Doc. 8622

24 January 2000

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 2000 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: one for Cyprus and one for Ukraine.

4.       Two seats of substitutes are vacant: one for Bulgaria and one for Cyprus.

5.       In the case of objection or contestation, the contested credentials shall be referred without debate to the appropriate committee(s) which shall report back to the Assembly, in accordance with Rules 7 and 8 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	Mrs Edeltraud Gatterer Mr Alfred Gusenbauer Mrs Susanne Riess-Passer Mr Herbert Scheibner Mr Peter Schieder Mr Michael Spindelegger	Mr André d'Aron Mr Wolfgang Jung Mr Milan Linzer Ms Ilse Mertel Mrs Johanna Schicker Ms Terezija Stoisits
Belgium/Belgique	Mr Mark Eyskens Mr Stef Goris Mr Jean-Pol Henry Mrs Mimi Kestelijn-Sierens Mr Reginald Moreels Mr Jacques Santkin Mr Lode Vanoost	Mr Gerolf Annemans Mr Jurgen Ceder Mr Georges Clerfayt Mr Marcel Colla Mr Erik Derycke Mr Philippe Monfils Mrs Maria Nagy
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 Z...
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 Z...	Mr Takis Hadjidemetriou Mr Stathis Kittis Z...
Czech Republic/ République tchèque	Mrs Zdeňka Horníková Mr Petr Matějů Mrs Jaroslava Moserová 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 Margrete Auken Mr Henning Gjellerod Mr Per Stig Moeller Ms Hanne Severinsen	Ms Sonja Albrink Ms Helle Degn Mr Klaus Kjær Mr Flemming Kofod-Svendsen Mr Soeren Soendergaard
Estonia/Estonie	Mr Anti Liiv Mrs Kristiina Ojuland Mr Lauri Vahtre	Mr Sergei Ivanov Mr Ivar Tallo Mr Elmar Truu
Finland/Finlande	Mr Mikko Elo Ms Anneli Jäätteenmäki Ms Tytti Isohookana-Asunmaa Mr Jaakko Laakso Mr Martti Tiuri	Ms Kaarina Dromberg Mr Gunnar Jansson Ms Tarja Kautto Mr Juha Korkeaoja Ms Leena Luhtanen
France	Mr Nicolas About Mr Jacques Baumel Mr Jean Briane Mr Marcel Debarge Mr Paul Dhaille Mme Josette Durrieu Mr Claude Evin Mr Pierre Goldberg Mr Daniel Hoeffel Mr Armand Jung Mr Jean-François Le Grand Mr Guy Lengagne Mr Jean-François Mattéi Mr Gilbert Mitterrand Mr Lucien Neuwirth Ms Yvette Roudy Mr Bernard Schreiner Mr Jean Valleix	Mr Claude Birraux Mr Jean-Marie Bockel Mr James Bordas Mr Jean-Guy Branger 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-Paul Mariot Mr Jean-Pierre Michel Mr Jean-Claude Mignon Ms Danièle Pourtaud Mr Philippe Séguin
Georgia/Géorgie	Mr Kaha Chitaia Ms Tamar Ninoshvili Ms Natela Patarkalishvili Mr Micheil Saakashvili Mr David Salaridze	Mr Armaz Akhvlediani Ms Pikria Chikhradze Mr Irakli Gogava Mr Elizbar Javelidze Mr Givi Shugarov
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 Mr Dieter Schloten Mr Hans Peter Schmitz Mr Michael von Schmude Mr Christian Sterzing 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 Mr Helmut Lippelt Ms Christine Lucyga Mr Erich Maass Mr Hermann Scheer Mr Dietmar Schütz Mr Bernd Siebert 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 Athanassios Alevras Mr Charalambos Angourakis Mr Georgios Kalos Ms Eleonora Katseli Ms Andrianni Loule Mr Georgios Rokos Mr Elefterios Verivakis
Hungary/Hongrie	Mr András Bársony Mr Márton Braun Mr Mátyás Eörsi Mr András Kelemen Mr Béla Pokol Mr László Surján Mr Czaba Tabajdi	Mr Gyula Hegyi Ms Edit Herczog Mr Csaba Kurucsai Mr Károly Lotz Mr Gábor Tamás Nagy Mr Miklós Simon Mr András Szinyei
Iceland/Islande	Mr Ólafur Örn Haraldsson Ms Margrét Frimannsdóttir Ms Lára Margrét Ragnarsdóttir	Mr Kristinn Gunnarsson Mrs Bryndis Hlöđversdóttir Mr Tómas Ingi Olrich
Ireland/Irlande	Mr John Browne Mr Thomas Enright Mr Brendan Daly Ms Breeda Moynihan-Cronin	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 Massimo Dolazza Mr Fabio Evangelisti Mr Valentino Martelli Mr Giuseppe Pisanu Mr Paolo Polenta Mr Mario Rigo Mr Flavio Rodeghiero Mr Gustavo Selva Ms Anna-Maria Serafini Ms Vera Squarcialupi Mr Demetrio Volcic	Mr Giuseppe Aleffi Mr Francesco Amoruso Mr Felice Carlo Besostri Mr Vincenzo Bianchi Mr Stelio de Carolis Mr Simone Enrico Gnaga Mr Angelo Lauricella Mr Federico Lento Ms Claudia Mancina Mr Rosario Olivo Mr Armin Pinggera Ms Elisa Pozza Tasca Mr Fiorello Provera 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 Ms Gražina Imbrasiené Mr Arimantas Raškinis Ms Joana Sadeikienė
