09/10/2023 | President
“While we are gathering here representing people of our member States and associate States, the peoples in our area are confronted with the harsh reality of natural and man-made disasters, earthquakes, floods, fires and tensions, confrontations and open violence. This includes the suffering of...
19/09/2023 | President
The President of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Tiny Kox, today made the following statement: "I am deeply shocked by the decision of the government of Azerbaijan to launch a new and aggressive military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh earlier today. In the space of hours this...
11/09/2023 | President
In an address at the Council of Europe Ministers of Justice informal conference ‘On the Path to Justice for Ukraine’ in Riga, Latvia, today, PACE President Tiny Kox emphasised the urgent need for justice and accountability in Ukraine. “It is our obligation to restore the territorial integrity and...
24/08/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox, in a message to mark the 32nd anniversary of the independence of Ukraine, has again pledged the Council of Europe’s unwavering support to Ukraine to regain its national sovereignty and territorial integrity. He condemned Russia’s war of aggression “as a blatant violation...
31/07/2023 | President
Tiny Kox, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), issued the following statement today: "Given the further deterioration of the humanitarian and human rights situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, I recall the Assembly’s request of 20 June, to the Committee of...
22/07/2023 | President
“12 years ago, 77 innocent people were massacred in Norway by a far-right terrorist in what was the deadliest attack in Norway’s history since the end of the Second World War. The majority of victims were teenagers, participating in a socialist youth camp on the island of Utøya. I wish the...
07/07/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox, in an address to the Cyprus House of Representatives yesterday, stressed the vital need to find a solution for Cyprus after 50 years of division – and called for a “bi-communal and bi-zonal federation with political equality on the island”, in line with United Nations...
27/06/2023 | President
PACE President Tiny Kox has hailed the creation of an international Register of Damage for Ukraine as “a first practical step” towards obtaining reparation for the damage caused to the Ukrainian people by Russia’s war of aggression – and urged that it record also loss or damage caused by private...
19/06/2023 | Session
“This week’s debate on the budget and priorities of the Council of Europe for 2024-2027 takes on its full meaning. We need to discuss how the decisions of the Summit can best be implemented in the years to come, including by the Assembly. I call on all Member States, after the adoption of the...
06/06/2023 | President
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and Council of Europe’s President of the Committee of Ministers, Edgars Rinkēvičs, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Tiny Kox and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić made the...
17/05/2023 | President
“Restoring, strengthening and perhaps re-inventing European democratic security and rules-based multilateralism against aggressive unilateralism has become an existential challenge and a main reason to meet here today," said Tiny Kox, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of...
24/04/2023 | President
PACE leaders have declared their strong solidarity with Russian and Belarusian political prisoners at a special event at the opening of the Assembly’s spring plenary session in Strasbourg. PACE President Tiny Kox, joined by the leaders of the Assembly’s political groups, paid tribute to Russian...