Doc. 9080
4 May 2001

Right to association for members of the professional staff of the armed forces

Motion for a recommendation

presented by Mr Jurgens and others

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

The Assembly,

1.       Considering Assembly Resolution 903 (1988) on the right to association for members of the professional staff of the armed forces;

2.       Considering that since the adoption of this resolution no significant progress has been made in this matter and that still less than half of the 43 member states of the Council of Europe recognise this right, although the right to freedom of association is guaranteed in Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights,

3.       Recommends that the Committee of Ministers reconsider this issue and promote the acceptance in all member states of the right of members of the armed forces to join and participate in specific associations formed to protect their professional interests within the framework of democratic institutions.

Signed (see overleaf)

Signed : ¹

Jurgens, Netherlands, SOC

Akçali, Turkey, EDG

Clerfayt, Belgium, LDR

Hajiyeva, Azerbaijan, EPP/CD

Jaskiernia, Poland, SOC

Lauricella, Italy, SOC

Lintner, Germany, EPP/CD

Lippelt, Germany, LDR

McNamara, United Kingdom, SOC

Moeller, Denmark, EDG

Skrabalo, Croatia, LDR

Stankevic, Lithuania, LDR

Tabajdi, Hungary, SOC

¹        SOC: Socialist Group

      EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party

      EDG: European Democratic Group

      LDR : Liberal, Democratic and Reformers’ Group

      UEL: Group of the Unified European Left

      NR: not registered in a group