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ANEXO I

Political Affairs Committee

Parliamentary hearing on positive experiences concerning autonomous regions in Europe (rapporteur: Mr. Gross, Switzerland, SOC).

(Paris, 1 March 2002)

Programme

1 — Introduction by Mr. Gross, rapporteur. PoliticalAffairs Committee.

2 — Presentations by experts:

Prof. Markku Suksi, Department of Law. Abo Akademl University, Turku;

Mr. Kjell-Ake Nordquist, Ph. D., Assistant Professor,Uppsala University;

Mr. Antoni Castells Oliveres, Chair of the TEB (theBarcelona Institute of Economics);

Prof. Blanco de Morais, Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa;

on the notions of autonomy and connected issues:

a) The different concepts of autonomy: a tool inconflict resolution? A way of organising the decentralisation of the State? A means of recognising cultural minorities in a society?

b) Comments on the most relevant case studies inthe 20th century:

Aland Islands (Finland);South Tyrol (Italy);Autonomous regions in Spain, Italy, Portugal,

Denmark;Recent developments in Ukraine (Crimea),

Moldova (Gagaus) and Georgia (Ajaria.South Ossetia);

c) Some theoretical considerations concerning federalism, autonomy and devolution;

ci) Lessons to be learned from the positive experiences for today’s challenges (Kosovo, Chechnya,Nagorno-Karabagh, Abkhazia);

e) The future of autonomy.

3 — General discussion.4 — Conclusions by Mr. Gross.

ANEXO II

Political Affairs Committee

Draft agenda of the meeting to be held in Paris on friday, IMarch 2002, from 9 a. rn to 6 p. m. [Assemblee Nationale,Salle Lamartine, 101 rue de l’Unlversité, 75007 Paris (Metro; Invalides), tel: +33140636000; fax: +33140637S991.

Friday, 1 March, 9 a. m.

Hearing on positive experiences concerning autonomousregions in Europe — Statements by and exchange of

views with the following — AS/Pol/Inf (2002) 02[rapporteur: Mr. Gross (Switzerland, SOC)]:

Prof. Markku Suksi, Department of Law, Abo Akademl University, Turku;

M. Kjell-Ake Nordquist, Ph. D., Assistant Professor,Uppsala University;

M. Antoni Castells Oliveres, Chair of the IEB (theBarcelona Institute of Economics);

Prof. Blanco de Morais, Law Faculty of Lisbon.

Friday, 1 March, 2 p. m.

1 — Agenda — Adoption of the draft agenda — AS/Pol(2002) OJ 03 rev. 2.

2 — Minutes Approval of the draft minutes of themeetings held in Paris on l2 and 13 December 2001, inMexico City and Oaxaca (Mexico) from 9 to 12 January 2002and in Strasbourg during the Parliamentary Assembly part-session from 21 to 23 January 2002—AS/Pol (2001) PV14; AS/Pol (2002) PV 01; AS/Pol (2002) PV 02.

3 — Statement by the President.4 — Request for Council of Europe membership: Fede

ral Republic of Yogoslavia (FRY) — Exchange of viewsbased on a memorandum — AS/Pol (2002) 02 [rapporteur:Mr. Frey (Switzerland, LDR)j.

5 — New Russian law on religion — Consideration of adraft opinion [rapporteur for opinion: Mrs. Gatterer(Austria, EPP/CD)].

6 — Future of co-operation between Europeaninstitutions — Consideration of a preliminary draft report—AS/Pol (2002) 01 [rapporteur: Mr. van der Linden(Netherlands, EPP/CD)j.

7 — Parliamentary control of international institutions —Consideration of a preliminary draft report — AS/Pol (2002)03 [rapporteur: Mr. Toshev (Bulgaria, EPP/CD)].

8 — Work programme — AS/PoIJWP (2002) 01:

a) Consideration of new references to the Commit-tee;

b) Possible appointment of rapporteurs;c) Work calendar.

9 — Reconstitution of sub-committees — Definitiveadoption of the composition the three sub-committees —Lists of the sub-committees.

10 — Replies from the Committee of Ministers to textsemanating from the Committee — AS/PolJInf (2002) 04.

11 — Situation in Belarus —- Brief exchange of views onthe colloquy to be held in Vilnius and the follow-up[rapporteur: Mr. Behrendt (Germany, SOC)].

12 — Other business.13 — Dates and places of next meetings — Exchange of

views on the dates and programmes of future meetings:

Paris (5 April 2002);Strasbourg, April part-session;Luxembourg (5-7 May 2002) — exchange of views

with the Chairman-in-Office of the Committee ofMinisters (May 2002);

Lucerne (Switzerland) — Spring session (26-29 May2002).