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Doc. 8059
3 April 1998
Request for accession to the Council of Europe by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Communication
Committee of Ministers
Letter from the Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 30 March 1998
Dear Madam President,
I have the honour to inform you that the Ministers' Deputies, at their 624th meeting (24-25 March 1998), decided to inform the Parliamentary Assembly about the application of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for membership of the Council of Europe and to propose including this question for an exchange of views on the agenda of the Joint Committee to be held on 23 April 1998.
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Signed: Johannes Dohmes
Letter from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to the Chairman of the Ministers' Deputies, dated 19 March 1998
Dear Ambassador,
I have the honour to transmit to you the letter of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Mr Zivadin Jovanovic, dated 18 March 1998, relating to his Government's request to be invited to become a member state of the Council of Europe.
The letter was handed to me today by the Deputy Minister for Multilateral Questions, Mr Branko Brankovic.
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Signed: Daniel Tarschys
Letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, dated 18 March 1998
Dear Secretary General,
I am honoured, on behalf of the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to submit our application to become a member of the Council of Europe and would be grateful if you would invite the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in accordance with Article 4 of the Statute of the Council of Europe, to accede to the Council.
As you are aware, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is in a position to satisfy the obligations of international law inherent in its status of sovereign and independent state.
I am honoured to affirm that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia wishes to adhere fully to the principles, aims and objectives contained in the Statute of the Council of Europe. The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia’s legal system respects human rights, the rule of law and the principle of pluralist democracy.
I am also honoured to affirm that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia accepts, and is able to fulfil, all the obligations incumbent upon a member state.
I am happy to inform you that the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, once it has become a member state, will accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and several of the Council of Europe’s fundamental conventions.
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Signed: Zivadin Jovanovic