Resolution No. 2 on The organisation of the 9th session of CEMAT

The ministers participating in the 8th European Conference of Ministers responsible for Regional/Spatial Planning:

1. expressing their warm thanks to the Swiss Government for the organisation of their eighth session and for its generous hospitality;

2. taking the view that the appropriate development of Europe’s social, economic and cultural structures demands constant co-ordination and co-operation by all member states;

3. believing that the preparation of a joint policy in the regional/spatial planning sphere constitutes a vital component of the process of balanced spatial development of Europe;

4. aware that the achievement of the proposed goals necessarily involves the putting in place of measures regulating rational land use;

5. are pleased to accept the Turkish Government’s offer to host the ninth session of their conference in 1991;

6. adopt as the theme for their ninth session: “Instruments for achieving rational use of land”;

7. instruct the Committee of Senior Officials to make the necessary arrangements in preparation for the ninth session, while ensuring that the resolutions adopted at the ninth session are implemented;

8. request the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to place at the disposal of the secretariat of the conference the administrative and technical assistance needed for the organisation of the next session and for the inter-sessional work of the Committee of Senior Officials.