29/03/2004 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
At its meeting on 1 April in Paris, the Assembly’s Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Regional Affairs will hold a hearing on industrial hazards, with the participation of Erik van Gils (General Directorate of Welfare at Work, Belgium) and Luc Lavrysen (Centre for Environmental Law, University of Ghent, Belgium). The hearing will contribute to the preparation of a report by Frans Timmermans (Belgium, SOC). The Committee should also adopt two preliminary draft recommendations on management of water resources in Europe (Borislav Velikov, Bulgaria, LDR) and on transboundary water basins in Europe (Latchezar Toshev, Bulgarie, EPP/CD).
26/03/2004 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
At the suggestion of the rapporteur, Dick Marty (Switzerland, LDR), the Assembly Social Affairs Committee, meeting in Paris today, decided to ask the Assembly to refer the euthanasia report back to committee. The request will be made in the debate on euthanasia which is to be held during the Assembly’s spring session (26-30 April).
18/03/2004 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Assembly’s Social Affairs Committee, meeting in Paris on 25 March, is due to take position on amendments submitted to its draft resolution on euthanasia, including those in an opinion of the Legal Affairs Committee. The issue is again provisionally scheduled for debate during the Assembly's spring session (26-30 April).
26/02/2004 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
During its meeting in Paris on 5 March, the Assembly’s Environment Committee will deal with reports on the management of water resources in Europe, genetically modified organisms, and industrial hazards.
06/02/2004 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
The Sub-Committee on International Economic Relations meet in Paris (15-16 February) in order to participate in the 5th Annual Conference of the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank (PNoWB), a unique parliamentary platform (set up in May 2000) for global policy dialogue on key development issues. The parliamentarians from more than 70 countries took part in a number of parallel working sessions devoted to issues such as building alliances of parliamentarians, multilateral organisations and civil society to further development policies and capacity building in aid recipient countries. High representatives of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and national governments took part in the discussions.
27/01/2004 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold, rapporteur for the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee, has invited three Israeli MPs with Observer status in the Assembly to an exchange of views on organ trafficking, at 2 pm on Tuesday 27 January. The member from Switzerland will also present the findings of her recent visit to Turkey in connection with this matter.
01/01/2004 | Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
22-23 January, London - The Committee on Economic Affairs and Development met in London at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on 22 January and at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) the following day to discuss the EBRD’s contribution to economic development in central and eastern Europe. Draft recommendations for the reports on “Counterfeiting: problems and solutions” (Bernard Schreiner, France, EDG) and “Corporate ethics in Europe” (Christian Brunhart, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD) were adopted.