Maltese Parliamentarians to participate in Council of Europe Session in Strasbourg

A parliamentary delegation led by the Hon. Karl Chircop, MP; and including the Hon Chris Cardona, MP; the Hon. Guido de Marco, MP; the Hon. Alex Sceberras Trigona, MP; and the Hon John Vella, MP, will be attending the Fourth Part of the 1997 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, between the 22nd and 26th September, 1997.

Amongst the subjects to be discussed are:-

- the social and family effects of detention;

- the organisation of a parliamentary conference to reinforce the democratic systems in Europe and the cooperation in the flight against terrorism;

- the prohibition of cloning human beings;

- the situation in Albania;

- anti-personnel landmines and their humanitarian implications;

- the protection of minorities;

- implications for Europe and the World of the 'Cuban Democracy Act' (Helms-Burton Bill) of the United States Congress;

- European partnership between national parliaments.

- setting up of a committee on parity between women and men;

- human rights education.