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May 23, 2013 Thursday
PACE STANDING COMMITTEE TO MEET IN YEREVAN
STRASBOURG, France
The following information was released by the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE):
The meeting of the Standing Committee (*) of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will be held in Yerevan on
Friday 31 May 2013 under the Armenian Chairmanship of the Committee of
Ministers. On this occasion, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will
hold high-level meetings with the President of the Republic Serzh
Sargsyan, the Speaker of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan, and
the Minister for Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian.
After the opening of the Smeeting by PACE President, the Speaker of
the Armenian National Assembly will address participants. The
parliamentarians will then hold an exchange of views with the Armenian
Minister for Foreign Affairs, chairing the Committee of Ministers of
the Council of Europe for a six-month period beginning on 16 May. The
discussions will focus on Armenias priorities during its Chairmanship
and other issues in the framework of the Assemblys ongoing political
dialogue with the Committee of Ministers.
The themes on the agenda include promoting alternatives to
imprisonment, parental leave as a way to foster gender equality, and
budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the biennium
2014-2015.
Furthermore, a current affairs debate on The Nagorno-Karabach
conflict, 25 years later: the Council of Europes possibilities to
promote reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been
requested by the PACE United European Left (UEL) Group. The holding of
this debate or any other debate requested within the requisite
deadline will only be confirmed at the opening of the meeting, during
the adoption of the agenda.
May 23, 2013 Thursday
PACE STANDING COMMITTEE TO MEET IN YEREVAN
STRASBOURG, France
The following information was released by the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE):
The meeting of the Standing Committee (*) of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will be held in Yerevan on
Friday 31 May 2013 under the Armenian Chairmanship of the Committee of
Ministers. On this occasion, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon will
hold high-level meetings with the President of the Republic Serzh
Sargsyan, the Speaker of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan, and
the Minister for Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian.
After the opening of the Smeeting by PACE President, the Speaker of
the Armenian National Assembly will address participants. The
parliamentarians will then hold an exchange of views with the Armenian
Minister for Foreign Affairs, chairing the Committee of Ministers of
the Council of Europe for a six-month period beginning on 16 May. The
discussions will focus on Armenias priorities during its Chairmanship
and other issues in the framework of the Assemblys ongoing political
dialogue with the Committee of Ministers.
The themes on the agenda include promoting alternatives to
imprisonment, parental leave as a way to foster gender equality, and
budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the biennium
2014-2015.
Furthermore, a current affairs debate on The Nagorno-Karabach
conflict, 25 years later: the Council of Europes possibilities to
promote reconciliation between Armenia and Azerbaijan has been
requested by the PACE United European Left (UEL) Group. The holding of
this debate or any other debate requested within the requisite
deadline will only be confirmed at the opening of the meeting, during
the adoption of the agenda.