Activities of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (9 October 2010 – 22 January 2011)
Progress report
| Doc. 12477 Part I
| 22 January 2011
- Author(s):
- Bureau of the Assembly
- Rapporteur :
- Ms Anne BRASSEUR,
Luxembourg, ALDE
- Origin
- [Instantiation] 2011 - First part-session
1 Introduction
1. The Bureau met on 8 October in Strasbourg, on 11
November in Antalya (Turkey) and on 13 December 2010 in Paris. On
8 October, the Bureau appointed me rapporteur for this report. Meanwhile,
the Standing Committee met on 12 November 2010 in Antalya.
2. Keeping in mind that the consideration of these reports holds
an important place in the agenda of the part-session, and in line
with the progress report presented by my predecessor, Mr David Wilshire,
in October 2010, I have chosen to keep to the format he proposed.
3. I would suggest that from now on, the progress report should
cover the period outside of Assembly sessions, leaving aside the
decisions which have already been ratified by the Assembly. Thus,
the first part of this report presents the Bureau’s activities since
the part-session of October 2010 and up until the part session of
January 2011
Note ; the activities of the Standing Committee
of 12 November 2010 are presented in the second part of the report;
the decisions of the Bureau requiring ratification by the Assembly
are presented in the third part of the report and the final part
of the report presents the decisions ratified by the Standing Committee.
I hope that this will enable Assembly members to keep abreast of
our activities outside of sessions and to hold a mini current affairs
debate on the first day of each part session.
4. The Bureau will hold its next meetings on Monday 24 January
2011 at 8h00 (Strasbourg), Friday 28 January 2011 at 8h30 (Strasbourg)
and on 10 March 2011 at 9.30 (Paris). The next meeting of the Standing Committee
will be held in Paris (Assemblée nationale) on 11 March 2011.
2 Activities
of the Bureau since the last part-session
2.1 Assembly reform
5. On 8 October, the Bureau approved the composition
of a Bureau ad hoc Committee on Assembly reform as it appears in
Appendix 1, appointed Mr Mignon as Chairperson and agreed to return
to this issue in the course of its January 2011 part-session on
the basis of a report from the ad hoc Committee.
6. The ad hoc Committee of the Bureau on Assembly reform, set
up in order to consider the proposals of the political groups and
to prepare a report on this subject, held its first meeting on 12
November 2010 in Antalya, where it held an exchange of views on
the written proposals submitted by the EDG and UEL groups, and the
personal written proposals by the Chairperson, as well as the oral
proposals presented on behalf of the EPP/CD, SOC and ALDE groups.
7. At its meeting on 14 January 2011, the ad hoc committee of
the Bureau approved the preliminary draft report on the reform of
the Assembly, for transmission to the Bureau of the Assembly with
a schedule for consultations of committees, national delegations
and political groups of the Assembly and asked the Bureau to propose
to the Assembly that the ad hoc committee of the Bureau become an
ad hoc committee of the Assembly. This item will be on the agenda
of the Bureau of 28 January 2011.
2.2 The situation of
Roma in Europe
8. In the context of the implementation of paragraph
23 in Assembly Resolution 1740 (2010) on “The situation of Roma
in Europe and relevant activities of the Council of Europe” on 11
November 2010, the Bureauagreed
to proceed to an exchange of letters between the President of the
Assembly and the Chairman of the European Roma and Travellers Forum
(ERTF) formalising co-operation with the Forum. On 13 December,
the Bureau approved a draft letter addressed to the Chairperson
of the European Roma and Travellers Forum containing proposals for
co-operation with the Forum. These proposals have been accepted by
the Chairman of the Forum in his reply of 14 January last.
2.3 Co-operation with
the European Parliament
9. Further to the meeting between the Assembly Presidential
Committee and the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament
in Brussels, the Bureau held an exchange of views on the possible
terms of reference and composition of a joint, informal, Parliamentary
Assembly /European Parliament body with a view to coordinating information
sharing concerning the European Union accession to the European
Convention on Human Rights and to tackle the important questions
arising from this.
10. On 8 October, the Bureau decided on the principle of establishing
this joint body and agreed on the composition and mandate of the
Parliamentary Assembly side, attaching particular importance to
the arrangements for the participation of European Parliament representatives
in the election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights.
