Italy
returns to the North-South Centre Through a letter dated 13 March 2009,
the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy, Mr Frattini, informed the
Secretary General of the Council of Europe of the decision taken by
the Italian government to re-establish its membership of the
North-South Centre, "appreciating its current work and its programmes
for the coming years". This decision took effect on 15 March 2009. more.
Serbia
joins the North-South Centre
In a letter dated 6 February 2009, Ambassador Sladjana Prica,
Permanent Representative of Serbia to the Council of Europe, has
notified to the Secretary General the decision taken in January by the
Serbian government to become a member of the North-South Centre. This
decision follows an initiative of the Minister for Youth and Sport,
Snezana Samardzic-Markovic and took effect on 1 March 2009.