30 September 1994

Doc. 7164

COMMUNICATION ON THE ACTIVITIES

OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS

(June - September 1994)

STATUTORY REPORT

4th Part of the 1994 Session

of the Assembly

(3 - 7 October 1994)

I.       Political Developments

II.       European Convention on Human Rights and European Social Charter

III.       Implementation of the Intergovernmental Programme of Activities

IV.       Partial Agreements

V.       Standing Conference of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE)

VI.       Conferences of Specialised Ministers

VII.       Action taken on texts adopted by the Assembly

VIII.       Texts adopted by the Committee of Ministers

IX.       Chart of signatures and ratifications of European Treaties (covering the period from 22 June to 26 September 1994)

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C O N T E N T S

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I.       Political Developments        1

II.       European Convention on Human Rights and

      European Social Charter       4

      1.       European Convention on Human Rights       4

      2.       European Social Charter       4

III.       Implementation of the Intergovernmental Programme

      of Activities       5

       Field I       Democracy, Human Rights and the Fundamental

       Freedoms of Human Beings       5

      Field II       Media and Communication       5

      Field III       Social and Economic Affairs       6

      Field IV       Education, Culture, Heritage and Sport       6

      Field V       Youth       6

      Field VII       Management of space and the natural world       7

      Field VIII       Local Democracy       7

      Field IX       Legal Co-operation       7

IV.       Partial Agreements       9

      1.       Social Development Fund       9

      2.       Social and Public Health        9

      3.       European Pharmacopoeia       10

      4.       Pompidou Group       10

      5.       Open Partial Agreement on the prevention of,

the protection against, and organisation of relief

in major natural and technological disasters       10

      6.       European Support Fund for the co-production

      and distribution of creative cinematographic

      and audio-visual works (EURIMAGES)       11

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      7.       European Centre for Global Interdependence

      and Solidarity (North-South Centre)       11

      8.       European Commission for Democracy through Law       12

      9.       Youth Card       13

      10.       European Audiovisual Observatory       13

      11.       European Centre for Modern Language       13

V.       Congress of Local and Regional

      Authorities of Europe (CLRAE)       14

VI.       Conferences of Specialised Ministers       15

VII.       Action taken on texts adopted by the Assembly (Appendix I)       A1

VIII.       Texts adopted by the Committee of Ministers (Appendix II)       A3

IX.       Chart of signatures and ratifications of European

      Treaties (covering the period between 22 June 1994

      and 26 September 1994) (Appendix III)       A5      

I.       POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

1.       Visits by the Chairman to candidate States

Mr Stanislav Daskalov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, together with the Secretary General, were received at the highest level when they visited the capitals of the following States candidates for membership of the Council of Europe:

      .       Albania        (24-25 August)

      .       Russian Federation       (12 September)

      .       Moldova        (19 September)

      .       Ukraine        (20 September)

      .       Belarus        (21 September).

Returning directly from Minsk, the capital of Belarus, to Strasbourg, the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers and the Secretary General gave briefings to the Ministers' Deputies and the media on 22 and 23 September.

2.       Political dialogue

The Deputies held informal exchanges of views in Strasbourg, in the context of their political dialogue with applicant States, with

.       Mr Borys Tarasyuk, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (13 July)

.       Mr Marc Vila Amigo, Minister for External Relations of Andorra (7 September)

.       Mr Valdis Birkavs, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia (20 September).

3.       Relations with Central and Eastern European States (see also above)

      i.       Croatia

The Deputies decided, at their 516th meeting (September 1994) to invite Croatia to accede to three Conventions in the penal and nature conservation fields.

      ii.       "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

A Council of Europe Group of Experts, working closely with the European Union, the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY), the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN/ECE) and a number of European Statistical Offices, gave technical and financial assistance to the government of "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" in organising and carrying out the population census conducted between 21 June and 11 July.

At the request of the State Census Commission in Skopje, the Group of Experts subsequently continued to assist the Statistical Office in the computer processing of the data. It has delivered an interim report on its findings and the work of the observers to the Prime Minister.

At their 516th meeting, the Deputies decided to invite "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" to participate as an observer in the work of the intergovernmental committees as well as the "Greater Europe" projects in which it had shown an interest.

