PACE winter session kicks off in hybrid format in Strasbourg
The winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which will take place from 24 to 28 January, started today in hybrid fashion in the city of Strasbourg, France.
Members of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE attend the session.
During the January 2022 part-session, the Assembly will elect the President and Vice-Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly.
The President of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Željko Komšić, will also address the parliamentarians. The Assembly will hold its usual exchange of views with the Italian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, will present her communication to the Assembly.
Debates on tackling rising hatred against sexual minorities in Europe and alleged violations of their rights in the South Caucasus, on business and values in football governance with an intervention by the FIFA President, Giovanni Infantino, and on the role of the media in times of crisis, are among the highlights of the winter session 2022 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Also on the agenda are debates on the role of the media in times of crisis, the European pact on migration and asylum from a human rights perspective, children’s right to be heard in a democracy and on climate change, enforced disappearances on Council of Europe territory.
On 27 January, the Assembly will organize a special event to mark the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The event will be followed by a debate on the Observatory of History Teaching in Europe.
The Assembly will decide on its final agenda at the opening of the session.
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