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Ukraine to Dominate 3rd Day of PACE Spring Session

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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will hold a current affairs debate on the implications of Ukraine's political and security situation on Wednesday, the third day of its spring session in Strasbourg.

General view of the plenary room of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, eastern France - Sputnik International
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STRASBOURG (Sputnik) On Monday, the President of the Assembly, Anne Brasseur said that Ukraine remains one of the key challenges for PACE. She underlined that the Council of Europe should play a leading role "in building an environment for sustainable peace in Ukraine."

On the sidelines, the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and the Migration Committee will hold a joint hearing on Ukraine's prospects for peace.

The meeting is expected to involve the head of UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, Armen Harutyunyan, President of Donetsk Public Organization Alliance Svitlana Zakrevska and the head of the Board of Center for Civil Liberties of Ukraine, Oleksandra Matvichuk.

After lunch, the lawmakers of greater Europe will debate discrimination against transgender people in Europe. The report will be presented by Maltese lawmaker Deborah Schembri. Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Liberties of Malta Helena Dalli will make a statement on the report.

Another debate scheduled for the afternoon sitting of the Assembly is entitled "Social services in Europe: legislation and practice of the removal of children from their families in Council of Europe member States." The rapporteurs are Russia's parliamentarian Olga Borzova and Ukraine's Olena Sotnyk.

This year's PACE spring session began on April 20 and will last until April 24. The participants have already discussed mass surveillance and are expected to talk about protection of human rights, sanctions against Russia, and the humanitarian crimes by the Islamic State extremist group, among the other topics.

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