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[ "C o n s t i t u t i o n o f t h e\nP r i n c i p a l i t y o f A n d o r r a\n a\n r\n r\n o\n d\n n\n A\n f\n o\n y\n t\n i\n l\n a\n p\n i\n c\n n\n i\n r\n P\n e\n h\n t\n f\n o\n n\n o\n i\n t\n u\n t\n i\n t\n s\n n\n o\n C\n C o n s e l l G e n e r a l - P r i n c i p a t d ’ A n d o r r a" ]
[ "Constitution \n of the Principality of Andorra\n CONSELL GENERAL\nPRINCIPAT D’ANDORRA" ]
[ "Index\n Preamble\n Title I.\n\nSovereignty of Andorra\n Title II.\n\nRights and freedoms\n Chapter I.\n\nGeneral principles\n Chapter II.\n\nAndorran nationality\n Chapter III.\n\nThe fundamental rights of the person \n and public freedoms\n Chapter IV.\n\nPolitical rights of Andorran nationals\n Chapter V. Rights, and economic, social and \n cultural principles\n Chapter VI.\n\nDuties of Andorran national and of aliens\n Chapter VII.\n\nGuarantees of rights and freedoms\n Title III.\n\nThe Coprinces\n Index\n 9\n 11\n 13\n 13\n 14\n 14\n 19\n 20\n 22\n 22\n 25\n 5" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Title IV.\n\nThe General Council\n Chapter I. Organisation of the General Council\n Chapter II.\n\nLegislative procedure\n Chapter III.\n\nInternational treaties\n Chapter IV.\n\nRelations of the General Council \n with the Government\n Title V. The Government\n Title VI.\n\nTerritorial structure\n Title VII.\n\nJustice\n Title VIII.\n\nThe Constitutional Court\n Title IX.\n\nConstitutional revision\n First additional provision\n Second additional provision\n 6\n 29\n 29\n 32\n 34\n 36\n 39\n 41\n 45\n 49\n 53\n 55\n 55" ]
[ "First transitional provision\n Second transitional provision\n Third transitional provision\n Derogatory provision\n Final provision\n Notes\n Index\n 55\n 56\n 57\n 58\n 59\n 60\n 7" ]
[ "Preamble\n Preamble\n The Andorran People, with full liberty and independence, and in\nthe exercise of their own sovereignty,\n Conscious of the need to conform the institutional structure of\nAndorra to the new circumstances brought about by the evolu-\ntion of the geographical, historical and socio-cultural environ-\nment in which it is situated, as well as of the need to regulate the\nrelationship which the institutions dating back to the Pareatges (1)\nshall have within this new legal framework,\n Resolved of the need to be endowed with all the mechanisms\nleading to juridical security in the exercise of the fundamental\nrights of the individual, which, although always present and\nrespected in the nature of Andorran society, have not received the\nprotection of any kind of general laws,\n Eager to use every endeavour to promote values such as liberty,\njustice, democracy and social progress, and to keep and strength-\nen the harmonious relations of Andorra with the rest of the\nworld, and especially with the neighbouring countries, on the\nbasis of mutual respect, co-existence and peace,\n Willing to bring their collaboration and effort to all the common\ncauses of mankind, and especially to those of preserving the\n 9" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n integrity of the Earth and guaranteeing an environment fit for life\nfor the coming generations,\n Desiring that the motto “virtus, unita, fortior”, which has\npresided over the peaceful journey of Andorra over its more than\nseven hundred years of history, may continue to be a completely\nvalid principle and may always guide the conduct of Andorrans,\nApprove the present Constitution, in the exercise of their sover-\neignty.\n\n10" ]
[ "Title I.\n\nSovereignty of Andorra\n Title I\nSovereignty of Andorra\n Article 1\n1.\n\nAndorra is a Democratic and Social independent State abiding\nby the Rule of Law.\n\nIts official name is Principat d’Andorra.\n\n(2)\n2.\n\nThe Constitution proclaims that the action of the Andorran\nState is inspired by the principles of respect and promotion of lib-\nerty, equality, justice, tolerance, defence of human rights and dig-\nnity of the person.\n\n3.\n\nSovereignty is vested in the Andorran People, who exercise it\nthrough the different means of participation and by way of the\ninstitutions established in this Constitution.\n\n4.\n\nThe political system of Andorra is that of a parliamentary\nCoprincipality.\n\n5.\n\nAndorra is composed of the Parishes (3) of Canillo, Encamp,\nOrdino, la Massana, Andorra la Vella, Sant Julià de Lòria and\nEscaldes-Engordany.\n\nArticle 2\n1.\n\nCatalan is the official language of the State.\n\n2.\n\nThe national anthem, the State flag and the coat of arms of\nAndorra are the traditional ones.\n\n3.", "3.\n\nAndorra la Vella is the capital of the State.\n\n11" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Article 3\n1.\n\nThe present Constitution, which is the highest law in the legal\nsystem, binds all the public institutions as well as the individuals.\n\n2.\n\nThe Constitution recognizes the principles of equality, hierar-\nchy, publicity of the judicial rules, non-retroactivity of the rules\nrestricting individual rights or those that are unfavourable in their\neffect or sanction, juridical security, accountability of public\ninstitutions and prohibition of any kind of arbitrariness.\n\n3.\n\nThe universally recognized principles of international public\nlaw are incorporated into the legal system of Andorra.\n\n4.\n\nTreaties and international agreements take effect in the legal\nsystem from the moment of their publication in the Official\nGazette of the Principality of Andorra (4) and cannot be amend-\ned or repealed by law.\n\n12" ]
[ "Title II.\n\nRights and freedoms\n Title II\nRights and freedoms\n Chapter I.\n\nGeneral principles\n Article 4\nThe Constitution recognises human dignity to be inalienable and\ntherefore guarantees the inviolable and imprescriptible rights of\nthe individual, which constitute the foundation of political order,\nsocial peace and justice.\n\nArticle 5\nThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights is binding in\nAndorra.\n\nArticle 6\n1.\n\nAll persons are equal before the law.\n\nNo one may be discrimi-\nnated against on grounds of birth, race, sex, origin, religion,\nopinions or any other personal or social condition.\n\n2.\n\nPublic authorities shall create the conditions in which the\nequality and the liberty of the individual may be real and effec-\ntive.\n\n13" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Chapter II.\n\nAndorran nationality \n Article 7\n1.\n\nThe status of Andorran national, as well as its legal effects, is\nacquired, kept and lost in accordance with the provisions of a\nQualified Law.\n\n(5)\n2.\n\nThe acquisition or retention of a nationality other than\nAndorran shall entail the loss of the latter, subject to the terms\nand periods established by law.\n\nChapter III.\n\nThe fundamental rights of the person\nand public freedoms \n Article 8\n1.\n\nThe Constitution recognises the right to life and fully protects\nit in its different phases.\n\n2.\n\nAll persons have the right to physical and moral integrity.\n\nNo\none shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrad-\ning treatment or punishment.\n\n3.\n\nThe death penalty is prohibited.\n\nArticle 9\n1.", "3.\n\nThe death penalty is prohibited.\n\nArticle 9\n1.\n\nAll persons have the right to liberty and security and shall only\nbe deprived of them on such grounds and in accordance with\nsuch procedures as are established in the Constitution and the\nlaws.\n\n2.\n\nExecutive detention shall take no longer than the time needed\n 14" ]
[ "Title II.\n\nRights and freedoms\n to carry out the enquiries in relation to the clarification of the\ncase, and in all cases the detained shall be brought before a judge\nwithin 48 hours.\n\n3.\n\nThe law shall establish a procedure so that the detained may\nrequest the court to decide on the legality of the detention.\n\nLikewise the law shall establish the procedure by which the\nimpaired fundamental rights of any person under detention may\nbe restored.\n\n4.\n\nNo one shall be held criminally or administratively liable on\naccount of any acts or omissions which were lawful at the time\nwhen they were committed.\n\nArticle 10\n1.\n\nAll persons shall have the right to jurisdiction and to have a\nruling founded in the law, and to due trial before an impartial tri-\nbunal established by law.\n\n2.", "2.\n\nAll persons shall have the right to counsel and the technical\nassistance of a competent lawyer, to trial within a reasonable\ntime, to the presumption of innocence, to be informed of the\ncharges against them, not to declare themselves guilty, not to tes-\ntify against themselves and to appeal in criminal causes.\n\n3.\n\nIn order to guarantee the principle of equality, the law shall\nregulate the cases in which justice shall be free of cost.\n\nArticle 11\n1.\n\nThe Constitution guarantees the freedom of ideas, religion\nand cult, and no one is bound to state or disclose his or her ide-\nology, religion or beliefs.\n\n2.\n\nFreedom to manifest one’s religion or beliefs shall be subject\n 15" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary\nin the interests of public safety, order, health or morals, or for the\nprotection of the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.\n\n3.\n\nThe Constitution guarantees the Roman Catholic Church free\nand public exercise of its activities and the preservation of the\nrelationship of special co-operation with the State in accordance\nwith Andorran tradition.\n\nThe Constitution recognises the full legal capacity of the bodies\nof the Roman Catholic Church which have legal status in accor-\ndance with their own rules.\n\nArticle 12\nFreedom of expression, of communication and of information is\nguaranteed.\n\nThe law shall regulate the right of reply, the right of\ncorrection and professional secrecy.\n\nPreliminary censorship or any\nother means of ideological control on the part of the public\nauthorities shall be prohibited.\n\nArticle 13\n1.", "Article 13\n1.\n\nThe civil status of persons and forms of marriage shall be\nregulated by law.\n\nThe civil effects of Canon Law marriage shall be\nrecognised.\n\n2.\n\nThe public authorities shall promote a policy of protection of\nthe family, which is the basic foundation of society.\n\n3.\n\nBoth spouses have the same rights and duties.\n\nAll children are\nequal before the law, regardless of their parentage.\n\nArticle 14\nThe right to privacy, honour and reputation shall be guaranteed.\n\n16" ]
[ "Title II.\n\nRights and freedoms\n All shall be protected by law against unlawful interference in their\nfamily and private life.\n\nArticle 15\nInviolability of the dwelling shall be guaranteed.\n\nNo one shall\nenter a dwelling or any other premises against the will of the\nowner or without a warrant, except in case of flagrant delicto.\n\nThe privacy of communication shall also be guaranteed, except\nupon a reasoned court order.\n\nArticle 16\nThe right to meet and assemble for any lawful purpose shall be\nrespected.\n\nThe exercise of the right of assembly requires that the\nauthorities be notified in advance, and shall not prevent the free\nmovement of goods and persons.\n\nArticle 17\nThe right to associate for a lawful purpose shall be recognised.\n\nA\nlaw shall establish a public Registry of the associations which may\nbe constituted.\n\nArticle 18\nThe right to form and maintain managerial, professional and\ntrade-union associations shall be recognised.", "Without prejudice\nto their links with international institutions, these organizations\nshall operate within the limits of Andorra, shall have their own\nautonomy without any organic dependence on foreign bodies\nand shall function democratically.\n\n17" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Article 19\nWorkers and employers have the right to defend their own eco-\nnomic and social interests.\n\nA Law shall regulate the conditions of\nexercise of this right in order to guarantee the functioning of ser-\nvices essential to the community.\n\nArticle 20\n1.\n\nAll persons have the right to education, which shall be orien-\ntated towards the dignity and full development of the human\npersonality, thus strengthening the respect for freedom and fun-\ndamental rights.\n\n2.\n\nFreedom of education and of establishing teaching centres\nshall be recognised.\n\n3.\n\nParents have the right to decide the type of education for\ntheir children.\n\nThey also have the right to moral or religious\ninstruction for their children in accordance with their own con-\nvictions.\n\nArticle 21\n1.\n\nEveryone has the right to move freely throughout the nation-\nal territory and to enter and leave the country in accordance with\nthe law.\n\n2.", "2.\n\nAndorran nationals and lawfully resident aliens have the right\nfreely to choose their place of residence in Andorra.\n\nArticle 22\nA decision on the non-renewal of the residence permit or the\nexpulsion of a lawful resident shall only be made pursuant to the\ncauses and terms determined by law, after a non-appealable court\n 18" ]
