*** * * COUNCIL ** ** CONSEIL OF EUROPE * * * DE L'EURQPE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS CONFIDENTIAL CM/Del/Dec/Act (94) 515 CMACT067 Ministers' Deputies 515th meeting Decisions adopted and Records held in Strasbourg from 20 to 23 June 1994 *** * * * * COUNCIL CONSEIL OF EUROPE * * DE L'EUROPE *** Committee of Ministers Comite des Ministres Strasbourg, 28 June 1994 RESTRICTED CM/Del/Dec(94)515 515th MEETING OF THE MINISTERS' DEPUTIES (held in Strasbourg from 20 - 23 June 1994) 515th •4 =^Cll There is no decision for the following items: 1.3, 2.1b, 2.2, 3.1, 6.2. 515th meeting - June 1994 CM/Del/Dec(94)515 SUMMARY Page List of those present 1 1. General questions 1.1 Adoption of the Agenda and of the Order of Business 5 1.2 Preparation of forthcoming meetings 5 1.3 Communication from the Secretary General - 1.4 Conferences of Specialised Ministers - State of preparation 6 1.5 Plan of Action on combating racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance a. European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) 8 b. European Youth Campaign against Racism, Xenophobia, Antisemitism and Intolerance Geographical scope of the Campaign 8 2. Political questions 2.1 Current political questions a. Relations with countries of Central and Eastern Europe 9 b. Other questions ; Pact on Stability in Europe - 2.2 Situation in Cyprus - 2.3 Relations between the Council of Europe and the CSCE 11 2.4 Compliance with commitments accepted by member States of the Council of Europe 12 CM/Del/Dec(94)515 - ii - 3. Parliamentary Assembly 3.1 Statement by the Clerk of the Assembly on the third part of the 1994 session (28 June - 1 July 1994) and other Assembly activities 3.2 Cultural situation in the former Yugoslavia - Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 1239 (1994) 13 3.3 Creation of a transitional mechanism for the protection of human rights for European non-member States of the Council of Europe - Parliamentary Assembly Recommendations 1204 (1993) and 1219 (1993) ... 21 3.4 Spring meetings of the Parliamentary Assembly (Warsaw, 16-18 May 1994) - Texts adopted by the Standing Committee (18 May 1994) 23 3.5 Situation of Human Rights in Greece - Written Question No. 356 by Mr. Guner 25 «& 4. Human Rights 4.1 European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT) - Election of members of the CPT in respect of Germany and Malta 25 4.2 Committee of Independent Experts of the European Social Charter - Procedure for the election of members of the Committee of Independent Experts set up under Article 25 of the Charter 26 4.3 Election of a member of the European Commission of Human Rights in respect of Germany 27 4.4 Steering Committee for equality between women and men (CDEG) - Additional meeting 27 ,^^ 4.5 Ad hoc Committee for the protection of national minorities (CAHMIN) - Current state of its work 28 5. Mass Media 5.1 Invitation to Canada to participate in a Seminar on "Human Rights and Gender : the responsibility of the Media" (Strasbourg, 29 June - 1 July 1994) 28 - iii - CM/DeI/Dec(94)515 6. Social and Economic questions 6.1 European Committee on Migration (CDMG) - Abridged report of the 30th meeting (Strasbourg, 27-29 April 1994) 29 6.2 Possible enlargement of the circle of States participating in the activities relating to the rehabilitation and integration of people with disabilities carried out under the Partial Agreement in the social and public health field - 6.3 Social Development Fund a. Hearing with Chairman of the Governing Body accompanied by the Chairman of the Administrative Council and the Governor of the Social Development Fund 30 b. Report of the Governor for the exercice 1993 30 6.4 Contribution of Bulgaria to the Budget of the Social Development Fund 31 8. Youth 8.1 European Steering Committee for Intergovernmental Co-operation in the Youth Field (CDEJ) a. Abridged report of the 13th meeting (Strasbourg, 10-11 March 1994) 31 b. Proposal by the CDEJ to amend the Statutes of the European Youth Centre (EYC) and the European Youth Foundation (EYF) 32 9. Environment and Local Authorities 9.1 Steering Committee on Local and Regional Authorities (CDLR) a. Abridged report of the 13th meeting (Budapest, 6-8 April 1994) 33 b. Draft additional Protocol to the European Outline Convention on transfrontier co-operation between territorial communities or authorities (ETS 106) 33 CM/DeI/Dec(94)515 -iv - 9.2 Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) - Special account "New European Journeymen" - Proposal to amend the nature of expenditure covered by the Special Account 34 9.3 Open Partial Agreement on the prevention of, protection against and organisation of relief in major natural and technological disasters - Request from Morocco