The examination of credentials of representatives, substitutes and special guests

Doc. 7465

22 January 1996

REPORT

presented by the President of the Assembly

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I.        In accordance with Rule 6, paragraphs 1 and 4, of the Rules of Procedure, the President of the Assembly has received the credentials of representatives and substitutes for the 1996 Ordinary Session of the Assembly, which have been transmitted in due form by the competent authorities of member states.

II.       The Assembly is called upon to express its decision on the validation of the credentials of the representatives and substitutes whose names are given below.

III.      14 seats of representatives remain vacant, including two for Cyprus and twelve for Turkey.

IV.      14 seats of substitutes are also vacant, including two for Cyprus and twelve for Turkey.

V.       In the case of objection or justified contestation, the contested credentials shall be referred without debate to the Committee on Rules of Procedure which shall report back to the Assembly, in accordance with Rule 6, paragraph 5, of the Rules of Procedure.

Albania/ Albanie	Representatives M. Pjeter Arbnori M. Namik Dokle M. Ruzhdi Pulaha M. Ali Spahia	Substitutes Mrs Rushen Golemi Mr Kosta Makariadhi Mr Ethem Ruka Mr Eduart Selami
Andorra/ Andorre	Mr Francesc Cerqueda Pascuet Mr Jordi Torres Alis	Mr Jaume Bartumeu Cassany Mr Antoni Cerqueda Gispert
Austria/ Autriche	Mr Willi Fuhrmann Mr Alfred Gusenbauer Mr Sixtus Lanner Mr Herbert Scheibner Mr Peter Schieder Mr Walter Schwimmer	Mr Holger Bauer Mrs Edeltraud Gatterer Mr Manfred Mautner-Markhof Mr Hans Helmut Moser Mrs Johanna Schicker Mrs Terezija Stoisits
Belgium/ Belgique	Mr Mark Eyskens Mr Leo Goovaerts Mr Yvon Harmegnies Mr Paul Staes Mr Robert Urbain Mr Jef Valkeniers Mr Dirk Van Der Maelen	Mr Pierre Beaufays Mr Armand De Decker Mr Ferdinand Ghesqui�re Mrs Lydia Maximus Mr Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb Mr Jacques Simonet Mr Johan Weyts
Bulgaria/ Bulgarie	Mr Philip Bokov Mr Vassil Gotzev Mr Ivan Guenov Mr Younal Loutfi Mr Yacho Minkov Mrs Elena Poptodorova	Mr Alexander Djerov Mr Evgueni Kirilov Mrs Nadejda Mihaylova Mrs Anastasia Moser Mrs Stefka Naoumova Mr Luchezar Toshev
Cyprus/ Chypre	Mr Alexis Galanos N... N...	Mr Doros Christodoulides N... N...
Czech Republic/ R�publique Tch�que	Mr Jarom�r Kalus Mr Ji_� Karas Mr Libor Nov�k Mr Miroslav Raška Mr Radim Špa_ek Mrs Marie Stiborov� Mr Zden_k Trojan	Mr Petr Bachna Mr Jan _ern� Mr Josef Hurta Mr Pavel Kol�_ Mr Jan Kouck� Mr Milan Loukota Mr Ji_� Vyvadil
Denmark/ Danemark	Mrs Elisabeth Arnold Mrs Helle Degn Mr Henning Gjellerod Mr Per Stig Moeller Mrs Hanne Severinsen	Mma Sonja Albrink Mrs Jonna Groenver Mr Niels Hoejland Mr Per Kaalund Mr Gert Petersen
Estonia/ Estonie	Mrs Kristiina Ojuland Mr Juhan Telgmaa Mrs Andra Veidemann	Mr Tunne Kelam Mr T�nu Reid Kukk Mr Eiki Nestor
Finland/ Finlande	Mr Mikko Elo Mrs Anneli J��tteenm�ki Mr Juha Korkeaoja Mr Jaakko Laakso Mr Martti Tiuri	Mrs Kaarina Dromberg Mrs Tytti Isohookana-Asunmaa Mr Gunnar Jansson Mrs Leena Luhtanen Mr Reino Paasilinna
France	Mr Michel Alloncle Mr Jacques Baumel Mr Claude Birraux Mr Jean-Michel Boucheron Mr Georges Colombier Mr Ren� Couveinhes Mr Pierre Croze Mr Robert Galley Mr Aloys Geoffroy Mr Daniel Hoeffel Mr Denis Jacquat Mr Pierre Jeambrun Mr Gabriel Kaspereit Mr Jean-Fran�ois Le Grand Mr Jean-Pierre Masseret Mr Bernard Schreiner Mr Jean Seitlinger Mr Jean Valleix	Mr Nicolas About Mr Augustin Bonrepaux Mr Jean-Guy Branger Mr Jean Briane Mr Christian Daniel Mr Jean-Claude Decagny Mr Xavier Deniau Mrs Josette Durrieu Mr Charles Ehrmann Mr Michel Hunault Mr Pierre Lacour Mr Jacques Legendre Mr Edouard Le Jeune Mr Jean de Lipkowski Mr Jean-Louis Masson Mr Jean-Claude Mignon Mr Jean Proriol Mr Serge Vin�on