[ "Title II.\n\nRights and freedoms\n decision, if the interested person exercises his or her right to juris-\ndiction.\n\nArticle 23\nEveryone with a direct interest has the right to petition the pub-\nlic authorities in the form and with the effects provided by law.\n\nChapter IV.\n\nPolitical rights of Andorran nationals \n Article 24\nAll Andorrans of age, in full use of their rights, enjoy the right of\nsuffrage.\n\nArticle 25\nAll Andorran nationals have the right of accession to public ser-\nvice and office under the same conditions and in accordance with\nthe requirements determined by law.\n\nThe exercise of institution-\nal offices is reserved for Andorrans, with the exceptions that may\nbe provided for in this Constitution or in international treaties.\n\nArticle 26\nAndorrans have the right freely to create political parties.\n\nTheir\nfunctioning and organization must be democratic and their activ-\nities lawful.\n\nThe suspension of their activities and their dissolu-\ntion is the responsibility of the judicial organs.\n\n19" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Chapter V. Rights, and economic, social and\ncultural principles\n Article 27\n1.\n\nPrivate property and the rights of inheritance are recognised\nwithout any limits other than those derived from the social func-\ntion of property.\n\n2.\n\nNo one shall be deprived of his or her goods or rights, except\nupon justified consideration of the public interest, with just com-\npensation by or pursuant to a law.\n\nArticle 28\nThe right of enterprise shall be recognised within the framework\nof the market economy and in accordance with the law.\n\nArticle 29\nAll persons have the right to work, to their promotion through\nwork, and to just income which shall guarantee a living befitting\nhuman dignity for themselves and their families, as well as to rea-\nsonable limitation of the working day, weekly rest and paid vaca-\ntion.\n\nArticle 30\nThe right to health protection and to receive services relative to\npersonal needs shall be respected.", "With that intent the State shall\nguarantee a system of Social Security.\n\n20" ]
[ "Title II.\n\nRights and freedoms\n Article 31\nThe State has the task of ensuring the rational use of the land and\nof all natural resources, so as to guarantee a fitting quality of life\nfor all and, for the sake of future generations, to restore and\nmaintain a reasonable ecological balance in the atmosphere,\nwater and land, as well as to protect the autochthonous flora and\nfauna.\n\nArticle 32\nThe State may intervene in the ordering of the economic, com-\nmercial, labour and financial system to make possible, within the\nframework of a market economy system, the balanced develop-\nment of the society and general welfare.\n\nArticle 33\nThe public authorities shall promote the necessary conditions to\nensure the right of everyone to enjoy decent housing.\n\nArticle 34\nThe State shall guarantee the conservation, promotion and diffu-\nsion of the historical, cultural and artistic heritage of Andorra.", "Article 35\nThe rights of consumers and users shall be guaranteed by law and\nprotected by the public authorities.\n\nArticle 36\nThe State may create media of social communication.\n\nIn accor-\ndance with the principles of participation and pluralism, a law\n 21" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n shall regulate their organization and control by the General\nCouncil.\n\n(6)\n Chapter VI.\n\nDuties of Andorran nationals and of\naliens \n Article 37\nAll individuals and juridical persons shall contribute to public\nexpenditure according to their economic capacity, by means of a\njust taxation system, pursuant to a law and founded upon the\nprinciples of generality and equitable distribution of tax burdens.\n\nArticle 38\nThe State may create by law types of community service to pur-\nsue tasks of general interest.\n\nChapter VII.\n\nGuarantees of rights and freedoms \n Article 39\n1.\n\nThe rights and freedoms recognised in chapters III and IV of\nthis Title bind immediately all public authorities as directly\nenforceable law.\n\nTheir content cannot be limited by law and are\nprotected by the Courts.\n\nAliens legally resident in Andorra may freely exercise the rights\nand freedoms of chapter II of this Title.\n\n3.", "3.\n\nThe rights in chapter V form the basis of the legislation and\n 22" ]
[ "Title II.\n\nRights and freedoms\n the actions of the public authorities, but they may only be\ninvoked within the conditions determined by the law.\n\nArticle 40\nThe exercise of the rights recognised in this Title may only be reg-\nulated by law.\n\nThe rights in chapter III and IV shall be regulated\nby means of qualified laws.\n\nArticle 41\n1.\n\nThe rights and freedoms recognised in chapters III and IV are\nprotected by regular courts through urgent and preferential pro-\nceedings regulated by law, which in any case shall be transacted\nin two instances.\n\n2.\n\nA law shall create an extraordinary Procedure of Appeal before\nthe Constitutional Court (7) against acts of the public authorities\nwhich may violate the essential contents of the rights mentioned\nin the paragraph above, with the exception of the case provided\nfor in article 22.\n\nArticle 42\n1.\n\nA Qualified Law shall regulate states of alarm and emergency.", "The former may be declared by the Government in case of nat-\nural catastrophes, for a term of fifteen days, by notifying the\nGeneral Council.\n\nThe latter may also be declared by the\nGovernment for a term of thirty days in the case of interruption\nof the normal functioning of democratic life and this shall require\nthe previous authorisation of the General Council.\n\nAny extension\nof these states requires necessarily the approval of the General\nCouncil.\n\n23" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n 2.\n\nUnder a state of alarm the exercise of the rights recognised in\narticles 21 and 27 may be limited.\n\nUnder a state of emergency the\nrights covered by articles 9.2, 12, 15, 16, 19 and 21 may be sus-\npended.\n\nThe application of this suspension to the rights covered\nin articles 9.2 and 15 must be effected under the control of the\njudiciary notwithstanding the procedure of protection estab-\nlished in article 9.3.\n\n24" ]
[ "Title III.\n\nThe Coprinces\n Title III\nThe Coprinces\n Article 43\n1.\n\nIn accordance with the institutional tradition of Andorra, the\nCoprinces are, jointly and indivisibly, the Head of State, and they\nassume its highest representation.\n\n2.\n\nThe Coprinces, an institution which dates from the Pareatges\nand their historical evolution, are in their personal and exclusive\nright, the Bishop of Urgell and the President of the French\nRepublic.\n\nTheir powers are equal and derive from the present\nConstitution.\n\nEach of them swears or affirms to exercise their\nfunctions in accordance with the present Constitution.\n\nArticle 44\n1.\n\nThe Coprinces are the symbol and guarantee of the perma-\nnence and continuity of Andorra as well as of its independence\nand the maintenance of the spirit of parity in the traditional bal-\nanced relation with the neighbouring States.\n\nThey proclaim the\nconsent of the Andorran State to honour its international oblig-\nations in accordance with the Constitution.\n\n2.", "2.\n\nThe Coprinces arbitrate and moderate the functioning of the\npublic authorities and of the institutions, and are regularly\ninformed of the affairs of the State on their own initiative, or that\nof the Syndic General (8) or the Head of Government.\n\n3.\n\nExcept for the cases provided for in this Constitution, the\n 25" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Coprinces are immune from legal action.\n\nThe acts of the\nCoprinces are the responsibility of those who countersign them.\n\nArticle 45\nThe Coprinces, with the countersignature of the Head of\nGovernment, or when appropriate, of the Syndic General, have\nthe political responsibility for:\na) Calling a general election in accordance with the Constitution.\n\nb) Calling a referendum in accordance with articles 76 and 106\nof the Constitution.\n\nc) Appointing the Head of Government following the procedure\nprovided for in the Constitution.\n\nd) Signing a decree of dissolution of the General Council follow-\ning the procedure of article 71 of the Constitution.\n\ne) Accrediting diplomatic representatives of Andorra to foreign\nStates.\n\nForeign envoys present credentials to each of the two.\n\nf ) Appointing the holders of office of the other institutions of\nthe State in accordance with the Constitution and the law.", "g) Sanctioning and enacting laws in accordance with article 63 of\nthis Constitution.\n\nh) Expressing the consent of the State to honour its internation-\nal treaties under the provisions of chapter III of Title IV of the\nConstitution.\n\ni) Performing such other functions as may specifically be con-\nferred on them by the Constitution.\n\n2.\n\nThe dispositions provided for in letters g) and h) of this arti-\ncle shall be simultaneously brought to the attention of each\nCoprince, who shall sanction and enact them or express the con-\nsent of the State, as the case may be, and the Coprinces shall\n 26" ]
[ "Title III.\n\nThe Coprinces\n order their publication within a period of between eight and fif-\nteen days thereafter.\n\nWithin that period the Coprinces, individually or jointly, may\naddress themselves to the Constitutional Court, with a reasoned\nmessage, so that this institution may render judgment on the\nconstitutionality of any such act.\n\nIf the resolution is positive the\nact may be sanctioned with the signature of at least one of the\nCoprinces.\n\n3.\n\nWhen there may be circumstances preventing one of the\nCoprinces from formalising the acts listed in part 1 of this article\nwithin the periods constitutionally provided for, his representa-\ntive shall make it known to the Syndic General, or where appro-\npriate, to the Head of Government.", "In that case, the acts, norms\nor decisions in question shall take effect once the aforementioned\nperiod has elapsed with the signature of the other Coprince and\nthe countersignature of the Head of Government, or, where\nappropriate, the Syndic General.\n\nArticle 46\n1.\n\nThe Coprinces may perform the following acts of their free\nwill:\na) The combined exercise of the prerogative of grace.\n\nb) The creation and structuring of the services considered to be\nnecessary for the performing of their institutional functions, the\nappointment of the holders of these offices and their accredita-\ntion to all effects.\n\nc) The appointment of the members of the High Court of\nJustice, in accordance with article 89.2 of the Constitution.\n\nd) The appointment of the members of the Constitutional\n 27" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Court, in accordance with article 96.1 of the Constitution.\n\ne) The requirement of a preliminary judgment of unconstitu-\ntionality on any law.\n\nf ) The requirement of a judgment on the unconstitutionality of\nany international treaty, prior to its ratification.\n\ng) The lodging of conflict before the Constitutional Court in\nrelation to their constitutional functions, under the provisions of\narticles 98 and 103 of the Constitution.\n\nh) The granting of the agreement for the adoption of the text of\nan international treaty, in accordance with the provisions of arti-\ncle 66, prior to its parliamentary approval.\n\n2.\n\nThe acts deriving from articles 45 and 46 are exercised by the\nCoprinces personally, except for the faculties provided for in\nclauses e), f ), g), and h) of this article, which may be performed\nby delegation.", "Article 47\nThe General Budget of the Principality shall assign an equal\namount to each Coprince, for the functioning of their services,\nwhich amount they may freely dispose of.\n\nArticle 48\nEach Coprince appoints a personal representative in Andorra.\n\nArticle 49\nIn case of the vacancy of one of the Coprinces the present\nConstitution recognises the validity of the mechanisms of substi-\ntution provided for in their respective legal systems, so as not to\ninterrupt the normal functioning of the Andorran institutions.\n\n28" ]
