AzerTag, Azerbaijan
June 18 2005
AZERBAIJAN’S MP LEFT FOR STRASBURG
[June 18, 2005, 11:03:32]
On June 18, members of the Azerbaijan parliament led by head of the
permanent parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe Samad Seyidov have left for Strasburg to participate
in the PACE summer session. An assessment of Russia’s honouring of
its Council of Europe obligations and commitments and a report on
the media and terrorism which calls on journalists to refrain from
disseminating shocking terrorist images are among highlights of the
summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(PACE), which takes place in Strasbourg from 20 to 24 June 2005.
Among the questions in agenda are highlights include a debate on the
current situation in Kosovo, a joint debate on the functioning of
democratic institutions in Azerbaijan , as well as a possible urgent
debate on the constitutional reform process in Armenia . A second
urgent debate has been proposed on follow-up to the Third Summit
of the Council of Europe, with a statement by the Organisation’s
Secretary General Terry Davis.
Following the recent proposal to create an “Asian Parliamentary
Assembly” on the model of PACE, Pakistan National Assembly Speaker
Chaudhry Amir Hussain and Philippines Congress Speaker Jose de Venecia
– representing the 40-member Association of Asian Parliaments for
Peace – will take the floor to elaborate on the initiative.
Other invited guest speakers include the Prime Minister of Bosnia
and Herzegovina Adnan Terzic, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop
Scheffer and EBRD President Jean Lemierre, who will take part in a
debate on the Bank’s contribution to economic development in central
and eastern Europe.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress