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Doc. 9183
2 August 2001
Strengthening co-operation between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Communication
Committee of Ministers
Letter from the Chairman of the Ministers’ Deputies to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly, dated 20 July 2001
Dear Sir,
As you will be aware, the Liechtenstein Chairmanship attaches great importance to strengthening co-operation between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly (this is one of the priorities of the programme of our Chairmanship) and, following up on the recent recommendations of the Working Party set up by the Joint Committee, we are eager to encourage to the greatest possible extent communication and transparency between the two organs of the Council of Europe.
Accordingly, I would like to bring to your attention a number of texts made public at the 761st meeting of the Deputies (18 July 2001). These are:
- the Declaration of the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers concerning the CPT’s public statement of 10 July on the Chechen Republic, made public following the discussions held under item 4.5 – the Contribution of the Council of Europe towards the restoration of the rule of law, respect for human rights and democracy in Chechnya;
- the Declaration adopted by the Committee of Ministers on the protection and rebuilding of places of worship in Kosovo and the wider Balkans following the discussions held under item 2.1b;
- the decisions concerning the Council of Europe’s participation in the monitoring and observation of the census in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (item 2.1a – Activities for the development and consolidation of democratic stability) whereby the Deputies:
i. authorised the Secretariat to participate, in co-operation with the European Commission, in the international monitoring and observation of the Census of the Population, Households and Dwellings in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (from 1 to 15 October 2001), at the request of the authorities of that country, and to take all necessary measures to that end;
ii. took note that the Council of Europe’s contribution to this joint effort (approximately € 200 000 out of a total budget of € 1 million) would be financed from the 2001 Ordinary Budget (Provision for European Commission/Council of Europe joint programmes);
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- the decisions taken concerning the ad hoc Working Group responsible for examining the revision of the method of calculating the scales of member states’ contributions to the Council of Europe budget as laid down in Resolution (94) 31 (item 11.2), whereby the Deputies, amongst other things, appointed Ambassador Jean-Claude JOSEPH, Permanent Representative of Switzerland, as Chair of the Group, and stipulated that the Group could, at an appropriate stage in its work, consult the Parliamentary Assembly.
Please find enclosed the above-mentioned Declarations*.
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Signed:
Josef Wolf
* The documents referred to may be obtained from the Secretariat.