[ "Title IV.\n\nThe General Council\n Title IV\nThe General Council\n Article 50\nThe General Council, which expresses the mixed and appor-\ntioned representation of the national population and of the seven\nParishes, represents the Andorran people, exercises legislative\npowers, approves the budget of the State and prompts and con-\ntrols the political action of the Government.\n\nChapter 1.\n\nOrganization of the General Council \n Article 51\n1.\n\nThe Councillors are elected by universal, free, equal and direct\nsuffrage for a four-year term.\n\nTheir mandate shall cease four years\nafter their election or on the day that the General Council is dis-\nsolved.\n\n2.\n\nElections shall be held between the thirtieth and fortieth days\nfollowing the dissolution of the General Council.\n\n3.\n\nAll Andorran nationals fully enjoying their political rights are\nentitled to vote and to be eligible for election.\n\n4.", "4.\n\nA Qualified Law shall regulate the electoral system and shall\nprovide for the causes for ineligibility or incompatibility of\nCouncillors.\n\n29" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Article 52\nThe General Council consists of a minimum of twenty-eight and\na maximum of forty-two General Councillors, half of whom shall\nbe elected in an equal number by each of the seven Parishes and\nthe other half elected on the basis of a national single constituen-\ncy.\n\nArticle 53\n1.\n\nThe members of the General Council have equal power of\nrepresentation, are equal in terms of rights and duties and are not\nsubject to any form of imperative mandate.\n\nTheir vote is person-\nal and may not be delegated.\n\n2.\n\nCouncillors may not be called to account for votes cast or any\nutterances made in the exercise of their functions.\n\n3.\n\nThroughout their term Councillors may not be arrested or\ndetained, except in the cases of flagrant delicto.\n\nBut in that case,\ntheir detention and prosecution shall be decided by a plenary ses-\nsion of the Criminal Law Court (9) and the trial shall be con-\nducted by the High Court.", "Article 54\nThe General Council draws up and modifies its own Rules of\nProcedure, with a majority vote of the Chamber, it fixes its bud-\nget and regulates the statute of the staff in its service.\n\nArticle 55\n1.\n\nThe Office of the Speaker (10) is the ruling organ of the\nGeneral Council.\n\n2.\n\nThe General Council assembles in its inaugural session fifteen\n 30" ]
[ "Title IV.\n\nThe General Council\n days after the proclamation of the electoral results.\n\nThe Syndic\nGeneral, the Subsyndic General and, should this be the case, the\nother members who may statutorily be part of the Office of the\nSpeaker, shall be elected in that same session.\n\n3.\n\nThe Syndic General and the Subsyndic General may not exer-\ncise their office for more than two consecutive full terms.\n\nArticle 56\n1.\n\nThe General Council meets in traditional ordinary and extra-\nordinary sessions, convened in the form prescribed in the Rules\nof Procedure.\n\nThere shall be two ordinary periods of session\nthroughout the year, as prescribed in the Rules of Procedure.\n\nThe\nsessions of the General Council are public, unless otherwise\ndecided by the absolute majority of its members.\n\n2.\n\nThe General Council functions as a Plenum or in committees.\n\nThe Rules of Procedure shall provide for the formation of leg-\nislative committees such that they represent the composition of\nthe Chamber.\n\n3.", "3.\n\nThe General Council appoints a Permanent Commission to\nsafeguard the powers of the Chamber while it is dissolved or in\nthe period of recess.\n\nThe Permanent Commission, under the\npresidency of the Syndic General, shall be formed in a way that\nwill represent the apportioned composition of the Chamber.\n\n4.\n\nThe Councillors may form parliamentary groups.\n\nThe Rules\nof Procedure shall provide for the rights and duties of the\nCouncillors and of the parliamentary groups, as well as for the\nstatute of those Councillors not attached to any group.\n\n31" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Article 57\n1.\n\nResolutions of the General Council shall only take effect when\nit meets with the minimum attendance of half of the Councillors.\n\n2.\n\nResolutions take effect when approved by the simple majority\nof the Councillors present, notwithstanding the special majorities\nprescribed in the Constitution.\n\n3.\n\nThe approval of the qualified laws prescribed by the\nConstitution requires the final favourable vote of the absolute\nmajority of the members of the General Council, except for the\nQualified Laws of elections and referendums, as well as for those\nconcerning communal competence, and of transference to the\nLocal Councils, (11) the approval of which requires the final\nfavourable vote of the absolute majority of Councillors elected in\nthe parish constituencies and the absolute majority of\nCouncillors elected in the national constituency.\n\nChapter II.\n\nLegislative procedure \n Article 58\n1.", "Chapter II.\n\nLegislative procedure \n Article 58\n1.\n\nLegislative initiative corresponds to the General Council and\nto the Government.\n\n2.\n\nThree Local Councils jointly or a tenth part of the electoral\nroll may present Private Members’ Bills to the General Council.\n\n3.\n\nGovernment Bills and Private Members’ Bills shall be exam-\nined by the Plenum of the Chamber and by the committees in\nthe form prescribed by the Rules of Procedure.\n\n32" ]
[ "Title IV.\n\nThe General Council\n Article 59\nThe General Council may delegate the exercise of the legislative\nfunction to the Government, by means of a law.\n\nThis function\nmay not be further delegated.\n\nThe law of delegation determines\nthe matter delegated, the principles and directives under which\nthe corresponding legislative decree of the Government shall be\nissued, as well as the term of its exercise.\n\nThe authorization will\nprovide for the parliamentary forms of control of the delegated\nlegislation.\n\nArticle 60\n1.\n\nIn cases of extreme urgency and need, the Government may\npresent the General Council with an articled text for approval as\na law, in a vote on the whole text, within a period of forty-eight\nhours.\n\n2.\n\nThe matters reserved to a Qualified Law may not be subject to\nlegislative delegation or to the procedure provided for in part 1 of\nthis article.\n\nArticle 61\n1.", "Article 61\n1.\n\nThe initiative in the Bill of the General Budget corresponds\nexclusively to the Government, which must submit it for parlia-\nmentary approval at least two months prior to the expiry of the\nprevious budget.\n\n2.\n\nThe Bill of the General Budget shall be given priority over\nother matters and it will be debated in accordance with a specif-\nic procedure, as prescribed in the Rules of Procedure.\n\n3.\n\nIf the Bill of the General Budget has not been approved by the\nfirst day of the corresponding fiscal year, the Budget of the previ-\n 33" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n ous year shall automatically be extended until a new one is\napproved.\n\n4.\n\nThe Bill of the General Budget may not create taxes.\n\n5.\n\nThe Finance Committee of the General Council shall make an\nannual revision of the execution of the Budget.\n\nArticle 62\n1.\n\nCouncillors and the parliamentary groups have the right to\namend Government and Private Members’ Bills.\n\n2.\n\nThe Government may request the General Council not to\ndebate those amendments which imply an increase in expendi-\nture or a decrease in revenue in relation to the amounts provided\nfor in the Law of the General Budget.\n\nThe General Council, by\nan absolute majority vote of the Chamber, may challenge such a\nrequest by means of a reasoned motion.", "Article 63\nOnce a bill has been approved by the General Council, the\nSyndic General shall present it to the Coprinces so that they may\nsanction it, enact it and order its publication in the Official\nGazette of the Principality of Andorra \n Chapter III.\n\nInternational treaties \n Article 64\n1. International treaties shall be approved by the General Council\nby absolute majority of the Chamber in the following cases:\n 34" ]
[ "Title IV.\n\nThe General Council\n a) Treaties linking the State to an international organization.\n\nb) Treaties related to internal security and to defence.\n\nc) Treaties related to the territory of Andorra.\n\nd) Treaties affecting the fundamental rights regulated in Title II.\n\ne) Treaties implying the creation of new burdens on the Public\nFinances.\n\nf ) Treaties creating or modifying dispositions of a legislative\nnature or requiring legislative measures for their implementation.\n\ng) Treaties dealing with diplomatic representation or consular\nfunctions, or concerning judicial or penitentiary cooperation.\n\n2.\n\nThe Government shall inform the General Council and the\nCoprinces of the conclusion of other international agreements.\n\n3.\n\nThe previous agreement of the absolute majority of the\nChamber shall be required for the repeal of international treaties\naffecting the matters specified in clause 1, above.", "Article 65\nFor the purpose of furthering the interests of the Andorran peo-\nple and of international progress and peace, legislative, judicial\nand executive functions may be relinquished only to internation-\nal organizations and by means of a treaty which shall be approved\nby a majority of two-thirds of the members of the General\nCouncil.\n\nArticle 66\n1.\n\nThe Coprinces participate in the negotiation of treaties affect-\ning relationships with the neighbouring States when dealing with\nthe matters specified in letters b) c) and g) of article 64.1.\n\n2.\n\nThe Andorran delegation with the task of negotiating the\n 35" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n treaties mentioned in the previous paragraph, shall be composed\nof members appointed by the Government and by a member\nappointed by each Coprince.\n\n3.\n\nThe adoption of the text of treaties shall require the agreement\nof the members appointed by the Government and of the mem-\nbers appointed by the Coprinces.\n\nArticle 67\nThe Coprinces are informed of the other drafts of international\ntreaties and agreements, and by request of the Government, they\nmay be associated to the negotiation prior to their parliamentary\napproval, if the national interest of Andorra so requires.\n\nChapter IV.\n\nRelations of the General Council\nwith the Government\n Article 68\n1.\n\nAfter each reelection of the General Council, its first session,\nwhich will be held within eight days of the inaugural one, shall\ndeal with the election of the Head of Government.\n\n2.\n\nThe candidates shall be proposed for nomination by one fifth\nof the members of the General Council.", "Each Councillor may\nonly endorse one candidacy.\n\n3.\n\nThe candidates shall present their programme and after a\ndebate, the General Council shall elect the one that obtains the\nabsolute majority of votes, in the first public ballot after a debate.\n\n4.\n\nShould a second ballot be needed, only the two contenders\n 36" ]
[ "Title IV.\n\nThe General Council\n with the best results in the first ballot may maintain their candi-\ndacy.\n\nThe candidate with more votes shall be proclaimed Head of\nGovernment.\n\n5.\n\nThe Syndic General shall present the result of the ballot to the\nCoprinces so that the elected candidate may be appointed as the\nHead of Government, and the Syndic General shall countersign\nthe appointment.\n\n6.\n\nThe same procedure shall be followed in any of the circum-\nstances where the office of Head of Government becomes vacant.\n\nArticle 69\n1.\n\nThe Government as a whole is politically answerable to the\nGeneral Council.\n\n2.\n\nOne fifth of the Councillors may sign a reasoned motion of\ncensure in writing against the Head of Government.\n\n3.\n\nAfter a debate to be held between the third and fifth days fol-\nlowing the presentation of the motion, there shall be a public and\noral vote, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure.", "The motion\nshall be carried only if it receives the votes of the absolute major-\nity of the General Council.\n\n4.\n\nIf the motion of censure is approved, the Head of\nGovernment shall be dismissed.\n\nImmediately thereafter, the\nGeneral Council shall proceed as provided for in the article\nabove.\n\n5.\n\nNo motion of censure may be proposed within six months of\nthe most recent election of the Head of Government.\n\n6.\n\nThe signatories to a motion of censure may not propose a fur-\nther one until one year has elapsed.\n\n37" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Article 70\n1.\n\nThe Head of Government may lodge a motion of confidence\nbefore the General Council about his programme, about a decla-\nration of general policy or about a decision of special significance.\n\n2.\n\nConfidence shall be considered as granted if it receives the\nsimple majority of votes in a public, oral vote.\n\nIf the Head of\nGovernment cannot obtain this majority he or she shall tender\nhis or her resignation.\n\nArticle 71\n1.\n\nThe Head of Government, after consulting the Government,\nand under his or her own responsibility, may request the\nCoprinces to dissolve the General Council prematurely.\n\nThe\ndecree of dissolution shall call new elections in accordance with\narticle 51.2 of the Constitution.\n\n2.\n\nNo dissolution may be carried out after the presentation of a\nmotion of censure or under a state of emergency.\n\n3.\n\nNo dissolution may be made within one year of the most\nrecent elections.\n\n38" ]
