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Rules of Procedure of the Assembly (December 2025)

(Resolution 1202 (1999) adopted on 4 November 1999) with subsequent modifications of the Rules of Procedure*

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Additional provisions relating to Assembly debates

(adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 25 March 2002 and 17 December 2007)

viii.Conduct of members of the Parliamentary Assembly during Assembly debates (Rule 22 of the Rules of Procedure)

1. Pursuant to Rules 20.1. and 22 of the Rules of Procedure, the President of the Assembly maintains order and decorum and ensures that debates are conducted in a civil and orderly manner, in conformity with the rules and practices in force.
2. Members of the Parliamentary Assembly shall behave in a courteous, polite and respectful manner towards each other and towards the President of the Assembly or any other person who is presiding. They shall refrain from any action that may disrupt the proceedings. This provision shall apply mutatis mutandis to meetings of the Bureau and of committees.
3. With regard to Assembly members' discipline and observance of the rules of conduct, paragraphs 27 to 42 of the Code of conduct for members of the Parliamentary Assembly shall apply.