10 October 2024 National Assembly Secretary General Srdjan Smiljanic in meeting with Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

10 October 2024 National Assembly Secretary General Srdjan Smiljanic in meeting with Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Thursday, 10 October 2024

National Assembly Secretary General Meets with PACE Secretary General

National Assembly Secretary General Srdjan Smiljanic met today with Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.


The officials discussed past and future cooperation between the National Assembly and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, support for the work of our standing delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the improvement of the work of the National Assembly Support Service in the field of protection of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. It was agreed that in the coming period, the National Assembly Support Service should pay a study visit to the PACE HQ in Strasbourg, during which the representatives of the National Assembly committees and other bodies would learn about the Council of Europe’s work on improving the rule of law and protecting human rights.

Srdjan Smiljanic spoke about the plans for further modernisation and technical innovations in the work of the National Assembly, which will begin to be implemented after the end of the regular session at the end of December. As before, the Service will continue to provide all the necessary support to our standing delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, to make sure it continues to successfully contribute to the work of this European organisation, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis said she was sure the PACE expert staff will continue to be objective, principled and balanced in their approach to all parliamentary delegations in the Council of Europe and that in this respect we can expect full support.


Previous month Next month
M T W T F S S
29 30 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31 1 2
thursday, 9 october
  • 9.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Family (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)

  • 9.30 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 10.00 - continuation of the First Sitting of the Second Regular Session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)

  • 11.00 - sitting of the Committee on Labour, Social Issues, Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 11.00 - the Head of the PFG with Cuba meets with the Charge d’Affaires and former Cuban Ambassador to Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 14.00 - eight National Assembly committees meet with a delegation of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

Full event calendar