[ "Title V. The Government\n Title V\nThe Government\n Article 72\n1.\n\nThe Government consists of the Head of Government and the\nMinisters, their number being determined by law.\n\n2.\n\nUnder the direction of its Head of Government, the\nGovernment conducts the national and international policy of\nAndorra.\n\nIt conducts the State administration and is vested with\nstatutory powers.\n\n3.\n\nThe Public Administration serves the general interest with\nobjectivity and works in accordance with the principles of hierar-\nchy, efficiency, transparency and full submission to the\nConstitution, the laws and the general principles of the legal sys-\ntem defined in Title I.\n\nAll their acts and regulations are subject to\njurisdictional control.\n\nArticle 73\nThe Head of Government is appointed by the Coprinces, fol-\nlowing his or her election under the terms provided for in the\nConstitution.", "Article 74\nThe Head of Government and the Ministers are subject to the\nsame jurisdictional status as the General Councillors.\n\n39" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Article 75\nThe Head of Government or, when appropriate, the competent\nMinister, countersigns the acts of the Coprinces provided for in\narticle 45.\n\nArticle 76\nThe Head of Government, with the approval of the majority of\nthe General Council, may request the Coprinces to call a refer-\nendum on political matters.\n\nArticle 77\nThe Government ceases with the dissolution of the legislature,\nwith the resignation, death or permanent disability of the Head\nof Government, with the approval of a motion of censure or the\nlack of assent in a motion of confidence.\n\nIn all such cases the\nGovernment shall continue \nits functions until a new\nGovernment is formed.\n\nArticle 78\n1.\n\nThe Head of Government may not hold office for more than\ntwo consecutive complete terms.\n\n2.", "2.\n\nMembership of the Government is incompatible with mem-\nbership of the General Council, or with the exercise of any pub-\nlic office not deriving from the said membership of the\nGovernment.\n\n40" ]
[ "Title VI.\n\nTerritorial structure\n Title VI\nTerritorial structure\n Article 79\n1.\n\nThe Local Councils, as organs of representation and adminis-\ntration of the Parishes, are public corporations with legal status\nand with local regulatory powers subject to law by means of ordi-\nnances, regulations and decrees.\n\nWithin the area of their jurisdic-\ntion subject to the Constitution, the law and tradition, the Local\nCouncils function under the principle of self-government, recog-\nnised and guaranteed by the Constitution.\n\n2.\n\nThe Local Councils represent the interests of the Parishes,\napprove and carry out the communal budget, fix and develop\ntheir public policies within the bounds of their territory and\nmanage and administer all Parish property, whether in the com-\nmunal, public, patrimonial or private domain.\n\n3.\n\nTheir ruling organs are elected democratically.\n\nArticle 80\n1.", "Article 80\n1.\n\nWithin the framework of their administrative and financial\nautonomy, the Local Councils have their powers delimited by a\nQualified Law, at least in the following matters:\na) Population census.\n\nb) Electoral roll.\n\nParticipation in the management of the electoral\nprocedure and administration under the terms provided for by\nthe law.\n\n41" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n c) Popular consultations.\n\nd) Commerce, industry and professional activities.\n\ne) Delimitation of the communal territory.\n\nf ) Property of their own, and of the communal public domain.\n\ng) Natural resources.\n\nh) Cadastral register.\n\ni) Local planning.\n\nj) Public thoroughfares.\n\nk) Culture, sports and social activities.\n\nl) Communal public services.\n\n2.\n\nWithin the framework of the State’s power to impose taxes,\nthe aforementioned Qualified Law determines the economic and\nfiscal faculties of the Local Councils required in the exercise of\ntheir jurisdiction.\n\nThese faculties shall deal at least, with the use\nand exploitation of natural resources, traditional tributes, and\nwith the taxes for communal services, administrative licences,\nestablishment of commercial, industrial and professional activi-\nties and real estate.\n\n3.\n\nMatters within the jurisdiction of the State may be delegated\nto the Parishes by law.", "Article 81\nIn order ensure the economic capacity of the Local Councils, a\nQualified Law shall determine the transfer of funds from the\nGeneral Budget to the Local Councils, and guarantee that a part\nof these funds be apportioned in equal quantities to each of the\nParishes, and the other part to be shared proportionally on\ngrounds of population, extension of their territory and other\nindicators.\n\n42" ]
[ "Title VI.\n\nTerritorial structure\n Article 82\n1.\n\nConflicts arising from the interpretation or exercise of juris-\ndiction between the general organs of the State and the Local\nCouncils shall be settled by the Constitutional Court.\n\n2.\n\nThe acts of the Local Councils shall be directly enforced\nthrough the means established by law.\n\nAgainst such acts adminis-\ntrative and jurisdictional appeals may be lodged with the purpose\nof controlling their conformity with the legal system.\n\nArticle 83\nThe Local Councils have legislative initiative and are entitled to\nlodge appeals of unconstitutionality under the terms provided for\nin the Constitution.\n\nArticle 84\nThe laws shall take into account custom and usage in order to\ndetermine the jurisdiction of Districts and Neighbourhoods,(12)\nas well as their relationship with the Local Councils.\n\n43" ]
[ "Title VII.\n\nJustice\n Title VII\nJustice\n Article 85\n1.\n\nIn the name of the Andorran people, justice is solely adminis-\ntered by independent judges, with security of tenure, and while\nin the performance of their judicial functions, bound only to the\nConstitution and the law.\n\n2.\n\nThe whole judicial power is vested in a uniform organization\nof Justice.\n\nIts structure, functioning and the legal status of its\nmembers shall be regulated by a Qualified Law.\n\nNo special juris-\ndiction shall be established.\n\nArticle 86\n1.\n\nThe rules of jurisdiction and procedure applying to the\nAdministration of Justice are reserved to the law.\n\n2.\n\nIn all cases, judgments shall be justified, founded in the legal\nsystem and publicly declared.\n\n3.\n\nCriminal trials are public, notwithstanding the limitations\nprovided for by the law.\n\nIts procedure is preferentially oral.", "Its procedure is preferentially oral.\n\nThe\njudgment which terminates the first instance shall be rendered by\na judicial organ different from the one in charge of the proceed-\nings, and this judgment is always be subject to appeal.\n\n4.\n\nThe jurisdictional defence of the general interest may be car-\nried out by means of popular action in the cases regulated by the\nlaws of procedure.\n\n45" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Article 87\nThe judicial power is held by the Magistrates, (13) the\nMagistrates Court, the Criminal Law Court, and the High Court\nof Justice of Andorra, as well as by the respective presidents of\nthose courts, in accordance with the law.\n\nArticle 88\nJudgments, once final, have the value of res judicata and may not\nbe modified or quashed except in the cases provided for by the\nlaw or when, in exceptional cases, the Constitutional Court, after\nthe corresponding process of Constitutional appeal, decides that\nthey were rendered in violation of certain fundamental rights.\n\nArticle 89\n1.\n\nThe High Court of Justice, as the organ of representation,\ndirection and administration of the organization of Justice,\nwatches over the independence and proper functioning of the\nJustice.\n\nAll its members shall be Andorran nationals.\n\n2.", "All its members shall be Andorran nationals.\n\n2.\n\nThe High Court of Justice consists of five members appoint-\ned from Andorrans over twenty-five years of age, conversant with\nthe Administration of Justice.\n\nOne shall be appointed by each\nCoprince, one by the Syndic General, one by the Head of\nGovernment and one by Judges and Magistrates.\n\nThey hold\noffice for a six-year term and may not be elected twice consecu-\ntively.\n\nThe High Court of Justice is presided over by the member\nappointed by the Syndic General.\n\n3.\n\nThe High Court of Justice appoints Magistrates and Judges,\nexercises disciplinary authority over them and promotes the con-\nditions for the Administration of Justice to carry out its duties\n 46" ]
[ "Title VII.\n\nJustice\n with the means available.\n\nIn order to fulfil this aim it may render\nits opinion in relation to the drafting of bills affecting the\nJudiciary or to report on the situation of the latter.\n\n4.\n\nThe Qualified Law concerning the Judiciary shall regulate the\nfunctions and jurisdiction of this High Court.\n\nArticle 90\n1.\n\nAll Judges, whatever their rank, shall be appointed for a\nrenewable six year term, being academically qualified lawyers and\nwith technical capacity for the performance of the judicial office.\n\n2.\n\nThe Presidents of the Magistrates Court, the Criminal Law\nCourt, and the High Court of Justice are appointed by the High\nCourt of Justice.\n\nThe length of their term of office and the con-\nditions for their eligibility shall be determined by the Qualified\nLaw mentioned in article 89.4 of the Constitution.\n\nArticle 91\n1.", "Article 91\n1.\n\nThe office of Judge is not compatible with any other public\npost or with the exercise of commercial, industrial or profession-\nal activities.\n\nRemuneration of Judges is the sole responsibility of\nthe State Budget.\n\n2.\n\nWhile Judges hold office they may not be admonished, dis-\nplaced, suspended, or removed from their post, unless pursuant\nto a sanction imposed on grounds of disciplinary or criminal lia-\nbility, by means of a procedure regulated by the Qualified Law\nand with the rights of hearing and defence fully guaranteed.\n\nThe\nsame law shall also regulate cases on the civil liability of Judges.\n\n47" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n Article 92\nIn accordance with the laws and notwithstanding the personal\nliability of those who caused them, the State shall cover any dam-\nages resulting from a miscarriage of justice or the abnormal func-\ntioning of the Administration of Justice.\n\nArticle 93\n1.\n\nThe Office of the Attorney General has the task of watching\nover the defence and enforcement of the legal system and the\nindependence of courts, as well as the task of promoting before\nthem the enforcement of the law, in order to safeguard the rights\nof the citizens and the protection of the general interest.\n\n2.\n\nThe Office of the Attorney General is composed of members\nappointed by the High Court of Justice, upon the advice of the\nGovernment, for renewable six-year terms, by persons qualifying\nfor appointment as Judges.\n\nTheir legal status shall be regulated by\nlaw.\n\n3.", "Their legal status shall be regulated by\nlaw.\n\n3.\n\nThe Office of the Attorney General, presided over by the State\nAttorney General, functions in accordance with the principles of\nlegality, unity and internal hierarchy.\n\nArticle 94\nThe Judges and the Office of the Attorney General are in charge\nof police activities related to judicial matters as provided for by\nlaw.\n\n48" ]
