National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Second Sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee
At the sitting held on 19 October, the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee considered the Ministry of Defence activity information for the periods January-March, April-June and July-September 2016.
The Ministry activity information was presented by Minister of Defence Zoran Djordjevic. He said that the Ministry mainly focused on combating terrorism and on migratory movements, and that the Serbian Armed forces had, in the reporting period, carried out a considerable number of tasks and activities. He emphasised the Ministry’s attention to gender equality in the Armed Forces, stressing that the number of women in the Army has risen to 19.99%. Among others, Djordjevic announced that the Ministry of Defence was preparing a number of amendments and modifications to a wide spectrum of laws directly connected to the functioning of the Serbian Armed Forces.
The Committee accepted the Ministry of Defence activity information for the periods January-March, April-June and July-September 2016, by majority vote.
The Committee also considered and adopted by majority vote the Proposal of the Decision on the Adoption of the Annual Plan for the use of the Serbian Armed Forces and other defence forces in multinational operations in 2016 and the Proposal of the Decision on the participation of Serbian Army personnel in multinational operations in 2016, submitted by the Government.
Under any other business, the Committee members also adopted the proposal of Committee Chairperson Marija Obradovic to have all the Committee sittings recorded and that the audio records be made component part of the minutes.
The sitting was chaired by Committee Chairperson Marija Obradovic, and was attended by the following Committee members and deputy members: Momcilo Mandic, Vesna Rakonjac, MA Jasmina Nikolic, Marko Djurisic, Marko Blagojevic, Bozidar Delic, Aleksandar Markovic, Borisav Kovacevic, Gordana Comic, Zoran Radojicic, Prof. Dr Zoran Dragisic, Vladan Zagradjanin, Dubravka Filipovski and Jasmina Obradovic.
Committees related to this activity
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9.00 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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9.20 - press conference of the NEW DSS – POKS (NADA) Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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9.30 - sitting of the European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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9.30 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.00 - press conference of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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10.30 - sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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12.00 - public hearing of the Culture and Information Committee on the topic: Public interview with the proposed candidates for Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media Council members (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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15.00 - the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meets with the Italian delegation to the Central European Initiative Parliamentary Dimension (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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15.00 - sitting of the Culture and Information Committee (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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16.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Head of the EU Delegation to receive the EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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16.20 - press statements on the delivered EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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17.00 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own and Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) – Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak (SDA Sandzak) – Party for Democratic Action (PDD) parliamentary groups (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)