MALTESE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO ATTEND COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEETING IN DUBLIN

MALTESE PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION TO ATTEND COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEETING IN DUBLIN

The Hon John Vella, MP and the Hon Joe Debono Grech, MP, Leader and member of the Maltese Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe, respectively, will be attending the spring meetings of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe to be held in Dublin, Ireland, between the 14th and 17th May 2000.

In Dublin will be meeting the Standing Committee, the Political Affairs Committee, the Social, Health and Family Afairs Committee and the Sub-Committee on Youth and Sport of the Committee on Culture and Education of the Council of Europe.

During the meeting of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committe, there will be an exchange of views with a number of personalities, namely the Minister of State with responsibility for children, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland and the Minister for Sport. Members will have the opportunity of discussing mothers and babies in prison and the social consequences of and responses to drug misuse in member States.

During the meeting of the Political Affairs Committee, members will discuss the conflict in the Chechen Republic, parliamentary co-operation among the South-Caucasian countries and requests for Council of Europe membership from Armenia and Azerbaijan.