The Azerbaijani delegation led by Chairman of the Milli Majlis Committee for International Relations and Interparliamentary Ties, head of the Azerbaijani delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Samad Seyidov will participate in PACE`s winter session in Strasbourg on January 23.

The Assembly will elect its President and Vice-Presidents. The session will continue with the urgent debate on the legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine.

The first day of the meeting will feature discussions on “Recent tensions between Pristina and Belgrade”. Combating violence against women will also be a focus of the session, with a first debate on conflict-related sexual violence, and a second joint debate on the Istanbul Convention, on the role and responsibility of men and boys in stopping gender-based violence against women and girls, and on finding solutions for marital captivity.

A report on the fourth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe, to be held in the Icelandic capital on May 16 and 17, will present PACE’s proposals.

The session will hear addresses by the Prime Minister of Iceland Katrin Jakobsdóttir and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric will present her communication to PACE members.

Other topics on the agenda include the environmental impact of armed conflict, and the ethical, cultural and educational challenges of contact tracing applications.

The Assembly will decide its final agenda at the opening of the session.

Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency