28 June 1993

Doc. 6882

MOTION FOR AN ORDER

on the honouring of commitments entered into

by new member states

presented by Mrs HALONEN and others

1.       Recent Assembly opinions on applications for membership of the Council of Europe refer to specific commitments entered into by the authorities of the candidate states on issues related to the basic principles of the organisation.

2.       The Assembly considers that the honouring of these commitments is a condition for full participation of parliamentary delegations of new member states in its work.

3.       The Assembly therefore instructs its Political Affairs Committee and Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights to monitor closely the honouring of commitments entered into by the authorities of new member states and to report to the Bureau at regular six monthly intervals until all undertakings have been honoured.

      Signed:       HALONEN

      SCHIEDER, Chairman of the Socialist Group

      DIMMER, Chairman of the Group of the European People's Party

      BERG, Chairman of the European Democratic Group

      PANOV, for the Liberal, Democratic and Reformers Group

      LAAKSO, Chairman of the Group of the Unified European Left