[ "Title VIII.\n\nThe Constitutional Court\n Title VIII\nThe Constitutional Court\n Article 95\n1.\n\nThe Constitutional Court is the supreme interpreter of the\nConstitution, functions jurisdictionally, and its decisions bind\npublic authorities and individuals alike.\n\n2.\n\nThe Constitutional Court decides on its own rules of proce-\ndure and carries out its functions subject only to the Constitution\nand the corresponding Qualified Law regulating it.\n\nArticle 96\n1.\n\nThe Constitutional Court is composed of four Constitutional\nSenior Judges, appointed from persons of known juridical or\ninstitutional experience, one by each of the Coprinces and two by\nthe General Council.\n\nThey may not hold office for more than\ntwo consecutive eight-year terms.\n\nThe renewal of the\nConstitutional Court will be partial.\n\nThe system of incompati-\nbility shall be regulated by the Qualified Law mentioned in the\npreceding article.\n\n2.", "2.\n\nThe Constitutional Court is presided over by the Senior Judge\nto whom the post corresponds, on the basis of a two-year rotation\nsystem.\n\nArticle 97\n1.\n\nThe Constitutional Court takes its decisions by a majority\n 49" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n vote.\n\nIts votes and its debates are secret.\n\nThe chairman, always\nchosen by drawing lots, has the deciding vote in case of a tie.\n\n2.\n\nThe judgments which partially or wholly uphold an appeal\nhave to determine the scope and extension of its consequences.\n\nArticle 98\nThe Constitutional Court tries:\na) Appeals of unconstitutionality against laws, executive regula-\ntions and the Rules of Procedure of the General Council.\n\nb) Requests of preliminary opinion of unconstitutionality about\ninternational laws and treaties.\n\nc) Processes of constitutional appeal.\n\nd) Conflicts of jurisdiction between constitutional organs.\n\nTo\nthis effect the Coprinces, the General Council, the Government,\nthe High Court of Justice and the Local Councils are considered\nas constitutional organs.\n\nArticle 99\n1.\n\nAppeals of unconstitutionality against laws or statutory rules\nmay be lodged by one fifth of the General Council, the Head of\nGovernment and three Local Councils.", "One fifth of the General\nCouncil may lodge an appeal of unconstitutionality against the\nRules of Procedure of the Chamber.\n\nThe appeal shall be lodged\nwithin the thirty days following the publication of the rule.\n\n2.\n\nThe lodging of an appeal does not suspend the enforcement of\nthe rule under appeal.\n\nThe Court shall pass judgment within a\nmaximum period of two months.\n\n50" ]
[ "Title VIII.\n\nThe Constitutional Court\n Article 100\n1.\n\nIf, in the course of litigation, a court has reasoned and found-\ned doubts about the constitutionality of a law or a legislative\ndecree, the application of which is relevant to its decision, it shall\nrequest in writing the decision of the Constitutional Court about\nthe validity of the rule in question.\n\n2.\n\nThe Constitutional Court may not admit the transaction of\nthe request without further appeal.\n\nIf the request is admitted\njudgment shall be passed within a maximum period of two\nmonths.\n\nArticle 101\n1.\n\nThe Coprinces, under the provisions of article 46.1.f ), the\nHead of Government or a fifth of the General Council, may\nrequest an opinion about the constitutionality of international\ntreaties prior to their ratification.\n\nProceedings of this nature shall\ntake priority.\n\n2.\n\nThe judgment admitting the unconstitutionality of a treaty\nshall prevent its ratification.", "In all cases the conclusion of an\ninternational treaty including stipulations contrary to the\nConstitution shall require the previous revision of the latter.\n\nArticle 102\nA constitutional appeal against the acts of public authorities\nimpairing fundamental rights may be lodged by:\na) Those having been party or accessory to the previous legal\nproceedings referred to in article 41.2 of this Constitution.\n\nb) Those having a legal interest relating to non-enforceable pro-\nvisions or acts of the General Council.\n\n51" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n c) The Office of the Attorney General in case of violation of the\nfundamental right of jurisdiction.\n\nArticle 103\n1.\n\nConflicts between the constitutional organs shall arise when\none of them alleges that another is illegitimately carrying out\ntasks which are constitutionally under the jurisdiction of the first.\n\n2.\n\nThe Constitutional Court may provisionally stay the enforce-\nment of rules or acts under appeal, and when appropriate, give\norders for the acts which originated the conflict to be stopped.\n\n3.\n\nThe judgment shall determine and confer jurisdiction on one\nof the disputing parties.\n\n4.\n\nThe lodging of a plea of conflict of jurisdiction prevents the\nmatter from coming before the Administration of Justice.\n\n5.\n\nThe law shall regulate the cases in which a conflict of jurisdic-\ntion may arise on grounds of the non-exercise by constitutional\norgans of the jurisdiction to which they are entitled.", "Article 104\nA Qualified Law shall regulate the legal status of the members of\nthe Constitutional Court, the constitutional proceedings and the\nfunctioning of the institution.\n\n52" ]
[ "Title IX.\n\nConstitutional revision\n Title IX\nConstitutional revision\n Article 105\nThe right to initiate the revision of the Constitution shall lie with\nthe Coprinces jointly or a third part of the members of the\nGeneral Council.\n\nArticle 106\nThe revision of the Constitution shall require the approval of the\nGeneral Council by a majority of two-thirds of the members of\nthe Chamber.\n\nImmediately after its approval the proposal shall be\nsubmitted to ratification in a referendum.\n\nArticle 107\nOnce the procedure established in article 106 has been carried\nout, the Coprinces shall sanction the new constitutional text for\nits promulgation and coming into force.\n\n53" ]
[ "Provisions\n First additional provision\n The General Council and the Government have the mandate of\nthe Constitution so that, jointly with the Coprinces, they may\nstart negotiations with the governments of France and Spain with\nthe purpose of signing an international tripartite treaty which\nshall establish the framework of relations with the neighbouring\nStates, on the basis of respect for the sovereignty, independence\nand territorial integrity of Andorra.\n\n(14) \n Second additional provision\n The post of diplomatic representation of a State in Andorra is not\ncompatible with the holding of any other public office.\n\nFirst transitional provision\n 1.\n\nThe same General Council which has approved this\nConstitution shall convene an extraordinary period of sessions to\napprove at least the Rules of Procedure of the General Council\nand the qualified laws relating to the electoral system, the juris-\ndiction and financial system of the Local Councils, the Judiciary\n 55" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n and the Constitutional Court.\n\nThis period of sessions shall end\non the thirty-first day of December of 1993.\n\n2.\n\nIn that period, starting on the first working day following the\npublication of the Constitution, the General Council may not be\ndissolved and shall carry out all the functions conferred on it by\nthe Constitution.\n\n3.\n\nOn the eighth day of September of 1993, the feast day of Our\nLady of Meritxell, the Syndic General shall call general elections,\nwhich shall be held in the first half of December of this year.\n\n4.\n\nThe end of this period of sessions shall imply the dissolution\nof the General Council and the dismissal of the Government,\nwhich shall function ad interim until the forming of the new one,\nin accordance with the Constitution.\n\nSecond transitional provision\n 1.", "Second transitional provision\n 1.\n\nThe Qualified Law concerning the Judiciary shall envisage, on\na balanced basis, the appointment of Judges and Public\nProsecutors from the neighbouring States while it is not possible\nto do otherwise.\n\nThis law, as well as the law concerning the\nConstitutional Court shall regulate the status of nationality of\nJudges and Senior Judges who are not Andorran.\n\n2.\n\nThe Qualified Law concerning the Judiciary shall establish the\ntransitional system for the continuity in office of those judges\nwho, at the moment of its promulgation, are not holders of the\nacademic qualifications provided for in the Constitution.\n\n56" ]
[ "Provisions\n 3.\n\nThe aforementioned Qualified Law concerning the Judiciary\nshall envisage the systems of conformity of the pending proceed-\nings and causes to the judicial and procedural system provided for\nin this Constitution, so as to guarantee the right to jurisdiction.\n\n4.\n\nThe laws and rules valid at the moment the Constitutional\nCourt is established, may be subject to a direct constitutional\nappeal within a period of three months, following the taking up\nof office of the Constitutional Judges.\n\nThe organs entitled to\nlodge such an appeal shall be the ones provided for in article 99\nof the Constitution.\n\n5.\n\nIn the period of the first term following the coming into effect\nof the Constitution, the representatives of the Coprinces in the\nHigh Court of Justice may not of necessarily be Andorran nation-\nals.\n\nThird transitional provision\n 1.", "Third transitional provision\n 1.\n\nThe institutional agencies of the Coprinces, the functions and\njurisdiction of which have been conferred by this Constitution on\nother State organs, shall be transferred to the mentioned organs.\n\nWith that purpose, a technical commission shall be set up.\n\nIt shall\nbe composed of a representative of each Coprince, two of the\nGeneral Council, and two of the Government and shall prepare\nand address a report to the General Council for it to take the nec-\nessary steps in order to make the transfers effective within the\nperiod of time mentioned in the First Transitional Provision.\n\n57" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n 2.\n\nThe same commission shall carry out the necessary arrange-\nments to place the police services under the exclusive control of\nthe Government within a period of two months following the\ncoming into effect of the Constitution.\n\nDerogatory provision\n With the coming into effect of this Constitution all previous\nrules contrary to it are hereby revoked.\n\n58" ]
[ "Final provision\n Final provision\n The Constitution shall come into effect immediately upon its\npublication in the Official Gazette of the Principality of Andorra.\n\nAnd we the Coprinces, after the adoption of the Constitution by\nthe Council in a solemn session on the second day of February of\n1993, and after its approval by the Andorran People in the refer-\nendum held on the fourteenth day of March of 1993, make it\nours, ratify, sanction and enact it, and, for general cognizance, we\ndo order its publication.\n\nCasa de la Vall, the twenty-eighth day of April of 1993 \n François Mitterrand\n Jordi Farràs Forné\n Joan Martí Alanis\n President of the \n French Republic\n Coprince of Andorra \n Syndic General \n Bishop of Urgell\n Coprince of Andorra \n 59" ]
[ "Constitution of the Principality of Andorra\n NOTES \n (1) Pareatges: Two thirteenth century arbitral awards which decide on various points of\n dispute between the Count of Foix and the Bishop of Urgell, concerning the exercise of\n their feudal powers over the Valleys of Andorra.\n\n(2) Principality of Andorra.\n\n(3) Parròquies: the territorial and administrative units of Andorra.\n\n(4) Butlletí Oficial del Principat d’Andorra.\n\n(5) Llei qualificada: A law which, to be passed, requires a higher majority than other laws\n (see Article 57.3).\n\n(6) Consell General: a single chamber parliament with representation divided between the\n national constituency and the parishes.\n\n(7) Exceptional procedure of appeal to the Constitutional Court: this procedure is known\n as “recurs d’empara”.\n\n(8) Síndic general: the president of the General Council and the Sindicatura (the governing\n body of the General Council).\n\n(9) Tribunal de Corts: the Criminal Court.\n\n(10) Sindicatura.\n\n(11) Comuns.\n\n(12) Quarts and veïnats.", "(11) Comuns.\n\n(12) Quarts and veïnats.\n\n(13) Batlles.\n\n(14) The Treaty of Good Neighbourliness, Friendship and Co-operation between the\n Principality of Andorra, the Kingdom of Spain and the French Republic was signed in\n Paris and Madrid on 1 June 1993 and in Andorra la Vella on 3 June 1993.\n\n60" ]
