19/02/2004 | President
Parliamentary Assembly President Peter Schieder meets the President of the Liechtenstein parliament Klaus Wanger on 26 February in Vienna. In January the Assembly confirmed the decision not to monitor the Principality following recent constitutional changes, but instead to begin a dialogue on the question. At its next meeting, the Assembly’s Bureau is due to consider what form this dialogue could take.
13/02/2004 | President
A nine-member Parliamentary Assembly delegation, headed by President Peter Schieder, met members of the UN High-Level Panel on Global Threats, Challenges and Change in Paris on 16 February. The Assembly delegation was the first group to be met by the 16-member Panel, named by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in November 2003 to consider how best to ensure ”effective collective action”, including reform of UN organs and other international mechanisms, given the emergence of deep divergences of opinion on the nature and scope of the challenges the world faces. The Assembly delegation included Tana de Zulueta (Italy, SOC), currently preparing a report on “the strengthening of the United Nations” for possible debate in April, as well as other Assembly members who have prepared reports related to the Panel’s mandate. Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer also took part.