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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*

Part-sessions of the Assembly and meetings of committees, the Bureau and the Standing Committee organised in a hybrid or remote manner

Rule 70Hybrid or remote Bureau and Standing Committee meetings

70.1. In exceptional circumstances which do not allow a meeting to be held under normal conditions, namely in the physical presence of all members, the President of the Assembly may convene a meeting of the Bureau to be held in a hybrid manner (combined remote and in-person participation of members) or by electronic means of remote communication.
70.2. The Bureau of the Assembly may decide, in the same circumstances and for a defined period of time, that the meetings of the Bureau and the Standing Committee will be held in a hybrid manner (combined remote and in-person participation of members) or by electronic means of remote communication. The decision of the Bureau shall be taken by a simple majority of the votes cast with a quorum of one third of the members.
70.3. For any decision, the Bureau and the Standing Committee shall use the available electronic voting system.