Doc. 7990 revised

26 January 1998

Examination of credentials of representatives, substitutes and special guests

Report

President of the Assembly

1.       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 1998 Ordinary Session of the Assembly, which have been transmitted in due form by the competent authorities of member states.

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

3.       Two seats of representatives remain vacant, one for Cyprus and one for Moldova

4.       One seat of a substitute is also vacant for Cyprus.

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.

Country/Pays	Representatives/Représentants	Substitutes/Suppléants
Albania/Albanie	Mr Haxhi Aliko Mr Jonuz Begaj Mr Namik Dokle Mr Genc Pollo	Mr Petro Koçi Mr Vasil Melo Mr Vili Minarolli Mrs Aferdita Stefani
Andorra/Andorre	Mr Miquel Alis Font Mr Enric Palmitjavila Ribo	Mr Jaume Bartumeu Cassany Mr Francesc Bonet Casas
Austria/Autriche	Mr Holger Bauer Mr Willi Fuhrmann Mrs Edeltraud Gatterer Mr Alfred Gusenbauer Mr Peter Schieder Mr Walter Schwimmer	Mrs Imtraud Karlsson Ms Monika Langthaler Mr Johann Penz Mrs Susanne Riess-Passer Mr Herbert Scheibner Mrs Johanna Schicker
Belgium/Belgique	Mr Mark Eyskens Mr Leo Goovaerts Mr Jean-Pol Henry Mr Dirk Van Der Maelen Mr Paul Staes Mr Robert Urbain Mr Jef Valkeniers	Mr Pierre Beaufays Mr Georges Clerfayt Mr Armand De Decker Mr Ferdinand Ghesquière Mrs Lydia Maximus Mr Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb Mr Johan Weyts
Bulgaria/Bulgarie	Mr Evgueni Kirilov Mr Borislav Kitov Mr Younal Loutfi Mr Youlii Pavlov Mrs Elena Poptodorova Mr Luchezar Toshev	Mr Ivan Ivanov Mr Yacho Minkov Mr Anguel Naydenov Mrs Maria Stoyanova Mr Guner Tahir Mr Kiril Yordanov
Croatia/Croatie	Mrs Snjezana Biga-Friganović Mr Niko Bulić Mrs Zdravka Bušić Mr Nikola Obuljen Mr Jozo Radoš	Mr Žarko Domljan Mr Jakob Eltz Mr Boris Kandare Mr Stjepan Radić Mr Bruno Uroić
Cyprus/Chypre	Mr Panayiotis Demetriou Mr Takis Hadjidemetriou N…	Mr Doros Christodoulides Mr Stathis Kittis N…
Czech Republic/ République tchèque	Mr Josef Janeček Mr Josef Jařab Mrs Tatána Jirousová Mr Jaromír Kalus Mr Jan Koucký Mrs Vlasta Stĕpová Mr Jiří Vyvadil	Mr Jan Černý Mr Milan Loukota Mr Miloš Melčák Mrs Eva Nováková Mrs Alena Palečková Mrs Ivana Plechatá Mr Václav Svoboda
Denmark/Danemark	Mr Niels Ahlmann-Ohlsen Mrs Elisabeth Arnold Mrs Helle Degn Mr Henning Gjellerod Mrs Hanne Severinsen	Mrs Sonja Albrink Mrs Jonna Groenver Mr Niels Hoejland Mr Per Kaalund Mr Gert Petersen
Estonia/Estonie	Mr Tunne Kelam Mrs Kristiina Ojuland Mr Juhan Telgmaa	Mr Tonu Reid Kukk Mr Anti Liiv Mr Eiki Nestor
Finland/Finlande	Mr Mikko Elo Mrs Anneli Jäätteenmäki Mr Juha Korkeaoja Mr Jaakko Laakso Mr Martti Tiuri	Mrs Kaarina Dromberg Mrs Tytti Isohookana-Asunmaa Mr Gunnar Jansson Ms Tarja Kautto Mrs Leena Luhtanen
France	Mr Nicolas About Mr Michel Alloncle Mr Jacques Baumel Mr Jean Briane Mme Josette Durrieu Mr Claude Evin Mr Raymond Forni Mr Daniel Hoeffel Mr Pierre Jeambrun Mr Jean-François Le Grand Mr Guy Lengagne Mr Martin Malvy Mr Jean-François Mattéi Mr Gilbert Mitterrand Mr Henri Nallet Mr Jean-Claude Sandrier Mr Bernard Schreiner Mr Jean Valleix	Mr Claude Birraux Mr James Bordas Mr Marcel Debarge Mr Paul Dhaille Mrs Laurence Dumont Mr Charles Ehrmann Mr Maxime Gremetz Mr Michel Hunault Mr Jacques Legendre Mr Edouard Le Jeune Mr Georges Lemoine Mr François Lesein Mr Jean-Pierre Michel Mr Jean-Claude Mignon Mrs Yvette Roudy Mr Philippe Séguin Mr Serge Vinçon Mr Kofi Yamgnane
Germany/Allemagne	Mr Robert Antretter Mr Wolfgang Behrendt Mr Rudolf Bindig Mrs Lieselott Blunck Mr Klaus Bühler Mrs Leni Fischer Mr Karl-Hermann Haack Mr Ulrich Irmer Mr Ulrich Junghanns Mr Christian Lenzer Mr Günter 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 Gernot Erler Mr Olaf Feldmann Mrs Jelena Hoffmann Mr Erwin Horn Mr Karl-Heinz Hornhues Mr Siegfried Hornung Mr Peter Keller Mr Arnulf Kriedner Mrs Christine Lucyga Mr Heinrich Lummer Mr Erich Maass Mr Hermann Scheer Mr Günter Schluckebier Mr Hans Peter Schmitz Mr Bernd Siebert Mr Fritz Wittmann
Greece/Grèce	Mr Kimon Koulouris Mr Michael Liapis Mr Vassilios Maginas Mr Joseph Micheloyiannis Mr Vyron Polydoras Mr Ioannis Skoularikis Mr Konstantinos Vrettos	Mr Georgios Kalos Mme Eleonora Katseli Mr Efstratios Korakas Mrs Andriani Loule Mr Georgios Rokos Mr Elefterios Verivakis Mrs Roudoula Zissi
Hungary/Hongrie	Mrs Magdolna Baráth Mr András Bársony Mr Sándor Győriványi Mr Gyula Hegyi Mr András Kelemen Mr Zsolt Németh Mr Gábor Szalay	Mr Gábor Gellért Kis Mr Géza Jeszenszky Mr István Mészáros Mr Gyula Molnár Mr István Mustó Mr Zoltán Rockenbauer Mr György Timár
Iceland/Islande	Mr Hjálmar Árnason Mrs Margrét Frimannsdóttir Mrs Lára Margrét Ragnarsdóttir	Mr Ólafur Örn Haraldsson Mr Hjálmar Jónsson Mr Tómas Ingi Olrich
Ireland/Irlande	Mr John Browne Mr Brendan Daly Mr Thomas Enright Mr Pat Upton	Mr Liam Aylward Mr John Connor Mr Tony Gregory Mr Rory Kiely
