Special
rules on honorary status
i.Special rules on honorary association
with the Parliamentary Assembly
adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 13 January
1988 and amended by the Bureau on
18 January 1999 and 22
May 2014 and by Resolution
2182 (2017)
1. Conditions governing
the award of the title of honorary associate of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe
The title of “honorary associate of
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe” may be used
by:
a. any parliamentarian
or former parliamentarian who has been a member of the Assembly,
as a representative or a substitute, for five years, consecutively
or otherwise;
b. any other former
member of the Assembly, however long his or her period of membership,
who has held the post of President or Vice-President of the Assembly, Chairman
of a Committee or Chairman of a Political Group.
The honorary associate will be given
a diploma mentioning this title.
2. Prerogatives of
honorary associates
a. They may be invited
to the Assembly’s events apart from plenary sessions and committee
meetings, on the initiative of those in charge of such events.
b. They may be appointed
by the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
to present Flags
of Honour and Plaques of Honour to municipalities to which Flags
are awarded.
3. When awarded the title of
honorary associate, the former member of the Assembly shall sign
a sworn declaration stating that he or she is not involved in representing
or fostering another person’s or entity’s interests in the Assembly.
The former member shall be stripped of the title if he or she failed
to declare any relevant interests or made an untruthful declaration.
The above rules shall apply to former
members of the Assembly.