11. The Bureau returned to this subject at its meeting in Antalya
on 11 November and invited the President to address a letter to
the President of the European Parliament on ways of advancing the
work of the informal body, which he did on 16 November 2010. On
13 December 2010, the Bureau took note of information provided by
the President of the Assembly. On 13 January 2011, the European
Parliament Conference of Presidents agreed on the setting up of
the informal body. It will be composed of the Chair or Vice-Chair
of the Constitutional Affairs Committee, the Chair or Vice-Chair
of the Civil Liberties Committee, the Rapporteur of the “EU accession
to the ECHR” report and of one representative each for the seven
European Parliament Political Groups.
2.4 Co-operation with
the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS
12. On 13 December 2010, the Bureau took note of a Secretariat
memorandum
Note and asked the Secretariat to consider,
in conjunction with the Secretariat of the Interparliamentary Assembly
of the CIS, modalities for future co-operation between the two institutions.
2.5 Co-operation with
the Palestinian National Council
13. On 13 December 2010, the Bureau took note of a memorandum
prepared by the Secretariat
Note on the request for Partner for Democracy
Status by the Palestinian National Council and decided to refer
this request to the Political Affairs Committee for report as well
as to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and to the
Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men for opinion.
2.6 Ad hoc committees
of the Bureau for the observation of elections and referenda
14. On 8 October, the Bureau approved the following additions
to the Guidelines for the observation of elections by the Parliamentary
Assembly:
- “While rapporteurs
for the monitoring of, or post-monitoring dialogue with, a given
country should be encouraged to join an ad hoc committee to observe
an election in that country, they should not be appointed chairpersons
thereof. This is to ensure a distinction between election observation
as such and monitoring and post-monitoring dialogue in the context
of which the findings of an ad hoc committee are followed up.”;
- “The Chairmanship of the ad hoc committees shall rotate
between political groups to ensure, generally, an overall political
balance over a 12-month period”.
15. The Bureau also agreed to draw the attention of election observation
ad hoc committees to proposals regarding the participation of people
with disabilities in the electoral process presented by the Social,
Health and Family Affairs Committee.
16. Finally the Bureau also took note of the difficulties of members
of certain delegations to attend election observation missions to
which they had been appointed and asked the President to raise the
matter with the national parliaments which no longer wish to cover
the travel expenses of their members.
2.6.1 Early parliamentary
elections in Moldova (28 November 2010)
17. On 8 October, the Bureau approved the composition
of the ad hoc committee to observe these elections and appointed
Mr Saar (Estonia, SOC) as Chairperson. On 13 December 2010, the
Bureau took note of oral accounts and of a press release concerning
the election observation mission by the ad hoc committee as the final
report had not yet been published.
2.6.2 General elections
in Bosnia and Herzegovina (3 October 2010)
18. On 11 November, the Bureau approved the report of
the ad hoc committee.
2.6.3 Parliamentary elections
in Azerbaijan (7 November 2010)
19. On 11 November, the Bureau appointed Mr Iwinski (Poland,
SOC) to replace Mr Wille (Belgium, ALDE), Chairman of the ad hoc
committee which observed the elections, who had since left the Assembly,
to present the report to the Assembly.
2.7 Other ad hoc committees
of the Bureau
20. On 11 November, the Bureau heard statements on the
results of the Forum by Mr Harutyunyan, Chairperson of the Ad hoc
Committee on the Forum and General Rapporteur for this year’s Forum,
and by Mr Von Sydow, Chairperson of the Political Affairs Committee;
and agreed to return to this matter once the Forum’s Draft Conclusions
had been finalised as part of a post-Forum consultation process.
21. The Bureau, on 8 October, on the proposal of the Committee
on Migration, Refugees and Population, nominated Mr Chope (United
Kingdom, EDG) to replace Mr Greenway as member of the ad hoc Committee
to participate in the Forum for Democracy to be held in Yerevan,
Armenia, from 19 to 21 October 2010.
