Maltese M.P.s attend 1997 Ordinary Session of the Council of Europe

A Parliamentary delegation led by the Hon Karl Chircop, MP; and including the Hon Maria Camilleri, MP; the Hon Guido de Marco, MP; the Hon Chris Cardona, MP; the Hon Alex Sceberras Trigona, MP; and the Hon John Vella, MP, will be attending the Third Part of the 1997 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, between the 23rd and 27th June 1997.

The General Assembly will be addressed by Mr Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Prime Minister of Poland, Mr Niels Helveg Petersen, Foreign Minister of Denmark and Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE and Mr Jacques de Larosiere, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;

Amongst the subjects to be discussed are:-

- the scientific and technical aspects of the new information and communications technologies;

- the Aromanians;

- the situation of refugees and displaced persons in Transcaucasia;

- refugees, asylum seekers and displaced persons in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS);

- access of minorities to higher education;

- combating child labour as a matter of priority; with an intervention by Mr Michel Hansenne, Director General of the International Labour Organisation;

- implementation of the Dayton Agreement for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and

- health effects of the Chernobyl nuclear accident.