01/01/2017 | President
“Our societies are resilient enough to withstand these attacks: together we are stronger than terrorism”, said PACE President Pedro Agramunt, condemning the New Year's Day terrorist attack in Istanbul.
31/12/2016 | President
“While writing the last pages of 2016, we look back and see over the last year a long list of challenges to democracy, pluralism, human rights and the rule of law on our continent,”, PACE President Pedro Agramunt said.
20/12/2016 | President
In a letter adressed to the Speaker of the Bundestag, PACE President condemned the terrorist attack at the Christmas market in Berlin and expressed the Parliamentary Assembly’s full solidarity with Germany.
20/12/2016 | Parliamentary support
A seminar on “Combating intolerance and discrimination by countering hate speech: the role of parliaments” was held at the National Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, in the framework of the activities of the PACE No Hate Parliamentary Alliance.
19/12/2016 | President
Today’s heinous attack on Russian Ambassador in Turkey "is particularly serious because it targets diplomacy – the fundamental element of international co-operation, peace and stability”, PACE President said today.
17/12/2016 | President
“I was shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the tragic car bomb attack close to the university campus of Kayseri, in central Turkey. “I firmly condemn this new brutal act of violence”, Pedro Agramunt said.
16/12/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
"Trafficking, physical violence including gender-based and sexual violence, and abuse are just some of the risks that migrant children face", said Doris Fiala, General Rapporteur of the Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children.
16/12/2016 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
On the occasion of the International Migrants’ Day (18 December), Sahiba Gafarova urged all our member States, international organisations and civil society to make further efforts to welcome the current migration influx.
15/12/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
Mogens Jensen (Denmark, SOC), Chair of the ad hoc Sub-Committee on recent developments in Turkey, today presented the report of the fact-finding visit to Ankara from 21 to 23 November 2016.
15/12/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
“The refugee crisis is becoming unsustainable for Lebanon. Greater solidarity is needed. The international community should step up as a matter of urgency its contribution to assist the refugees”, said the committee.
14/12/2016 | Political Affairs and Democracy
"In facing the global challenges of today’s world, the UN must step up co-operation with regional organisations such as the Council of Europe," said Aleksandra Djurović, acting Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on External Relations.
14/12/2016 | Monitoring
The Monitoring Committee has adopted its annual report in which it takes stock of its activities from September 2015 to December 2016, at its meeting in Paris, based on the text by Cezar Florin Preda (Romania, EPP/CD).