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MINUTES OF THE SPRING SESSION SANTIAGO, CHILE 7 - 11 APRIL 2003 ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES GENERAL OF PARLIAMENTS Minutes of the Spring Session 2003 Santiago 7 - 11 April 2003 LIST OF ATTENDANCE MEMBERS PRESENT Mr Hafnaoui Amrani Algeria Mr Valenti Marti Castanyer Andorra Mr Ian Harris Australia Mr Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad Bangladesh Mr Dmitry Shilo Belarus Mr Robert Myttenaere Belgium Mr Georges Brion Belgium Mr Ognyan Avramov Bulgaria Mr Prosper Vokouma Burkina Faso Mr Eutopio Lima Da Cruz Cape Verde Mr Carlos Hoffmann Contreras Chile Mr Carlos Loyola Opazo Chile Mr Brissi Lucas Guehi Cote d’Ivoire Mr Peter Kynstetr Czech Republic Mr Paval Pelant Czech Republic Mr Asnake Tadesse Ethiopia Mrs Mary Chapman Fiji Mr Jouri Vainio Finland Mr Jean-Claude Becane France Mrs Hélène Ponceau France Mr Xavier Roques France Mrs Marie-Françoise Pucetti Gabon Mr Dirk Brouer Germany Mr Kenneth E K Tachie Ghana Mr Mohamed Salifou Toure Guinea Mr Arteveld Pierre Jerome Haiti Mr Helgi Bernodusson Iceland Mrs Siti Nurhajati Daud Indonesia Mr Arie Hahn Israel Mr Guiseppe Troccoli Italy Dr Mohamad Al-Masalha Jordan Mr Zaid Zuraikat Jordan Mr Amuel Waweru Ndindiri Kenya Mr Mamadou Santara Mali Mr Namsraijav Luvsanjav Mongolia Mr Mohamed Idrissi Kaitouni Morocco Mr Moses Ndjarakana Namibia Mrs Panuleni Shimutwikeni Namibia Mr Bas Nieuwenhuizen Netherlands - 2 - Mrs Jacqueline Bisheuvel-Vermeijden Netherlands Mr Ibrahim Salim Nigeria Mr Hans Brattesta Norway Mr Vladimir Aksyonov Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and the Russian Federation Mr Mahmood Salim Mahmood Pakistan Mr Adam Witalec Poland Mr Constantin Sava Romania Mr Cristian Ionescu Romania Mr Petr Tkachenko Russian Federation Mr Alexanda Lotorev Russian Federation Mr Anicet Habarurema Rwanda Dr Fetuao Toia Alama Samoa Mr Francisco Silva Sao Tomé e Principe Mrs Jozica Veliscek Slovenia Mrs Piedad Garcia-Escudero Spain Mr Manuel Cavero Spain Mr Priyanee Wijesekera Sri Lanka Mr Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Sudan Mr Anders Forsberg Sweden Mrs Mariangela Walliman-Bornaticeo Switzerland Mr Kipenko Msemembo Mussa Tanzania Mr James John Warburg Tanzania Mr Paul Hayter United Kingdom Mr George Cubie United Kingdom Mr Mario Farachio Uruguay Mr Horacio Catalurda Uruguay Mrs Doris Katai Katebe Mwinga Zambia - 3 - SUBSTITUTES Mr Jose Antonio (for Mr Diogo De Jesus) Angola Mr Chistopher Paterson (for Mr B C Wright) Australia Mr Marc Bosc(for Mr W Corbett) Canada Mr Sten Ramstedt (for Mr J Priestman) European Parliament Mme Corrinne Luquiens (for Mr J L Pezant) France Mr Bertrand De Cordovez (for Mr J C Becane) France Mr Everhard Voss (for Dr Wolfgang Zeh) Germany Mrs Stavroula Vassilouni (for Mr T Tzortzopoulos) Greece Shri Satish Kumur (for Dr Y Narain) India Shri John Joseph (for Mr G C Malhotra) India Ms Cait Hayes (for Mr K Coughlan) Ireland Dr Jei-Poong Moon (for Mr Yong Sik Kang) Korea (Republic of) Mr Jorge Valdes Aguilera (for Mr Adalberto Campuzano) Mexico Mrs J Biesheuvel-Vermeijden (for Mr W De Beaufort) Netherlands Ms Ipi Cross (for Mr D G McGee) New Zealand Mr Wojcjech Kulisiewicz (for Mr K Czeszjeko-Sochacki) Poland Mr Lopes Andre (for Mrs Isabel Corte-Real) Portugal Mr Tran Ngoc Duong (for Mr Bui Ngoc Thanh) Vietnam OBSERVERS Mr Jiri Krbec Czech Republic Mrs Marie Valerie Agostini Italy Mr Limame Ould Teguedi Mauritania Mr Paulo Mupengue Mozambique Mr Surya Kiron Gurung Nepal Mr Aminu Umar Nigeria Mr Andrzej Januszewski Poland Mrs Cristina Dumitrescu Romania Mrs Madalina Mihalache Romania Mr Jovan Pejkovski The FYR of Macedonia Mr Ignatius Kasirye Uganda Mr Ivan Sakhan Ukraine Mrs Jacqy Sharpe United Kingdom - 4 - APOLOGIES Mr Diogo De Jesus Angola Mr Bernard Wright Australia Mr William Corbett Canada Mr Julian Priestley European Parliament Mr Seppo Tiitinen Finland Mr Jean Louis Pezant France Dr Wolfgang Zeh Germany Mr PanayiotisTzortzopoulos Greece Dr Yogendra Narain India Mr G C Malhotra India Mr Kieran Coughlan Ireland Mr Yong Sik Kang Korea (Republic of) Mr Adalberto Campuzano Mexico Mr Willem De Beaufort Netherlands Mr D G McGee New Zealand Mr Krzysztof Czeszejko-Sochacki Poland Mrs Isabel Corte-Real Portugal Mrs Adelina Sa Carvalho Portugal Mr Edmund G Bleau Suriname Mr Chinda Chareonpun Thailand Mr Pitoon Pumhiran Thailand Mrs Suvimol Phumisingharaj Thailand Mr Montree Rupsuwan Thailand Mr Aleksanda Novakoski The FYR of Macedonia Mr Bui NgocThanh Vietnam Mr Colin Cameron Western European Union - 5 - TABLE OF CONTENTS – Page No FIRST SITTING – Monday 7 April [pm] 1. Opening of the Meeting – Introductory Remarks .............................................................................. 