[ "C o n s t i t u c i ó d e l\n P r i n c i p a t d ’ A n d o r r a\n a\n r\n r\n o\n d\n n\n A\n ’\n d\n t\n a\n p\n i\n c\n n\n i\n r\n P\n l\n e\n d\n ó\n i\n c\n u\n t\n i\n t\n s\n n\n o\n C\n C o n s e l l G e n e r a l - P r i n c i p a t d ’ A n d o r r a" ]
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[ "CONSELL GENERAL \nPRINCIPAT D’ANDORRA \n INFORME DE LA DELEGACIÓ DEL CONSELL GENERAL \nA L'ASSEMBLEA PARLEMENTÀRIA DE L'ORGANITZACIÓ \nPER A LA SEGURETAT I LA COOPERACIÓ A EUROPA \n Març 2014–Desembre 2014" ]
[ "2 \n SUMARI \n 1 \n2 \n 3 \n 2.1 \n PRESENTACIÓ ................................................................................................................... 3 \nPRESÈNCIA DE LA DELEGACIÓ ANDORRANA DAVANT L'OSCE-PA ................... 4 \n23ª SESSIÓ ANUAL ....................................................................................................... 4 \n2.1.1 \nReunió de la Comissió Permanent .......................................................................... 4 \n2.1.2 \nReunions de les Comissions Generals ..................................................................... 6 \n2.1.3 \nReunions del Ple ..................................................................................................... 8 \n2.1.4 \nEleccions .............................................................................................................. 11 \nDeclaració final i punts suplementaris adoptats ..................................................... 11 \n2.1.5 \nINFORMACIÓ GENERAL ............................................................................................... 69 \n3.1 MEMBRES DE l'OSCE-PA (57) ................................................................................... 69 \n3.2 CALENDARI D’ACTIVITATS FUTURES DE l'OSCE-PA ....................................... 69 \n3.3 CÀRRECS DE L’ASSEMBLEA .................................................................................... 70" ]
[ "1 PRESENTACIÓ \n 3 \n El present informe, elaborat per la delegació andorrana a l’Assemblea Parlamentària de \nl’Organització per a la Seguretat i la Cooperació Europea (OSCE-PA), presenta els treballs \nrealitzats, les qüestions tractades i les decisions preses en el decurs de les reunions mantingudes des \ndel passat 1 de març del 2014 fins al 30 de desembre del 2014.\n\nEn aquests mesos de treball, la delegació andorrana ha participat a la 23ª Sessió Anual, celebrada a \nBaku sota el títol “Helsinki+40: cap a una seguretat per tothom”.", "No s’ha participat ni a la Sessió \nde Tardor, celebrada a Ginebra del 3 al 5 d’octubre, ni a la sessió d’Hivern, prevista a Viena els dies \n13 i 14 de febrer del 2015, on els diferents ponents i delegacions han de discutir les línies bàsiques \ndels informes que s’hauran d’elaborar per a la propera Sessió Anual, que tindrà lloc a Hèlsinki el \nproper mes de juliol del 2015 \n Creada al 1975 amb el nom de Conferència sobre la seguretat i la cooperació a Europa (CSCE), \nl'OSCE-PA compta actualment amb 57 estats membres, entre països d’Europa, d’Àsia i del nord \nd’Amèrica.\n\nTots els membres de l’OSCE tenen el mateix rang.\n\nDins dels seus objectius, l’OSCE tracta la seguretat de manera global, ocupant-se, entre altres \nqüestions, de la diplomàcia preventiva en la gestió de conflictes, de la lluita contra el terrorisme i el \ncrim organitzat, de la supervisió d’eleccions i de la seguretat econòmica i ambiental.", "Tot amb la \nfinalitat de desenvolupar la democràcia i el respecte envers els drets humans arreu d’Europa, i \npromoure, així, la gestió pacífica de controvèrsies entre tots els seus membres." ]
[ "2 PRESÈNCIA DE LA DELEGACIÓ ANDORRANA DAVANT L'OSCE-PA \n 4 \n 2.1 \n 23ª SESSIÓ ANUAL \n La 23ª Sessió anual de l'OSCE-PA va tenir lloc del 28 de juny al 2 de juliol del 2014 a Baku.\n\nMés de \n300 parlamentaris de 54 estats membres de l'OSCE van participar-hi.\n\nLa delegació del Consell General va estar formada per les conselleres Olga Gelabert Fàbrega, Rosa \nGili Casals i Sílvia Calvó Armengol.\n\nEl tema central de la 23ª Sessió anual de l'OSCE-PA va ser “Helsinki+40: cap a una seguretat per \ntothom”, en referència al 40è aniversari que es commemorarà, l’any 2015, de la signatura de l’Acta \nfinal de Hèlsinki, carta fundacional de l’OSCE.\n\nA més a més, en aquesta sessió, es van analitzar 14 \npunts suplementaris, que van ser finalment aprovats.\n\nLa Declaració final adoptada, que inclou els \npunts suplementaris aprovats es pot veure a la pàgina 11 del present informe.\n\nL'OSCE-PA organitza els seus treballs en 3 comissions.", "En la 23ª Sessió anual, la participació \nandorrana va restar distribuïda de la següent manera: \n- Comissió 1, d'Afers Polítics i de Seguretat: Consellera Olga Gelabert.\n\n- Comissió 2, d'Afers Econòmics, de Ciència, Tecnologia i Medi Ambient: Consellera Sílvia \n Calvó.\n\n- Comissió 3, d'Afers Humanitaris, de Drets Humans i de Democràcia: Consellera Rosa Gili.\n\nD’entre tots els textos tractats i les esmenes aprovades en la 23ª Sessió Anual, finalment es va \nadoptar la \"Declaració de Baku\" (pàgina 11), amb l'objectiu de que les seves recomanacions siguin \ntingudes en compte pels estats membres en la propera sessió del Consell Ministerial de l'OSCE.\n\n2.1.1 Reunió de la Comissió Permanent \n Durant la 23ª Sessió anual, la Comissió Permanent es va reunir el dissabte 28 de juny.\n\nLa delegació \ndel Consell General va ser representada per la consellera Olga Gelabert, cap de la delegació \nandorrana.", "En aquesta reunió, entre altres qüestions: \n A/ El Sr. Roberto Battelli (Eslovènia), Tresorer de l'OSCE-PA, va presentar l’informe de la \nsituació financera i va sotmetre a aprovació el pressupost de l’Organització per al període octubre \n2014 - setembre 2015, de 3.030.000 euros.\n\nEntre altres qüestions, el tresorer va detallar la situació \nfinancera de l'OSCE-PA, que va considerar bona, i va informar que aquesta estava sanejada i \navalada pels auditors externs.\n\nLa proposta de pressupost suposava un lleuger augment del 1,1% per \npoder continuar, segons paraules del Tresorer, amb les activitats de l’OSCE, entre les que en \ndestaca essencialment l’observació d’eleccions.\n\nFinalment, els membres de la Comissió Permanent van aprovar la proposta de pressupost per \nassentiment.\n\nL'import de la cotització anual del Consell General a aquest organisme és de 3.788 € \n(despeses bancàries no incloses).", "B/ El Secretari General de l'OSCE-PA, el Sr. R. Spencer Oliver, va presentar el seu informe, en el \nqual va destacar la creació de “think tanks” per part de la comissió ad-hoc de “Helsinki+40”," ]
[ "5 \nformada per parlamentaris, tècnics, diplomàtics, premsa i societat civil, per tal de fer el seguiment \nde l’Acta Final de Hèlsinki després de 40 anys de la seva signatura; i de les accions que està duent a \nterme l’OSCE-PA per implementar-la i debatre el camí a seguir.\n\nEl problema, va apuntar, és la \nmanca de recursos per sostenir aquesta infraestructura.\n\nTambé va voler destacar l’activa participació, en el darrer any, dels parlamentaris que formen part \nde l’OSCE-PA i que havien participat en missions d’observació d’eleccions, especialment les dutes \na terme a Ucraïna, malgrat remarcar noves friccions amb l’ODHIR durant la missió sobre el \nterreny.\n\nTot i això, va voler destacar que gràcies a la citada missió d’observació van poder ser \nsupervisades fins a 77 meses electorals a l’est del país.", "Abans de finalitzar, va voler reconèixer la bona tasca que estava duent a terme el personal que \nconforma el Secretariat de l’OSCE-PA. \n C/ Es van presentar els informes de les missions d’observació d’eleccions efectuades des de la \nSessió d’hivern, concretament, els informes de les eleccions a Sèrbia (16 de març), Hongria (6 \nd’abril), Ex República Iugoslava de Macedònia (27 d’abril) i Ucraïna (25 de maig).\n\nEn quant a les eleccions celebrades a Sèrbia, els observadors van posar de manifest el respecte a les \nllibertats fonamentals durant tots els comicis i la possibilitat de tria entre candidats durant el \nprocés.", "Pel que fa a les eleccions celebrades a Hongria, els observadors van destacar la concurrència de \ncandidats en els comicis, malgrat criticar l’injust avantatge del partit en el govern respecte la resta \nde partits en relació amb la seva presència en els mitjans de comunicació, i en determinades \nrestriccions en actes de campanya.\n\nPel que fa a les eleccions a la Ex República Iugoslava de Macedònia, els observadors van posar de \nmanifest el respecte a les llibertats fonamentals durant la jornada electoral, així com la concurrència \nde candidats, tot i determinades irregularitats detectades durant la campanya en relació amb la \ncobertura al partit en el govern i en la difusió esbiaixada i desequilibrada de les informacions \npublicades pels mitjans públics.\n\nAquest fet va propiciar el no reconeixement, per part de l’oposició, \ndels resultats electorals.", "Finalment i pel que fa a les eleccions presidencials celebrades a Ucraïna, els observadors van \ndestacar l’alta participació i el respecte a les llibertats fonamentals i el dret internacional, tot i els \nepisodis violents que van tenir lloc a les regions de l’est del país.\n\nEls observadors van recriminar la \nimpossibilitat de vot en la península de Crimea, donat que aquell territori no es trobava sota el \ncontrol de les autoritats Ucraïneses.\n\nEls observadors van concloure que el resultat de les eleccions \ndonaven absoluta legitimitat al president electe per iniciar un diàleg inclusiu amb els ciutadans de \nl’est del país.\n\nD/Després de nomenar i ratificar els membres del Bureau i de les comissions de l’Organització, es \nvan prendre en consideració els 14 punts suplementaris presentats, i es van distribuir entre les tres \ncomissions permanents i el Plenari.", "El punt suplementari que més controvèrsia va suscitar alhora \nde ser admès fou el relatiu a “La violació dels principis de Hèlsinki per part de Rússia”, presentat \npel Sr. Cardin (Estats Units)." ]
[ "2.1.2 Reunions de les Comissions Generals \n 6 \n A/ Comissió I (Afers polítics i de seguretat) \nPresidida pel vicepresident Azay Guliyev (Azerbaitjan), la Comissió I va encarregar-se de treballar \nl’informe de la ponent, la Sra.\n\nPia Kauma (Finlàndia), sobre “Helsinki+40”, i les 49 esmenes \npresentades al seu Projecte de resolució.\n\nLa consellera Olga Gelabert va ser la membre de la delegació andorrana que va participar en els \ntreballs d'aquesta Comissió, on a més d'analitzar l’informe del ponent, es van tractar 4 punts \nsuplementaris.\n\nTambé es va presentar l'informe sobre el seguiment de les recomanacions derivades \nde la “Declaració d’Istanbul” de 2013.", "A través de la Resolució adoptada es subratlla el compromís de l’Assemblea de l’OSCE en \nl’actualització i el compliment de l’anomenat “Document de Viena”, el Tractat d’armes \nconvencionals i el codi de conducta dels aspectes politicomilitars i de seguretat, en relació amb la \nnotificació prèvia de maniobres militars, en referència a les maniobres dutes a terme per Rússia a la \nfrontera amb Ucraïna i a la península de Crimea.\n\nA l’ensems, la resolució es congratula per la \nmissió desplegada a Ucraïna per la presidència Suïssa, durant el conflicte a Crimea, per tal de reduir \ntensions i afavorir el diàleg entre les parts, tot reclamant el respecte als principis d’inviolabilitat de \nfronteres, d’integritat dels estats, i del compliment dels estàndards internacionals.", "En la discussió de la resolució es va insistir sobre la necessitat d’evitar dobles rasers dins els \nconflictes relacionats amb la violació de la integritat territorial de l’àrea OSCE, com en l’illa de \nXipre o el Nagorno Karabagh.\n\nEl Sr. Alain Neri (França), va posar de manifest el greuge que va \npatir un parlamentari francès en haver-li denegat l’entrada a Azerbaidjan després d’haver participat \nen una missió d’observació a Nagorno Karabagh.\n\nLa delegació azerbaidjanesa va sortir al pas de les \nacusacions al·legant que el parlamentari havia entrat a aquella regió a través Armènia, sense visat \nd’Azerbaidjan (país que en reivindica la seva sobirania), cosa que és considerada una falta greu per \nles autoritats azerbaidjaneses que es condemna amb la denegació subsegüent del visat per entrar a \nAzerbaidjan.\n\nDe les resolucions adoptades en base als 4 punts suplementaris analitzats, se'n poden destacar les \nsegüents.", "La resolució sobre “La lluita contra el terrorisme” (Rússia), que exhorta als estats \nmembres perquè incrementin els controls per evitar l’entrada de terroristes provinents de països en \nconflicte bèl·lic i perquè previnguin l’ús d’informació, tecnologia i mitjans de comunicació per \nfinalitats terroristes, així com el seu finançament.\n\nEl punt suplementari relatiu a “El compromís de l’OSCE amb l’Afganistan” (Turquia) reconeix els \nesforços que s’estan duent a terme en aquell país en incrementar els estàndards democràtics -\nculminats amb les eleccions presidencials del 5 d’abril del 2014- i la importància de la cooperació \nregional de l’OSCE amb aquell país per mantenir l’estabilitat militar, econòmica i social de la zona.", "En aquest sentit s’encomana a l’OSCE que implementi mesures per combatre el tràfic d’armes i \nestupefaents en les fronteres d’Afganistan amb l’OSCE, i enforteixi els programes educacionals \namb els joves d’aquell país, tot contribuint a l’eliminació de la discriminació vers la dona i \nfomentant la seva participació en tots els sectors de la societat.\n\nAbans de finalitzar la sessió, la Comissió va procedir a l’elecció del seu Bureau per a un període \nd’un any, d’entre les candidatures que es postulaven a president de la Comissió (Vegeu el quadre de \ncàrrecs de l'Assemblea, pàg.\n\n70).\n\nLa cap de delegació d’Andorra, Olga Gelabert, va ser escollida per \nparticipar en la mesa electoral constituïda a l’efecte." ]
