Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe meets in Malta

The Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee of the Council of Europe will be meeting in Malta between the 10th and 12th May 1999 at the Preluna Towers Hotel. The Maltese parliamentarians on this committee of the Council of Europe, are the Hon John Vella and the Hon Joe Debono Grech.

The meeting which will convene on Monday 10th May, will be addressed by the Speaker, Hon Anton Tabone; the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Policy, Hon Lawrence Gonzi; the Minister for Health, Hon Louis Deguara and the Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry for Social Policy, Hon Antoine Mifsud Bonnici. Delegates participating in the meetings held in Malta will also have a meeting with the Social Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives.

During the course of the meeting the Committee will discuss:-

• The protection of the human rights and dignity of the terminally ill and the dying;
• A European approach to non-conventional medicines;
• The future of senior citizens: protection, participation, promotion; and
• The World Summit on Social Development (June 2000).

The delegates coming from the different member states of the Council of Europe will attend the official inauguration of the exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Council of Europe which will take place in the Library of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, 11th May, and will also visit the Mtarfa Home for the Elderly.