MALTESE PARLIAMENTARIAN ATTENDS THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE IN NEW YORK

The General Assembly of the United Nations, for the first time, has included on the agenda of its 55^th session the item on co-operation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe. This is a historic occasion as the cooperation between the two organisations will be discussed for the first time in the plenary session, a development which is the result of numerous Assembly recommendations.

The Hon. John Vella, MP, leader of the Malta Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe, will be attending the Sub-Committee on Relations with Non-Member Countries of the Council of Europe to be held in New York on the 19^th and 20^th October 2000. The committee will also participate in the 55^th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.