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Friday, 2 December 2005
16th session of the Committee on Relations with Serbs Living Outside Serbia
The Committee on Relations with Serbs Living Outside Serbia held its sixteenth session on 2 December. The Minister of the Diaspora, Vojislav Vukcevic, and the State Secretary of the Ministry of the Diaspora, Aleksandar Cotric, took part in the session.
The Committee on Relations with Serbs Living Outside Serbia held its sixteenth session on 2 December. The Minister of the Diaspora, Vojislav Vukcevic, and the State Secretary of the Ministry of the Diaspora, Aleksandar Cotric, took part in the session.
Mr Vukcevic told the Committee about meetings held by Ministry officials with Serbs living abroad, as well as about their views on the issue of Kosovo and Metohia. Special attention was paid to the conference organised by the Serbian Unity Congress in
Mr Cotric underlined that the influence of Serbian expatriates depended on their numbers and organisation, as well as on the influence their adoptive countries have in forming international public opinion.
The Committee resolved that Committee members Sanja Cekovic, Radoslav Zdravkovic, and Zeljko Tomic, along with Ministry officials, should start creating a media plan to set out activities to be undertaken to promote
The Committee on Relations with Serbs Living Outside Serbia asked the Chairman of the National Assembly for a report on business travel by deputies so that the Committee’s activities could be planned in advance.
The Committee also discussed the entry of the draft Amnesty Bill into Assembly procedure. It was agreed to invite the Minister of Justice, Zoran Stojkovic, and the chairman of the Legislative Committee, Milos Aligrudic, as well as the Minister of the Diaspora, to the Committee’s next session, so that opinions on certain issues could be harmonised and the adoption of the law speeded up.
Committees related to this activity
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11.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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12.00 - the members of the PFG with Israel meet with the Israeli Ambassador to Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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12.00 - the members of the PFG with Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Island States meet with the Australian Ambassador to Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.00 - press conference of the Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) – Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak (SDA Sandzak) – Party for Democratic Action (PDD) and the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own parliamentary groups (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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13.00 - press conference of the MP Radoslav Milojicic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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15.00 - sitting of the Committee on Labour, Social Issues, Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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15.00 - sitting of the Committee on Administrative, Budgetary, Mandate and Immunity Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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16.30 - sitting of the Committee on Administrative, Budgetary, Mandate and Immunity Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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18.15 - solemn academy “Under the Same Sky”, commemorating the National Day of Roma victims of WWII, accompanied by exhibition “Combing Through Time” (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)