Requests for consultaive status from international non-governmental organisations

Report | Doc. 583 | 26 October 1956

Rapporteur :

Mr James I.A. DICKSON, Sweden

Origin

See Opinion No. (i and Order 55. 1956 - 8th Session - Second part

Thesaurus

A Draft Recommendation presented by the Committee responsible for examining requests of international non-governmental organisations for consultative status [(1) Adopted unanimously by the committee.MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE : MM. Dehousse (Chairman) ; de Menthon (Alternate : Struye), Federspiel, Rolin, Heyman, Pernot, Smill Ingebretson, Van Cauwelaert, Wistrand, Lucifero, Chaban-Delmas, Dickson, Punder.N . B . T n E NAMES OF THOSE WHO VOTED ABE PRINTED IN ITALICS.]

The Assembly,

Having regard to its Opinion No. 6 (1953) on the principles which should govern relations between the Council of Europe and international non-governmental organisations ;

Having regard to the provisions laid down by agreement between the Committee of Ministers and the Assembly concerning the granting of consultative status to such organisations ;

Having considered the applications submitted by the organisations concerned,

1. Recommends that the Committee of Ministers grant consultative status to the following organisations in the categories indicated :

a Category A : European League for Economic Cooperation;

b Category B : International Union of Socialist Youth;

c Category C : International Confederation of Professional and Intellectual Workers.

B Explanatory Note by M. DICKSON,

1

It was stipulated in Order 55, adopted by the Assembly on 28th May 1954, following a Report by the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges (Doc. 255) concerning the procedure for examination of applications for consultative status with the Council of Europe, that, in the case of international non-governmental organisations, such requests should be examined by a committee composed of Chairmen of Committees, under the chairmanship of the President of the Assembly.

This Committee met on 25th October 1956 and considered applications for consultative status received from the under-mentioned international non-governmental organisations, which had submitted files of particulars to the Secretariat :

1 International Commission against Concentration Camps' Practices.

2 International Confederation of Professional and Intellectual Workers.

3 Universala Esperanto Asocio.

4 European League for Mental Health.

5 International Union of Socialist Youth.

6 European League for Economic Cooperation.

7 World Veterans Federation (W.V.F.)

After considering the views of each of the Committees concerned with these applications, the Committee of Chairmen proposed that the Assembly should address to the Committee of Ministers the Recommendation set out above.