4.       Consequences of enlargement of the Council of Europe

Following the call at the 94th Ministerial Session on 11 May 1994 for a detailed report on the consequences of enlargement of the Organisation for the 95th Session (10 November 1994), the Deputies have continued their work on this subject, and have agreed that the meeting of the Joint Committee on 7 October should be devoted to the geographical enlargement of the Council of Europe and more particularly its consequences.

5.       Relations between the Council of Europe and the CSCE

The Council of Europe organised a Seminar jointly with the CSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) (Warsaw, 20-23 September 1994) on "Gypsies in the CSCE region".

Moreover, an ad hoc working party of the Deputies, with the task of preparing concrete decisions with a view to achieving pragmatic co-operation between the Council of Europe and the CSCE, is continuing its work, inter alia on the contribution of the Council of Europe to the CSCE Review Conference (Budapest, 10 October-2 December 1994).

6.       Compliance with commitments accepted by member States

After the Committee of Ministers, at their 94th Session, took note of ideas concerning the monitoring of the obligations which membership of the Council of Europe entails, while expressing their determination to follow closely the respect for these obligations and instructing their Deputies to pursue the matter, an ad hoc working party of the Deputies is continuing work on this question.

7.       Relations with the United States

The Bureau of the Ministers' Deputies, on the 9th of September 1994, held an exchange of views with Mr Ralph Johnson, Senior Official responsible within the State Department for co-operation programmes with Eastern Europe. This exchange of views focused on co-operation between the United States and the Council of Europe, in particular within the CSCE and the "G24", as well as in the framework of assistance and co-operation programmes.

8.       Scales of member States' contributions

The Deputies have set up an ad hoc working group on the revision of the method of calculating the scales of member States' contributions to Council of Europe budgets, which is studying the possibility of revising the present system set up by the Resolution (74)25. The Group has reached an advanced stage in its work, and at their 516th meeting the Deputies agreed that the Chairman of the ad hoc working group should meet a representative of the Parliamentary Assembly to inform him about the progress made by the Committee of Ministers in this field.

9.       Plan of Action on combatting racism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and intolerance

At their 516th meeting, the Deputies decided that States having applied for membership of the Council of Europe as well as the Holy See can be invited, if they so request, to participate in the work of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) as an observer.

At the same meeting, they also marked their agreement in principle as to the extension of the geographical scope of the European Youth Campaign against Racism, Xenophobia, Anti-semitism and Intolerance to non-member States parties to the European Cultural Convention.

II.       EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND EUROPEAN SOCIAL CHARTER

1.       European Convention on Human Rights

Signatures and ratifications

On 24 June 1994, Ireland ratified Protocols Nos. 6, 9 and 10 to the European Convention on Human Rights.

On 28 June 1994, Slovenia ratified the Convention, the Protocol to the Convention, as well as Protocols Nos. 2 to 11 to the Convention.

On 7 July 1994, Germany ratified Protocols Nos. 9 and 10 to the Convention.

On 26 September 1994, Cyprus ratified Protocol No. 9 to the Convention.

Application of Articles 32 and 54 of the European Convention on Human Rights

A list of Resolutions adopted by the Committee of Ministers under the application of Articles 32 and 54 of the Convention appears at Appendix II to the present report. The texts of these Resolutions are available from the Directorate of Human Rights.

2.       European Social Charter

On 18 August 1994, Finland ratified the Protocol amending the European Social Charter, bringing to seven the number of States having accepted this Protocol, which was opened for signature on 21 October 1991 and which will enter into force only when it has been ratified by all Contracting Parties to the European Social Charter.

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A Drafting Group of the Committee on the European Social Charter (CHARTE-REL) met from 4 to 6 July 1994 to consider matters relating to the implementation of the various decisions taken by the CHARTE-REL Committee to improve the substantive content of the Charter and to make proposals for one or more instruments.

It finalised a draft revised European Social Charter which contained all the proposals made by the CHARTE-REL Committee, i.e. both amendments to the rights contained in the Charter and new rights, and incorporated the Additional Protocol of 1988. This Drafting Group also prepared a draft additional protocol as well as the various elements which might be included in one or more amending protocols. These drafts will be submitted to the plenary Committee to be discussed and adopted at its meeting from 10 to 14 October 1994.

At its 73rd meeting, held from 12 to 16 September 1994, the Governmental Committee considered, inter alia, various possibilities for a new system for the submission of reports in order to make a proposal on this matter, in consultation with the Committee of Independent Experts, to the Committee of Ministers, following the decision taken by the Ministers' Deputies at their 509th meeting (March 1994).

III.       IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES

FIELD I

DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

OF HUMAN BEINGS

"European solidarity at the service of the individual"

Protection of national minorities

At their 516th meeting (September 1994) the Deputies examined the meeting reports corresponding to the 4th (6-10 June 1994) and 5th (27 June-1 July 1994) meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Protection of National Minorities (CAHMIN) as well as the preliminary draft framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities which was appended to the latter report. Given that a certain number of issues remained open, the Deputies acceded to this Ad Hoc Committee's request by setting additional terms of reference for the completion, before 14 October 1994, of the drafting of the framework Convention. In a message addressed to the CAHMIN, the Committee of Ministers moreover reiterated its wish to be able to open the framework Convention for signature on the occasion of the 95th Ministerial Session (10 November 1994) and expressed its willingness to assume the preparation of certain provisions or parts of the draft framework Convention that the CAHMIN would wish to refer to it.

At their 517th meeting (September 1994) the Deputies were made aware of the report of the 6th meeting (12-16 September 1994) of the CAHMIN which included, as an appendix, the draft framework Convention. The CAHMIN having decided to refer to the Committee of Ministers the elaboration of the provisions regarding the implementation of the undertakings contained in the framework Convention, the Deputies adopted immediately the necessary steps for an examination of the draft without delay as well as for the preparation of the aforementioned provisions on implementation.

FIELD II

MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION

"Broadening and guaranteeing the scope

of freedom of expression and information"

A Conference on the political, legal, cultural, social and economic aspects of the media in a democratic society was held in Moscow from 30 August to 2 September 1994. The Conference was organised within the framework of the Joint Programme of Activities of the Council of Europe and the Russian Federation.

FIELD III

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

"Towards a European social area"

A Council of Europe official delegation was accredited to the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo on 5-13 September 1994. The Organisation took part in the preparatory work for this Conference, and in particular contributed to drawing up 74 recommendations outlining the demographic problems of developed countries, in the framework of the European Population Conference (March 1993) organised by the Council of Europe and the United Nations.

FIELD IV

EDUCATION, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND SPORT

"Europe's cultural identity and cultural diversity"

On 6 July 1994 Monaco acceded to the European Cultural Convention with immediate effect.

At their 516th meeting, the Ministers' Deputies authorised the Secretariat to proceed, in co-operation with the Secretariat of UNESCO, to the elaboration of a draft joint Council of Europe/UNESCO (Europe Region) convention on academic recognition in accordance with the recommendations of the joint feasibility study.

A Conference on "Heritage for Europe" was held in Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest from 19 to 21 September 1994. The aim of this Conference was to highlight how culture can help create a close-knit new Europe. It ended in Budapest with the official opening of the exhibition on the "Treasures of the Bronze Age".

FIELD V

YOUTH

"Europe's future"

In view of the increase in number of Council of Europe member States, the Ministers' Deputies at their 516th meeting adopted amendments to the Statute of the European Youth Centre (EYC) thereby increasing the number of governmental representatives and representatives of youth organisations on the Governing Board of the EYC from 10 to 12 for each group. The Intergovernmental Committee of the European Youth Foundation (EYF) have adopted the corresponding amendments to the Statute of the EYF.

FIELD VII

MANAGEMENT OF SPACE AND THE NATURAL WORLD

"A better environment for all Europeans"

On 5 September 1994 the Committee of Ministers adopted Recommendation No. (94) 6 for a sustainable development and use of the countryside, and Recommendation No. (94) 7 on a general policy for a sustainable and environment-friendly tourism development.

On 5 September 1994 Committee of Ministers renewed the European Diploma awarded to the Wurzacher Ried Nature Reserve (Germany), the Minsmere Nature Reserve (United Kingdom), the Teide National Park (Spain), the Cretan White Mountains National Park (Greece) and the Purbeck Heritage Coast (United Kingdom).

On the same day the Committee of Ministers decided to award the European Diploma to the Wachau Protected Landscape (Austria), the Teberda National Reserve and the Oka National Biosphere Reserve (both Russian Federation). The last two protected areas are the first in Eastern Europe to be awarded the European Diploma.

FIELD VIII

LOCAL DEMOCRACY

"Democracy at the grass-roots"

At their 517th meeting the Deputies decided to transmit a number of proposals for amendments to the Draft Additional Protocol to the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities to the Steering Committee on Local and Regional Authorities (CDLR).

