Ahead of the Council of Europe Summit, the Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will hold a special event on “United around values in the face of extraordinary challenges”.

The opening of the event by Speaker of the Alþingi (Parliament of Iceland) Birgir Ármannsson will be followed by the intervention of Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament of Ukraine) Ruslan Stefanchuk. Introductory remarks will be made by Chairperson of the Icelandic delegation to the PACE Bjarni Jónsson, and Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Bjørn Berge.

Two high level panels will take place on “The Council of Europe as a key player of the multilateral architecture”, and on “The Council of Europe as a pioneer of human rights protection: the new generation of rights”.

The exchange of views with members of the Assembly will conclude with a statement by Leader of the Belarus democratic opposition Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and final remarks will be made by Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and PACE President Tiny Kox.

The meeting will open to the media.

More information - Draft agenda - Contact: PACE Communication Division, tel. +33 3 88 41 31 93

Reykjavik (Iceland Parliament Hotel, 2.15-6.30 pm local time) 15 May
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