1064th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies

At their 1064th meeting on 9 September 2009, the Ministers’ Deputies adopted two new treaties. The first is an additional Protocol to the European Charter of Local Self-Government on the right to participate in the affairs of a local authority CM(2009)76 and the second is Protocol No. 3 to the European Outline Convention on Transfrontier Co-operation between Territorial Communities or Authorities concerning Euroregional Co-operation Groupings (ECGs) CM(2009)77. The Deputies decided to open the two Protocols for signature on the occasion of the 16th Session of the Council of Europe Conference of Ministers responsible for Local and Regional Authorities (Utrecht, the Netherlands, 16-17 November 2009).

The Ministers’ Deputies also held an exchange of views with Mrs Corien Jonker, Chairperson of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population of the Parliamentary Assembly in the context of their agenda item concerning the Council of Europe and the conflict in Georgia.