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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*

Duties of the President, discipline and order

Rule 23Public order in the Chamber and galleries

23.1. No person shall enter the Chamber without the authorisation of the Secretary General of the Assembly except representatives, substitutes, members of special guest, observer or partner for democracy delegations, members of the Committee of Ministers, guests of the Assembly and members of staff whose duties require their presence there.
23.2. Admission to the galleries shall be only on presentation of a card issued on the authority of the Secretary General of the Assembly.
23.3. Persons admitted to the galleries shall not disturb proceedings. The President may order the expulsion of any person breaching this rule.