02/12/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The rights to organise, to bargain collectively and to strike are fundamental rights that have come under threat in many Council of Europe member States in the context of the economic crisis, the committee warned today.
02/12/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Adopting unanimously the proposals by the rapporteur Silvia Bonet (Andorra, SOC), the committee called on the Council of Europe member States to address the risk factors for misdiagnosis of ADHD.
02/12/2014 | Secretary General of the Assembly
PACE Secretary General Wojciech Sawicki met in Brussels with his counterparts from the NATO and OSCE parliamentary assemblies, David Hobbs and Spencer Oliver, to discuss co-operation between the three bodies.
01/12/2014 | Monitoring
Michael Aastrup Jensen and Boriss Cilevics, PACE co-rapporteurs on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia, will undertake a fact-finding visit to the country from 3 to 5 December.
01/12/2014 | Monitoring
Mailis Reps, PACE co-rapporteur for the monitoring of Ukraine, has welcomed the signing of the coalition agreement, the opening of the new Verkhovna Rada and the appointment of the Prime Minister.
01/12/2014 | President
On World Aids Day, PACE President Anne Brasseur is giving her full support to the UN’s “close the gap” campaign, which aims to end AIDS/HIV by 2030.
01/12/2014 | Elections
The 30 November parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova were characterised by a wide choice of political alternatives and were generally well administered, international election observers said today.
01/12/2014 | President
Anne Brasseur met with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel, on the occasion of his official visit to Strasbourg to discuss the political priorities of the Council of Europe and means of implementing them.
28/11/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Diasporas play a more prominent role in today’s politics than in the past, the Migration Committee has said, and diasporas can help to promote democracy both in their countries of residence and in their countries of origin.
28/11/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
A PACE committee has urged all sides in the conflict in Ukraine to fully respect the Minsk ceasefire and to refrain from the use of force and violence, particularly against civilians.
28/11/2014 | President
In a letter to the new Speaker of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, Volodymyr Hroisman, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Anne Brasseur, congratulated him on his election.
27/11/2014 | Parliamentary support
Members of both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors of the Moroccan Parliament will participate in an information seminar on the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg on 11 and 12 December.