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Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe reconvenes in Strasbourg

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will hold its second part-session the third week of April

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Robert Walter MP, leader of the UK PACE Delegation

Robert Walter MP, leader of the United Kingdom Delegation to PACE as well as chairperson of the European Democrat Group (EDG)

The second part-session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will take place on 22 to 26 April 2013.

The Parliamentary Assembly will hold a number of debates throughout the week, including three reports with United Kingdom rapporteurs. Michael Connarty MP will present on the debate “Young people’s access to fundamental rights”; James Clappison MP on “Frontex: the need to improve its human rights role and capabilities”; and Christopher Chope MP will speak on “Draft Protocol No. 15 to the European Convention on Human Rights”.

A number of personalities are due to address PACE during the week, including:

  • Joachim Gauck, President of Germany
  • Gilbert Saboya Sunye, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Andorra
  • Bidzina Ivanishvili, Prime Minister of Georgia
  • Didier Burkhalter, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland
  • Moncef Marzouki, President of Tunisia
  • Victor Ponta, Prime Minister of Romania
  • Antoni Marti, Head of Government of Andorra
  • Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and
  • Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

For a closer look at the second part-session consult the PACE agenda.

Published 22 March 2013