23/11/2007 | Standing Committee
Emphasising the fact that transparency should be the path to follow when dealing with the management of radioactive waste, PACE's Standing Committee, meeting today in Bratislava, expressed its concern about the “inappropriate management of nuclear waste that has been reported in certain Council of Europe member states.”
23/11/2007 | Standing Committee
The Committee of Ministers should consider ways of enhancing cooperation with the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB) on identifying and preparing projects in the target group of countries in central, eastern and south-eastern Europe, according to a Recommendation adopted by the PACE Standing Committee in Bratislava today in presence of the Chairman of the CEB Governing Board, Lars Kolte.
23/11/2007 | Standing Committee
The PACE today decided to establish a PACE "Gender Equality Prize", to reward action, schemes or initiatives which have been or are in the process of being carried out by political parties and which have brought about a significant improvement in women’s participation in elected assemblies, political parties and their respective executives.
23/11/2007 | Standing Committee
Meeting today in Bratislava, PACE Standing Committee adopted the following statement: "Involvement of men – a crucial factor for change to combat violence against women" presented by Ms Gülsün Bilgehan, Chairperson of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men. Violence against women, including domestic violence, is a serious violation of human rights affecting all social milieus and every European country.
19/11/2007 | Standing Committee
PACE Standing Committee will meet in Bratislava on Friday 23 November 2007, to discuss Slovakia’s priorities for its coming Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s executive body, the Committee of Ministers. Following the opening of the meeting by PACE President René van der Linden, and a welcoming address by the Speaker of the Slovak National Council Pavol Paška, the committee is due to hold an exchange of views with Slovak Foreign Minister Ján Kubiš, who will chair the Committee of Ministers for the next six months.
24/05/2007 | Standing Committee
That both the new Parliamentary Speaker of Serbia Oliver Dulic and the Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic chose the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly’s Standing Committee for their first public, international addresses was “highly symbolic”, said PACE President René van der Linden, speaking at the end of the meeting. “This is a sign of the new government’s commitment to European values,” he said. “Serbia has turned a page and is ready to a new stage in its history, one with a European perspective. In the words of the slogan for the Chairmanship, ‘one Europe, our Europe’".
21/05/2007 | Standing Committee
On the occasion of Serbia’s six-month chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s executive body, the Committee of Ministers, the President of the Council’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), René van der Linden, will make an official visit to the country on 23 May, followed by a meeting of the PACE Standing Committee on 24 May.
16/03/2007 | Standing Committee
PACE is due to hold a debate at its June 2007 session on the promotion by Council of Europe member states of an international moratorium on the death penalty, the Assembly's Bureau proposed today at a meeting in Paris. A report on this subject, to be prepared by the Assembly’s Legal Affairs Committee, will aim to explore ways to support an Italian initiative at the UN General Assembly aimed at re-launching the consideration of a global moratorium, and in the future a global ban, on capital punishment.
16/03/2007 | Standing Committee
Göran Lennmarker, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, today called for strong international organisations to ensure respect for common values. Addressing PACE’s Standing Committee in Paris, he said: “Europe today is now more democratic, peaceful and prosperous than ever before, and we have come a long way. Yet there are many challenges ahead, and in order to tackle them all we need, today more than ever, strong international organisations to ensure respect for common values.”
14/03/2007 | Standing Committee
The Standing Committee of PACE will meet in Paris on Friday 16 March. A current affairs debate on the promotion by Council of Europe member states of an international moratorium on the death penalty and a debate on the United States of America and international law are among the highlights of the agenda.
17/11/2006 | Standing Committee
PACE Standing Committee meeting today in San Marino, called for non-citizens in Latvia to be granted at least the same rights as other EU nationals living in the country. In a resolution, the parliamentarians called for automatic naturalisation of non-citizens who are elderly or born in the country, as well as those who have made “a worthwhile contribution to the establishment of the newly independent Latvian state”. More flexible naturalisation procedures should be considered, and those applying should not be asked to express convictions that are “contrary to their reading of the history of their cultural community or nation”.
24/05/2006 | Standing Committee
On the occasion of Russia’s chairmanship of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers, PACE President René van der Linden is due to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Their talks are expected to focus on the objectives of Russia’s chairmanship, a European partnership, and on Russia’s contribution to building a democratic Europe, including the search for peaceful solutions to existing conflicts on the continent. Russia’s role in negotiating a meaningful agreement between the Council of Europe and the EU, with a stronger parliamentary dimension, is also due to be discussed.