Germany/ Allemagne	Mr Robert Antretter Mr Wolfgang Behrendt Mrs Lieselott Blunck Mr Klaus B�hler Mr Gernot Erler Mrs Leni Fischer Mr Karl-Hermann Haack Mr Ulrich Irmer Mr Ulrich Junghanns Mr Christian Lenzer Mr G�nter Marten Mr Meinolf Michels Mr Gerd Poppe Mr Albert Probst Mr Dieter Schloten Mr Michael von Schmude Mrs Margitta Terborg Mr Benno Zierer	Mr Gerd Andres Mrs Angelika Beer Mr Rudolf Bindig Mr Olaf Feldmann Mrs Jelena Hoffman Mr Erwin Horn Mr Karl Heinz Hornhues Mr Siegfried Hornung Mr Peter Keller Mr Hartmut Koschyk Mr Arnulf Kriedner Mrs Christine Lucyga Mr Heinrich Lummer Mr Erich Maass Mr Hermann Scheer Mr G�nter Schluckebier Mr Hans Peter Schmitz Mr Bernd Siebert
Greece/ Gr�ce	Mr Panagis Benetatos Mr Theodoros Kotsonis Mr Michael Liapis Mr Vassilios Maginas Mrs Vasso Papandreou Mr Aristotelis Pavlidis Mr Christos Rokofyllos	Mr Apostolos Fotiadis Mr Paschalis Konstantinidis Mr Vassilios Korahais Mr Efstratios Korakas Mrs Maria Machaira Mr Georgios Paschalidis Mr Constantinos Sofoulis
Hungary/ Hongrie	Mr Andr�s B�rsony Mr M�ty�s E�rsi Mr Gyula Hegyi Mr G�z� Jeszenszky Mr Zsolt N�meth Mr N�ndor Rott Mr Ferenc Szak�l	Mr L�szl� Bog�r Mr G�bor Gell�rt Kis Mr G�bor Leitner Mr Istv�n M�sz�ros Mr Gyula Moln�r Mr G�bor Szalay Mr Gy�rgy Tim�r
Iceland/ Islande	Mr Hj�lmar �rnason Mr �lafur Ragnar Grimsson Mrs L�ra Margr�t Ragnarsd�ttir	Mr �lafur �rn Haraldsson Mr Hj�lmar J�nsson Mr T�mas Ingi Olrich
Ireland/ Irlande	Mr Mattie Brennan Mr Ger Connolly Mr Austin Deasy Mr Seamus Pattison	Mr Jim Mitchell Mr Robert Molloy Mr Dan Wallace Mr Eamon Walsh
Italy/ Italie	Mr Paolo Arata Mr Roberto Benvenuti Mr Vincenzo Bianchi Mr Graziano Cioni Mr Angelo Dionisi Mr Piero Fassino Mr Enrico La Loggia Mr Vincenzo La Russa Mr Fede Latronico Mr Vincenzo Mattina Mr Domenico Nania Mr Francesco Parisi Mr Claudio Petruccioli Mr Cesare Pozzo Mr Gustavo Selva Mr Enrico Serra Mr Francesco Speroni Mr Hans Widmann	Mr Livio Caputo Mr Antonio Carcarino Mr Romualdo Coviello Mr Giuseppe Fronzuti Mrs Paola Gaiotti de Biase Mr Galileo Guidi Mr Angelo Lauricella Mr Domenico Lo Jucco Mr Luciano Lorenzi Mr Antonio Mazzone Mrs Giovanna Melandri Mrs Stefania Prestigiacomo Mr Salvatore Ragno Mr Nicola Rivelli Mr Flavio Rodeghiero Mr Cosimo Scaglioso Mr Mario Soldani Mr Francesco Tabladini
Latvia/ Lettonie	Mrs Jan_na Kušnere Mr Andrejs Pante__jevs Mr Juris Sinka	Mr Ivars _ezbers Mr Aleksandrs Kiršteins Mr Gundars Valdmanis
Liechtenstein	Mr Josef B�chel Mr Hansj�rg Goop	Mr Walter Vogt Mrs Renate Wohlwend
Lithuania/ Lituanie	M  Kazys Bobelis Mrs Sigita Burbien� Mr Algirdas Gricius Mr Vytautas Landsbergis	Mr Neris Germanas Mr Juras Po_�la Mr Arimantas Juvencijus Raškinis Mr Emanuelis Zingeris
Luxembourg	Mrs Anne Brasseur Mrs Lydie Err Mrs Marcelle Lentz-Cornette	Mr Ren� Kollwelter Mr Jean-Paul Rippinger Mr Alphonse Theis
Malta/Malte	Mr John Attard Montalto Mr Joe Fenech Mr John Vella	Mr Michael Asciak Mr Louis Deguara Mr Michael Farrugia
Moldova	Mr Dumitru Diacov Mr Mihai Ghimpu Mr Sergiu Mocanu Mr Alexandru Muravschi Mr Vladimir Solonari	Mr Aurel Cepoi Mr Vlad Cubreacov Mr Ion Hadarca Mr Simion Jeleapov Mr Mihai Stratulat
Netherlands/ Pays-Bas	Mr Jan Dirk Blaauw Mr Huib Eversdijk Mrs Hanneke Gelderblom-Lankhout Mr Erik Jurgens Mr Ren� van der Linden Mr Jan Verbeek Mr Eisso Woltjer	Mr Bob van den Bos Mr Oussama Cherribi Mr Dick Dees Mr Gerd Leers Mrs Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven Mrs Marian Soutendijk-van Appeldoorn Mrs Josephine Verspaget
Norway/ Norv�ge	Mr Hallgrim Berg Mrs Marie Brenden Mrs Lisbeth Holand Mrs Jorunn Ringstad Mr Tom Thoresen	Mr Olav Akselsen Mrs Aud Blattmann Mrs Annelise H�egh Mr J�rgen Holte Mr Lars Gunnar Lie
