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Current affairs debate: the need for a political solution to the crisis in Catalonia

12/10/2017 | Session

The Parliamentary Assembly today held a current affairs debate on “The need for a political solution to the crisis in Catalonia”, opened by Andrej Hunko (Germany, UEL). Twenty-four members took the floor in the debate.

The use of new genetic technologies in human beings: need for a common regulatory framework

12/10/2017 | Session

PACE has asked the Committee of Ministers to urge the member States to put in place a ban on establishing a pregnancy using germline cells or human embryos which have undergone intentional genome editing.

PACE calls for a ban on 'sex-normalising' surgery for intersex children

12/10/2017 | Session

PACE has called for a ban on medically unnecessary “sex-normalising” surgery, sterilisation and other treatments practised on intersex children without their informed consent.

Azerbaijan: strengthening parliamentary control over the executive; ensuring independence of the judiciary

11/10/2017 | Session

During a debate today in Strasbourg, the Assembly raised a number of concerns, particularly with regard to checks and balances, the functioning of the justice system, and freedom of expression.

Petro Poroshenko: Ukraine fights on two fronts – one military, the other for reform

11/10/2017 | Session

The Ukrainian President says his country is fighting a war on two fronts at the same time – one to counter military aggression and restore its territorial integrity, and the other to implement difficult reforms.

Concern about the human rights situation and the functioning of justice in Azerbaijan

11/10/2017 | Session

PACE remains concerned about the human rights situation and the functioning of justice in Azerbaijan and regrets that the 2014 Azerbaijani Chairmanship coincided with an “unprecedented crackdown on human rights”.

A new Council of Europe summit to revitalise democracy, the rule of law and human rights

11/10/2017 | Session

The Assembly today welcomed the prospect of a future Council of Europe Summit in order to revitalise democracy, the rule of law and human rights, values which today are severely “under pressure”.

Call for Fourth Summit and harmonised rules for member states’ participation in the Organisation’s...

11/10/2017 | Session

PACE today unanimously called for a Fourth Council of Europe Summit to preserve and further strengthen the pan-European project in a Europe which has profoundly changed since the last Summit 12 years ago.

Ángel Gurría on the global economic outlook: ‘better but not good enough’

10/10/2017 | Session

There are welcome signs that our economies may finally be escaping the low growth trap. The OECD projects global growth to increase to around 3.7 % in 2018, but we are not out of the woods yet, said Ángel Gurría.

Call on OECD member states to revive public investment

10/10/2017 | Session

Noting that the recovery in the global economy is continuing, but slowly, the PACE called on the OECD and its member states to “rapidly seize the opportunity of the low level of interest rates to revive public investment”.

Thorbjørn Jagland says Catalonia crisis must be solved within the context of the Spanish constitution

10/10/2017 | Session

Thorbjørn Jagland, in reply to questions from PACE members, has emphasised the importance of resolving the conflict in Catalonia on the basis of the existing Spanish constitution, or an amended version of it.

Miloš Zeman: ‘the endeavour of the CoE towards friendship and not hatred among European nations will be...

10/10/2017 | Session

“I believe that the Council of Europe’s endeavour towards friendship and not hostility and hatred among European nations – including Russia – will be successful in the long term,” said Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic.