Doc. 8302

25 January 1999

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 1999 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 to express its decision on the validation of the credentials of the representatives and substitutes whose names are given below.

3.       Two seats of representatives are vacant for Cyprus and "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".

4.       Two seats of substitutes are vacant for Cyprus and "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia".

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	Ms Arta Dade Mr Vasil Melo Mr Vili Minarolli Ms 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 Ms Edeltraud Gatterer Mr Alfred Gusenbauer Ms Irmtraut Karlsson Mr Peter Schieder Mr Walter Schwimmer	Ms Monika Langthaler Mr Milan Linzer Mr Manfred Mautner-Markhof Ms Susanne Riess-Passer Mr Herbert Scheibner Ms 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 Mr Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb Mr Johan Weyts N...
Bulgaria/Bulgarie	Mr Evgueni Kirilov Mr Borislav Kitov Mr Younal Loutfi Mr Youlii Pavlov Ms Elena Poptodorova Mr Latchezar Toshev	Mr Ivan Ivanov Mr Yacho Minkov Mr Anguel Naydenov Ms Maria Stoyanova Mr Guner Tahir Mr Kiril Yordanov
Croatia/Croatie	Ms Snjezana Biga-Friganović Mr Niko Bulić Ms Zdravka Bušić Mr Nikola Obuljen Mr Jozo Radoš	Mr Žarko Domljan Count Jacob Eltz Mr Boris Kandare Mr Stjepan Radić Mr Bruno Uroić
Cyprus/Chypre	Mr Doros Christodoulides Mr Panayiotis Demetriou	Mr Takis Hadjidemetriou Mr Stathis Kittis
Czech Republic/ République tchèque	Mrs Zdeňka Horníková Mr Josef Jařab Mr Petr Matějů Mr Miroslav Ouzký Mr Ladislav Skopal Mrs Vlasta Štěpová Mr Jiři Vyvadil	Mr Walter Bartoš Mrs Taťána Jirousová Mr František Kroupa Mrs Miroslava Nĕmcová Mrs Alena Palečková Mrs Olga Sehnalová Mr Cyril Svoboda
Denmark/Danemark	Ms Elisabeth Arnold Ms Pernille Frahm Mr Henning Gjellerod Mr Per Stig Moeller Ms Hanne Severinsen	Ms Sonja Albrink Ms Helle Degn Mr Flemming Kofod-Svendsen Mr Peter Skaarup Mr Soeren Soendergaard
Estonia/Estonie	Mr Tunne Kelam Ms Kristiina Ojuland Mr Juhan Telgmaa	Mr Tònu Reid Kukk Mr Anti Liiv Mr Eiki Nestor
Finland/Finlande	Mr Mikko Elo Ms Anneli Jäätteenmäki Mr Juha Korkeaoja Mr Jaakko Laakso Mr Martti Tiuri	Ms Kaarina Dromberg Ms Tytti Isohookana-Asunmaa Mr Gunnar Jansson Ms Tarja Kautto Ms Leena Luhtanen
France	Mr Nicolas About Mr Jacques Baumel Mr Jean Briane Mr Marcel Debarge Mme Josette Durrieu Mr Claude Evin Mr Daniel Hoeffel Mr Armand Jung Mr Jean-François Le Grand Mr Guy Lengagne Mr Jean-François Mattéi Mr Gilbert Mitterrand Mr Henri Nallet Mr Lucien Neuwirth Ms Yvette Roudy Mr Jean-Claude Sandrier Mr Bernard Schreiner Mr Jean Valleix	Mr Claude Birraux Mr Jean-Marie Bockel Mr James Bordas Mr Jean-Guy Branger Mr Paul Dhaille Mr Michel Dreyfus-Schmidt Ms Laurence Dumont Mr Charles Ehrmann Mr Daniel Goulet Mr Maxime Gremetz Mr Michel Hunault Mr Jacques Legendre Mr Jean-Marie Le Guen Mr Georges Lemoine Mr Jean-Pierre Michel Mr Jean-Claude Mignon Ms Danièle Pourtaud Mr Philippe Séguin
Germany/Allemagne	Mr Ulrich Adam Mr Wolfgang Behrendt Mr Rudolf Bindig Mr Klaus Bühler Mr Karl Hermann Haack Mr Karl-Heinz Hornhues Mr Ulrich Irmer Ms Renate Jäger Ms Christa Lörcher Ms Erika Lotz Mr Meinolf Michels Mr Manfred Müller Mr Gerhard Neumann Ms Claudia Roth Mr Dieter Schloten Mr Hans Peter Schmitz Mr Michael von Schmude Mr Benno Zierer	Ms Maria Böhmer Mr Dankward Buwitt Ms Dagmar Freitag Mr Wolfgang Gehrcke Mr Rolf Hempelmann Ms Jelena Hoffmann Mr Siegfried Hornung Mr Heinrich Kolb Mr Eduard Lintner Ms Christine Lucyga Mr Erich Maass Mr Hermann Scheer Mr Dietmar Schütz Mr Bernd Siebert Mr Christian Sterzing Ms Rita Süssmuth Mr Franz Thönnes Mr Wolfgang Wodarg
Greece/Grèce	Mr Kimon Koulouris Mr Michael Liapis Mr Vassilios Maginas Mr Joseph Micheloyiannis Mr Vyron Polydoras Mr Ioannis Pottakis Mr Ioannis Skoularikis	Mr Georgios Kalos Ms Eleonora Katseli Mr Efstratios Korakas Ms Andrianni Loule Mr Georgios Rokos Mr Elefterios Verivakis Ms Rodoula Zissi
Hungary/Hongrie	Mr András Bársony Mr Mátyás Eörsi Mr András Kelemen Mr Béla Pokol Mr Zoltán Rockenbauer Mr László Surjan Mr Csaba Tabajdi	Mr Attila Bánk Mr András Gyürk Mr Gyula Hegyi Mr Csaba Kurucsai Mr Károly Lotz Mr Gyula Molnár Mr Gábor Tamás Nagy
Iceland/Islande	Mr Hjálmar Árnason Ms Margrét Frimannsdóttir Ms Lára Margrét Ragnarsdóttir	Mr Ólafur Örn Haraldsson Mr Hjálmar Jónsson Mr Tómas Ingi Olrich
Ireland/Irlande	Mr John Browne Mr Thomas Enright Mr Brendan Daly Mr Pat Upton	Mr Liam Aylward Mr John Connor Mr Tony Gregory Mr Rory Kiely
Italy/Italie	Mr Silvio Berlusconi Mr Aldo Brancati Mr Mario Brunetti Mr Graziano Cioni Mr Domenico Contestabile Mr Vito Cusimano Mr Lino Diana Mr Fabio Evangelisti Ms Nilde Iotti Mr Valentino Martelli Mr Giuseppe Pisanu Mr Paolo Polenta Mr Mario Rigo Mr Flavio Rodeghiero Mr Gustavo Selva Mr Francesco Enrico Speroni Ms Vera Squarcialupi Mr Demetrio Volcic	Mr Giuseppe Aleffi Mr Francesco Amoruso Mr Felice Carlo Besostri Mr Vincenzo Bianchi Mr Stelio de Carolis Mr Ludovico Corrao Mr Simone Enrico Gnaga Mr Angelo Lauricella Mr Federico Lento Mr Luciano Lorenzi Ms Claudia Mancina Mr Rosario Olivo Ms Elisa Pozza Tasca Mr Salvatore Ragno Mr Gianni Risari Mr Enrico Rizzi Mr Alberto Robol Mr Giuseppe Turini
Latvia/Lettonie	Ms Kristiāna Libane Ms Vaira Paegle Mr Juris Sinka	Mr Gundars Bojārs Mr Boriss Cilevičs Mr Romāns Mežeckis
Liechtenstein	Mr Viktor Meier Ms Renate Wohlwend	Mr Christian Brunhart Ms Dorothée Laternser
Lithuania/Lituanie	Mr Regimantas Čiupaila Mr Rimantas Dagys Mr Bronislavas Kuzmickas Mr Emanuelis Zingeris	Mr Povilas Gylys Mr Arimantas Raškinis Ms Rasa Rastauskiené Mr Stasys Stačiokas
Luxembourg	Ms Anne Brasseur Ms Marcelle Lentz-Cornette Mr René Kollwelter	Mr Jean Regenwetter Mr Jean-Paul Rippinger Mr Alphonse Theis
Malta/Malte	Mr John Attard Montalto Mr Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando Mr John Vella	Mr Francis Agius Mr Michael Asciak Mr Joseph Debono Grech
Moldova	Mr Vlad Cubreacov Mr Vasile Nedelciuc Mr Vladimir Solonari Mr Victor Sorocean Mr Vladimir Voronin	Mr Gheorghe Anton Mr Ivan Calin Mr Anatol Ciobanu Mr Valeriu Ghileţchi Mr Eugen Rusu
Netherlands/Pays-Bas	Mr Jan Dirk Blaauw Mr Huib Eversdijk Ms Hanneke Gelderblom-Lankhout Mr Erik Jurgens Mr Gerd Leers Mr Frans Timmermans Mr Jan Verbeek	Mr Oussama Cherribi Mr Dirk Dees Mr Adri Duivesteijn Ms Farah Karimi Ms Erica Terpstra Mr Gerrit Valk Mr Maxime Verhagen
Norway/Norvège	Ms Aud Blattmann Ms Annelise Høegh Ms Anita Sæle Mr Jan Simonsen Mr Tom Thoresen	Mr Olav Akselsen Ms Eirin Faldet Mr Inge Myrvoll Ms Jorunn Ringstad Mr Lars Rise
Poland/Pologne	Mr Franciszek Adamczyk Mr Andrzej Anusz Mr Ryszard Gibuła M 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 Ms Ewa Freyberg Mr Gabriel Janowski Mr Krzysztof Kozłowski Ms Olga Krzyżanowska Mr Aleksander Łuczak Ms Maria Smereczyńska Mr Jerzy Smorawiński Mr Maciej Świątkowski Mr Tomasz Wójcik Mr Michał Wojtczak
Portugal	Ms 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 Paulo Pereira Coelho Mr Fernando Pereira Marques Mr João Poças Santos
Romania/Roumanie	Mr Andrei-Ioan Chiliman Mr Cristian Dumitrescu Mr György Frunda Mr Vasile Lupu Mr Adrian Nàstase Mr Bogdan Niculescu Mr Ovidiu Sincai Ms Radica Mihaela Stanoiu Mr Petru Steolea Mr Radu Vasile	Mr Ioan Ardelean Mr Mihai Baciu Mr Doru-Laurian Badulescu Mr Valentin Gabrielescu Mr Stefan Glàvan Ms Marina Ionescu Mr Atilla Bela Kelemen Mr Dumitru Pâslaru Mr Stelian Alexandru Pop Mr Emil Popescu
Russia/Russie	Mr Mukharbek Aushev Mr Alexandre Dzasokhov Mr Serguei Glotov Mr Nickolay Fyodorov Mr Nikolai Kharitonov Mr Serguei Kovalev Mr Valentin Kuptsov Mr Boris Kuznetsov Mr Vladimir Lukin Mr Boris Maltsev Mr Ivan Melnikov Mr Mikhail Prusak Mr Alexander Ryabov Mr Vladimir Sharapov Mr Serguei Sobyanin Mr Stanislav Zhebrovsky Mr Vladimir Zhirinovsky Mr Guennady Ziuganov	Mr Vladimir Averchev Mr Oleg Bogomolov Mr Vadim Filimonov Ms Nina Kulbaka Mr Anatoliy Morozov Ms Liubov Oleinik Mr Sherig-ool Oorzhak Ms Liudmila Pobedinskaya Mr Alexander Rutskoy Mr Oleg Savitsky Mr Serguey Semyonov Mr Nickolay Shaklein Mr Alexandre Shishlov Mr Vitaly Shuba Mr Veleryi Sudarenkov Mr Valeryi Ustiugov Mr Viktor Vishnyakov Mr Nickolay Volodin
San Marino/Saint-Marin	Mr Giuseppe Arzilli Mr Claudio Felici	Mr Paride Andreoli Mr Pier Marino Mularoni
Slovakia/Slovaquie	Ms Irena Belohorská Mr Árpád Duka Zólyomi Mr Robert Fico Mr Peter Kresák Mr Juraj Švec	Ms Oľga Keltošová Mr Peter Ošváth Mr Jozef Prokeš Mr Vojtech Tkáč Mr Peter Weiss
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 Ms Ana Guirado Mr José Luis López Henares Mr Guillermo Martínez Casañ Mr Miguel Ángel Martínez Mr Gabino Puche Mr Lluís Maria de Puig Mr 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 Ms Maria del Carmen Calleja Mr Adolfo Fernández Aguilar Mr Luis Mardones Mr Mario Onaindia Ms Pilar Pulgar Mr Carlos Ramírez Pery Mr José Luis Sainz García Mr Josep Varela I Serra
Sweden/Suède	Mr Jan Bergqvist Mr Anders Björck Ms Maud Björnemalm Ms Lisbet Calner Ms Maggi Mikaelsson Ms Ingrid Näslund	Mr Knut Billing Mr Mats Einarsson Mr Björn von der Esch Ms Marie Granlund Mr Sören Lekberg Mr Göran Magnusson
Switzerland/Suisse	Mr Peter Bloetzer Mr Dumeni Columberg Mr Andreas Gross Mr Ernst Muehlemann Mr Victor Ruffy Mr Bernhard Seiler	Ms Lisbeth Fehr Mr Claude Frey Mr François Lachat Mr Dick Marty Mr Gian-Reto Plattner Ms Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia/ L'ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine	Mr Arben Dzaferi Mr Danilo Gligoroski N...	Ms Natalija Markovic-Dimova Ms Gulistana Markovska N...
Turkey/Turquie	Mr Cevdet Akçalı Ms Lale Aytaman Mr Bayram Fırat Dayanıklı Mr Ali Dinçer Mr Abdullah Gül Mr Esat Kiratlioğlu Mr Atilla Mutman Mr Mehmet Sılay Mr İsmail İlhan Sungur Mr Süha Tanık Mr Sabri Tekir Mr Şükrü Yürür	Mr Mehmet Sıddık Altay Mr Abdülbaki Ataç Mr Ali Rahmi Beyreli Mr Yusuf Selahattin Beyribey Mr Mahmut Nedim Bilgiç Mr Remzi Çetin Mr Eşref Erdem Mr Abdullah Gencer Mr Mehmet Keçeciler Mr Cemal Külahlı Mr Suat Pamukçu Mr Ahmet Tan
Ukraine	Mr Viacheslav Chornovil Mr Ivan Chyzh Mr Serhiy Holovaty Mr Vasyl Kostytsky Mr Serhiy Kurykin Mr Pavlo Lazarenko Mr Yevhen Marmazov Mr Anatoliy Matvienko Mr Borys Oliynyk Mr Ivan Popesku Mr Anatoliy Rakhansky Mr Petro Symonenko	Mr Oleksiy Baburin Mr Volodymyr Bortnyk Mr Mykola Gaber Mr Anatoliy Khunov Mr Leonid Kosakivsky Mr Georgiy Manchulenko Mr Taras Stetskiv Mr Leonid Strizhko Mr Petro Tsybenko Ms Natalia Vitrenko Mr Olexandr Yemets Mr Roman Zvarych
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 Ms Maria Fyfe Sir Alastair Goodlad Lord Kirkhill Mr Kevin McNamara Mr Jim Marshall Mr Edward O'Hara Lord Ponsonby Lord Russell-Johnston Mr John D. Taylor Mr John Townend Mr James Wray	Mr Peter Brand Mr Michael Colvin Ms Ann Cryer Mr Christopher Gill Lord Grenfell Mr Michael Hancock Ms Jenny Jones Lord Judd Lord Lucas of Crudwell Ms Christine McCafferty Mr Doug Naysmith Lord Northesk Mr Gwinfor Prosser Ms Debra Shipley Ms Geraldine Smith 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 1999 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	Special Guests/Invités spéciaux
Armenia/Arménie	Mr Frunze Kharatian Mr Armen Martirossyan Mr Archak Sadoyan Ms Gayané Saroukhanyan
Azerbaijan/Azerbaïdjan	Mr Ali Assadov Mr Shadman Huseyn Mr Makhmud Mamed-Kuliyev Mr Ali Nagiyev Ms Naira Shakhtahtinskaya Mr Zakir Zeynalov
Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Bosnie et Herzegovine	Mr Edhem Bičakčić Ms Mediha Filipović Mr Mariofil Ljubić Mr Savo Lončar Mr Momir Tošić
Georgia/Géorgie	Mr Kaha Chitaia Ms Lana Gogoberidze Mr Vano Khukhunaishvili Mr Micheil Saakashvili Ms Irina Sarishvili-Chanturia