Examination of credentials of Representatives, Substitutes and Special Guests

Doc. 7502
19 March 1996

SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT
presented by the President of the Assembly

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1          Following the examination of credentials of representatives, substitutes and special guests appointed at the 1st part of the 1996 Session of the Assembly, credentials certified by the competent authorities of one member state have been transmitted to the President of the Assembly for validation by the Standing Committee acting on behalf of the Assembly.

2          Greece has appointed two new representatives and two new substitutes to replace Mrs Papandreou, MM. Fotiadis, Kotsonis and Paschalidis who have resigned.

3          Russia has appointed its delegation following its accession to the Council of Europe.

4          The Standing Committee, acting on behalf of 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.

5          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.

                                    Representatives                                    Substitutes

Greece                         Mr Ioannis Pottakis                 Mr Ioannis Anthopoulos
                                  Mr Constantinos Vrettos           Mr Joseph Micheloyiannis

Russia                          Mr Serguei Belyaev                  Mr Vladimir Averchev
                                  Mr Vasilyi Desyainikov              Mr Oleg Bogomolov
                                  Mr Alexandre Dzasokhov           Mr Vadim Filimonov
                                  Mr Nickolay Fyodorov               Mr Serguei Glotov
                                  Mr Serguei Kovalev                  Mr Vladimir Kostiutkin
                                  Mr Boris Kuznetsov                  Mr Valentin Kuptsov
                                  Mr Vasilyi Likhachev                 Mr Mikhail Musatov
                                  Mr Vladimir Lukin                     Mr Liubov Oleinik
                                  Mr Yuri Masliukov                    Mr Sherig-OOl Oorzhak
                                  Mr Ivan Melnikov                    Mr Yuri Pyatnitsky
                                  Mr Alexei Mitrofanov                Mr Oleg Savitsky
                                  Mr Mikhail Prusak                    Mr Vladimir Shakhov
                                  Mr Alexander Ryabov               Mr Vladimir Sharapov
                                  Mr Vitaly Shuba                      Mr Alexandre Shishlov
                                  Mr Alexandre Tkachev             Mr Anatolyi Sytchev
                                  Mr Vladislav Tumanov              Mr Valeryi Sudarenkov
                                  Mr Vladimir Zhirinovsky             Mr Mukharbi Ulbashev
                                  Mr Guennady Ziuganov             Mr Nickolay Volodin

6          In accordance with Rule 55 a, paragraph 7, of the Rules of Procedure, the President of the Assembly has received the credentials for members of the special guest delegation for the Republic of Armenia.

7          The Standing Committee, acting on behalf of the Assembly is called upon to express its decision on the validation of the credentials of the special guests whose names are given below.

8          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 55 a, paragraph 7, of the Rules of Procedure.

Armenia                         Mr Hovhannes Igitian
                                    Mr Ter Houssik Lazarian
                                    Mr Frunze Kharatian
                                    Mrs Gayane Saroukhanian