19/06/2014 | President
World Refugee Day (20 June), is an occasion to reflect and act. Conflicts continue to rage across the globe, bringing flows of asylums seekers, refugees and displaced persons said Anne Brasseur.
18/06/2014 | President
"I am gravely concerned by what continues to develop in Ukraine and its borders," Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said today.
17/06/2014 | Migration, International Protection and Economic Co-operation
Andrea Rigoni, rapporteur of the Migration Committee, will make a fact-finding visit to Ankara on 18-19 June, in the context of the preparation of his report on “Democratic participation for migrant diaspora”.
16/06/2014 | Session
The election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, an address by the President of Azerbaijan, a debate on 'left-to-die boat' and on large-scale arrival of mixed migratory flows in Italy are among the highlights of the session.
13/06/2014 | Monitoring
Axel Fischer and Alan Meale, PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia, will make a fact-finding visit to Yerevan from 16 to 18 June. Talks are notably scheduled with the President of the Republic and the President of the National Assembly.
12/06/2014 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Council of Europe Flag of Honour will be awarded to the French municipality of Aix-en-Othe (Aube) on Saturday 14 June by Jean-Claude Frécon, French Senator of the Loire and member of the PACE.
12/06/2014 | President
At the end of an official visit to Ireland, Anne Brasseur urged Ireland to use its experience to help solve some of Europe’s ongoing conflicts, such as the one that has developed between Russia and Ukraine.
11/06/2014 | Monitoring
After his first visit to Monaco on 5-6 June, newly appointed rapporteur on Monaco, Jordi Xuclà, welcomed the dialogue established with Monaco to address the remaining post-monitoring issues.
06/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Michael McNamara will make a fact-finding visit to Brussels on 12-13 June, in the context of the preparation of his report on “European institutions and human rights in Europe”.
06/06/2014 | Legal Affairs and Human Rights
Pedro Agramunt will make a fact-finding visit to Ankara on 11-12 June, in the context of the preparation of his report on the “Abuse of pre-trial detention in States Parties to the European Convention on Human Rights”.
06/06/2014 | Monitoring
The co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Georgia, Michael Aastrup Jensen and Boriss Cilevics, expressed their concern about the pattern and number of opposition candidates in the local elections.
05/06/2014 | President
PACE President Anne Brasseur will make an official visit to Ireland on 11-12 June. She is due to meet notably the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Dáil and the Speaker of the Seanad.