Doc. 9442

7 May 2002

Specialist Group on Roma's report on the visit to Greece

Written Question No. 411 to the Committee of Ministers
by Mr Boriss Cilevičs

      According to information provided on the official website of the Council of Europe, the Specialist Group on Roma has carried out four urgent actions, each of which led to a report, including a fact-finding mission to Greece on 10-12 June 2001.

      The latter urgent action, carried out by the Chair of the Specialist Group, was a field visit to Greece (10-12 June 2001) to observe the situation of Roma in settlements in Aspropyrgos, Halandri, Marousi (Olympic Stadium) and Spata which are close to Athens.

      In the meantime, no report on the mission to Greece is available on the Council of Europe website.

      Mr Cilevičs,

      To ask the Committee of Ministers,

—       whether the report on the Specialist Group's field visit to Greece is to be made available to the members of the Parliamentary Assembly and if it will be placed in the public domain;

—       what the reason is for such a substantial delay in the preparation of this report.

Signed :

Cilevičs, Latvia, Socialist Group