Bureau of the Ministers' Deputies
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A Bureau was set up in March 1975 to assist the Ministers' Deputies. Since May 2001, it has consisted of six members in the English alphabetical order: the current President, the two previous Presidents and the three future Presidents.
The Bureau has no decision-making power on questions of substance and may not substitute itself for the full Committee (CM).
It's main tasks are:
- providing guidance to the President and Secretariat on handling CM business;
- preparing the meetings of the CM;
- contacts with the Parliamentary Assembly;
- representing the CM in some other meetings and exchanges of views;
- at the request of the Presidency or the CM, receiving visitors on behalf of the CM;
- advising the President at his/her request on urgent political statements to be issued by the President in his/her own name;
- submitting relevant proposals about the nomination of Chairs of Rapporteur Groups and Working Parties to the CM for decision;
- examination of requests for the use of the CM meeting room and foyer.
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Members of the Bureau as at 5 September 2023
Chairmanship of the Ministers' Deputies
Latvia
Mr Jānis Kārkliņš, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Future Chairs
Liechtenstein
Mr Domenik Wanger, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
First Vice-Chair
Lithuania
Mr Andrius Namavičius, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Luxembourg
Mr Patrick Engelberg, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Previous Chairs
Iceland
Ms Ragnhildur Arnljótsdóttir, Ambassador
Second Vice-Chair
Ireland
Ms Caitriona Doyle, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
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- Documents not subject to any particular classification are public.
- Documents classified “restricted until examined by the Committee of Ministers” are declassified after the Committee of Ministers (CM) has examined the item in question. Prior to declassification, these documents are only visible to member governments and the Secretariat of the Council of Europe.
- Documents classified “restricted” are declassified a year after being issued. Prior to declassification, these documents are only visible to member governments and the Secretariat of the Council of Europe.
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