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PACE winter session starts today

23 January 2023 10:49 (UTC +04:00)

Today, Strasbourg is hosting the winter plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), APA reports.

The session will last till January 27.

The assembly will also elect its president and vice presidents.

An urgent debate on the legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, with the participation of Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of the Center for Civil Liberties, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, will be among the highlights of the Winter plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), to be held in Strasbourg from 23 to 27 January 2023.

On the Road To Reykjavik, a report on the fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe, to be held in the Icelandic capital on 16 and 17 May, will present PACE's proposals.

There will also be addressed by the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrin Jakobsdóttir, and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, will present her communication to PACE members. The Assembly will also elect its President and Vice-Presidents.

There have also been requests for an urgent debate on "Attacks against public service workers," and for current affairs debates on "Recent tensions between Pristina and Belgrade," on "How to improve the Council of Europe’s co-operation with civil society, as a way to strengthen and protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law, including in Belarus and the Russian Federation," and on the situation around the Latchin road."