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Reply to Recommendation | Doc. 12611 | 10 May 2011
Military waste and the environment
1. The Committee of Ministers has examined
Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation
1946 (2010) on “Military waste and the environment”. It has brought
the recommendation to the attention of member states’ governments
and has also communicated it to the Committee of Senior Officials
of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for
Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT).
2. The Committee of Ministers acknowledges that military waste
management is an important issue and a major responsibility for
governments, given that many substances present in military waste
are still active and can cause problems for the environment and
for human health. It also shares the view that adequate measures need
to be implemented, at the national level and possibly at the European
level, to deal with military waste, and encourages the relevant
authorities of member states, where appropriate, to give due consideration
to the recommendation and the related resolution to this end.
3. The Assembly is aware that at present, the Council of Europe
is focusing on further streamlining its activities, with a view
to concentrating its limited resources on its core objectives. The
Committee of Ministers has noted that the Committee of Senior Officials
of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for
Spatial/Regional Planning (CEMAT) has proposed to give attention
to this question in the framework of its future work programme.
This proposal would need to be reviewed in the light of the decisions
of the Committee of Ministers on the programme and budget for 2012-2013.