to be invited to accede 35 9.4 Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe (CLRAE) - 1st Session (31 May - 3 June 1994) - Adopted texts 35 10. Legal questions 10.1 European Commission for Democracy through Law - Request for associate membership status by the Republic of Moldova 36 ijft 10.2 Convention on the transfer of sentenced persons (ETS 112) - Request ^ from the Republic of Costa Rica to be invited to accede to the Convention 37 10.3 Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) - Abridged report of the 7th meeting (Strasbourg, 21-22 March 1994) 37 10.4 Steering Committee on Bioethics (CDBI) - Abridged report of the 5th meeting (Lisbon, 18-22 April 1994) 38 10.5 Ad hoc Committee of experts on the legal aspects of territorial asylum, refugees and stateless persons (CAHAR) a. Abridged report of the 37th meeting (Strasbourg, 29-31 March 1994) 39 b. Draft Recommendation No. R (94)... on guidelines to inspire ^^ practices of the member States of the Council of Europe ^P concerning the arrival of asylum-seekers at European airports 39 11. Administrative questions 11.1 Pension Scheme of the Co-ordinated Organisations: determination of the level of the staff rate of contribution - 34th Report of the Co-ordinating Committee on Remuneration (CCR) 40 - V - CM/Del/Dec(94)515 11.2 Daily rate of subsistence allowance for Turkey - Exceptional measure - 36th Report of the Co-ordinating Committee on Remuneration (CCR) 41 11.3 Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group) - Opening of a special account "Demand Reduction Staff Training Programme" 42 11.4 Partial Agreement on the European Commission for Democracy Through Law a. Accession of Slovenia 43 b. Accession of Romania 43 11.5 Convention on the elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia - Accession of Turkey 44 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 515th MEETING OF THE MINISTERS' DEPUTIES (Strasbourg, 21 (9.30 am) June 1994 - B Level) AGENDA al APPENDIX 2 515th MEETING OF THE MINISTERS' DEPUTIES (Strasbourg, 20 (11 am), 21 (3 pm) - 24 June 1994 - A Level) AGENDA a5 APPENDIX 3 516th MEETING OF THE MINISTERS' DEPUTIES (item 1.2) (Strasbourg, 5 (3 pm) - 6 September 1994 - B Level) DRAFT AGENDA a9 APPENDIX 4 516th MEETING OF THE MINISTERS' DEPUTIES (item 1.2) (Strasbourg, 6 (3 pm) - 9 September 1994 - A Level) DRAFT AGENDA a!5 APPENDIX 5 MESSAGE OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS TO THE (item 2.la) PRIME MINISTER (ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER) OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA a!9 APPENDIX 6 RESOLUTION DH (94) 52 (item 4.1) Election of two members of the European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment a21 CM/Del/Dec(94)515 - vi - APPENDIX 7 RESOLUTION DH (94) 53 (item 4.2) Election of four members of the Committee of Independent Experts of the Social Charter a23 APPENDIX 8 RESOLUTION DH (94) 54 (item 4.3) Election of a member of the European Commission of Human Rights in respect of Germany a25 APPENDIX 9 MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS (item 4.5) TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES (CAHMIN) a27 APPENDIX 10 RESOLUTION (94) 16 (item 6.3a) on the Social Development Fund a29 APPENDIX 11 LIST OF GROUPS ELABORATED FOR THE APPOINTMENT (item 8.1.a) OF GOVERNMENTAL MEMBERS TO THE GOVERNING BOARD Jj OF THE EYC AND EYF a31 ^ APPENDIX 12 AMENDMENTS TO THE STATUTE OF THE EUROPEAN (item S.l.b) YOUTH CENTRE - Draft Articles a33 APPENDIX 13 AMENDMENTS TO THE STATUTE TO THE EUROPEAN (item S.l.b) YOUTH FOUNDATION - Draft Articles a35 APPENDIX 14 RECOMMENDATION No. R (94) 5 (item 10.5.5) of the Committee of Ministers to member States on guidelines to inspire practices of the member States of the Council of Europe concerning the arrival of asylum-seekers at European airports a37 APPENDIX 15 RESOLUTION (94) 17 (item 11.1) on revision of the pension scheme rules a41 -1 - 515th meeting - June 1994 The 515th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies opened at A level on 20 June 1994 at 11 am under the chairmanship of Mr. S. Raev, Deputy for the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. It opened at B level on 21 June 1994 at 9.30 am under the chairmanship of Mrs. M.-L. Overvad, Deputy for the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark, in the absence of Mr. A.N. Papadopoulos, and continued at A level on 21 June 1994 at 3 pm. PRESENT AUSTRIA Mr H. Winkler Mr C. Krepela (expert) Mr A. Langle Mr R. Sturm BELGIUM Mr H. Fonder Mr P. Dubuisson BULGARIA Mr S. Raev Chairman Mr Y. Chterk Mr L. Ivanov Mrs K. Todorova CYPRUS Mr A.N. Papadopoulos Vice-Chairman Mr C. Papademas CZECH REPUBLIC Mr J. Malenovsky Mr J. Svoboda Mr J. Capek DENMARK Mrs M-L.