28/01/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
The crucial role of men and boys in promoting gender equality was the focus of an event on “How parliamentarians can be agents of change” organised jointly by the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination and the Nordic Council of Ministers on 27 January 2025 in the framework of PACE’s...
28/01/2025 | Session
In view of the continuing dramatic deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the Assembly calls on Council of Europe member states and parties to the conflict to play an active role in addressing the humanitarian emergency in Gaza and its future consequences. Approving a resolution...
28/01/2025 | Session
“When we feel that our bearings are being lost, we must always return to our values. The values that bring us together, the values that are the foundation of our Organisation. Let us never forget why the Council of Europe exists,” said the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset...
27/01/2025 | Equality and Non-Discrimination
Francesco Verducci (Italy, SOC), the General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), made the following statement to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2025: “Today, as we commemorate once again the anniversary of the...
27/01/2025 | Session
At the opening of its winter plenary Session today, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected its Vice-Presidents: Bertrand Bouyx (France)Bernadeta Coma (Andorra)Elisabetta Gardini (Italy)Blerina Gjylameti (Albania)Andries Gryffroy (Belgium)Antonio Guitérréz Limones...
27/01/2025 | Session
The credentials of Georgia’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have been challenged on substantial grounds on the opening day of the 2025 winter plenary session. Making the challenge, Boriana Åberg (Sweden, EPP/CD) said the Georgian Parliament was a “one...
27/01/2025 | Session
“I wish to start by expressing my gratitude for re-electing me as President of this Assembly for a second term. I consider my re-election as a vote of confidence and approval of the work I have been doing since becoming PACE President in January 2024,” PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos said...
27/01/2025 | Session
In adopting a resolution today, based on a report by Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica (Latvia, EPP/CD) – which takes stock of the PACE monitoring activities covering the period from January to December 2024 and makes a series of assessments of the countries under a full monitoring procedure or engaged in...
27/01/2025 | Session
“We are relational beings and institutions, and as such, we are both responsible and accountable for one another. We are social beings, and as such, we share the world and the planet's resources. In other words, we live in a global community, and as such, we share common values which transcend...
27/01/2025 | Session
The conclusions of the report presented today by Iulian Bulai (Romania, ALDE) on the observation of the parliamentary elections in Georgia on 26 October 2024 “raise concerns about the correctness of the election results, namely whether the election results truly reflect the will of the voters...
27/01/2025 | Session
The lists of candidates for the posts of judges at the European Court of Human Rights submitted by Andorra, Armenia, and Slovenia; the observation of the recent elections in the Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria, and Georgia, and the observation of the upcoming elections to the Assembly of Kosovo...
27/01/2025 | Session
In a communication to the Parliamentary Assembly, the Luxembourg Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, presented the priorities of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. He reiterated Luxembourg’s commitment to continued support for Ukraine as one of the...