The meeting of the Standing Committee was chaired by PACE President Tiny Kox and the participants were addressed by Jan Anthonie Bruijn, President of the Senate, and Tom van der Lee, Vice-President of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. At the meeting, the participants ratified the mandates of the new members of the Assembly from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Moldova and the United Kingdom. The Standing Committee held a current affairs debate on the topic "Supporting Ukraine a year after the beginning of the Russian Federation's large-scale war of aggression: the role of the Council of Europe" and held an exchange of views on the upcoming Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe, scheduled for May this year in Reykjavík. The participants of the meeting also adopted the texts of the resolutions: "European solidarity in the context of asylum and international protection", "Cultural Routes: a platform for intercultural dialogue", “Promoting online education and research across national borders: and “Innovative approaches to sexual and reproductive health and rights”.