Amendment of Article 14 of the Statute of the Council of Europe

Recommendation 1026 (1986)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

Assembly debate on 29 January 1986 (25th Sitting) (see Doc. 5497, report of the Political Affairs Committee). Text adopted by the Assembly on 29 January 1986 (25th Sitting).

Thesaurus

The Assembly,

1. Wishing to harmonise the rules governing participation of member states in the Committee of Ministers and the Assembly ;

2. Convinced that the participation of member states in the two organs of the Council of Europe must not be regarded as merely optional,

3. Recommends that the Committee of Ministers, in accordance with Article 41 of the Statute of the Council of Europe, amend the Statute as follows : Add to Article 14 of the Statute a second paragraph as follows : "However, during the period in which a Member is not represented in the Assembly he shall not be entitled to vote in the Committee of Ministers and may not chair the Committee."