Doc. 8201

21 September 1998

Council of Europe and OSCE

Motion for an order

presented by Mrs Gelderblom-Lankhout

This motion has not been discussed in the Assembly and commits only the members who have signed it

1. The Assembly considers that good relations between the Council of Europe and OSCE are of the utmost importance and that the cooperation between the two organisations should be as effective as possible.

2. It therefore instructs the Political Affairs Committee for report, and the other competent committees (Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography, and the Monitoring Committee) for opinion, to continue their studies on the Council of Europe and OSCE, if possible in close operation with the competent organs of that organisation, and report back to the Assembly in due course.

3. It instructs its Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, with the help of other committees, such as the Monitoring Committee, the Political Affairs Committee and the Committee on Rules of Procedure, to study such other measures leading to the one listed in Rule 6 paragraphs 9-11 (annulment of the ratification of credentials) the Assembly might take when a member state of the Council of Europe does not respect its commitments towards the organisation.

Signed :

Gelderblom-Lankhout, Netherlands, LDR