Amendment of Article 25 of the Statute of the Council of Europe

Recommendation 1027 (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. Recalling the paramount importance assigned by the Statute of the Council of Europe to the principles of pluralist parliamentary democracy ;

2. Convinced that pluralism is therefore an essential feature of the Assembly's composition,

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 25 of the Statute a paragraph d as follows : "The delegation of each Member must fairly represent the political forces present in its parliament."