Poland/ Pologne	Mrs Grazyna Ciemniak Mr Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz Mrs Alicja Grzeskowiak Mr Tadeusz Iwi_ski Mr Jerzy Jaskiernia Mr Roman Kara_ Mr Aleksander Ma_achowski Mr Andrzej Malinowski Mr Leszek Moczulski Mr Waldemar Pawlak Mr Marek Siwiec Mrs Hanna Suchocka	Mr Jan Adamiak Mr Gerhard Bartodziej Mr Aleksander Bentkowski Mr Tadeusz Bili_ski Mr Andrzej Grzyb Mr Wieslaw Pi_tkowski Mr Tadeusz Rewaj Mr Janusz Szyma_ski Mr Andrzej Urba_czyk Mrs Danuta Waniek Mr Andrzej Wielowieyski Mr Jerzy Wuttke
Portugal	Mrs Manuela Aguiar Mr Jo�o Amaral Mr Francisco Assis Miranda Mr Carlos Lu�s Mr Alberto Martins Mr Jos� Medeiros Ferreira Mr Pedro Roseta	Mr Antonio Carvalho Martins Mr Lino Carvalho Mr Laurentino Dias Mr Antonio Galv�o Lucas Mr Fernando Marques Mr Jos� Niza Mr Antonio Pereira Coelho
Romania/ Roumanie	Mr Dumitru Buzatu Mr Emeric Feric Mr Gheorghe Frunda Mr Valentin Gabrielescu Mr Mihai Golu Mr Ion Mocioi Mr Adrian Motiu Mr Adrian Paunescu Mr Florin Radulescu Botica Mr Adrian Severin	Mr Emeric Borbely Mr Augustin Botis Griguta Mr Iulio Furo Mr Mircea Leonte Mr Vasile Lupu Mr Miron Manescu Mr Horia Pop Mr Silviu Somicu Mr Petru Suhov Mr Adrian Vilau
San Marino/ Saint-Marin	Mr Domenico Bernardini Mr Gian-Luigi Berti	Mr Paride Andreoli Mr Pietro Bugli
Slovakia/ Slovaquie	Mrs Irena Belohorsk� Mr J�n Figel Mr Lubom�r Fogaš Mr Jozef Prokeš Mr Dušan Slobodn�k	Mrs Edit Bauer Mrs Alica Bielikov� Mr Robert Fico Mrs Eva Garajov� Mr Milan K_a_ko
Slovenia/ Slov�nie	Mr France Bu_ar Mr Borut Pahor Mr Jozef Škol_	Mr Alojzij Metelko Mr Miroslav Mozeti_ Mr Vitodrag Pukl
Spain/ Espagne	Mr Francisco �lvarez-Cascos Mr Alfons Cuc� Mrs Ana Guirado Mr Jos� Luis L�pez Henares Mr Santiago L�pez Valdivielso Mr Miguel �ngel Mart�nez Mr Gabino Puche Mr Llu�s Maria de Puig Mr Llu�s Recoder Mr Jos� Luis Sainz Garc�a Mr Jordi Sol� Tura Mr Narc�s V�zquez	Mr Imanol Bolinaga Mr Abel Caballero Mrs Inmaculada Fern�ndez Ramiro Mrs Matilde Fern�ndez Sanz Mr Pere Grau Mr Carlos Gu�a Mr Jos� Ram�n Herrero Mr Luis Mardones Mr Marcelo Palacios Mr Carlos Ram�rez Pery Mr Gonzalo Robles Orozco Mr Jos� Mar�a Robles Fraga
Sweden/ Su�de	Mrs Berit Andnor Mr Jan Bergqvist Mr Anders Bj�rck Mrs Lisbet Calner Mr Birger Hag�rd Mr G�ran Magnusson	Mr Knut Billing Mrs Elisabeth Fleetwood Mrs Inga-Britt Johansson Mr Olof Johansson Mr S�ren Lekberg Mrs Ingegerd W�rnersson
Switzerland/ Suisse	Mr Peter Bloetzer Mr Dumeni Columberg Mr Andreas Gross Mr Ernst Muehlemann Mr Ren� Rhinow Mr Victor Ruffy	Mr Fulvio Caccia Mrs Lisbeth Fehr Mr Claude Frey Mr Gian-Reto Plattner Mr Bernhard Seiler Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia/ L'ex-R�publique yougoslave de Mac�doine	Mr Marjan Kotlar Mr Nikola Popovski Mr Mevljan Tahiri	Mr Abdurauf Prusi Mr Mirko Tripunovski Mr Atanas Vangelov
Turkey/ Turquie	N... N... N... N... N... N... N... N... N... N... N... N...	N... N... N... N... N... N... N... N... N... N... N... N...
Ukraine	Mr Valeriy Cherep Mr Vyacheslav Chornovil Mr Ivazn Chyzh Mr Serhiy Dovgan Mr Serhiy Holovatiy Mr Evgen Marmazov Mr Victor Merkushov Mr Boris Oliynik Mr Anatoly Rahansky Mr Hennady Samofalov Mr Volodymyr Stretovych Mr Bohdan Yaroshynsky	Mr Leonid Hamaniank Mrs Valentyna Hoshovska Mr Anatoly Hunov Mr Volodymyr Kapustian Mrs Nina Karpachova Mr Vasyl Kostytsky Mr Serhiy Pasko Mr Ivan Popesku Mr Myhailo Stepanov Mr Petro Symonenko Mrs Kateryna Vashtchuk Mr Valentyn Yablonsky
United Kingdom/ Royaume-Uni	Mr David Atkinson Mr Tony Banks Mr Thomas Cox Mr Terry Davis Sir Anthony Durant Dame Peggy Fenner Lord Finsberg Mr Peter Hardy Sir John Hunt Sir Russell Johnston Lord Kirkhill Lord Newall Mr Tim Rathbone Mr Martin Redmond Sir Dudley Smith Sir Keith Speed Sir Donald Thompson Mr Jack Thompson	Mr Richard Alexander Sir Andrew Bowden Sir John Cope Mr John Cummings Mr Lawrence Cunliffe Mr Terry Dicks Earl of Dundee Mr Jimmy Dunnachie Baroness Gould of Potternewton Baroness Hooper Sir Ralph Howell Mr Roy Hughes Mr Robert Litherland Lord Mackie of Benshie Mr Jim Marshall Sir Irvine Patnick Mr John Townend Mr James Wray

