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Tuesday, 27 January 2015
Elvira Kovacs Elected Vice-Chairperson of PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination
The members of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected NARS delegation member Elvira Kovacs Committee Vice-Chairperson.
The Committee seeks to promote equal opportunities across the board and works to counter discrimination of all kinds. It deals with the rights of ethnic minorities, status of women, fight against racism and intolerance, hate speech, LGBT rights etc. The Committee comprises 84 members drawn from all five political groups in the Assembly and all the Council of Europe member states.
The National Assembly’s delegation continues its work at the First Plenary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe where, among other things, the parliamentarians will be electing judges to the European Court of Human Rights from Serbia and Bulgaria, discuss the mandates of the Russian delegation, while the Committee on Political Affairs will be discussing the status of ethnic minorities in Kosovo-Metohija.
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9.30 - the members of the National Assembly delegation to PACE meet with the Council of Europe Secretary-General (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.00 - the opposition parliamentary groups meet with the Council of Europe Secretary-General (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.15 - press conference of MPs Radomir Lazovic and Doc. Dr Biljana Djordjevic (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending meets with the representatives of the Association of Budget Accountants and Economists of the Republic of Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Council of Europe Secretary-General (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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13.00 - the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending meets with the Ombudsman (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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19.00 - opening of the exhibition “Retrospective” by Braca Azaric (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)