[ "B/ Comissió II (Economia, ciència, tecnologia i medi ambient) \nLa Comissió II, presidida per la Sra.\n\nRoza Aknazarova (Kyrgyzstan), va treballar l’informe del \nponent, Sr. Roger Williams (Regne Unit), i 3 punts suplementaris.\n\n7 \n La consellera Sílvia Calvó, va ser l’encarregada de representar el Consell General en els treballs \nd'aquesta Comissió.\n\nLa Comissió va debatre l’informe del ponent i va analitzar el Projecte de resolució elaborat, així \ncom les 30 esmenes presentades.\n\nLa resolució posa de manifest que des d’una perspectiva de \nseguretat i d’estabilitat, els desafiaments principals que afronta aquesta Comissió i sobre els quals \nl’OSCE hi té un paper més rellevant a jugar giren entorn a l’ús racional d’aigua, energia i aliments.", "Igualment, la resolució posa de manifest la manca d’avenços en la reducció de CO2, i insta els \nestats a reduir els gasos que produeixen efecte hivernacle, mitjançant la inversió i transferència de \ntecnologia, i implementant polítiques educatives que afavoreixin la reducció de residus i la compra \nintel·ligent.\n\nTot i amb això, es reconeix l’efecte que el canvi climàtic tindrà en els ecosistemes \nterrestres, incloses les muntanyes, i la necessitat dels estats d’adaptar-se al canvi.\n\nFinalment, la resolució expressa certa preocupació pel mètode d’obtenció d’energia anomenat \n“fracking”.", "De les Resolucions adoptades en base als set punts suplementaris analitzats, en destaca la \nResolució sobre la “Seguretat alimentària, reserves hídriques i estabilitat dins l’àrea OSCE” (Suïssa), \na través de la qual, entre altres aspectes, s’estableix la necessitat de complir amb els objectius de \ndesenvolupament sostenible de Nacions Unides per al 2015, i s’insta als estats membres perquè \nfinancin i implementin infrastructures i condicions de vida dignes en les zones rurals agrícoles, amb \nl’objectiu d’assolir una estabilitat alimentària que eviti conflictes posteriors.\n\nFinalitzats els treballs, es va procedir a l'elecció del President, del Vicepresident i del Ponent de la \nComissió, per a un mandat d'un any.\n\n(Vegeu el quadre de càrrecs de l'Assemblea, pàg.\n\n70).\n\nC/ Comissió III (Democràcia, drets humans i qüestions humanitàries) \nLa Comissió III, presidida per la Sra.", "Isabel Santos (Portugal), va analitzar l’informe de la ponent, \nGordana Comic (Sèrbia) i les 45 esmenes presentades a aquest informe, a més de 5 punts \nsuplementaris.\n\nLa consellera Rosa Gili va ser la representant de la delegació andorrana present en els treballs \nd'aquesta Comissió.\n\nLa Resolució de la Comissió aprovada posa de manifest l’existència de presos polítics i de casos de \ndetencions indefinides i tortures de persones dins l’àrea OSCE, i urgeix en la necessitat de cooperar \nentre estats i organitzacions internacionals per assegurar que aquests fets no es reprodueixin, \nespecialment a través del manteniment de missions sobre el terreny de l’OSCE.\n\nIgualment insisteix \nen la necessitat de protegir els drets de les persones immigrants i de limitar l’excessiu ús de la regla \ndel consens dins l’OSCE quan es tracta de protegir els drets humans.", "La qüestió de la gestió migratòria, especialment l’entrada d’immigrants a Europa, va suscitar un \nintens debat entre els assistents.\n\nEn aquest sentit, un dels punts de l'informe que més debat va \ngenerar va girar entorn al fet d’incloure un mandat als estats membres de la Unió Europea perquè \ntots ells comparteixin les mateixes càrregues derivades dels fenòmens migratoris provinents de \nl’Àfrica cap al sud d’Europa." ]
[ "8 \n De les resolucions adoptades en base als punts suplementaris, en destaca la Resolució sobre \n“Prevenció i persecució del tràfic sexual de nens” (Estats Units), a través de la qual s’insta als estats \nmembres de l’OSCE perquè lluitin contra l’ús de noves tecnologies en el tràfic i abús sexual de \nnens.\n\nTambé va destacar la resolució d’aquesta comissió relativa a ”Combatre la Tortura” (Suïssa), a \ntravés de la qual es demana que els estats membres de l’OSCE-PA respectin immediatament la \nprohibició de la tortura i qualsevol forma de tracte degradant, i que ratifiquin el protocol opcional \nde la Convenció contra la Tortura i altres tractes cruels i degradants.\n\nEn aquest sentit insta a \nl’ODHIR perquè reculli informació entre els estats membres sobre casos de tortures i que aquesta \ninformació sigui publicada.\n\nEn finalitzar les sessions de treball es van elegir el President, el Vicepresident i el Ponent de la \nComissió.", "(Vegeu el quadre de càrrecs de l'Assemblea, pàg.\n\n70) \n 2.1.3 Reunions del Ple \n A/ Informe del President \nEl Sr. Ranko Krivokapic (Montenegro), President de l'OSCE-PA, va presentar el seu informe, a \ntravés del qual va descriure les activitats dutes a terme durant la seva presidència.\n\nVa destacar el \ncompromís d’Azerbaidjan amb l’OSCE-PA, malgrat el conflicte existent en la regió.\n\nQuant a la crisi d’Ucraïna, va dir, “posa a proba els objectius pels quals l’OSCE va ser creada, quan \nbusca una solució a l’ocupació de Crimea”, i durant el procés de resolució de la controvèrsia, \nl’OSCE es fa més forta quan s’assoleixen objectius com l’alliberament dels observadors retinguts, la \ncelebració d’eleccions o la retirada de paramilitars dels territoris ocupats.\n\nAspectes concrets que \ndemostren, segons el president de l’OSCE-PA, la gran força de la diplomàcia parlamentària.", "A continuació va intervenir el president de la República d’Azerbaidjan, Ilham Aliyev, destacant la \nseva prioritat per implementar reformes polítiques, una vegada consolidades les reformes \neconòmiques que han creat una atmosfera d’estabilitat i prosperitat en el país, després de 23 anys \nd’independència.\n\nAbans de finalitzar, però, va aprofitar la referència a la crisi a Ucraïna per \nrelacionar-lo amb el conflicte que el país que presideix manté obert amb Armènia en els territoris \nde Nagorno Karabagh.\n\nSeguidament, el Sr. Didier Burkhalter (Suïssa), president de l’OSCE, va destacar les prioritats \nassolides durant la seva presidència, al marge de la resolució del conflicte d’Ucraïna, que va centrar \nbona part dels seus esforços.", "El President va ressaltar la potència que havia demostrat l’OSCE com \na fòrum inclusiu de diàleg i com a actor clau sobre el terreny en la resolució pacífica de \ncontrovèrsies, malgrat les dificultats i la violència viscudes a Ucraïna.\n\nA continuació va enumerar \nels objectius principals de la presidència Suïssa, centrat en tres eixos: \n - Enfortir la seguretat i l’estabilitat: especialment centrat les regions dels Balcans, el Caucas, tot \n implementant el document de Viena sobre la transparència militar.\n\n- Millorar la vida de la gent: enfortint la veu de la societat civil, especialment dels joves.\n\n- Enfortir la capacitat d’actuar de l’OSCE: especialment aportant l’experiència i capacitat suïssa \n de mediació en la gestió pacífica de conflictes." ]
[ "B/ Informe del Secretari General i del Tresorer \nEl Secretari General, Sr. Spencer Oliver, va informar breument de les activitats portades a terme \nper l’OSCE-PA des del febrer fins al juny del 2014, destacant novament les missions d’observació \nd’eleccions realitzades, que ja havien estat presentades davant el Comitè permanent.\n\n9 \n Per la seva banda, el tresorer va comentar que l’organització disposava d’una situació econòmica \nsanejada, i va sotmetre a aprovació el pressupost de l’Organització per al període octubre 2014 - \nsetembre 2015, de 3.030.000 euros, el qual va ser aprovat.\n\nC/ Informe sobre l'equilibri de gènere 2013 \nLa Representant Especial de l'OSCE-PA en qüestions de gènere, la Sra.\n\nHedy Fry (Canadà), no va \nassistir a la sessió anual, raó per la qual la Sra.\n\nWalburga Habsburg va presentar l’informe en \nsubstitució.", "En dit Informe anual de l'OSCE-PA sobre l'equilibri de gènere 2014 es destaca Andorra, per quart \nany consecutiu, en el primer lloc del rànquing pel que fa a la presència de dones dins l'OSCE-PA \n(les dos titulars són dones) i també pel que fa a la presència de dones dins el propi parlament \nnacional, amb un 50% de presència femenina, seguit per països del nord d'Europa com Suècia \n(45%) o Finlàndia (42%).", "D/ Debat especial \nDiumenge 29 d juny va tenir lloc el debat especial intitulat “El creixement de l’extremisme, el \nradicalisme i la xenofòbia, desafiaments de la regió OSCE”, durant el qual van intervenir \nrepresentants de Marroc, que va denunciar l’increment de la islamofòbia a Europa; d’Estats Units, \nque va reclamar un seguiment sobre l’emergent antisemitisme que s’està vivint al pròxim orient i al \nnord d’Àfrica, així com sobre casos d’anticristianisme a Xina, Síria i Nigèria; i de Letònia, que va \ndenunciar l’increment del nacionalisme rus en el seu país.\n\nUna afirmació a la qual va respondre Rússia adduint que sovint els valors que es defensen a \nl’OSCE es tornen en contra dels interessos geopolítics d’alguns estats.\n\nRússia va fer referència \nexplícita als suports d’Estats Units a Ucraïna, on el partit en el govern fa apologia del nazisme i \npersegueix a la minoria jueva ucraïnesa.", "Un membre de la delegació francesa va posar de manifest l’inquietant creixement de la xenofòbia, \nno només en els estats en crisi sinó en països econòmicament pròspers, alertant sobre el fet que es \ntracta d’un fenomen social que s’està consolidant, independentment de la situació econòmica, \natenent als resultats de les eleccions europees del 25 de maig del 2014.\n\nPer la seva part, la delegació de Romania va reclamar que es doni seguiment a les resolucions de \nl’OSCE i del Consell d’Europa en relació amb la integració de la població gitana en la societat, \nespecialment en el mon escolar, laboral i sanitari.\n\nParlamentaris d’estats com Grècia i Itàlia van manifestar la incapacitat d’assumir les onades \nmigratòries que reben, i el conflicte que suposa, en les seves societats, gestionar el fenomen \nmigratori amb elevades taxes d’atur, economia submergida i altres dificultats econòmiques.", "El dia 1 de juliol va tenir lloc el debat especial sobre el conflicte a Ucraïna.\n\nPrèviament, s’havia escoltat el testimoni del Sr. Kosholynsky, vicepresident de la Rada (parlament \nucraïnès), que va denunciar tortures, segrestos i assassinats de la població tàrtara durant l’ocupació \nparamilitar, tot acusant a Rússia com a promotor del conflicte, a través de l’enviament de tropes" ]
