30/06/2016 | President
“We must work in synergy to address the common challenges with which we are confronted, in particular the refugee crisis and combating international terrorism,” said Pedro Agramunt during his visit to Moscow.
29/06/2016 | President
Pedro Agramunt is participating in the 47th Plenary Session of the General Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) in Moscow. On this occasion, he will hold several high-level meetings.
29/06/2016 | President
Pedro Agramunt will make an official visit to Georgia on 30 June-1 July, during which he is due to meet the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Parliament and the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
29/06/2016 | President
Following the "heinous" attack at Ataturk Airport in Istanbul, Pedro Agramunt today reaffirmed PACE’s solidarity with the Turkish authorities and extended his condolences to the victims’ families.
29/06/2016 | President
“PACE and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation have many things in common,” said Pedro Agramunt, addressing PABSEC at its plenary session in Moscow today.
24/06/2016 | Bureau
In a declaration adopted today, the PACE Bureau reaffirms the Assembly’s role as a pan-European forum for political dialogue among democratically elected members of parliament from the Organisation’s 47 member states.
24/06/2016 | Session
PACE Standing Committee meeting in Tallinn and the different election observation missions were major themes during the debate on the progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee.
24/06/2016 | President
“Something of the European ideal has been lost today following the UK’s vote for Brexit,” said PACE President Pedro Agramunt, speaking on the last day of the Assembly’s plenary session in Strasbourg.
24/06/2016 | Monitoring
alentina Leskaj and Ögmundur Jonásson, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of obligations and commitments by the Republic of Moldova, will make a fact-finding visit to the country on 27-29 June 2016.
24/06/2016 | President
26 June marks the Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This is a day for governments and parliaments throughout the world to reflect on the devastating impact of illicit drug markets on the health and human rights.
24/06/2016 | Session
PACE has called for a system of parliamentary immunity which would prevent politically motivated criminal proceedings, and has spelled out a series of principles which should underlie such immunity.
24/06/2016 | Session
PACE has spelled out a series of steps to protect migrants from violence – whether physical violence, labour exploitation, trafficking, sexual harassment, discrimination or hate speech.