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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*

Additional provisions relating to Assembly debates

(adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 25 March 2002 and 17 December 2007)

ii.List of speakers

In pursuance of Rule 35.2. of the Rules of Procedure (Right to speak) and of the provisions relating to the organisation of debates, the following criteria will be applied for drawing up the list of speakers:
1. Names will be entered in the register in chronological order of the arrival date and time of the request.
2. As soon as the draft agenda of the part-session has been published, and up to the closing date, names of members of the Assembly may be entered online via the Pace‑apps platform, or, in the event of malfunctioning of the application, sent by e‑mail ([email protected]), by secretaries of national delegations or secretaries of political groups, to the Table Office of the Parliamentary Assembly. Names may not be entered on the list of speakers for a debate under urgent procedure or a current affairs debate until a specific request is placed on the draft agenda.
3. Any subsequent modification of a previous registration will be considered as a new registration and the name concerned will be placed at the end of the list.
4. The list of speakers for a debate taking place during a morning sitting shall be closed at 4.00 pm on the previous day, and for a debate taking place during an afternoon sitting at 9.00 am the same day.