2.8 Follow-up to texts
adopted during the fourth ordinary part session of the Assembly
in 2010 (Strasbourg, 4-8 October 2010) and of the Standing Committee
(Antalya, 12 November 2010)
22. On 8 October 2010, the Bureau:
- invited the political groups
to promote the setting up of ethics committees with a right to sanction
racist, antisemitic, xenophobic or islamophobic behaviour or speech
and suggested that the President could address a letter to speakers
and propose follow-up to the Assembly’s texts [Resolution 1754 (2010) Fight against extremism:
achievements, deficiencies and failures] ;
- proposed to follow up Recommendation
1934 (2010) Child abuse in institutions: ensure full protection
of the victims by playing a leading role through the
Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee, in the setting up of
a parliamentary dimension to the campaign to promote the ratification
of the Lanzarote Convention (Council of Europe Convention on the
Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (CETS No.
201) ;
- took note that it would be necessary to amend the Rules
of enlarged debate on OECD matters to formally introduce a reference
to Chile having 7 seats [Resolution 1758
(2010) The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD)] ;
- wished to explore the modalities of co-operation with
the Development Bank in the future and felt that a memorandum of
understanding could be prepared. [Recommendation
1937 (2010) The strategy, governance and functioning of the Council
of Europe Development Bank] ;
- in order to monitor the situation of Roma in Europe and
in the light also of the outcome of the high-level meeting held
on this topic in Strasbourg on 20 October 2010, referred the matter
to the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population for report and tothe Political Affairs Committee for opinion [Resolution
1760 (2010) Recent rise in national security discourse in Europe:
the case of Roma] ;
- entrusted the Secretariat to explore modalities of co-operation
with the ERTF [Resolution 1740 (2010) The situation of Roma in Europe
and relevant activities of the Council of Europe].
23. On 13 December, the Bureau:
- invited
the Political Affairs Committee to take responsibility for implementing
paragraph 7 of Resolution 1772 (2010)on"Re-engaging in parliamentary dialogue
with the United States", in which the Assembly stated that it was
eager to renew efforts to revive, in a pragmatic way, parliamentary
dialogue with the United States Congress, to establish an exchange
of information and, where possible, working relations with counterparts
in Congress. [Resolution 1772 (2010)on"Re-engaging
in parliamentary dialogue with the United States"];
- took note of the letter sent by the Secretary General
to the presidents of member states’ parliaments asking them to take
account of the following resolution when appointing delegations
to the Parliamentary Assembly in the framework of the dialogue with
national parliaments on this question and to continue its consideration
of measures that could be implemented by national parliaments to
increase women's representation in the Assembly [Resolution 1781 (2010) on " A minimum of 30%
of representatives of the under-represented sex in Assembly national
delegations].
2.9 Issues raised by
committees
2.9.1 Committee on Rules
of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs
24. The Bureau took note of an opinion of theCommittee on Rules of Procedure,
Immunities and Institutional Affairs, on the right of Assembly members
to attend Assembly meetings in a Council of Europe member state, in
particular as regards the scope and interpretation of the relevant
provisions of the General Agreement on Privileges and Immunities
of the Council of Europe and the Protocol thereto; asked the Committee
to make proposals for concrete action based on this opinion and
agreed to return to this issue at a future meeting in the light
of such proposals; and invited the Secretary General of the Assembly
to remind delegations hosting Assembly meetings of their obligations
under the aforementioned General Agreement and Protocol.
25. The Bureau also agreed, on the basis of a letter from the
Committee Chairperson and an accompanying Committee memorandum,
not to change the Rules of Procedure as regards the duration of
the term of office of the President of the Assembly and Committee
Chairpersons.
2.9.2 Committee on Legal
Affairs and Human Rights
26. The Bureau approved the following theme suggested
by the Committee for the Assembly’s debate at its June 2011 part-session
on “State of Human Rights in Europe: National Parliaments – Guarantors
of Human Rights in Europe”.
2.9.3 Committee on Migration,
Refugees and Population
27. The Bureau authorised Mrs Reps (Estonia, ALDE), Committee
rapporteur on “Unaccompanied minors in Europe: issues of arrival,
stay and return”, to carry out a fact-finding visit to Morocco for
the purposes of her report.
