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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

iii.Special rules on the title and prerogatives of “Honorary Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly”

adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 8 November 1995

1. The regulations for the rank of Honorary Secretary General follow, mutatis mutandis, those of the Honorary Associates of the Parliamentary Assembly and similar provisions existing in national parliaments and international parliamentary assemblies.
2. Concerning the conditions for conferring the title, they are based on the following principles:
— it is for the Bureau alone to decide whether the honorary title should be given, the Secretary General being elected by the Parliamentary Assembly;
— as a general rule, the Honorary Secretary General should have completed at least a full five-year mandate as Secretary General.
3. The prerogatives linked to the quality of Honorary Secretary General are the following:
— the Honorary Secretary General can use this title for life in all activities of a public character such as publication of articles and books, lectures, as well as in civil status acts;
— the Honorary Secretary General will have access to the buildings of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as well as to the Organisation’s external offices;
— upon request, the Honorary Secretary General can be included in the mailing lists for non-confidential documents of the Assembly and its organs and could request access to the non-confidential databases of the Council of Europe;
— the Honorary Secretary General can be invited to events organised by the Assembly outside plenary sessions and committee meetings, upon the initiative of those responsible for the event;
— upon request, the Honorary Secretary General will be given an identity card mentioning this title;
— the Secretary General of the Council of Europe can grant the Honorary Secretary General of the Assembly all facilities of an administrative kind compatible with existing regulations.