Italy/Italie	Mr Vincenzo Bianchi Mr Aldo Brancati Mr Mario Brunetti Mr Graziano Cioni Mr Domenico Contestabile Mr Vito Cusimano Mr Lino Diana Mr Fabio Evangelisti Mr Pietro Giannattasio Mrs Nilde Iotti Mr Valentino Martelli Mr Paolo Polenta Mr Mario Rigo Mr Flavio Rodeghiero Mr Gustavo Selva Mr Francesco Enrico Speroni Mrs Vera Squarcialupi Mr Demetrio Volcic	Mr Giuseppe Aleffi Mr Francesco Amoruso Mr Felice Carlo Besostri Mr Luca Cangemi Mr Stelio de Carolis Mr Manlio Collavini Mr Ludovico Corrao Mr Bruno Erroi Mr Simone Enrico Gnaga Mr Angelo Lauricella Mr Carlo Leoni Mr Luciano Lorenzi Mr Rosario Olivo Mrs Elisa Pozza Tasca Mr Salvatore Ragno Mr Gianni Risari Mr Enrico Rizzi Mr Giuseppe Turini
Latvia/Lettonie	Mrs Janīna Kušnere Mr Andrejs Panteļējevs Mr Juris Sinka	Mr Viesturs Boka Mr Aristids Jēkabs Lambergs Mrs Anta Rugāte
Liechtenstein	Mr Viktor Meier Mrs Renate Wohlwend	Mr Christian Brunhart Mrs Dorothée Laternser
Lithuania/Lituanie	Mr Povilas Gylys Mr Bronislavas Kuzmickas Mr Arimantas Raškinis Mr Emanuelis Zingeris	Mr Regimantas Čiupaila Mr Rimantas Dagys Mr Mečys Laurinkus Mr Stasys Stačiokas
Luxembourg	Mrs Anne Brasseur Mrs Lydie Err Mrs Marcelle Lentz-Cornette	Mr Jean Regenwetter Mr Jean-Paul Rippinger Mr Alphonse Theis
Malta/Malte	Ms Maria Camilleri Mr Karl Chircop Mr Guido de Marco	Mr Chris Cardona Mr Alex Sceberras Trigona Mr John Vella
Moldova	Mr Vlad Cubreacov Mr Dumitru Diacov Mr Mihai Ghimpu Mr Alexandru Muravschi N…	Mr Aurel Cepoi Mr Eugen Gârlă 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 René van der Linden Mr Jan Verbeek Mr Eisso Woltjer	Mr Bob van den Bos Mr Oussama Cherribi Mr Dick Dees Mr Gerd Leers Mrs Marian Soutendijk-Van Appeldoorn Mr Gerrit Valk Mrs Josephine Verspaget
Norway/Norvège	Mr Olav Akselsen Ms Jorunn Ringstad Mrs Anita Sæle Mr Jan Simonsen Mr Tom Thoresen	Mrs Aud Blattmann Mrs Eirin Faldet Mrs Annelise Høegh Mr Inge Mmmmmyrvoll Mr Lars Rise
Poland/Pologne	Mr Franciszek Adamczyk Mr Andrzej Anusz Mr Ryszard Gibuła Mr Tadeusz Iwiński Mr Jerzy Jaskiernia Mr Leon Kieres Mr Marian Krzaklewski Mr Marcin Libicki Mr Waldemar Pawlak Mr Andrzej Urbańczyk Mr Andrzej Wielowieyski Mr Edmund Wittbrodt	Mr Tadeusz Biliński Mr Marek Borowski Mrs Ewa Freyberg Mr Gabriel Janowski Mr Krzysztof Kozłowski Mrs Olga Krzyżanowska Mr Jan Łopuszański Mr Aleksander Łuczak Mr Adam Słomka Mr Jerzy Smorawiński Mr Maciej Świątkowski Mr Tomasz Wójcik
Portugal	Mrs Manuela Aguiar Mr Francisco Assis Miranda Mr Carlos Luís Mr Alberto Martins Mr José Medeiros Ferreira Mr João Mota Amaral Mr Pedro Roseta	Mr Lino Carvalho Mr Laurentino Dias Mr António Galvão Lucas Mr José Niza Mr Fernando Pereira Marques Mr Paulo Pereira Coelho Mr João Poças Santos
