| PACE to observe presidential election in Ukraine
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17.12.04 - Strasbourg,
A 30-member delegation of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), headed by Tadeusz Iwinski (Poland, SOC), will observe the re-run of the second round of the presidential election to be held in Ukraine on 26 December 2004. (>>>)
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| Adoption of the Council of Europe’s budget for 2005
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16.12.04 - Strasbourg,
The Council of Europe Ministers’ Deputies have today adopted the Organisation’s budget for 2005. The member states’ contribution to the Ordinary Budget will amount to €186 million (as opposed to €180.5 million in 2004). (>>>)
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| Budget, human rights and terrorism on Committee of Ministers agenda
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15.12.04 - Strasbourg,
At its 909th meeting on 15 December, the Committee of Ministers will examine and adopt a number of important documents on terrorism, in particular guidelines on the protection of victims of terrorist acts. It will also adopt a declaration on freedom of expression and information...(>>>)
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| Council of Europe Secretary General to visit Ukraine
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13.12.04 - Strasbourg,
Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis is to visit Ukraine on 13 December to discuss how the Council of Europe can assist this member state in the preparations of the election re-run, scheduled for 26 December 2004. (>>>)
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| International condemnation of the crimes of communism
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13.12.04 - Strasbourg,
The Political Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) is organising in Paris on 14 December a parliamentary hearing on “the need for international condemnation of the crimes of communism”, in the framework of the preparation of a report on the...(>>>)
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| PACE President Peter Schieder on Human Rights Day
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10.12.04 - Strasbourg,
“Making human rights a reality for people everywhere in the world should remain a top priority for all governments and international organisations, governmental and non-governmental”; said Peter Schieder, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)...(>>>)
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| Terry Davis: “It is time for a counterattack”
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10.12.04 - Strasbourg,
“It is time for a counterattack,” said Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, in a statement on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December. “During last year, human rights were under attack all over the world, including Europe. It is time for a counterattack...(>>>)
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| Human Rights Day, 10 december 2004
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10.12.04 - Strasbourg,
The President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Giovanni Di Stasi, stressed the link between human rights and local and regional administration, in a statement made on the occasion of Human Rights Day. (>>>)
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| Terry Davis: Our work in the field of culture remains fundamental
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09.12.04 - Strasbourg,
''The Convention, drawn up in the early stages of the Cold War, was from the outset open to all European States willing to adhere. It became a sort of passage through the Iron Curtain and a stepping-stone for full membership in the Council of Europe,'' said the Secretary General...(>>>)
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| Georgia ratifies two Council of Europe treaties
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09.12.04 - Strasbourg,
Georgian First Deputy Foreign Minister Kakha SIKHARULIDZE handed to Maud de BOER-BUQUICCHIO the instruments of ratification of the European Charter of Local Self-Government (entry into force: 01.04.2005) and of the Protocol amending the European Convention on the Suppression...(>>>)
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| Council of Europe experts arrive in Ukraine
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08.12.04 - Strasbourg,
A Council of Europe expert mission arrived in Kyiv earlier today. The three experts will have meetings with the Ukrainian authorities and at the two candidates’ campaign headquarters, as well as with representatives of the media and civil society. Discussions will focus on ways...(>>>)
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| Reactions to the Ukrainian Court’s ruling
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06.12.04 - Strasbourg,
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Peter Schieder, welcomed on Friday 3 December the decision of the Supreme Court of Ukraine to re-run the second round of the Presidential election. ''This decision shows that the rule of law has prevailed in finding a solution to the...(>>>)
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| Council of Europe Secretary General welcomes Ukrainian Court’s ruling
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06.12.04 - Strasbourg,
“I welcome the decision of the Ukrainian Supreme Court, which should pave the way for a solution to the current situation in the country,” Terry Davis, Secretary General of the 46-member Council of Europe, said today as news broke of the ruling adopted by the Supreme Court of...(>>>)
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| Secretary General defends the integration of people with disabilities
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03.12.04 - Strasbourg,
“We should treat other people as human beings, not as people with disabilities,” Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, stressed today in a speech to mark the International Day of Disabled Persons (Friday 3 December). He urged people across Europe to break down...(>>>)
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| The draft Budget for 2005 is before the Committee of Ministers
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02.12.04 - Strasbourg,
On 1 and 2 December the Ministers’ Deputies will examine, with a view to its adoption, the Organisation’s Budget and programme of activities for 2005. Other subjects of discussion are the state of preparation of the draft convention on action against trafficking in human beings,...(>>>)
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| Migration and co-development: the role of local authorities
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01.12.04 - Lisbon,
Examining the role of local authorities in the migration process is the main objective of a workshop organised by the Council of Europe (Directorate General of Social Cohesion and North-South Centre), in Lisbon on 3 and 4 December 2004. (>>>)
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