Luxembourg	Mrs Lydie Err Mr Marcel Glesener Mr Gusty Graas	Mr Emile Calmes Mr Ben Fayot Mr Norbert Haupert
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 Ms Maria Postoico Mr Vladimir Solonari Mr Vladimir Voronin	Mr Gheorghe Anton Mr Valeriu Ghileţchi Mr Valeriu Guma Mr Eugen Rusu Mr Victor Stepaniuc
Netherlands/Pays-Bas	Mr Jan Dirk Blaauw Mr Dirk Dees Mr Adri Duivesteijn Mr Huib Eversdijk Mr Erik Jurgens Mr René van der Linden Mr Frans Timmermans	Mr Oussama Cherribi Mr Gerd Leers Mrs Nicolet van 't Riet Ms Erica Terpstra Mr Gerrit Valk Mr Maxime Verhagen Mrs Ans Zwerver
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	Mrs Manuela Aguiar Mr Jorge Lacão Costa Mr Carlos Luís Mr José Medeiros Ferreira Mr João Mota Amaral Mr Pedro Roseta Mr José Vera Jardim	Mr Lino Carvalho Mr José Cesário Mr Laurentino Dias Mrs Maria Celeste Lopes Cardona Mr Cláudio Monteiro Mr Paulo Pereira Coelho Mrs Mafalda Troncho
Romania/Roumanie	Mr Andrei-Ioan Chiliman Mr Cristian Dumitrescu Mr György Frunda Mr Viorel Hrebenciuc Mr Vasile Lupu Mr Adrian Nàstase Mr Bogdan Niculescu Ms Radica Mihaela Stanoiu Mr Petru Steolea Mr Radu Vasile	Mr Ioan Ardelean Mr Doru-Laurian Badulescu Mr Mihai Baciu 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 Peter Kresák Mr Juraj Švec Mr Peter Weiss	Ms Mária Angelovičová Ms Oĺga Keltošová Mr Peter Ošváth Mr Jozef Prokeš Mr Vojtech Tkáč
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 Mr Ignasi Guardans i Cambó Ms Ana Guirado Mr José Luis López Henares Mr Guillermo Martínez Casañ Mr Gabino Puche Mr Lluís Maria de Puig Mr Pedro Antonio Ríos Martínez Mr José María Robles Fraga Mr Jordi Solé Tura Mr Luis Yáñez- Barnuevo	Mr Francisco Arnau Mr Francisco Ignacio Cáceres Ms Maria del Carmen Calleja Mr Adolfo Fernández Aguilar Mr José Juan Gonzalez de Txabarri Mr José Francisco Herrera Mr Luis Mardones Mr Mario Onaindia Ms Pilar Pulgar Mr Carlos Ramírez Pery Mr Manuel Maria Uriarte 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	Ms Lisbeth Fehr Mr Claude Frey Mr Andreas Gross Mr François Lachat Mr Dick Marty Mr Maximilian Reimann	Ms Lili Nabholz-Heidegger Mr Gian-Reto Plattner Mr Hanspeter Seiler Mr Philipp Staehelin Ms Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold Ms Rosmarie Zapfl-Helbling
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia/ L'ex-République yougoslave de Macédoine	Mr Danilo Gligoroski Mr Nikola Popovski Mr Arben Xhaferi	Ms Natalija Markovic-Dimova Ms Gulistana Markovska Mr Azis Polozani
Turkey/Turquie	Mr Cevdet Akçalı Mrs Oya Akgönenç Mr Faruk Bal Mr Abdullah Gül Ms Tayyibe Gülek Mr Uluç Gürkan Mr Hüseyin Kalkan Mr Atilla Mutman Mr Mehmet Sağlam Mr Süha Tanık Mr Mehmet Telek Mr Şükrü Yürür	Mr Abdülkadir Akcan Mr Cevat Ayhan Mr Orhan Bıçakcioğlu Mr Rıdvan Budak Mr Muzaffer Çakmaklı Mr Said Değer Mr Hayri Diri Mr Ali Gören Mr H. Tayfun Içli Mr Yılmaz Karakoyunlu Mr Kenan Sönmez Mr Rasim Zaimoğlu
Ukraine	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 Z...	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 Michael Colvin Mr Tom Cox Mr Lawrence Cunliffe Mr Terry Davis Mr Bill Etherington Mr Paul Flynn Ms Maria Fyfe 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 Malcolm Bruce Lord Clinton-Davis Ms Ann Cryer Mr Michael Hancock Mr Robert Jackson Ms Jenny Jones Lord Judd Baroness Knight Lord Lucas Ms Christine McCafferty Mr Gwinfor Prosser Mr Sydney Rapson Ms Geraldine Smith Mr David Taylor Mr Rudolf Vis Mr John Wilkinson Mr David Wilshire Mr Anthony Wright

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 2000 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 59.1, of the Rules of Procedure, the contested credentials shall be referred without debate to a joint meeting of the Political Affairs Committee and the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities. These committees shall report to the Bureau as soon as possible, in accordance with Rule 59.6 of the Rules of Procedure.

Country/Pays	Members/Membres
Armenia/Arménie	Mr Leonid Hakobyan Mr Hmayak Hovhannisyan Mr Hovhannes Hovhannisyan Mr Armen Rustamyan
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 Mr Branko Dokić Ms Mediha Filipović Mr Momir Tošić Mr Vinko Zorić