The Spring plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which had been scheduled for 20-24 April 2020, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.
PACE President Rik Daems consulted the Bureau of the Assembly before taking the decision, which is aimed at protecting the safety and well-being of Assembly members, guests and staff.
The cancellation takes account of travel restrictions and quarantine measures put in place by a number of Council of Europe member States, and is in line with decisions taken by the Council of Europe’s host country, France, as well as a risk assessment based on information from the World Health Organization.
The Assembly had earlier decided to postpone all meetings of its committees until the end of March.
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Exceptional measures may be proposed to the Assembly at a later stage in order to adapt its work plan for 2020.
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