Agenda of the Assembly

Recommendation 3 (1949)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

(Doc. 87, Section B, § 1, 3rd sub-para.)

The Assembly recommends to the Committee of Ministers the following proposed amendment to the Statute of the Council of Europe :

Proposed Amendment to Article 23 [(1) [Article 23 : (a) The Consultative Assembly shall discuss, and may make recommendations upon, any matter within the aim and scope of the Council of Europe as defined in Chapter I, which (i) is referred to it by the Committee of Ministers with a request for its opinion, or (ii) has been approved by the Committee for inclusion in the Agenda of the Assembly on the proposal of the latter.] [(1) (b) In taking decisions under (a), the Committee shall have regard to the work of other European intergovernmental organisations to which some or all of the Members of the Council are parties.] [(1) (c) The President of the Assembly shall decide, in case of doubt, whether any question raised in the course of the Session is within the Agenda of the Assembly approved under (a) above.]: Substitute a new Article to read as follows :

"The Consultative Assembly may discuss and make recommendations upon any matter within the aim and scope of the Council of Europe as defined in Chapter; I and it shall discuss and may make recommendations upon any matter referred to it by the Committee of Ministers with a request for its opinion."