Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

PACE Spring Session Opens In Strasbourg

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • PACE Spring Session Opens In Strasbourg

    PACE SPRING SESSION OPENS IN STRASBOURG

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    14.04.2008 13:10 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 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 Kubis 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 organizations
    working in China. The Chinese authorities have also been invited.

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

    Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing
    Committee, including the observation of elections in Serbia, Monaco,
    Armenia, Russia and Montenegro will be heard on April 14, PACE news
    service reports.
Working...
X