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5 February 2013 The National Assembly Speaker, MA Nebojsa Stefanovic, in meeting with H.E. Peter Burkhard, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia,
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
National Assembly Speaker Receives Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia
The National Assembly Speaker, MA Nebojsa Stefanovic, received H.E. Peter Burkhard, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, and associates, at the National Assembly House.
National Assembly Speaker Nebojsa Stefanovic declared the existing cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia very successful, thanking the OSCE for its assistance in achieving one of the Government and Assembly legislation’s priority goals - further integration into the European Union.
H.E. Peter Burkhard thanked the National Assembly Speaker for the reception, agreeing with his comment and the assessment of the existing cooperation as successful and hoping that it would be continued.
They agreed that Serbia and Switzerland’s presidency of the OSCE in 2014 and 2015 would help not only show a fitting image of Serbia, but also improve the Serbian citizens’ knowledge about the role and importance of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
The OSCE representatives were especially pleased by the current progress of the joint e-Parliament project, the full implementation of which, as Speaker Stefanovic informed them, is expected in early October, adding that some Assembly committee sittings are already held electronically.
H.E. Peter Burkhard and his associates stressed that the role of the Parliament is crucial for the development of democracy and noted the efforts put into strengthening the role of committees in the Serbian Parliament, which the National Assembly Speaker agreed with, declaring it to be a direct goal because it would also strengthen the Parliament’s control role and raise the legislative power’s reputation in the Serbian public.
In the course of the meeting the officials touched on several issues in which the OSCE cooperates with various institutions in Serbia and both sides expressed their pleasure as regards the realisation of the existing projects.
Activities
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9.00 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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9.20 - press conference of the NEW DSS – POKS (NADA) Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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9.30 - sitting of the European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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9.30 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.00 - press conference of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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10.30 - sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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12.00 - public hearing of the Culture and Information Committee on the topic: Public interview with the proposed candidates for Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media Council members (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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15.00 - sitting of the Culture and Information Committee (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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15.30 - the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meets with the Italian delegation to the Central European Initiative Parliamentary Dimension (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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16.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Head of the EU Delegation to receive the EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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16.20 - press statements on the delivered EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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17.00 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own and Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) – Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak (SDA Sandzak) – Party for Democratic Action (PDD) parliamentary groups (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)