Serbia dropped from PACE agenda

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) autumn session opens today.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 29.09.2008.

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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's (PACE) autumn session opens today. Debates on two draft reports relating to Serbia—one on the completion of obligations towards the Council of Europe (CoE), and the other on the status of national minorities in Serbia—had been on the agenda today in Strasbourg, but have been postponed to discuss the situation in Georgia. Serbia dropped from PACE agenda The PACE session will run until October 3. Earlier, it had been expected that officials from 47 CoE member-states would vote on the Monitoring Committee draft resolution on Serbia’s progress in fulfilling her human rights obligations to the organization, which Serbia joined in 2003. Committee Rapporteurs Carles Goerens and Andreas Gros said that the report was necessary for Serbia’s democratic institutions to function better and fully implement legal reforms, as well as to honor its commitments to the Hague Tribunal. Serbia is called on to continue cooperation with the UN mission in Kosovo and to hold open political dialogue regarding the situation in the province. The draft will be discussed in the CoE’s Political Affairs Committee before it is forwarded to PACE. A draft resolution on minorities in Serbia was also on the agenda, drawn up by Juergen Hermann of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee. The CoE also wants Serbia to continue its efforts to improve the position of national minorities and to “take all the necessary measures to prevent the outbreak of any new inter-ethnic violence.” The main topic of the PACE session will be the implications of the war between Georgia and Russia. Other important issues will be the situation in Cyprus, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s progress in fulfilling its obligations, as well as the UK’s proposal for increasing the legal limit for detaining terrorist suspects in custody to 42 days.

Serbia dropped from PACE agenda

The PACE session will run until October 3.

Earlier, it had been expected that officials from 47 CoE member-states would vote on the Monitoring Committee draft resolution on Serbia’s progress in fulfilling her human rights obligations to the organization, which Serbia joined in 2003.

Committee Rapporteurs Carles Goerens and Andreas Gros said that the report was necessary for Serbia’s democratic institutions to function better and fully implement legal reforms, as well as to honor its commitments to the Hague Tribunal.

Serbia is called on to continue cooperation with the UN mission in Kosovo and to hold open political dialogue regarding the situation in the province.

The draft will be discussed in the CoE’s Political Affairs Committee before it is forwarded to PACE.

A draft resolution on minorities in Serbia was also on the agenda, drawn up by Juergen Hermann of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee.

The CoE also wants Serbia to continue its efforts to improve the position of national minorities and to “take all the necessary measures to prevent the outbreak of any new inter-ethnic violence.”

The main topic of the PACE session will be the implications of the war between Georgia and Russia.

Other important issues will be the situation in Cyprus, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s progress in fulfilling its obligations, as well as the UK’s proposal for increasing the legal limit for detaining terrorist suspects in custody to 42 days.

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