VI.      In accordance with Rule 55a, paragraph 7, of the Rules of Procedure, the President of the Assembly has received the credentials for members of the special guest delegations for the 1996 Ordinary Session of the Assembly, which have been transmitted in due form.

VII.     The Assembly is called upon to express its decision on the validation of the credentials of the special guests whose names are given below.

VIII.    In the case of objection or contestation on the grounds of Rule 55 a, paragraph 1, of the Rules of Procedure, the contested credentials shall be referred without debate to a joint meeting of the Committees on Relations with European Non-Member Countries and on Rules of Procedure. These committees shall report to the enlarged Bureau at the earliest opportunity, in accordance with Rule 55a, paragraph 7, of the Rules of Procedure.

Belarus

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Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina/

R�publique de Bosnie-Herz�govine

                   Mr Edhem Bi_ak_i_
                   Mr Miro Lazovi_
                   Mr Pero Vasilj

Croatia/Croatie

                   Mr Zdravka Buši_
                   Mr _arko Domljan
                   Count Jacob Eltz
                   Mr Bo_o Kova_evi_
                   Mr Antun Vuji_

Russia/Russie

                   Mr Ramazan Abdulatipov
                   Mr Alexander Dzasokhov
                   Mr Sergei Glotov
                   Mrs Irina Khakamada
                   Mr Vladimir Lukin
                   Mr Yuri Matochkin
                   Mr Vladimir Podoprigora
                   Mr Mikhail Prusak
                   Mr Vladimir Shumeiko
                   Mr Vladislav Tumanov
                   Mr Vitaly Zelenkin
                   Mr Vladimir Zhirinovsky
                   Mr Gennady Ziuganov
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