Texts adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly in the third part of the 2001 session (25-29 June 2001)

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27 July 2001

Texts adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly in the third part of the 2001 session (25-29 June 2001)

Reply from the Committee of Ministers

adopted at the 761^st meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies (18 July 2001)

The Committee of Ministers took note of the Opinions (230 and 231), Recommendations (1522 to 1530), Resolutions (1253 to 1256) and Orders (574 and 575) adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly at its 3^rd part-session in 2001 (25-29 June 2001).

It transmitted Opinion 230 (2001) to the competent committees of experts for them to take it into account in their work and agreed to bear Opinion 231 (2001) in mind when considering the draft protocol in question.

The Committee of Ministers brought Recommendations 1522 and 1524 to 1530 (2001) to the attention of the governments of member states. It agreed to resume consideration of Recommendation 1523 at its next meeting. It entrusted Recommendations 1524, 1526 to 1528 and 1530 (2001) to the competent organs, committees of experts and/or Rapporteur Groups concerned for information, opinion or examination. It will continue to examine Recommendations 1525 and 1529 (2001), with a view to the early adoption of replies.

Furthermore, the Committee of Ministers agreed to organise an informal exchange of views on Recommendation 1522 (2001) with the competent Rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly and representatives of the United States of America and Japan.