29 January 2020 The Serbian delegation at the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

29 January 2020 The Serbian delegation at the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

PACE Elects New Officials from Serbian Delegation

On 28 January, in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe appointed Elvira Kovacs Chairperson of the Sub-committee on Gender Equality, while today it appointed Biljana Pantic Pilja Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights.


Elvira Kovacs defended the informative memorandum of her Report Preserving Europe’s linguistic, ethnic, cultural and national diversity before the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination. In debate with Dunja Mijatovic, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, it was concluded that language policies should promote diversity, protect minority rights and reduce tensions.

The Serbian delegation continues to take active part in the PACE winter session which is today set to tackle topics of great importance for the future of the Council of Europe viz. to rule on the complementary joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers and PACE in response to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory obligations, as well as conclude the debate on the ratification of the credentials of the Russian Federation.


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monday, 15 september
  • 11.00 - the students of the Ninth Belgrade Grammar School visit the National Assembly House (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

  • 11.00 - the Chairman of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality meets with the Minister of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 16.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Elina Valtonen (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, hall on the 1st floor)

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