FIELD IX

LEGAL CO-OPERATION

"A law to match Europe's future"

On 5 September 1994, the Committee of Ministers adopted the text of the Agreement on illicit traffic by sea, implementing Article 17 of the United Nations Convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, decided to open it for signature by member States on 31 January 1995, and authorised publication of the explanatory report thereto.

On 8 September 1994, it adopted Recommendation No. R (94) 8 concerning the practical application of the European Agreement on the transmission of applications for legal aid.

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At their 516th meeting the Ministers' Deputies decided, as a follow-up to Resolution No. 1 on civil, administrative and criminal law aspects of corruption, adopted in Valetta in June 1994 by the European Ministers of Justice at their 19th Conference, to set up within the Council of Europe a multidisciplinary Group on corruption, the terms of reference of which are to examine - under the responsibility of the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDCP) and of the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) - what measures might be suitable to be included in a programme of action at international level against corruption.

At the same meeting, the Ministers' Deputies authorised the declassification of the revised text of the draft Convention on the exercise of Children's Rights and its explanatory report as soon as the Committee of Experts on Family Law (CJ-FA) will have been seized of and will have examined the comments from members of the Steering Committee on Social Policy (CDPS) and will have approved, if necessary, a revised text. They also decided to invite the Parliamentary Assembly to prepare an opinion on this revised text.

IV.       PARTIAL AGREEMENTS

1.       Social Development Fund1

The 171st meeting of the Administrative Council took place on 20 - 21 September 1994.

At this meeting, the Council in particular adopted its new Rules of Procedure and the "Handbook for the preparation and the follow-up of projects", intended for the users of the Fund's loans. The Administrative Council also approved nine projects totalling 230,547,100 Ecus of Fund loans, four of which (totalling 11,892,300 Ecus) have been introduced by Italy, four (197,192,900 Ecus) by Turkey and one (21.461.900 Ecus) by Portugal. Finally, the Council took note, with satisfaction, of the renewal of the AAA rating of the Fund by Standard & Poor's.

The Governing Body will meet on 30 September. The agenda of this meeting includes in particular the adoption of the Rules of Procedure of this organ and the election of the Vice-Governor(s).

2.       Social and Public Health2

A.       Public health questions

Public Health Committee (CD-P-SP)

The Committee has approved:

-       the records of the meetings of its subsidiary bodies;

-       the activity programme of the Committees of Experts for 1995;

-       the draft Resolution on the rational use of medicines.

Public Health Committee (CD-P-SP) (meeting for the purpose of the Convention on the Elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia - articles 2, 3 and 4)

The Committee is preparing a revision of its working methods, in the context of attempts to simplify procedures.

It has adopted 3 Resolutions concerning the suppression and the implementation of several monographs.

3.       European Pharmacopoeia3

Ten meetings of Groups of Experts and ad hoc Working Parties took place between 15 June 1994 and 30 September 1994.

An international seminar on somatropin was attended by scientists from industry and from the national authorities of Europe, Japan and the United States of America.

Fascicule 18 of the 2nd Edition of the European Pharmacopoeia, consisting of texts adopted during the March, June and November 1993 sessions, was published in June 1994, and the presentation of the complete 2nd edition of the European Pharmacopoeia in CD-ROM form is planned for September.

4.       Pompidou Group4

Two new working groups held their first meetings in September 1994. They studied and made proposals concerning, on the one hand, several topical questions relating to treatment and rehabilitation of drug misusers and, on the other hand, new trends in drug abuse, provisions for monitoring them and policy/service implications.

The same month saw the first meeting of the management board for the demand-reduction training programme. This pilot-programme, initially for prevention and treatment professionals from countries of Central and Eastern Europe, aims to provide a mixture of theoretical training in integrated service provision and long-term, in-service training in host services in Western European countries.

5.       Open Partial Agreement on the prevention of, the protection against, and organisation of relief in major natural and technological disasters5

At their 516th meeting (September 1994) the Ministers' Deputies, in their composition restricted to member States of this Partial Agreement, decided to invite Morocco to accede to the Partial Agreement. At the same meeting, they also decided to invite Japan to take part in the Partial Agreement activities as an observer.

6.       European Support Fund for the co-production and distribution of creative cinematographic and audio-visual works (EURIMAGES)6

      During the period concerned the Partial Agreement EURIMAGES held no public seminars itself. From 27 to 30 June it held its 32nd Board Meeting in Varna (Bulgaria), and from 12 to 15 September it held its 33rd Board Meeting in Vienna (Austria).

