TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN

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| 21:29:34 | 17-05-2005 | Politics | COE SUMMIT |

Why do some people say that the Council of Europe has lost its
efficiency? Presently we are working with a big social group”, Polish
President Alexander Kwasniewski, chairman of the CoE Third Summit,
stated at the final press conference.

In his words, the Warsaw Declaration will concretize the division of
activities between the Council of Europe, OSCE and the European Union.

“Why the CoE pay such great attention to Russia? Aren’t there more
urgent issues?’ one of the journalists asked. In response Secretary
General listed the countries at CoE’s focus, pointing out to the
South Caucasus. He also informed that are currently focused the
parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan to be held in 6 months.

Three declaration – on Combating Terror, Combating Terror Financing
and Combating Trafficking were submitted to the summit. To note,
10 out of 46 countries signed these declarations.

The summit press center did not report whether Armenia has signed
the declarations or not. The list of the countries that have signed
the declaration has not been issued either.