28. The Bureau authorised Mr Bugnon (Switzerland, ALDE) to attend
the Global Forum on Migration and Development, to be held from 8
to 11 November in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, at no cost to the Assembly.
2.9.4 Political Affairs
Committee
29. The BureauauthorisedMr Volontè, Committee rapporteur
on “Request from the Parliament of Morocco for Partner for Democracy”
status within the Parliamentary Assembly”, to conduct a fact-finding
visit to Morocco for the purposes of his report.
30. The Bureau was informed by Mr von Sydow, Chairperson of the
Political Affairs Committee, of his intention to ask that Committee
for authorisation to visit Kosovo
Note ahead
of the general elections to be held there on 12 December 2010.
2.9.5 Committee on Social,
Health and Family Affairs
31. The Bureautook
note of the initiative of the Committee to establish a network of
contact parliamentarians to promote ratification and implementation
of the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against
Sexual Exploitation and Violence.
2.9.6 Monitoring Committee
32. The Bureau took note of the agreement on the manner
of pursuing its work on the consequences of the war between Georgia
and Russia.
3 Activities of the
Standing Committee (Antalya, 12 November 2010)
33. The Standing Committee held an exchange of views
with Mr Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey,
Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
34. The Standing Committee held a current affairs debate on “Recent
violent attacks against Christians and other religious communities
in Iraq” introduced by Mr Mignon (France, EPP/CD).
35. Moreover, the Standing Committee ratified the credentials
of new members of the Assembly submitted by Belgium, Greece, Iceland,
Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom and the changes in the composition
of Assembly committees in respect of the delegations of Belgium,
Greece, Iceland, Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom, and in
the composition of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations
and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring
Committee) with regard to the EPP and EDG political groups, as well
as of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional
Affairs with regard to the EPP, ALDE and EDG political groups.
36. The Standing Committee adopted, on behalf of the Assembly,
the texts listed in Appendix 2.
4 Decisions of the
Bureau requiring ratification by the Assembly
4.1 Organisation of
debates on the activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (EBRD)
37. At its meeting on 11 November, the Bureau agreed
to consult the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development on
the question of whether to recommend to the Assembly to hold a debate
on the activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD) only every second year.
38. On 13 December, the Bureau took note of a letter from the
Chairperson ad interim of
the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development, Mr. Ertuğrul
Kumcuoğlu, informing it that the committee felt that the debate
on the activities of the EBRD could take place only every other
year, providing that dialogue with that institution was maintained
on issues of common interest and decided that the Assembly would
hold the debate on the activities of the EBRD as recommended by
the committee, meaning the next one would be held in 2012.
39. The Assembly is invited to take note of this decision modifying
the co-operation agreement with the EBRD and to ask the President
to send a letter to the President of the EBRD modifying the exchange
of letters on which this arrangement is based.
4.2 Motions for Recommendations
and Resolutions
4.2.1 References to committees
40. On 13 December 2010, the Bureau approved the following
references and modifications to references, subject to ratification
by the Assembly :
- Doc. 12404,
Motion for a recommendation presented by Mr Flego and others, Governance of institutions of higher education
in the European Higher Education Area, to the Committee
on Culture, Science and Education for
report
- Doc. 12406, Motion for a recommendation presented by Ms
Keaveney and others, The need to combat “match-fixing”,
to the Committee on Culture, Science and Education for report
- Doc. 12407, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Austin
and others, Confidence-building measures before
the next national elections in Turkey, to the Committee
on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States
of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) to be taken into account in the preparation
of the report on the “Post-monitoring dialogue with Turkey”
- Doc. 12411, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Greenway
and others, Trafficking of migrant workers