7.       European Centre for Global Interdependence and Solidarity (North-South Centre)7

Public Information and Media Relations

This year the One World season on "People, Population and Migration" included once again the series of programmes "Developing Stories" written and produced by individuals from the South. This series was broadcasted at the time of the United Nations International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 5-13 September 1994).

From 25 - 26 June 1994, the Youth Programme Committee of the North-South Centre met in Lisbon to discuss the implementation of the youth programme for the second half of 1994 and to draft the preliminary programme for 1995.

Dialogue for Global Interdependence and Partnership

An international conference on "Rwanda in its regional context: Human rights, reconciliation and rehabilitation", was organised in The Hague on 16-17 September 1994, at the initiative of the North-South Centre and its partners in various European countries, under the joint auspices of the Secretaries General of the Council of Europe and the Organisation of African Unity.

The conference culminated in the adoption of an Appeal with chapters dedicated to reconciliation, reconstruction, perception and the media, and prevention.

8.       European Commission for Democracy through Law8

During the period covered by this report, Moldova and Georgia were granted the status of Associate Member of the Commission.

The Commission held its 20th plenary meeting in Venice (9-10 September 1994). In the course of this meeting the members had an exchange of views with the Chair of the Enlarged group of Rapporteurs on Central and Eastern Europe of the Ministers' Deputies; the Commission further held an exchange of views with Mr Roelf Meyer, Minister for Constitutional Development and Provincial Affairs of South Africa, on the modalities of future co-operation in the implementation of the Constitution for the interim period and in the elaboration of the definitive Constitution.

At the above meeting, the Commission was informed of recent constitutional developments in Georgia and decided to resume consideration of the draft constitution, in the presence of a multiparty delegation from that country, in due course. Furthermore, it accepted a request by the authorities of Latvia to give an opinion on the Latvian draft law on the status of former USSR citizens who are not citizens of Latvia or any other State.

Within the framework of the "Human Rights and Genuine Democracy" programme, the Commission adopted its general report on the rights of minorities, as well as a report on the protection of minorities in federal and regional States. The Commission further adopted a report on emergency powers of Governments.

At the request of the Committee of Ministers the Commission examined the constitutional aspects of Recommendation 1238 (1994) of the Parliamentary Assembly on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. After an exchange of views at the 20th Plenary meeting in Venice, the Commission pursued its reflection on the constitutional problems raised by the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the occasion of its UniDem Seminar in Santorini, where it exchanged views with a delegation of the Constitutional Assembly of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Commission's report was transmitted to the Committee of Ministers.

The above mentioned UniDem Seminar on "the Modern Concept of Confederation" was organised by the Commission, in cooperation with the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 23 to 25 September 1994. Parliamentarians, constitutional judges and academics from Western and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as well as representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly and the CSCE participated in this seminar which focused on actual implementations of a modern concept of confederation (C.I.S., Confederation between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Baltic States, European Union).

9.       Youth Card9

During the period in question representatives of the Board of Coordination on the Youth Card met on 11 August with representatives of the International Union of Railways to discuss concrete cooperation between the Interrail Card and the Youth Card. Such cooperation is desirable since the two cards have common objectives and common target groups. A joint working group will develop a proposal how to materialise the cooperation.

10.       European Audiovisual Observatory10

During the Summer 1994 the European Audiovisual Observatory has continued to provide its services to the European audiovisual professionals. The Observatory is receiving now a constant flow of requests to its Information Service Desk requesting information on the legal, economic, or practical aspects of the audiovisual industry. The Observatory published on September 15 the second issue of its newsletter Sequentia in English, French and German.

During the Summer period the Observatory has also enlarged its partnership structure. A new partnership agreement has been signed with the British Film Institute concerning provision of practical audiovisual information. Presently the Observatory has signed seven major partnership agreements with European information providers. Establishment of the national correspondent structure was also enlarged, and the Observatory now has a great number of correspondent information centres all over Europe to support its services.

11.       European Centre for Modern Languages11

The First Meeting of the Governing Board of the Centre took place in Strasbourg from 29 June - 1 July 1994. The meeting:

-       elected the Chair, Vice-Chairs and members of the Bureau of the Governing Board;

-       adopted the Rules of Procedure of the Governing Board;

-       discussed the programme of activities for the Centre in 1995;

-       defined the profile of the participants on the courses to be held in the Centre.

