On 5 May, the
Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted a new
statutory resolution for the North-South Centre. This crucial step
positively concluded a process launched in November 2009 by the
Parliamentary Assembly, in connection with the 20th Anniversary of
the Centre.
Through this decision, the member States - and indeed all the
stakeholders of the North-South Centre - have confirmed its
relevance and importance, at a time when the Arab countries - our
neighbours - are facing historical changes.
One of the
main lines of the Centre's new statute, which entered into force on
1 June 2011, concerns its statutory bodies. In fact, the two former
statutory organs of the Centre merged into a new "Executive
Committee", which is the single decision making body of the
North-South Centre : through this important structural change, the "quadrilogue"
functioning of the Centre has been preserved, while full
participation of all member states in the decision making process is
ensured.
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