Supplementary to Opinion No. 70 (1975) on the programme-budget for the operational expenditure of the Assembly in 1976

Opinion 73 (1975)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

Assembly debate on 9 October 1975 (18th Sitting) (see Doc. 3675see Doc. 3675, report of the Committee on the Budget and the Intergovernmental Work Programme). Text adopted by the Assembly on 9 October 1975 (18th Sitting).

Thesaurus

The Assembly,

1. Recalling its Opinion No. 70 (1975) on the programme-budget for its operational expenditure in 1976 ;

2. Recalling its Resolution 572 (1974), calling for a Symposium on the Future of Democratic Institutions in Europe ;

3. Considering the special political value, in the circumstances of today, of holding such a symposium in the first half of 1976,

4. Amends as follows Opinion No. 70 (1975) on the budgetary data in real terms relating to the operational expenditure of the Assembly (Vote III of the Council of Europe budget) :

Sub-head 92 - Organisation of ad hoc conferences

Estimate for 1976 : 235 000 F [(1) In place of the original estimate of 115 000 F in Opinion No. 70.]

Appropriation in 1975 : 115 000 F

This estimate is to cover the travelling and subsistence expenses of those taking part in the conferences, colloquies, symposia and seminars organised by the Assembly in 1976, as well as the entertainment and other expenses incidental to those meetings.

Comments

The original estimate of 115 000 F in Opinion No. 70 (1975) will cover the cost of the 6th Seminar on International Voluntary Service and the Symposium on the Future of the Performing Arts.

The holding in 1976 of the Symposium on the Future of Democratic Institutions in Europe will require an additional 120 000 F in real terms, to cover the cost of organising the symposium (including interpretation), the payment of the fees and expenses of about fifteen Rapporteurs, and the travel and subsistence expenses of a number of participants (inter alia, representatives of youth movements or organisations).

The Assembly therefore requests that the estimate under Sub-head 92 should be increased by 120 000 F, to 235 000 F, independently of any technical adjustments made necessary by monetary depreciation.