Romania/Roumanie	Mr Radu Mircea Berceanu Mr Cristian Dumitrescu Mr György Frunda Mr Dan Amedeo Làzàrescu Mr Vasile Lupu Mr Adrian Nàstase Mr Ovidiu Sincai Mrs Radica Mihaela Stanoiu Mr Petru Steolea Mr Radu Vasile	Mr Ioan Ardelean Mr Daru Laurian Badulescu Mr Andrei Chiliman Mr Valentin Gabrielescu Mr Stefan Glàvan Mrs Marina Ionescu Mr Atilla Bela Kelemen Mr Dumitru Pâslaru Mr Emil Popescu Mr Adrian Vilau
Russia/Russie	Mr Mukharbek Aushev Mr Nickolay Fyodorov Mr Serguei Glotov Mr Nickolay Kharitonov Mr Serguei Kovalev Mr Valentin Kuptsov Mr Boris Kuznetsov Mr Vasilyi Likhachev Mr Vladimir Lukin Mr Boris Maltsev Mr Ivan Melnikov Mr Mikhail Prusak Mr Alexander Ryabov Mr Alexander Shokhin Mr Serguei Sobyanin Mr Stanislav Zhebrovsky Mr Vladimir Zhirinovsky Mr Guennady Ziuganov	Mr Vladimir Averchev Mr Oleg Bogomolov Mr Alexander Dzasokhov Mr Vadim Filimonov Mr Vladimir Kostiutkin Mrs Nina Kulbaka Mrs Liubov Oleinik Mr Sherig-Ool Oorzhak Mrs Liudmila Pobedinskaya Mr Alexander Rutskoy Mr Oleg Savitsky Mr Vladimir Sharapov Mr Alexander Shishlov Mr Vitaly Shuba Mr Valery Sudarenkov Mr Valery Ustiugov Mr Viktor Vishnyakov Mr Nickolay Volodin
San Marino/Saint-Marin	Mr Giuseppe Arzilli Mr Domenico Bernardini	Mr Paride Andreoli Mr Pier Marino Mularoni
Slovakia/Slovaquie	Mrs Irena Belohorská Mr Ján Figel Mr Lubomír Fogaš Mr Jozef Prokeš Mr Dušan Slobodník	Mrs Edit Bauer Mrs Alica Bieliková Mr Robert Fico Mrs Eva Garajová Mr Milan Kňažko
Slovenia/Slovénie	Mr Roman Jakič Mr Miroslav Mozetič Mr Borut Pahor	Mr Jelko Kacin Mr Joze Možgan Mr Pavel Rupar
Spain/Espagne	Mr Agustín Díaz de Mera Mr Fernando González Laxe Mrs Ana Guirado Mr José Luis López Henares Mr Guillermo Martínez Casañ Mr Miguel Ángel Martínez Mr Gabino Puche Mr Lluís Maria de Puig M. Lluís Recoder Mr Pedro Antonio Ríos Martínez Mr José María Robles Fraga Mr Jordi Solé Tura	Mr Francisco Arnau Mr José Bermudez de Castro Mr Imanol Bolinaga Mr Francisco Ignacio Cáceres Mrs Maria del Carmen Calleja Mr Adolfo Fernández Aguilar Mr Luis Mardones Mr Mario Onaindia Mrs Pilar Pulgar Mr Carlos Ramírez Pery Mr José Luis Sainz García Mr Josep Varela
Sweden/Suède	Ms Berit Andnor Mr Jan Bergqvist Mr Anders Björck Ms Lisbet Calner Mr Birger Hagård Mr Göran Magnusson	Mr Knut Billing Mrs Elisabeth Fleetwood Mrs Inga-Britt Johansson Mr Olof Johansson Mr Sören Lekberg Ms Ingegerd Wärnersson
Switzerland/Suisse	Mr Peter Bloetzer Mr Dumeni Columberg Mr Andreas Gross Mr Ernst Muehlemann Mr Victor Ruffy Mr Bernhard Seiler	Mrs Lisbeth Fehr Mr Claude Frey Mr François Lachat Mr Dick Marty Mr Gian-Reto Plattner Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia/ L'ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine	Mr Marjan Kotlar Mr Nikola Popovski Mr Mevljan Tahiri	Mr Abdurauf Prusi Mr Mirko Tripunovski Mr Atanas Vangelov
