21/03/2023 | President
“If we want the European ideal to survive and thrive, we have no other choice than to rise to the challenges that are facing us, putting our creativity and wisdom together,” PACE President Tiny Kox said today in his address to the Council of Europe Congress. The President stressed the importance...
20/03/2023 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The parliamentary dimension of the 4th Council of Europe Summit, taking place in Reykjavik on 16 and 17 May next, will be assured as there will be an extraordinary meeting of the Standing Committee of our Assembly,” PACE President Tiny Kox said today, addressing a meeting of the Assembly’s...
20/03/2023 | President
The leadership of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) held an exchange of views with representatives of Russian democratic forces today in Paris, to step up dialogue and to explore ways of co-operating with the Assembly in future. The meeting was a practical follow-up to...
17/03/2023 | President
Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make a working visit to France on 22 March. In Paris, he will meet the Speaker of the National Assembly, the Speaker of the Senate, the Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs...
08/03/2023 | President
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and President of the Committee of Ministers Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Tiny Kox and Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić have made the following statement: “Today, on International Women’s Day, we...
07/03/2023 | President
On 8 March 2022 PACE President Tiny Kox, in an open letter to the head of Ukraine’s PACE delegation Mariia Mezentseva entitled “We see you, women of Ukraine”, expressed his solidarity after the start of the war of aggression against her country. “In the past year, tens of thousands have been...
24/02/2023 | President
In a ceremony to mark one year of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine together with the Foreign Minister of Iceland and Chair of the Committee of Ministers, Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, the Council of Europe Secretary General, Marija Pejčinović Burić, and the Permanent...
24/02/2023 | President
During his working visit to Portugal (22-23 February) and consecutive meetings with the President of the Assembly of the Republic Augusto Santos Silva, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Francisco André, the Chairperson and members of the Portuguese delegation to the PACE, Tiny Kox...
23/02/2023 | President
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and President of the Committee of Ministers Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir, President of the Parliamentary Assembly Tiny Kox, Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović as well as President of the Congress...
21/02/2023 | President
Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will make a working visit to Portugal on 22-23 February. In Lisbon, he will meet the Speaker of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, as well as the Chairperson and members of the Portuguese delegation to PACE...
23/01/2023 | President
Tiny Kox, re-elected today for a second one-year term as President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), thanked members for their ongoing support this year, which – he said – “may be as challenging as last year”. In a speech following his re-election, he underlined that last...
18/01/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox has warmly welcomed the strong support of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the creation of an ad hoc tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression with regard to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a Council of Europe member State. The Netherlands is willing and able to...