22/01/2018 | Session
Adopting its agenda, the Assembly decided to hold an urgent debate on the Israeli–Palestinian peace process and the role of the Council of Europe, and a current affairs debate on the Turkish military intervention in Syria.
22/01/2018 | Session
At the opening of its Winter plenary Session today, the Parliamentary Assembly elected its Vice-Presidents. The seats for the Vice-Presidents in respect of Italy and the Russian Federation remain vacant.
22/01/2018 | Session
The credentials of the new Andorran delegation to PACE have been challenged on the grounds that it does not contain at least one Representative who is a member of “the under-represented sex”, as required by the Rules.
22/01/2018 | Session
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has called on the member states to recommit themselves to fulfill their obligations and cooperate in good faith with the Council’s statutory bodies.
22/01/2018 | Session
PACE ratified, as part of its Progress Report, the terms of reference, composition and timetable of the ad hoc Committee on ‘The role and mission of the Parliamentary Assembly’ as approved by its PACE Bureau in December 2017.
22/01/2018 | Session
Liliane Maury Pasquier has been unanimously elected President of the Socialist Group of the PACE, succeeding Michele Nicoletti, who was elected President of the Assembly.
12/01/2018 | Session
The Presidents of Armenia and Austria, as well as the Prime Minister and the Crown Princess of Denmark, are among VIPs to address the PACE winter session, taking place from 22 to 26 January in Strasbourg.
13/10/2017 | Session
“Young people have an important role to play in the fight against corruption by bringing a new culture of integrity”, PACE has stated, calling on national authorities to involve youth organisations in implementing anti-corruption policies.
13/10/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe held this morning in Strasbourg a free debate on current issues not included in the session agenda. Fifteen parliamentarians took the floor.
12/10/2017 | Session
PACE has pointed to “serious problems” with the rule of law in many Council of Europe member states – singling out five countries where it says some recent developments have “put at risk” respect for the rule of law.
12/10/2017 | Session
The Parliamentary Assembly has reiterated its conviction that Daesh has committed genocide in Syria and Iraq – and called on the UN to consider setting up a “special judicial mechanism” to try its crimes.
12/10/2017 | Session
The Assembly expressed its concern about the articles relating to education in minority languages of the new Education Act in Ukraine and deplored that "there was no real consultation" with representatives of national minorities.