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PACE Standing Committee to meet in Paris

09/03/2010 Standing Committee

Strasbourg, 09.03.2010 – Debates on the protection of minorities in Europe, children who witness domestic violence, rethinking creative rights for the Internet age and the wage gap between women and men will feature on the agenda of the Standing Committee (*) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) at its meeting in Paris on Friday 12 March 2010.

 
The meeting will be opened by Mevlüt Çavusoglu, recently elected President of the PACE.
 
The committee will also examine reports on rules and procedures for the future elections of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the term of office of co-rapporteurs of the PACE's Monitoring Committee. It is also to adopt two opinions: one on the draft amending protocol to the Convention on mutual administrative assistance in tax matters, and the other on the draft Council of Europe Convention on counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health.
 
Draft agenda (PDF)
 
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The meeting is open to the press and will be held on Friday 12 March 2010 from 9 am to 1:30 pm at the Assemblée nationale (Salle Lamartine), 101 rue de l’Université, Paris 7ème (Metro station: Invalides/Assemblée nationale).
 
(*) The Standing Committee, which acts on behalf of the Parliamentary Assembly between plenary sessions, brings together some 62 parliamentarians from the Council of Europe's 47 member states.
 
Contact:
Micaela Catalano, Head of the PACE Communication Division, mobile +33 6 08 56 40 65

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Draft agenda