for forced labour: time for a closer look, to the Committee
on Migration, Refugees and Population for
report and to the Committee on Equal Opportunities for
Women and Men for opinion
- Doc. 12414, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Cilevičs
and others, Access to nationality,
to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights for report and to the Committee
on Migration, Refugees and Population for
opinion
4.2.2 Transmission to
committees for information
41. On 13 December, the Bureau approved the transmission
for information of the following motions, subject to ratification
by the Assembly :
- Doc. 12405,
Motion for a recommendation presented by Mr Corlăţean and others, Therespect
of the right to freedom of expression through the media in Romania, to
the Committee on Culture, Science and Education for information
- Doc. 12408, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Toshev
and others The reform of the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe: a forum for dialogue between the people
of Europe, to the ad hoc committee of the Bureau on the
reform of the Assembly to be taken into
account in its work in progress
- Doc. 12409, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Lindblad
and others, Beyond Stockholm: implications
for migrants and asylum seekers in Council of Europe member states,
to the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population for information
- Doc. 12410, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Greenway
and others, The challenges of protecting refugees
in the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Convention, to
the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population for information
4.2.3 No further action
42. On 13 December, le Bureau approved the decision to
take no further action on the motions below, subject to ratification
by the Assembly :
- Doc. 12401,
Motion for a resolution presented by Mr O’Hara and others, Byzantine icons in the Museum of Mediaeval
Art in Albania
- Doc. 12403, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr O’Hara
and others, Protection of the urban architecture
of Korcha, Albania
- Doc. 12412, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Omtzigt
and others, Good economic relations between
Italy and San Marino
- Doc. 12413, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Xuclà
i Costa and others, A fair trial for
the Venezuelan judge, María Lourdes Afiuni
4.2.4 Extensions of references
43. On 13 December, the Bureau approved the following
extensions:
- Doc. 11741, Motion
for a resolution presented by Mr Ducarme and others, Armed conflicts and the environment,
Ref. 3505 of 26 January 2009 - Validity: 26 January 2011: extension until 30 June 2011
- Doc. 11907, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Marty
and others, Abuse of state secrecy and national
security : obstacles to parliamentary and judicial scrutiny of human
rights violations, Ref. 3571 - Validity: 29 May 2011: extension until 30 June 2011
- Doc. 11172, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Gross
and others, Request for an investigation to clarify the allegedly
suspicious death of former President Boris Trajkovski of "the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Ref. 3329 - Validity: 31 December
2010: extension until 31 March 2011
- Doc. 11605, Motion for a recommendation presented by Mrs
Jonker and others, Unaccompanied minors in
Europe: issues of arrival, stay and return, Ref. 3460
of 23 June 2008 – validity: 31 December 2010:extension
until 30 June 2011
44. The Assembly is invited to ratify the Bureau’s proposals.
5 Decisions ratified
by the Standing Committee
45. On 11 November, the Bureau approved the following
references et modifications to references, which were ratified the
following day by the Standing Committee:
- Doc. 12395, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Marquet
and others, Decent pensions for all,
to the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee for report (Ref. 3723)
- Doc. 12385, Motion for a resolution presented by Mrs Ohlsson
and others, Parliaments united in combating
sexual violence against children: promoting the Lanzarote Convention and
Doc. 12396, Motion for a recommendation presented by Mrs Rupprecht
and others, Child pornography and Internet-related
sexual exploitation of children: combating new forms of sexual violence, to
the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee for one report (Ref. 3724)
- Doc. 12398, Motion for a resolution presented by Mr Badré
and others, The situation of IDPs and returnees in the North Caucasus region: cause for concern,
to the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population for report on “The situation of IDPs and returnees
in the North Caucasus region” (Ref. 3725).
