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Minutes of the Autumn Session Geneva 25 – 27 September 2002 MINUTES OF THE AUTUMN SESSION GENEVA 25 – 27 SEPTEMBER 2002 ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES GENERAL OF PARLIAMENTS Minutes of the Autumn Session 2002 Geneva 25-27 September 2002 LIST OF ATTENDANCE MEMBERS PRESENT Mr Artan Banushi Albania Dr Hafnaoui Amrani Algeria Mr Boubeker Assoul Algeria Mr Valenti Marti Castanyer Andorra Mr Diogo De Jesus Angola Mr Ian Harris Australia Mr Georg Posch Austria Mr Dmitry Shilo Belarus Mr Robert Myttenaere Belgium Mr Vedran Hadzovik Bosnia & Herzegovina Mr Ognyan Avramov Bulgaria Mr Prosper Vokouma Burkina Faso Mr Carlos Hoffmann Contreras Chile Mrs Guillaumette Kiakouama Congo Mr Brissi Lucas Guehi Cote d’Ivoire Mr Constantinos Christoforou Cyprus Mr Peter Kynstetr Czech Republic Mr Paval Pelant Czech Republic Mr Farag El-Dory Egypt Mr Samy Mahran Egypt Mr Heike Sibul Estonia Mrs Mary Chapman Fiji Mr Seppo Tiitinen Finland Mr Jean-Claude Becane France Mrs Hélène Ponceau France Mrs Marie-Françoise Pucetti Gabon Mr Dirk Brouër Germany Mr K.E.K. Tachie Ghana Mr Panayotis Tzortzoulos Greece Mr Albino Fonseca Guinea-Bissau Mr Madelain Fils-Aimé Haiti Mr G.C. Malhotra India Mr Yogendra Narain India Mr Faisal Djamal Indonesia Mr Kieran Coughlan Ireland Mr Arie Hahn Israel Mr Guiseppe Troccoli Italy Mr Hukumaru Tani Japan Dr Mohamad Al-Masalha Jordan - 2 - Mr Patrick Gichohi Kenya Mr Yong Sik Kang Korea (Republic of) Mr Sheridah Al-Mosharji Kuwait Mr Adnan Daher Lebanon Mr M.G. Maluke Lesotho Mr Pierre Dillenburg Luxembourg Mr Daadankhuu Batbaatar Mongolia Mr Mohamed Rachid Idrissi Kaitouni Morocco Mr Carlos Manuel Mozambique Mr Moses Ndjarakana Namibia Mr Willem De Beaufort Netherlands Mr Bas Nieuwenhuizen Netherlands Mr Moussa Moutari Niger Mr Ibrahim Salim Nigeria Mr Hans Brattesta Norway Mr Muhammed Rafiq Haider Pakistan Mr Shahid Iqbal Pakistan Mr José Gomez Nunez Panama Mr Vladimir Aksyonov Parliamentary Assembly of Belarus & the Russian Federation Mr Oscar Yabes Philippines Mrs Isabel Corte-Real Portugal Mr Constantin Sava Romania Mr Cristian Ionescu Romania Mr Alexander Lotorev Russian Federation Mr Petr Tkachenko Russian Federation Mr Franscisco Silva Sao Tome & Principe Mrs Piedad Garcia-Escudero Spain Mr Ibrahim Mohamed Ibrahim Sudan Mr Anders Forsberg Sweden Mr John Clerc Switzerland Mr Hans Peter Gerschwiler Switzerland Mrs Sirilak Panbamrungkit Thailand Mr Chinda Chareonpun Thailand Mrs Roska Georgievska The FYR of Macedonia Mr Mohamed Salem Al-Mazroui United Arab Emirates Sir William McKAY United Kingdom Mr Paul Hayter United Kingdom Mr Vu Mao Vietnam Mr Colin Cameron Western European Union Mr Milan Lucic Yugoslavia Mr Austin Zvoma Zimbabwe - 3 - SUBSTITUTES Mr Christopher Paterson (for Mr Bernard Wright) Australia Mr Claude Cossi Djankaki (for Mrs N. Avognon-Detinho) Benin Mrs T. Chephethe (for Mrs C. Mompei) Botswana Mrs Marie-Andree Lajoie (for Mr W Corbett) Canada Mr Paul Cahoua (for Mr Xavier Roques) France Mr Horst Risse (for Mr Gert Schmitt) Germany Ms Belinda Theriaullt (for Mr Fridrik Olafsson) Iceland Mr Carlo Guelfi (for Mr D Nocilla) Italy Mrs Anna Szklennik (for Mr A. Witalec) Poland Mr Wojolech Kulisiewicz (for Mr K Czeszjeko-Sochacki) Poland Mr Michael Coetzee(for Mr S Mfenyana) South Africa Mr Leonid Pashkovsky Ukraine Dr José P. Montero (for Dr M Reyes) Uruguay OBSERVERS Mr Jiri Krbec Czech Republic Mr Yohannes Dawit Ethiopia Mr Ethiopia Beyene Ethiopia Mr Mubarek Sanni Ethiopia Mr Zeshanew Alemaw Ethiopia Mr Everhard Voss Germany Ms Stavroula Vassilouni Greece Mrs I. Darsini Indonesia Ms Cait Hayes Ireland Ms Luisa Accarino Italy Mr Josef Hilti Liechtenstein Ms Ipi Cross New Zealand Mrs R A Ahmadu Nigeria Mrs Cristina Dumitrescu Romania Ms Mihaela Militaru Romania Mr Dominique Mwemayire Rwanda Mr Dhammika Dasanayake Sri Lanka Mrs Marianne Carlbom Sweden Mr Narongporn Pinyo Thailand Mrs Rungarun Sangsuan Thailand Ms Irene Manda Zambia APOLOGIES Mr Bernard Wright Australia Mrs Noele Avognon-Detinho Benin Mrs Constance Mompei Botswana Mr William Corbett Canada Mr Henrik Tvarn? Denmark Mr Xavier Roques France - 4 - Mr Gerd Schmitt Germany Mr Damiano Nocilla Italy Mr Yoshinori Kawamurai Japan Mr Takeaki Ishido Japan Mr D G McGee New Zealand Mr Hans Brattestå Norway Mr Adam Witalec Poland Mr Krzysztof Czeszejko-Sochacki Poland Mr Sindiso Mfenyana South Africa Mr Sune K. Jonansson Sweden Dr Margarita Reyes Uruguay Mr Mwelwa Ng’ono Chibesakunda Zambia Ms Helen Dingani Zimbabwe - 5 - TABLE OF CONTENTS – Page No FIRST SITTING – Wednesday 25 September [am] 1. Opening of the Meeting ..........................................................................................................................8 2. Orders of the Day. ...................................................................................................................................8 