13/05/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In a draft resolution unanimously adopted in Nicosia, the committee called on the Development Bank to strengthen its ties with the Council of Europe. The CEB should further maximise the social added-value of its projects.
12/05/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The committee, meeting today in Nicosia, urged member States to reduce inequalities in diagnosis, screening and treatment of breast cancer, and ensure that patients have the level of care that they are entitled to.
12/05/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
A guaranteed minimum income is an important element in reducing the social effects of the economic crisis, members of PACE's Social Affairs Committee were told at a meeting in Nicosia.
09/05/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Parliamentarians will meet in Nicosia (Cyprus) on 13 May 2014 to discuss how to create the right conditions for reporting and successfully prosecuting child sexual abuse cases.
15/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Two key PACE rapporteurs appealed to their fellow Iraqi parliamentarians not to vote a bill called the “Jaafari law”, which would legalise forced and child marriage and marital rape.
10/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
In unanimously adopting the report by Valeriu Ghiletchi, the committee calls on the Committee of Ministers to extend the ONE in FIVE Campaign for a further year, until November 2015, in order to reap the maximum benefits.
10/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The 2014 Europe Prize – the highest level of the Prize which is awarded each year by the Parliamentary Assembly to the town most active in promoting the European ideal – has been awarded to the town of Słupsk in Poland.
09/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Measures of income and wealth alone, such as GDP, are far from giving an accurate picture of individual and collective well-being. Additional indicators are necessary to better assess and foster the well-being of citizens, said the committee.
04/04/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“On the occasion of World Health Day, we call for adequate access to healthcare for all migrants in Europe, including refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented migrants. The right to health is a fundamental human right...”
27/03/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
“In times of tight budgetary constraint, our primary aim should be to uphold and extend basic social and health services to children,” said Stella Kyriakides, speaking in Dubrovnik at the conference on “Growing with Children’s Rights”.
14/03/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Given the erosion of labour rights, job insecurity and the lack of quality employment prospects, especially for young people, it is imperative that national strategies be drawn up to ensure decent work for everyone, stated the committee.
14/03/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Child poverty is creeping back into Europe as the economic crisis has undermined social protection systems, according to the Social Affairs Committee. More money for early childhood education is needed.