The Centre will begin its programme of courses/seminars at the beginning of 1995.

V.       CONGRESS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES OF EUROPE (CLRAE)

2nd European Conference of Local and Regional Authority Staff

(Budapest, 26-28 September 1994)

At the invitation of Mayor Gábor Demszky, the conference was organised in co-operation between the Municipality of Budapest and the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CLRAE). The main objective of the conference was to focus on issues that are currently of particular concern to local and regional authorities in terms of staff. Special attention was paid to the organisational changes that have recently taken place in local and regional authorities throughout Europe. The modernisation of local government has, in most countries, involved the decentralisation of responsibility and powers.

Participants discussed whether the guidelines adopted by the CLRAE in 1985 after the first conference on the status, working conditions, training and career prospects of local and regional government staff are being applied in the various countries, and whether they should be amended to reflect new circumstances.

Modernisation of local government not only requires the decision-making process to be organised differently, it should also be carried out in co-operation with staff. A different structure and approach to government calls for different staff qualifications, and training has a crucial role in this process.

The Network of training organisations, which came about as a result of the first conference, will launch a new stage of co-operation by officially establishing an independent Association. An account of the Network's increasing activities and future plans was given on this occasion.

The conclusions of the conference should produce guidelines for the proper management of human resources in local and regional government.

VI.       CONFERENCES OF SPECIALISED MINISTERS

10th Session of the Conference of European Ministers responsible for Regional Planning (CEMAT)

(Oslo, 6-7 September 1994)

The 10th Session of the Conference of European Ministers responsible for Regional Planning (CEMAT), held in Oslo on 6-7 September 1994 at the invitation of the Norwegian Government, was attended by Regional and Spatial Planning Ministers from the member States, as well as by observers from Belarus, the Holy See, Latvia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine.

The two themes of the conference were "Strategies for sustainable development in urban regions in Europe" and "The outlook for sustainable development and its implications in spatial planning in Europe beyond the year 2000". Resolutions on each of these themes were adopted at the end of the Conference.

The 11th Session of the CEMAT will be held in Cyprus in 1997 at the invitation of the Cypriot Government, on the theme "Sustainable regional/spatial planning in Europe and the protection of water resources".

APPENDIX I

VII.       ACTION TAKEN ON TEXTS ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY

A.       ASSEMBLY RECOMMENDATIONS

The Committee of Ministers has given interim, final or supplementary replies to the following Assembly Recommendations:

Recommendation 1163 (1991)       on the arrival of asylum-seekers at European airports

Recommendation 1204 (1993)       on the creation of a transitional mechanism for the protection of human rights for european non-member states of the Council of Europe

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Recommendation 1219 (1993)       on establishing a mechanism for the protection of human rights in European states not members of the Council of Europe

Recommendation 1211 (1993)       on clandestine migration: traffickers and employers of clandestine migrants

Recommendation 1218 (1993)       on establishing an international court to try serious violations of international humanitarian law

Recommendation 1228 (1994)       on cable networks and local television stations: their importance for Greater Europe

Recommendation 1234 (1994)       on a European prize for young writers and artists

Recommendation 1239 (1994)       on the cultural situation in the former Yugoslavia

Recommendation 1241 (1994)       on the application of conventions concerning the environment

Recommendation 1242 (1994)       on a common European policy for the polar regions

Recommendation 1243 (1994)       on demographic change and sustainable development.

B.       ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS AND ORDERS

The Committee of Ministers has taken note of the following Resolutions:

Resolution 1034 (1994)       on the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from 1990 to 1993

Resolution 1035 (1994)        on Europeans living abroad

Resolution 1036 (1994)        on the progress of economic reform in central and eastern Europe: lessons and prospects

Resolution 1037 (1994)        on research and development in smaller countries

Resolution 1038 (1994)        on European common policy for the polar regions

Resolution 1039 (1994)        on rural and agricultural reform in the new democracies of central and eastern Europe

Resolution 1040 (1994)       on the activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Resolution 1041 (1994)       on the consequences of the dissolution of the Party for Democracy (DEP) in Turkey

Resolution 1042 (1994)       on deserters and draft resisters from the republics of the former Yugoslavia.

The Committee of Ministers has taken note of the following Orders:

Order No. 495 (1994)        on Europeans living abroad

Order No. 496 (1994)        on the modification of the name of the Committee on Agriculture

Order No. 497 (1994)       on the modification of the name of the Committee on Parliamentary and Public Relations

Order No. 498 (1994)       on demographic change and sustainable development.