Appendix 1 - Ad hoc committee of the Bureau on the reform
of the Assembly
List of members
Mr Çavuşoğlu, President of the Assembly – ex officio
Group of the European People’s Party (EPP/CD)
M. Mignon (France) – AS/Pol Rapporteur on reform
Mr Haibach (Germany)
Mr Pourgourides (Cyprus)
Socialist Group (SOC)
Mr Gross (Switzerland)
Ms Hurskainen (Finland)
Mr Von Sydow (Sweden)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)
Mr Holovaty (Ukraine)
M. Marquet (Monaco)
European Democrat Group (EDG)
Ms Novikova (Ukraine)
Mr Walter (United Kingdom)
Group of the Unified European Left (UEL)
Mr Laakso (Finland)
Secretariat
Mr Sorinas - Secretary General of the Assembly
Mr Sawicki - Director General
Mr Schade – Director of General Services
Appendix 2 - Texts adopted
by the Standing Committee (Antalya, 12 November 2010)
- Recommendation
1941 (2010) Roma asylum seekers in Europe
- Recommendation 1942 (2010) A balanced approach to the
rescuing of archaeological finds from development projects
- Recommendation 1943 (2010) Strengthening measures to protect
and revive highly endangered languages
- Recommendation 1944 (2010) The European Charter for Regional
or Minority Languages
- Recommendation 1945 (2010) An internationally recognised
status of election observers
- Recommendation 1946 (2010) Military waste and the environment
- Recommendation 1947 (2010) Noise and light pollution
- Recommendation 1948 (2010) Promoting volunteering in Europe
- Recommendation 1949 (2010) Promoting the most favourable
gender equality laws in Europe
- Resolution 1767 (2010) The demographic future of Europe
and migration
- Resolution 1768 (2010) Roma asylum seekers in Europe
- Resolution 1769 (2010) Strengthening measures to protect
and revive highly endangered languages
- Resolution 1770 (2010) The European Charter for Regional
or Minority Languages
- Resolution 1771 (2010) An internationally recognised
status of election observers
- Resolution 1772 (2010) Re-engaging in parliamentary dialogue
with the United States
- Resolution 1773 (2010) Promoting parliamentary diplomacy
- Resolution 1774 (2010) Enhancing Europe’s energy security
through greater use of liquefied natural gas
- Resolution 1775 (2010) Military waste and the environment
- Resolution 1776 (2010) Noise and light pollution
- Resolution 1777 (2010) Promoting a prevention policy
on online gambling addiction
- Resolution 1778 (2010) Promoting volunteering in Europe
- Resolution 1779 (2010) Co-operation between the Council
of Europe and the Maghreb countries in the field of social cohesion
- Resolution 1780 (2010) Promoting the most favourable
gender equality laws in Europe
- Resolution 1781 (2010) A minimum of 30% of representatives
of the under-represented sex in Assembly national delegations
Appendix 3 - Meetings elsewhere
than in Strasbourg and Paris authorised by the Bureau
Sub-Committee
on Violence against Women (of the Committee on Equal
Opportunities for Women and Men): Antalya (Turkey), 11 November
2010;
Sub-Committee on Children (of
the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee):Rome (Italy), 29-30 November 2010;
Sub-Committee on External Relations (of
the Political Affairs Committee): New York (USA), 2-3 December 2010;
Ad hoc Sub-Committee on Climate
Change (of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture
and Local and Regional Affairs): Cancún (Mexico), 4-9 December 2010,
at no cost to the Assembly;
Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau
on Assembly reform: Antalya (Turkey) 12 November 2010,
at the end of the meeting of the Standing Committee.
Committeeon Economic Affairs and Development,
London (United Kingdom, EBRD), 21 January 2011;
Sub-Committee on Sustainable Development (of
the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional
Affairs), Monaco, 22 March 2011.
Appendix 4 - Appointments
of Assembly representatives for official activities
In reply to formal invitations, the Bureau
appointed the following members to represent the Assembly :
- Mr Gross (Switzerland, SOC):
4th Annual Implementation Meeting on the Declaration of Principles
for International Election Observation (The Carter Center), Atlanta
(USA), 13-14 October 2010, at no cost for the Assembly;
- Ms Vėsaitė (Lithuania, SOC): 29th session of the Baltic
Assembly and the 16th Baltic Council, Riga (Latvia), 21-23 October
2010;
- Mr Badré (France, ALDE): 5th Plenary Session of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Mediterranean, Rabat (Morocco), 28-30 October 2010;
- Ms Mósesdóttir (Iceland, UEL): 62nd Plenary Session of
the Nordic Council, Reykjavik (Iceland), 2-4 November 2010, at no
cost for the Assembly;
- Mr Cebeci (Turkey, EPP/CD): 36th Plenary Session of PABSEC,
Trabzon (Turkey), 3-4 November 2010
- Mr Cebeci (Turkey, EPP/CD): 30th Council of Europe Conference
of Ministers of Justice, Istanbul (Turkey) from 24 to 26 November
2010
- Mr Herkel (EPP/CD, Estonia), international conference
on “Prevention of Terrorism: Prevention tools, Legal Instruments
and their implementation; Istanbul” (Turkey) on 16 and 17 December
2010