3. New Members..........................................................................................................................................10 4. General debate: The Impact of New Technology on the Work of Parliaments ....................................11 i. Theme A: Availability of Information: Lead speaker, Mr Paul Hayter (House of Lords, United Kingdom) ........................................................................................................12 SECOND SITTING – Wednesday 25 September [pm] 1. Introductory remarks................................................................................................................................25 2. General debate: The Impact of New Technology on the Work of Parliaments ....................................25 i. Theme C: Procedural Questions: Lead speakers, Mrs Marie-Andrée Lajoie (House of Commons, Canada) and Mr Robert Myttenaere (House of Representatives, Belgium)......................25 ii.. Theme B: Management and Administration: Lead speaker: Mr Georg Posch, Nationalrat, Austria) ................................................................................................................................33 3. Concluding remarks.................................................................................................................................40 THIRD SITTING – Thursday 26 September [am] 1. Introductory remarks ...............................................................................................................................41 2. Communication from Mr Martin CHUNGONG on Recent activities of the IPU ....................................41 3. Communication from Mr Carlos MANUEL (Mozambique) on the Re-Organisation of the Secretariat of the Parliament of the Republic of Mozambique..............................................................46 4. Communication from Mr Ibrahim Mohamed IBRAHIM (Sudan) on the Sudanese Parliament................................................................................................................................................51 5. Communication from Mr Yogendra NARAIN (India) on Raising matters of urgent public importance: zero hour submissions and special mention procedures ..................................................64 6. Concluding remarks ........................................................................................................... 67 FOURTH SITTING – Thursday 26 September [pm] 1. Introductory remarks ...............................................................................................................................68 2. Communication from Mme Hélène PONCEAU (France) on the management by a parliamentary assembly of its property ..................................................................................................68 3. Communication from Mr Colin CAMERON (WEU) on The Assembly yesterday, today and tomorrow..........................................................................................................................................74 4. Concluding remarks.................................................................................................................................78 - 6 - FIFTH SITTING – Friday 27 September [am] 1. Introductory remarks................................................................................................................................79 2. Honorary membership.............................................................................................................................79 3 New members .........................................................................................................................................79 4. Communication from Mr G C MALHOTRA (India) on Ethical standards for members of parliament ................................................................................................................................................79 5. Second Draft Report of Mr Ian HARRIS (Australia) on Promoting the Work of Parliament................................................................................................................................................92 6. Presentation by Mr Carlos HOFFMANN (Chile) on the organisation of the Santiago Session ....................................................................................................................................................96 7. Constitutional and Parliamentary Information .......................................................................................97 8.. Administrative and Financial Questions .................................................................................................98 9. New matters for discussion and examination of the draft Agenda for the Session
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