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PAM Ivth PLENARY SESSION PAM IVth PLENARY SESSION ISTANBUL (TURKEY) 23-24 OCTOBER 2009 CONRAD HOTEL, ISTANBUL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PAM Secretariat Palazzo Spinola St. Julians - STJ3207 Malta Tel: +356 22484200 Fax: + 356 22484215 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.apm.org.mt The Executive Report of the IV Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean is compiled and published with the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ASSEMBLEE PARLEMENTAIRE DE LA MEDITERRANEE الجمعيـــة البرلمانيــة للبحـــر اﻷبيــض المتوســـــــط EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PAM IVth PLENARY SESSION ISTANBUL (TURKEY) 23-24 OCTOBER 2009 CONRAD HOTEL, ISTANBUL At the official opening of Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), IVth Plenary Session, held in Istanbul (Turkey) on 23 and 24 October 2009, the Plenary was honoured to hear the inaugural address by H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, and the welcome address by H.E. Hon. Mehmet Ali Sahin, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT). PAM President Hon. Rudy Salles (France) welcomed the members of the national PAM delegations and the distinguished guest speakers, and thanked the Turkish delegation and the GNAT for hosting the Session and for their warm hospitality. Turkish Prime Minister H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid tribute to PAM for its contribution in to the Middle East Peace Process and for working towards uniting the peoples of the Mediterranean. He shared Turkey’s aspirations to enter the European Union (EU) and alluded to the utility of holding a multilateral conference on the future of Cyprus. H.E. Mehmet Ali Sahin, GNAT Speaker also pleaded in favour of Turkey’s EU membership in order to strengthen relations throughout the Mediterranean basin. Six guest speakers representing different regional parliamentary organisations were also invited to speak at the opening session, namely: Hon. Robert Walter, President of the European Security and Defence Assembly (Assembly of WEU), Hon. Abdirahin Abdi Speaker, East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Hon. Carlos Jiménez Macías, Member of the Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Confederation of the Americas (COPA) & President of the IPU Latin American and Caribbean Geopolitical Group (GRULAC), Hon. Nuri Amal Safal, MP from Libya representing the Pan-African Parliament, Hon. Mehmet Cicet, Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC), and Hon. Tayseer Quba’a (Palestine) representing the Interim Arab Parliament. All welcomed a deeper relationship with PAM and highlighted potential areas for future collaboration. Having heard their speeches, the PAM President proceeded to the adoption of the agenda. 1. Overview of the 2009 work of the 1st Standing Committee on Political and Security- related Cooperation The work of the 1st Standing Committee was presided by PAM Vice President and President of 1st Standing Committee, Hon. José Junqueiro, (Portugal), who invited H.E. Serge Telle (France), Ambassador of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), to inform the Plenary of the latest developments in President Sarkozy’s project for. Among others, he confirmed that a collaboration -1- framework needed to be instituted between UfM and PAM to provide a basis for mutual exchange of information and best practices. The PAM President, Hon. Rudy Salles, then briefed the Plenary on the September/October 2009 PAM Bureau mission to the US where meeting took place with UN Secretary General, H.E. Ban Ki-moon and high-ranking UN officials in New York and with the US Administration in Washington (US Congress, US State Department and the White House). During the mission, it was confirmed that the UNSG looked favourably at PAM’s request for Observer status at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The US authorities commended PAM as the only pan- Mediterranean organisation dealing specifically with Mediterranean problems. President Salles also informed the members that PAM will shortly meet with the heads of the various political groups at the European Parliament in Brussels. Rapporteurs for the 1st Standing Committee presented their draft reports and resolutions for adoption by the Plenary. The report and resolution of the Ad hoc Committee on the Middle East, rapporteur chaired by Hon. George Vella (Malta) were adopted. Syria asked that its preference for the terminology “Arab-Israeli conflict” (rather than “Israeli-Palestine conflict”) be recorded. The report and resolution of the STF on Organised Crime drafted by Hon. Mrs. Angela Napoli (Italy) were unanimously adopted. The report and resolution of the Reflection Group on Terrorism drafted by Hon. Askin Asan (Turkey) defining terrorism were adopted. France registered, as it had done in Lisbon, its reservation about the legal implications of acts of terrorism committed by States. 