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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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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.