Davit Harutyunian re-elected PACE Vice-President

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) today re-elected Lluis Maria de Puig as its President. PACE also elected its Vice-Presidents.



Head of the Armenian delegation to PACE Davit Harutyunian was re-elected to the post of Vice-President.



As a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter came to know from the office of the Armenian delegation, the Assembly elects Vice-President for a 2-year term by a number quotas received.



The Parliamentary Assembly's 315 members and their substitutes are elected or appointed by national parliaments from among their own members. Each country has between 2 and 18 representatives, depending on its population. National delegations are constituted to ensure a fair representation of their parliamentary political parties or groups.



The Assembly meets quarterly for a week in plenary session in the Chamber of the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg. Sittings are public. It also holds a spring meeting in one of the member states.



It elects its president from among its members, traditionally for three consecutive one-year terms. The President, Vice-Presidents (19 at present), the Chairs of the five political groups and the Chairs of the ten committees form the Bureau of the Assembly.



It also elects the Council of Europe's Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General, the Secretary General of the Assembly, the judges of the European Court of Human Rights and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.