 | Session
PACE, meeting today in plenary session in Strasbourg, congratulated the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) for “its flexible and tailored support to its member states” in the context of the pandemic and natural disasters, and for the rapid assistance to Ukrainian refugees. The Parliamentary...
26/09/2024 | President
On the eve of an appearance before PACE in Strasbourg next week, recently released Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza has described his experience of two-and-a-half years of detention in Russia during a 20-minute conversation with PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos. In the first...
16/09/2024 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, meeting in Lisbon on 13 September, congratulated the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) for “its flexible and tailored support to its member states” in the context of the pandemic and natural disasters, and for the rapid...
04/09/2024 | President
In a statement, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has reacted to recent missile strikes in Ukraine, and again urged the speedy creation of a special tribunal to try Russia’s political and military leadership for the crime of aggression. “In recent days and nights, indiscriminate Russian...
17/07/2024 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
PACE rapporteur on ensuring accountability for the downing of flight MH17, Titus Corlăţean (Romania, SOC), issued the following statement marking the 10th anniversary of the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 by the Russian-controlled separatist forces in eastern Ukraine: “On 17 July 2014...
08/07/2024 | President
“Today I'm both saddened and angry at the barbaric destruction wrought this morning by Russian rockets in Ukraine,” said PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos. “The number of victims has yet to be established, as many are still trapped under the debris, children and adults alike, including medical...
02/07/2024 | Secretary General of the Assembly
PACE Secretary General Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis has reiterated the Assembly’s unwavering support for Ukraine and its people at a high-level dialogue with Ukrainian partners in Strasbourg. Addressing the opening of a third such dialogue on the theme “Good democratic governance in Ukraine...