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Results Brochure 5(68/76 VW&21)(5(1&( $1'5(/$7('0((7,1*6 2)7+( ,17(53$5/,$0(17$5<81,21 %5866(/6 %(/*,80 $35,/ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page A. 101st Inter-Parliamentary Conference 1. Inaugural Ceremony ........................................................................................ 1 2. Participation .................................................................................................... 1 3. Selection of supplementary items ................................................................... 2 4. Work and decisions of the Conference and its Study Committees (a) General Debate on the political, economic and social situation in the world ................................................................................................... 3 (b) Parliamentary action to encourage all countries to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty prohibiting all nuclear testing, to encourage universal and non-discriminatory nuclear non- proliferation measures and to work towards the eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons .......................................................................... 3 (c) The problem of metropolitan areas: a global challenge to which parliamentarians must respond in terms of urban civilisation and democracy ............................................................................................. 4 (d) Writing off the government debt of heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs) ................................................................................................. 5 (e) Amendments to the Union’s Statutes ................................................... 5 B. 164th Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Council 1. Membership of the Union ............................................................................... 6 2. Co-operation between the Union and the United Nations system .................. 6 3. Conference of Presiding Officers of National Parliaments at United Nations Headquarters in the Year 2000 .......................................................... 6 4. Reports of the President of the Council and of the Secretary General (a) Report by the President of the Council .................................................. 7 (b) Interim report of the Secretary General on the activities of the Union since the 163rd session of the Council ......................................... 7 5. Meeting of women parliamentarians ............................................................... 7 6. Security and Co-operation in the Mediterranean ............................................ 7 7. Sustainable Development ................................................................................ 7 8. Human rights of parliamentarians ................................................................... 8 9. Situation in Cyprus ......................................................................................... 8 10. Middle East Questions .................................................................................... 8 11. International Humanitarian Law ..................................................................... 8 12. Gender Partnership Group .............................................................................. 9 13. Results of the Inter-Parliamentary Conference on "Attaining the World Food Summit’s Objectives through a Sustainable Development Strategy " ............. 9 14. Financial Results for 1998 .............................................................................. 9 15. Future Inter-Parliamentary meetings ............................................................... 9 16. Questions relating to the Statutes and Rules of the Union ............................. 10 C. 228th Session of the Executive Committee ...................................................................... 11 - ii - D. First Meeting of Women Parliamentarians 13 E. Meetings of Various Subsidiary Bodies and Committees 1. Meeting of Representatives of the Parties to the CSCM process ..................... 15 2. Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians ..................................... 16 3. Group of Facilitators for Cyprus ....................................................................... 16 4. Committee on Middle East Questions .............................................................. 17 5. Committee to promote respect for International Humanitarian Law ................ 17 6. Gender Partnership Group ................................................................................ 17 F. Elections and Appointments 1. President of the 101st Inter-Parliamentary Conference ..................................... 19 2. Executive Committee ........................................................................................ 19 3. Study Committees of the Inter-Parliamentary Conference ............................... 19 4. Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians ..................................... 19 5. Committee for Sustainable Development ......................................................... 20 6. Gender Partnership Group ................................................................................ 20 ANNEXES Membership I. Membership of the Union as of 16 April 1999 Resolutions and decisions of the 101st Inter-Parliamentary Conference II. (A to F) Results of roll-call votes on requests for inclusion of a supplementary item in the Conference agenda II.G Results of the roll-call vote on a request for inclusion of an emergency supplementary item in the Conference agenda III. Parliamentary action to encourage all countries to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty prohibiting all nuclear testing, to encourage universal and non-discriminatory nuclear non-proliferation measures and to work towards the eventual elimination of all nuclear weapons (text of the resolution) IV. The problem of metropolitan areas: a global challenge to which parliamentarians must respond in terms of urban civilisation and democracy (text of the resolution) V. Writing off the government debt of heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs) (text of the resolution) VI. Amendments to the Statutes of the Union Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Inter-Parliamentary Council VII. Co-operation between the Union and the United Nations System VIII. Co-operation in armaments control in the Mediterranean with a view to preventing conflicts in the region - iii - IX. Process of implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) X. Tourism and the imperatives of sustainable development XI. Report of the Second Tri-Partite Meeting on follow-up of the World Summit for Social Development, New York, 31 March 1999 XII. Report of the Committee on Middle East Questions XIII. Partnership between men and women at the Inter-Parliamentary Union XIV. Results of the Inter-Parliamentary Conference on "Attaining the World Food Summit’s objectives through a Sustainable Development Strategy", Rome (29 November to 2 December 1998) XV. Agenda of the 102nd Inter-Parliamentary Conference XVI. List of international organisations and other bodies to be invited to follow the work of the 102nd Conference as observers XVII. Future meetings and other activities XVIII. Practical modalities of the rights and responsibilities of observers at IPU Meetings Resolutions of the Inter-Parliamentary Council concerning the human rights of parliamentarians XIX. Thirty parliamentarians in Burundi XX. Mr. Sam Rainsy, Mr. Son Soubert, Mr. Pol Ham, Mr. Son Sann and Mr. Kem Sokha, of Cambodia XXI. Mr. Ngarléjy Yorongar, of Chad XXII. Mr. Pedro Nel Jimenéz Obando, Mr. Leonardo Posada Pedraza, Mr. Octavio Vargas Cuéllar, Mr. Pedro Luis Valencia Giraldo, Mr. Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, Mr. Manuel Cepeda Vargas, of Colombia XXIII. Mr. Hernán Motta Motta and Mr. Nelson Veloria, of Colombia XXIV. One hundred and nine parliamentarians in Colombia XXV. Mr. Joseph Olenghankoy, Mr. Eugène Diomi Ndongala Nzomambu and Mr. Etienne Tshisekedi, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo XXVI. Mr. Ahmed Boulaleh Barreh, Mr. Ali Mahamade Houmed and Mr. Moumin Bahdon Farah, of Djibouti XXVII. Mr. Lamin Waa Juwara, of Gambia XXVIII. Mr. Omar Jallow, of Gambia XXIX. Mr. Alpha Condé, Mr. El-Hadj Amiata Mady Kaba, Ms. Koumbafing Keïta, Mr. Mamady Yö Kouyate and Mr. Ibrahima Kalil Keïta, of Guinea XXX. Mr. Miguel Angel Pavón Salazar, of Honduras XXXI. Mr. Lim Guan Eng, of Malaysia XXXII. Mr. Anwar Ibrahim, of Malalysia XXXIII. Two-hundred and eight parliamentarians in Myanmar XXXIV. Mr. Amadi Okorafor, Rev. Mac Nwulu, Mr. Polycap, Mr. Abu Ibrahim, Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mr. Olawale Oshun and Mr. O.J. Adewunmi, of Nigeria XXXV. Mr. Marc Atidépé, Mr. Tavio Amorin and Mr. Gaston Aziaduvo Edeh, of Togo XXXVI. Fifteen parliamentarians in Turkey XXXVII. Mr. Hasan Mezarci, of Turkey A. 101st INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE1 The 101st Inter-Parliamentary Conference began its work at the European Parliament in Brussels on the afternoon of 11 April by electing by acclamation Mr. R. Langendries, President of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium, as its President. On the morning of 12 April, the Conference heard a statement by Mr. J. Diouf, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), who summed up the world food situation, highlighting its most acute problems. On that same afternoon, the Conference was addressed by Mr. J.-L. Dehaene, Prime Minister of Belgium, who explained his country's position on major international issues, particularly the current situation dominated by events in Kosovo. 1.
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