Parliamentary Delegation to attend 3rd part of 1999 Ordinary Session of Council of Europe

The Parliamentary Delegation to the Council of Europe will be attending the Third Part of the 1999 Ordinary Session of the Council of Europe to be held in Strasbourg between the 21st and 25th June 1999. The delegation led by the Hon. John Vella, comprises the Hon. John Attard Montalto, the Hon. Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, the Hon. Francis Agius, the Hon. Michael Asciak and the Hon. Joe Debono Grech.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will be addressed by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, Mrs Helle Degn; by the President of the Council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Mr Miguel Angel Martinez; by the President of Moldova, Mr Petru Lucinschi; by the President of the EBRD, Mr Horst K'�hler; and by the Prime Minister of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Mr Ljubco Georgievski,

During the course of this session, the following topics will be discussed:

• illegal activities of sects;
• relations with the United Nations;
• activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 1998;
• equal representation in political life;
• Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning fundamental social rights;
• honouring of obligations and commitments by Ukraine and Latvia;
• second-chance schools;
• protection of the human rights and dignity of the terminally-ill and dying;
• situation in Kosovo and in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
• and social functions of co-operatives, mutual insurance companies and associations which form the basis of Europe's social economy.

During this session there will be the election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe to replace Mr Peter Tarschys.