Turkey/Turquie	Mr Cevdet Akçalı Mr Abdülbaki Ataç Mrs Lale Aytaman Mr Ali Dinçer Mr Abdullah Gül Mr Jefi Jozef Kamhi Mr Esat Kıratlıoğlu Mr Atilla Mutman Mr Mehmet Sılay Mr İsmail İlhan Sungur Mr Süha Tanık Mr Şükrü Yürür	Mr Mehmet Sıddık Altay Mr Yusuf Selahattin Beyribey Mr Mahmut Nedim Bilgiç Mr Remzi Çetin Mr Eşref Erdem Mr Abdullah Gencer Mr Tahsin Irmak Mr Mehmet Keçeciler Mr Mehmet Köstepen Mr Cemal Külahlı Mr Suat Pamukçu Mr Ahmet Tan
Ukraine	Mr Valeriy Cherep Mr Vyacheslav Chornovil Mr Yevgen Chulakov Mr Ivan Chyzh Mr Vasyl Kostytsky Mr Evgen Marmazov Mr Victor Merkushov Mr Boris Oliynik Mr Anatoliy Rakhansky Mr Gennadiy Samofalov Mr Petro Symonenko Mr Volodymyr Yavorivsky	Mr Anatoliy Dron Mr Leonid Gamanyuk Mr Anatoliy Khunov Mr Sergy Kyrychenko Mr Yevgen Marchuk Mr Serhiy Pasko Mr Anatoliy Petrenko Mr Ivan Popescu Mr Myhailo Stepanov Mr Volodymyr Stretovych Mr Petro Tsybenko Mr Valentyn Yablonsky
United Kingdom/ Royaume-Uni	Mr David Atkinson Sir Sydney Chapman Mr Tom Cox Mr Lawrence Cunliffe Mr Terry Davis Mr Bill Etherington Mr Paul Flynn Mrs Maria Fyfe Lord Kirkhill Mr Kevin McNamara Mr Jim Marshall Lord Newall Mr Edward O'Hara Lord Ponsonby Lord Russell-Johnston Mr John D. Taylor Mr John Townend Mr James Wray	Mr Michael Colvin Ms Ann Cryer Earl of Dundee Mr Christopher Gill Lord Grenfell Mr Michael Hancock Ms Jenny Jones Lord Judd Mr Doug Naysmith Mr Eric Pickles Mr Gwynfor Prosser Ms Debra Shipley Ms Angela Smith Ms Geraldine Smith Lord Steel Mr David Taylor Mr Rudolf Vis Mr David Wilshire

6.       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 1998 Ordinary Session of the Assembly, which have been transmitted in due form.

7.       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 55a, paragraph 1, of the Rules of Procedure, the contested credentials shall be referred without debate to the Committee on Rules of Procedure. This committee shall report to the enlarged Bureau at the earliest opportunity, in accordance with Rule 55a, paragraph 7, of the Rules of Procedure.

Country/Pays	Members/Membres
Armenia/Arménie	Mr Davit Haroutounian Mr Hovhannes Igitian Mr Frunze Kharatian Mrs Gayané Saroukhanian
Azerbaijan/Azerbaïdjan	Mr Ali Assadov Mr Shadman Huseynov Mr Makhmud Mamedguliyev Mr Ali Nagiyev Mrs Naira Shakhtahtinskaya Mr Zakir Zeynalov
Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Bosnie et Herzegovine	Mr Edhem Bičakčić Mrs Mediha Filipović Mr Mariofil Ljubić Mr Savo Lončar Mr Momir Tošić
Georgia/Géorgie	Mr Kaha Chitaia Mrs Lana Gogoberidze Mr Vano Khukhunaishvili Mr Micheil Saakashvili Mrs Irina Sarishvili-Chanturia