2010 Agenda for the 1st Standing Committee: - The Ad hoc Committee on the Middle East will continue its work; - The STF on Organized Crime will focus its work on human trafficking and the dumping of toxic watse; - The Reflexion Group on Terrorism will focus on the root causes of terrorism. Meetings - Joint PAM/UN Parliamentary conference on the Middle East Peace Process, Malta, 11-12 Feb 2010 - STF on Organized Crime Nice (France), 16-18 March 2010 (exact date tbc) - STF on Root Causes of Terrorism Nice (France), 16-18 March 2010 (exact date tbc) - Meeting of all three Standing Committees Belgrade (Serbia), 24-27 June 2010 2. Overview of the 2009 work of the 2nd Standing Committee Economic, Social and Environmental Cooperation PAM Vice President and President of 2nd Standing Committee, Hon. Suleiman Ghneimat (Jordan), invited keynote speaker Dr. Sima S. Bahous, Assistant Secretary General of the League of Arab States (LAS) for social affairs to address the Plenary. He then invited the rapporteurs of the Special Task Forces to present their work. The report and resolution of the STF on Energy drafted by Hon. Mohamed Abou El Enein (Egypt) were unanimously adopted. As part of the debate that followed delegates heard a presentation on the Regulatory approach and Climate Change challenges by Mr. Carlo Crea, Secretary General of the Consortium of the Mediterranean National -2- Authorities for Electricity and Gas (MEDREG). The report and resolution of the STF on Water drafted by Hon. Jacques Blanc (France) were adopted, and it was agreed that special reference should be made to the water scarcity in the OPTs as stated by Syria and Palestine during the debate should be recorded. The report and resolution of the STF Environment and Climate Change drafted by Hon. Elissavet Papadimitriou (Greece) and presented by Hon. Jacques Blanc (France) were unanimously adopted. Hon. Bernard Marquet (Monaco), Member of the Environment, Agriculture, Local and Regional Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly Council of Europe (PACE) was invited to take the floor to present the findings of a his PACE report on Water and a PACE recommendation on Ocean Governance. Hon Ghneimat informed the delegates that PAM would be attending the forthcoming Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change as observer, and would host - in the build up to the World Summit and in collaboration with the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) - a parliamentary roundtable on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation in Malta on 23-24 November . The report and resolution of the STF on Disaster Management prepared by Hon José Junqueiro (Portugal) were unanimously adopted as were the report and resolution of the STF Small and Medium-sized Enterprises presented by Hon. Juri Franco (Slovenia) on behalf of Rapporteur Hon. Ridha Bouargoub (Tunisia). Agenda for the 2nd Standing Committee for end of 2009 / 2010: - The Special Rapporteur on Water will continue his work; - The Special Rapporteur on Energy will continue his work; - The Malta meeting on Climate Change Adaptation will be part of the work of the STF on Climate Change; - Updates on the Copenhagen Summit will be organised; - The STF on SMEs is being replaced by the Panel on External Trade. Meetings - Joint PAM/UN ISDR Roundtable of parliamentarians on Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Malta, 23-24 November 2009 - Follow-up meeting to Copenhagen Summit UNESCO Headquarters, Paris (France), tentatively end of February 2010 (TBC) - Special Task Force on Water Special Task Force on Energy Nice (France), 16-18 March 2010 - Update on follow-up to Copenhagen Summit and UNESCO meeting Ljubljana (Slovenia), 15-16 April 2010 - Panel on Foreign Trade Lisbon (Portugal), (exact date tbc) - Meeting of all three Standing Committees Belgrade, 24-27 June 2010 3. Overview of the 2009 work of the 3rd Standing Committee on Dialogue among Civilisations and Human Rights Hon. Abdelkader Fedala (Algeria), PAM Vice President, deputising on behalf of President 3rd Standing Committee Hon. Titna Alaoui (Morocco), presided over the Committee, and invited Mrs Karen Abuzayd, UNWRA Commissioner General, to give a keynote address. Mr. Maxwell Gaylard, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) and UN -3- Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory also addressed the Plenary on the humanitarian situation in the OPT and on the recent developments in the Middle East Peace Process. Hon. Fedala then informed the Plenary that the STF on Dialogue of Cultures and Religions, compiled by Hon. Sonia Sanfona (Portugal),
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