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Palais in pink to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month

10/10/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

For the first time ever, the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg was illuminated in pink last night – in a special initiative to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The building will stay illuminated throughout the week.

Cross-border parental responsibility conflicts: a call for simpler and less costly procedures

19/09/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

The PACE Social Affairs Committee today called on European governments to make the enforcement of parental responsibility decisions abroad “simpler, speedier and less costly”.

Tuberculosis: measures needed to avoid 2.1 million deaths in Europe

19/09/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

“Drug-resistant tuberculosis is one of the gravest risks requiring attention. Its rates in Europe are growing faster than in any other world region,” said Serhii Kiral, rapporteur on 'Inquiry into growing antimicrobial resistance'.

Petra De Sutter: “high time for a debate on new genetic technologies”

03/08/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Petra De Sutter today underlined the urgency of taking a clear position on the practical use of new genetic technologies following the publication of a new study in the journal Nature.

European Diplomas awarded to seven municipalities in 2017

29/06/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

The mayors of seven municipalities were today presented with the 2017 European Diploma, honouring their work to promote the European ideal, at a ceremony at the Council of Europe headquarters in Strasbourg.

Second mandate as PACE General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities for Luís Leite Ramos

28/06/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

At its meeting held on 1 June in Baku, the Committee on Social Affairs appointed Luís Leite Ramos for a second mandate as General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities of the PACE.

Childrens’ day: pledge to push for laws to protect children online

01/06/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have pledged to do all they can to promote laws protecting children from cyber-bullying and harmful online content or abuse.

States must do more to uphold social rights, says committee

01/06/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Member States need to do more to support the European Social Charter and ensuring that it is better integrated with similar initiatives in other European bodies, PACE’s Social Affairs Committee has said.

Socio-economic rights in Azerbaijan under the spotlight at Baku seminar

31/05/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Azerbaijan’s record on combating discrimination in the workplace and the efficiency of public employment services will come under the spotlight at ahearing in Baku on 2 June, organised by the committee and the Milli Mejlis.

'Europe is at a crossroads,' says Stella Kyriakides in Nicosia

19/05/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

“Europe is at a crossroad, and we must not lose sight of the common good in favour of short-term political gains or narrowly defined national interests,” said Stella Kyriakides, at the 127th Session of the Committee of Ministers in Nicosia.

General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities at Congress event on “Successful territorial reform”

05/05/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Luís Leite Ramos, General Rapporteur on Local and Regional Authorities, represented the Assembly at the conference organised by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities today in Eupen(Belgium).

Ban on pregnancy with germline cells or human embryos having undergone intentional genome editing

26/04/2017 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

In a draft recommendation adopted unanimously, the Social Affairs Committee has called on all member states which have not yet ratified the Oviedo Convention to do so without further delay,