24/06/2022 | Session
The Assembly’s partnership for democracy with the Parliament of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan has produced “mixed results” in the eight years since it was granted, PACE has said. The Assembly resolved to continue the partnership, in order to support the country’s path to democracy, but warned that...
24/06/2022 | Session
Concerned about the increase in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in Europe and across the world, PACE today called on member States to give high priority to the prevention of the resurgence of contagious diseases and “to develop comprehensive, forward-looking, pro-active and human rights...
23/06/2022 | Session
PACE has said that, based on the evidence made available to its rapporteur by Ukrainian and Dutch authorities, it considers “as the most convincing scenario by far” that flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 by a Buk missile made available to military units controlled by the Russian...
23/06/2022 | Session
In the framework of its regular periodic reviews of the honouring of membership obligations by Council of Europe member States, the Assembly today debated a report on Malta. The unanimously adopted resolution, based on the report prepared by the Assembly’s co-rapporteurs Bertrand Fournier (France...
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 "United Kingdom agreement on asylum seekers and the critical government reaction regarding the European Court of Human Rights decision".Franck Schwabe (Germany, SOC) opened the debate. No report was...
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.
23/06/2022 | Session
PACE today expressed its concern that a handful of internet intermediaries de facto control online information flows, giving them huge economic and technological power, as well as the possibility to influence people's private and social lives, and shape their opinions and choices. Internet...
22/06/2022 | Session
Deeply concerned by the rise in hatred and violence against Jewish people in Europe, and particularly by online antisemitism, the Assembly has called on Council of Europe member States to adopt strategies or national action plans to prevent and combat antisemitism, and to allocate sufficient...
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...