AS/MON - Synopsis No 2001/108

FOR THE ATTENTION OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE HONOURING OF OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS BY MEMBER STATES

Secretariat of the Assembly

Synopsis N° 2001/108

27 September 2001

            The Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe, meeting in Strasbourg on Monday 24 September 2001 at 2 pm with Mr Mota Amaral in the Chair:

-           Ukraine (co-rapporteurs: Mrs Severinsen, Denmark, LDR and Mrs Wohlwend, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD): heard a statement by the co-rapporteurs on their recent visit to the country from 9 to 12 September last, considered and approved an updated draft report, adopted unanimously a draft resolution and a draft recommendation and instructed its co-rapporteurs to present them to the Assembly at the 2001 September part-session;

continuing its meeting on Tuesday 25 September 2001 at 8.30 am, with Mr Mota Amaral in the Chair:

-          Honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia (co-rapporteurs: Mr Diana, Italy, EPP/CD and Mr Eörsi, Hungary, LDR): took position on five amendments to its draft resolution and asked the Chairman to present the position of the Committee to the Assembly;

continuing its meeting on Wednesday 26 September 2001 at 2.00 pm, with Mr Mota Amaral in the Chair:

-           Progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure – Progress report 2000-2001 (rapporteur: Mr Mota Amaral, Portugal, EPP/CD): took position on three amendments to its draft resolution and two amendments to its draft recommendation and asked Mr Polozhani, first Vice-Chairman to present the position of the Committee to the Assembly;

-           Post-monitoring dialogue: “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”: took note of the memorandum submitted by the Macedonian delegation, held an exchange of views on the last political developments in the country, and decided to consider a memorandum to be presented by its Chairman at its next meeting;

-           Proposal to set up a sub-committee: postponed consideration of a memorandum on the establishment of a sub-committee on the settlement of conflicts referred to in member states’ commitments;

continuing its meeting on Thursday 27 September 2001 at 8.30 am, with Mr Mota Amaral in the Chair:

-           Ukraine (co-rapporteurs: Mrs Severinsen, Denmark, LDR and Mrs Wohlwend, Liechtenstein, EPP/CD): took position on 16 amendments to its draft resolution and six amendments to its draft recommendation and asked the Chairman to present the position of the Committee to the Assembly;

-          Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe: decided to invite Mr Alvaro Gil-Robles to hold an exchange of views during its next meeting;

-          Armenia:took note of the change of date of the fact-finding visit of the co-rapporteurs (15 to 19 October 2001);

-           Work programme for the 2001 last trimester: took note of it;

-           Meeting in Bucharest: took note of the invitation of the Romanian delegation to meet in Bucharest from 15 to 17 May 2002 (subject to the Bureau’s authorisation);

-           Next meetings:

            . 6 November 2001 in Strasbourg;

            . 11 December 2001 in Paris.

Egbert Ausems, Géza Mezei, Valérie Clamer, Marine Trévisan