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25 May 2012 The Standing Committee and Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe meet in Tirana
Friday, 25 May 2012
Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Standing Committee and Bureau Meet in Tirana
Natasa Vuckovic, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly and member of the National Assembly’s standing delegation, took part in the meetings of the Standing Committee and Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in Tirana on 24 and 25 May 2012.
The Parliamentary Assembly’s Standing Committee adopted the report of the Ad hoc Committee for the observation of the elections in Serbia. The report notes that the parliamentary and presidential elections in Serbia were conducted in line with Council of Europe standards. The observers visited 182 polling stations in Serbia and concluded that the voting was carried out in the best way possible and the vote counting was conducted in a professional manner. In its report, the Observation Mission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recommended better equipment for the polling stations, facilitating access to the polling stations to people with disabilities, composing the electoral roll in both Cyrillic and Latin script in communities with mixed population, as well as providing better training to polling boards in rural areas.
The Standing Committee also adopted the report of the Ad hoc Committee for the observation of the parliamentary elections in Armenia, an opinion on the draft fourth additional protocol to the European Convention on Extradition and a recommendation on the protection of and access to the audiovisual cultural heritage in Europe.
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9.30 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee meets with members of the National Council of the Parliament of the Swiss Confederation (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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9.30 - press conference of the opposition MPs (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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10.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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10.30 - sitting of the European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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10.30 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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10.30 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker and Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee meets with a delegation of the Public Services and Transportation Committee of the Parliament of Jordan (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.30 - the Chairman and members of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications meet with the delegation of the Public Services and Transportation Committee of the Parliament of Jordan (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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12.30 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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13.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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14.30 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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15.00 - sitting of the Environmental Protection Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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16.00 - 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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17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)