APPENDIX II

VIII. TEXTS ADOPTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS

The Committee of Ministers adopted the following texts:

1.       Convention

Agreement on illicit traffic by sea, implementing Article 17 of the Unites Nations Convention against illicit traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances

2.       Recommendations to member States

Recommendation No. R (94)5       on guidelines to inspire practices of the member States of the Council of Europe concerning the arrival of asylum-seekers at European airports

Recommendation No. R (94)6       for a sustainable development and use of the countryside, with a particular focus on the safeguarding of wildlife and landscapes

Recommendation No. R (94)7       on a general policy for a sustainable and environment-friendly tourism development

Recommendation No. R (94)8       concerning the practical application of the European agreement on the transmission of applications for legal aid

3.       Resolutions

Resolution (94) 16       on the Social Development Fund

Resolution (94) 17       on revision of the pension scheme rules

Resolution (94) 18       on the renewal of the European Diploma awarded to the Wurzacher Ried Nature Reserve (Germany)

Resolution (94) 19       on the renewal of the European Diploma awarded to the Minsmere Nature Reserve (United Kingdom)

Resolution (94) 20       on the renewal of the European Diploma awarded to the Teide National Park (Spain)

Resolution (94) 21       on the renewal of the European Diploma awarded to the Cretan White Mountains National Park (Greece)

Resolution (94) 22       on the renewal of the European Diploma awarded to the Purbeck Heritage Coast (United Kingdom)

Resolution (94) 23        on the award of the European Diploma to the Teberda National Reserve (Russian Federation)

Resolution (94) 24       on the award of the European Diploma to the Oka National Biosphere Reserve (Russian Federation)

Resolution (94) 25       on the award of the European Diploma to the Wachau protected landscape (Austria)

Resolution DH (94) 52       Election of two members of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Resolution DH (94) 53       Election of four members of the Committee of Independent Experts of the Social Charter

Resolution DH (94) 54       Election of a member of the European Commission of Human Rights in respect of Germany

Resolution DH (94) 55       Application No. 16704/90 - Toth against Austria

Resolution DH (94) 56       Application Nos. 14167/88 and 14226/88 - M. against France

Resolution DH (94) 57       Application No. 15767/89 - Clarke against the United Kingdom

Resolution DH (94) 58       Application No. 17143/90 - Oldham against the United Kingdom

Resolution DH (94) 59       Application No. 13195/87 - P., K. and G. against the United Kingdom

Resolution DH (94) 60       Application No. 15268/89 - Doran against the Netherlands

Resolution DH (94) 61       concerning the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 22 February 1994 in the case of Burghartz against Switzerland

Resolution DH (94) 62       concerning the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 26 February 1993 in the case of Messina against Italy

Resolution DH (94) 63       concerning the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 19 April 1994 in the case of Van de Hurk against the Netherlands

Resolution DH (94) 64       concerning the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 26 April 1994 in the case of Diaz Ruano against Spain

Resolution DH (94) 65       concerning the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 28 February 1994 in the case of Boyle against the United Kingdom

APPENDIX III

      IX.       STATE OF SIGNATURES AND RATIFICATIONS OF EUROPEAN TREATIES

(covering the period from 22 June to 26 September 1994)

1 ¹

Concerns the following States: member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Liechstenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey; non-member State: Holy See.

2 ²       Concerns the following States: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom. Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland also participate in the activities of the Partial Agreement.

3 ³       Concerns the following States: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

4 ⁴       Concerns the following States: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechstenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom.

5 ⁵       Concerns the following States: member States: Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Turkey; non-member States: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Monaco, Morocco, Russia and Ukraine.

6 ⁶       Concerns the following States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

7 ⁷       Concerns the following States: Cyprus, Finland, France, Italy, Liechstenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

8 ⁸       Concerns the following States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechstenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Roumania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. Associate members: Albania, Croatia, Georgia, Latvia, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine. Observers: Canada, Holy See, Japan, Kyrghyzstan and the United States of America.

9 ⁹       Concerns the following States: France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain and Switzerland.

10 ¹⁰       Concerns the following States: member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechstenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom; non-member states: Latvia and Russia.

11 ¹¹       Concerns the following States: Austria, France, Greece, Liechstenstein, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia and Switzerland.