Transmission to the national Parliaments of the decisions taken by the Committee of Ministers

Recommendation 168 (1958)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

(a) This question was the subject of Resolution 104, adopted on 25th October 1958 (see also Docs. 640 and Doc. 715, and Resolution 135).(b) 10th October 1958, tabling of the Second Annual Report of the Working Party on relations ¦with national Parliaments Doc. 877.(c) 15th October 1958, debate in the Assembly (see 18th Sitting of the 10th Session). The Recommendation was adopted unanimously.

Thesaurus

The Assembly,

Considering paragraph 9 of the Special Message of the Committee of Ministers transmitting to the Consultative Assembly the Programme of Work of the Council of Europe (Doc. 238), in which it expresses the belief that the impact of Assembly debates on public opinion would be increased if national Parliaments could be persuaded to devote more time to discussing Council of Europe questions ;

Emphasising that the Committee of Ministers, through its Chairman-in-office and in its Supplementary Report of 3rd October 1958, (Doc. 863), has repeatedly referred to the assistance members of the Assembly could give to the work of the Council of Europe by action taken by them in their national Parliaments ;

Wishing to obtain this assistance from national Parliaments in order to achieve the aims of the Council of Europe ;

Believing in the advantage to be derived from using this means to make known to a wider public the work of the Consultative Assembly and the achievements of the Committee of Ministers ;

Recalling its Resolutions 104 and 135 on setting up and strengthening the Working Party on relations with national Parliaments, which transmits to national Parliaments after each part-Session selected texts adopted by this Assembly,

Recommends that the Committee of Ministers request Member Governments to keep their national Parliaments regularly informed, so far as possible, of the decisions taken by the Committee of Ministers.