– having regard to the 65th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in particular that body's resolutions on ‘International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters, from relief to development’ , ‘Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran’ , ‘Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea’ , ‘Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order’ , ‘Promotion of peace as a vital requirement for the full enjoyment of all human rights by all’ , ‘Enhancement of international cooperation in the field of human rights’ , ‘Operational activities for development of the ...[+++] United Nations system’ , ‘Role of the United Nations in promoting development in the context of globalisation and interdependence’ , ‘Towards a New International Economic Order’ , ‘Cooperation between the United Nations, national parliaments and the Inter-Parliamentary Union’ , ‘The United Nations in global governance’ , ‘Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: accelerating the implementation of nuclear disarmament commitments’ , ‘Review of the United Nations peacebuilding architecture’ , and ‘Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals’ ,

to make efforts to include a separate item on the agenda of the 65th UNGA concerning cooperation between the United Nations Organization, regional assemblies, national parliaments and the Interparliamentary Union (IPU) in order to foster debate on how parliamentarians, national parliaments and regional parliamentary assemblies can play a more active role in the United Nations, in compliance with the decision that was taken by the 63rd UNGA in its resolution on ‘Cooperation between the United Nations and the Interparliamentary Union’ (A/RES/63/24);

Once the report has been adopted, the next thing we should do is to discuss how we, in this House, can organise this process.

Final recommendations (ai) urge EU Member States to follow up on their commitment to effective multilateralism by ensuring the systematic and swift ratification of all UN conventions and treaties; (aj) support the decision taken by the UNGA in its above-mentioned resolution on "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Interparliamentary Union" to include in the provisional agenda of the 65th UNGA a separate item on cooperation between the United Nations Organization, national parliaments and the Interparliamentary Union, provided the title of the item includes also a reference to "regional parliamentary ...[+++]assemblies", and promote a debate on how parliamentarians, national parliaments and regional parliamentary assemblies can play a more active role in the United Nations;

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with recognised experience in matters pertaining to this Agreement shall be eligible to participate as observers in all meetings of the Parties convened pursuant to Article VIII except meetings held in executive session or meetings of Heads of Delegation.

For these reasons, the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly recommends the Committee of Ministers to set a time-limit for responding to requests for information. Finally the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly recommends rationalising and harmonising the information requested by States and organising training seminars on transfer procedures to exchange information and study the possibilities for improving practices and making them more transparent.