8 2. Orders of the Day.............................................................................................................................. 8 3. New Members................................................................................................................................... 11 4. Presentation by Mr Carlos LOYOLA and Mr Carlos HOFFMANN CONTRERAS on the Parliamentary system in Chile........................................................................................................... 12 5. Communication from Mr Arie HAHN on Good Governance Towards Sustainable Development: The Knesset Commission for Future Generations .................................................... 22 6. Concluding Remarks......................................................................................................................... 35 SECOND SITTING – Tuesday 8 April [am] 1. Introductory remarks ......................................................................................................................... 36 2. New Members................................................................................................................................... 36 3. General debate: The Management Role of the Secretary General ................................................... 36 First Round Table: The autonomy of Parliament in relation to internal management Moderator: Mr Xavier Roques (Questure, National Assembly, France)............................................. 36 Second Round Table: The authority of the Secretary General in relation to the Presidency Moderator: Mr Carlos Hoffmann Contreras (Senate, Chile) .............................................................. 54 THIRD SITTING – Tuesday 8 April [pm] 1. Introductory remarks ........................................................................................................................ 69 2. General debate (cont): The Management Role of the Secretary General ......................................... 69 Second Round Table (cont) .............................................................................................................. 69 Third Round Table: The role of the Secretary General in controlling compliance with the Constitution and Rules of Procedure Moderator: Mr Anders Forsberg (Riksdag, Sweden)......................................................................... 71 3. Concluding remarks ............................................................................................................... 79 FOURTH SITTING – Thursday 10 April [am] 1. Introductory remarks ........................................................................................................................ 80 2. Communication from Mr Martin CHUNGONG on Recent Activities of the IPU.................................. 80 3. Election of Vice-Presidents and Members of the Executive Committee........................................... 86 4. Communication from Mr Everhard VOSS (Germany) on Parliamentary Diplomacy ......................... 86 5. Second Draft Report from Mr Ian HARRIS (Australia) on Promoting the Work of Parliament......................................................................................................................................... 92 6. Concluding remarks .......................................................................................................................... 98 - 6 - FIFTH SITTING – Thursday 10 April [pm] 1. Introductory remarks ......................................................................................................................... 99 2. Communication from Mr Hans BRATTESTA (Norway) on Parliamentary Scrutiny of the Secret Services: the Norwegian Experience ..................................................................................... 99 3. Election of Officers of the Association............................................................................................... 104 4. Concluding Remarks......................................................................................................................... 105 SIXTH SITTING – Friday 11 April [am] 1. Introductory remarks ......................................................................................................................... 106 2. Amendment to the Rules of the Association...................................................................................... 106 3. Communication from Mrs Emma LIRIO REYES on Legislation: Keepers of the Legislative Mill................................................................................................................................... 106 4. Communication from Mr Everhard VOSS (Germany) on the inter-parliamentary and international / foreign policy relations of parliaments......................................................................... 106 5. New Members..................................................................................................................................