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25 January 2012 Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Vice President from the ranks of the National Assembly delegation Natasa Vuckovic at the morning part of the PACE session
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
PACE Adopts Resolution on Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Serbia
Today, on Wednesday, 25 January, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted Resolution 12813 on The Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Serbia, proposed by PACE Monitoring Committee rapporteurs Davit Harutyunyan and Indrek Saar.
The Resolution congratulates
“Serbia has achieved commendable results in the reform process of electoral legislation, the judiciary, decentralisation, minority rights protection and setting up and strengthening independent regulatory bodies”, notes the adopted Resolution.
The Assembly adopted the proposal to continue with the monitoring process in
Serbian delegation members Natasa Vuckovic, Milos Aligrudic and Elvira Kovacs took part in the discussion on the report on
Natasa Vuckovic stated that the Resolution recognizes the progress achieved in improving the work of the National Assembly and its oversight function, as well as the MPs’ status and role.
Milos Aligrudic deemed the Resolution contradictory since in addition to justified it also contained unjustified criticism, and also commended Serbia in spheres where, he believes, no significant results have been achieved,
Delegation deputy member Elvira Kovacs commended the adoption of the Law on National Councils of National Minorities and urged for the adoption of the Law on Financing of AP Vojvodina as well as higher minority representation in state authorities.
In the morning part of the session the Parliamentary Assembly discussed the situation in