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Tuesday, 30 October 2007
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOLUTIONS FOR ROMA REFUGEES, IDPS AND RETURNEES HELD AT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE
The International Conference on Durable Solutions for Roma Refugees: IDPS and Returnees in the Balkans was held on 29 and 30 October at the National Assembly House.
The International Conference on Durable Solutions for Roma Refugees: IDPS and Returnees in the Balkans was held on 29 and 30 October at the National Assembly House. The National Assembly of the
The conference participants were greeted by Donka Banovic as host, Member of Parliament and member of the Standing Delegation of the National Assembly to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. She reminded all present that the gathering was organised in Belgrade as part of Serbia’s chairing the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and that, under the slogan “One Europe – Our Europe” Serbia determined the main priorities of its engagement.
Stressing the problems of migration flows in the West Balkan region, Donka Banovic pointed out that there are several hundred thousand people with the status of refugee and that
During the two days of work, the participants discussed the conditions for a voluntary and sustainable return, current obstacles and perspectives for the return of refugees and internally displaced persons. One of the topics dealt with civil status and stateless persons, as well as the regulation of their legal residence, registration, civil document and avoidance of statelessness.
Special attention was paid to the return on the basis of readmission agreements, the issues of their implementation and creation of national capacity for acceptance of people from readmission. The issue of the process of integration and access to socio-economic rights was also on the agenda, with a special focus on the access to health protection, education, employment and housing, as well as the inclusion of Roma refugees, displaced persons and returnees in the national programmes and action plans for Roma.
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12.00 - closing ceremony of the International Girls in ICT Day (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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14.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with Baroness Catherine Ashton (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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15.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in the Republic of Serbia (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, diplomatic salon of Prince Pavle)