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  • Ivan Gasparovic, Angela Merkel And Yulia Tymoshenko To Address PACE

    IVAN GASPAROVIC, ANGELA MERKEL AND YULIA TYMOSHENKO TO ADDRESS PACE SPRING SESSION

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    02 April, 2008

    Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
    Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and French Foreign Minister
    Bernard Kouchner are among the leading personalities to address the
    Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) during its
    spring session in Strasbourg (14-18 April 2008).

    An urgent debate has been requested on the functioning of democratic
    institutions in Armenia, and a current affairs debate on the situation
    in the Middle East.

    Topics to be debated include access to safe and legal abortion in
    Europe, Muslim communities confronted with extremism, child and
    teenage suicide in Europe, and the teaching of European literature,
    with an intervention by French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf.

    Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubi~Z will present the traditional
    communication from the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe's
    executive body, and answer parliamentarians' questions. The Council
    of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, will also
    present his annual activity report.

    On the fringe of the session, the Political Affairs Committee will
    hold a public hearing on "The situation in China on the eve of the
    Olympic Games" (Thursday 17 April at 8.30 am), to be attended by
    a representative of the Dalai Lama and human rights organisations
    working in China. The Chinese authorities have also been invited.

    The Assembly will finalise its agenda only at the opening of the
    session.
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