[ "10 \nencobertes, armament pesat, recursos i propaganda antiucraïnesa.\n\nTambé va acusar a aquell país \nd’haver violat l’alto al foc que els mediadors havien propiciat per intentar negociar sobre el \nconflicte.\n\nUnes afirmacions que van ser reafirmada per la delegació ucraïnesa durant el seu torn de \nparaula.\n\nPer part de Rússia va intervenir el Sr. Naryshkin, President de la Duma, que va criticar la \nradicalització del partit en el govern d’Ucraïna i l’ascens de partits d’extrema dreta nazis en aquell \npaís, tot reclamant el reconeixement els drets de la població russa que viu a Ucraïna.\n\nLa delegació de Rússia va justificar el referèndum de Crimea explicant que s’havia utilitzat el \nprecedent creat l’any 2010 a Kosovo, que es va independitzar unilateralment amb el suport de la \ncomunitat internacional malgrat contravenir allò disposat en la Constitució.", "També va recriminar \nl’ocupació militar unilateral a Irak per part dels Estats Units –amb el suport de 25 estats europeus- \nper sortir al pas de les acusacions de molts estats que indicaven que Rússia es trobava darrera de \nl’ocupació paramilitar a l’est d’Ucraïna.\n\nFinalment el portaveu rus va explicar que Rússia havia \ndemostrat la bona voluntat en la pacificació del conflicte, mediant en l’alliberació dels observadors, \nabstenint-se en l’ús de la força i participant en el control de fronteres.\n\nPer acabar va explicar que el \nconflicte no s’hauria produït si els dirigents d’Ucraïna haguessin accedit a convertir aquell estat en \nuna federació.\n\nEstats com Canadà, França, Lituània, Estats Units, Polònia, entre altres, van intervenir a \ncontinuació per demanar a Rússia que complís amb els principis de l’OSCE, i que deixés de violar \nel dret internacional, especialment la integritat territorial, tot reclamant un alto al foc immediat.", "Altres intervinents van alertar sobre la necessitat d’evitar plantejar el conflicte en termes de \ndinàmica de blocs, insistint en evitar tornar a episodis ja viscuts dins l’OSCE-PA relacionats amb la \nguerra freda, i afrontar un diàleg franc i honest sobre la vulneració dels principis de legalitat \ninternacional, de solució pacífica de controvèrsies \nles resolucions \ninternacionals.\n\nAixí mateix van alertar que la solució d’aquest conflicte assentaria un precedent en \nrelació amb la resta de països del Bàltic que confronten amb Rússia, que podrien viure situacions \nsimilars.\n\nPer aquest motiu van aplaudir la creació d’un grup interparlamentari, anomenat “Grup de \nBaku”, constituït per intervenir en la mediació del conflicte.", "i de compliment de \n Al marge del debat estricte sobre Ucraïna, altres intervinents van denunciar el doble raser que \ns’estableix dins l’Organització, en referència a les resolucions aprovades en aquesta Sessió Anual \ncontra Rússia per violació de la integritat territorial d’un estat membre com Ucraïna, en comparació \namb conflictes enquistats del Caucas o dels Balcans, en què davant d’actes d’ocupació territorial, \nl’OSCE va trigar en reaccionar i quan ho va fer ho va fer de forma més moderada, havent \nd’assumir fets consumats de violació a la integritat territorial d’un estat.\n\nE/ Punt Suplementari \nDe conformitat amb l'acord pres en la Comissió Permanent i lligat directament amb el debat \nressenyat en el punt anterior, el Ple va tractar el punt suplementari titulat “Clares, greus i reiterades \nviolacions dels principis d'Hèlsinki, realitzades per la federació de Rússia” (Estats Units).", "Els \nrepresentants dels estats membres es van refermar en els arguments explicats anteriorment i la \nresolució va ser aprovada per 92 vots a favor, 30 en contra i 27 abstencions.\n\nF/ Declaració final de Baku \nEl darrer dia de la Sessió anual es va adoptar per majoria la “Declaració de Baku”, document que \ninclou les 17 resolucions (3 resolucions principals i 14 punts suplementaris) aprovades per les \nComissions i el Ple de l’Assemblea, les quals contenen recomanacions polítiques adreçades al" ]
[ "11 \nConsell Ministerial de l'OSCE, així com als governs i als parlaments dels estats membres de \nl'OSCE-PA. \n 2.1.4 Eleccions \n A/ Elecció del President de l’OSCE-PA \nEl Sr. Ilkka Kanerva (Finlandia) va ser elegit President de l’OSCE-PA, amb 115 vots, per a un \nmandat d’un any renovable, entre els dos candidats que concorrien a les eleccions.\n\nEl candidat \nRanko Krivokapic (Montenegro), es presentava a la reelecció però amb aquesta votació es va \ntrencar la regla no escrita en l’OSCE-PA, d’atorgar un segon mandat d’un any al president electe.\n\nVa obtenir 96 vots.\n\nDurant el seu discurs, el nou president va ressaltar l’esforç que faria durant el seu mandat per \ninvolucrar els petits estats en els treballs de l’Assemblea de l’OSCE-PA. \n B/Elecció de Vicepresidents de l’OSCE-PA \nDurant la sessió anual també es van elegir 3 Vicepresidents: Kent Harstedt (Suècia), Christine \nMuttonen (Àustria) i Emin Onen (Turquia).", "C/Elecció del Bureau de les Comissions Generals \nD’acord amb el Reglament de l’OSCE-PA, al final de cada Sessió Anual, les Comissions Generals \nescullen el seu Bureau (President, Vicepresident i Ponent) per a un mandat d'un any.\n\nEls càrrecs \nescollits en la 23ª Sessió es troben detallats a la pàgina 70 del present informe.\n\nAl marge del contingut estricte de la Sessió Anual de l'OSCE-PA, la delegació andorrana va \nmantenir contactes bilaterals amb les delegacions d’Espanya, Mònaco, San Marino i Liechtenstein, \namb l’objectiu de trobar interessos mutus i compartits que poguessin rebre el suport i la \ncol·laboració d’ambdues delegacions.", "En aquest sentit, les delegacions de Mònaco, San Marino i \nLiechtenstein, Malta, Xipre i Islàndia es van reunir, el dia 30 de juny, amb el president de l’OSCE-\nPA i candidat a la reelecció, Ranko Krivocapic, el qual va proposar una reunió dels caps de \ndelegació de l’OSCE-PA durant la Conferència de Presidents d’Estats Membres del Consell \nd’Europa, que enguany es celebrava a Andorra, o durant la Sessió de tardor de l’OSCE-PA de \nGinebra, per tal de copsar els interessos comuns dels petits estats membres de l’OSCE-PA. Dites \npropostes van quedar en suspens en el moment en què el Sr. Krivocapic no va ser reelegit \npresident de l’OSCE-PA. \n 2.1.5 Declaració final i punts suplementaris adoptats" ]
[ "12 \n AS (14) D E \n BAKU \nDECLARATION \n AND \n RESOLUTIONS \n ADOPTED BY THE \n OSCE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY \n AT THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL SESSION \n BAKU, 28 JUNE to 2 JULY 2014" ]
[ "Table of Contents \n 13 \n Preamble \n1st Committee Resolution: Political Affairs and Security \n2nd Committee Resolution: Economic Affairs, Science, \n Technology and Environment \n 3rd Committee Resolution: Democracy, Human Rights and \n Humanitarian Questions \nResolution on Clear, Gross and Uncorrected Violations of Helsinki \n Principles by the Russian Federation \n Resolution on the Development of Mediation Capacity in the OSCE Area \nResolution on Regional Co-operation in South East Europe \nResolution on the Fight Against Terrorism \nResolution on the OSCE’s Further Engagement with Afghanistan \nResolution on Protection and Promotion of Socio-Economic Rights \n in the OSCE Area \n Resolution on the OSCE at 40 Years – A Region of Trust and \n Mutually Beneficial Co-existence \nResolution on Food Security, Limited Water Resources and Stability \n in the OSCE Area \n Resolution on Comprehensive Immigration Reform \nResolution on the Situation of Refugees in the OSCE Area \nResolution on Protection of Cultural Property in the OSCE Area \nResolution on Prevention and Prosecution of Child Sex Trafficking \nResolution on Combating Torture \nResolution on the Democratic Control of the Public and Private \n Security Sectors \n 1 \n1 \n 7 \n 12 \n 17 \n20 \n22 \n25 \n28 \n 31 \n 34 \n 38 \n41 \n45 \n49 \n52 \n55 \n 58" ]
[ "PREAMBLE \n 14 \n We, Parliamentarians of the OSCE participating States, have met in annual session in Baku on \n28 June to 2 July 2014 as the Parliamentary dimension of the OSCE to assess developments \nand challenges relating to security and co-operation, in particular on Helsinki +40: Towards \nHuman Security For All, and we offer the following views to the OSCE Ministers.\n\nWe wish every success to the next OSCE Ministerial Council and bring to its attention the \nfollowing declaration and recommendations.", "HELSINKI +40: TOWARDS HUMAN SECURITY FOR ALL \n CHAPTER I \n POLITICAL AFFAIRS AND SECURITY \n Recalling the historic role of the Helsinki Final Act signed in 1975, which contains key \ncommitments on politico-military, economic, environmental, human rights and \nhumanitarian issues and which established fundamental principles governing the \nbehaviour of States towards their citizens and each other, \n Also recalling the Charter of Paris for a New Europe adopted in 1990, which led to its \nacquiring permanent \nthe \nParliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, \n institutions and operational capabilities, \n including \n Reconfirming the Organization’s comprehensive approach to security based on trust and \ntransparency in the politico-military field, committed to by the participating States, and \nconfirmed by the OSCE Istanbul Summit in 1999 and the Astana Summit in 2010, \n Stressing the continuing need for enhanced efforts to settle existing conflicts in the \nOSCE area in a peaceful and negotiated manner, in full respect of the United Nations \nCharter and the Helsinki Final Act, and refraining from the threat or use of force, as \ncalled for at the Astana Summit Meeting held in 2010, \n Welcoming the Declaration on furthering the Helsinki +40 process adopted at the \nMinisterial Council in December 2013 in Kyiv, which reaffirmed the efforts by all \nparticipating States to provide strong and continuous political impetus to advancing the \nwork towards realizing the vision of a security community and reaffirmed the \ncommitment by all participating States to the concept of comprehensive, co-operative, \nequal and indivisible security, \n 1.", "2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\n6.\n\nStressing the importance of continuing the ongoing negotiations to update and \nmodernize the Vienna Document on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures in" ]
[ "15 \norder to increase openness, transparency and predictability in the military sphere, and \nreferring to the resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE underlining the \nneed to proceed with this work, \n Noting the OSCE’s significant input in non-proliferation efforts to implement United \nNations Security Council resolution 1540, \n Expressing grave concern about the situation in Ukraine, and emphasizing the role of \nthe OSCE in engaging all parties in a constructive dialogue, monitoring and supporting \nthe implementation of all OSCE principles and commitments on the ground, preventing \nfurther escalation of the crisis and promoting a diplomatic process towards a peaceful \nresolution to the crisis, \n Expressing concern about the deficit of democratic political institutions and lack of \ndemocratic progress in the Republic of Belarus, \n Recalling the need to increase the representation of women throughout the OSCE, \nparticularly in the politico-military dimension, \n 7.", "8.\n\n9.\n\n10.\n\n11.\n\nWelcoming efforts by the OSCE participating States and the Secretariat to hold bilateral \nand multilateral negotiations in order to resolve conflicts that threaten the security of the \nOSCE region, \n The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: \n 12.\n\n13.\n\n14.\n\n15.", "Stresses the importance of adapting the arrangements for conventional arms control and \nconfidence- and security-building measures to today’s politico-military reality, building \nupon the existing foundation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, \nthe Treaty on Open Skies and the Vienna Document as well as the Code of Conduct on \nPolitico-Military Aspects of Security; \n Notes the military escalation in the Arctic region in recent years and the substantial \nprogress made in strengthening Arctic co-operation; \n Calls for strong commitment to the Vienna Document, adopted in 1990 and updated \nseveral times, which is one of the most important politically binding documents of the \npolitico-military dimension of the OSCE, building upon the 1975 Helsinki Final Act’s \nprovisions for early notification of military exercises that involve a certain number of \nmilitary personnel; \n Supports the requests made by a number of participating States on three occasions in \nApril 2014 to activate the risk reduction mechanism under paragraph 16 of the Vienna \nDocument to dispel serious security concerns caused by the significant military \nactivities of the Russian Federation along the State border with Ukraine, and strongly \nencourages the Russian Federation to engage in a dialogue within the framework of the \nJoint FSC-PC meetings and to co-operate in a responsible manner and in good faith on \nthe basis of its OSCE politico-military commitments; \n 16.", "Stresses the high relevance of fundamental principles and norms of international law \nand human rights law, as enshrined in the Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects" ]
[ "17.\n\n18.\n\n19.\n\n20.\n\n21.\n\n22.", "16 \nof Security, which should govern inter-State relations as well as politico-military \nconduct within States, notably the democratic oversight of armed and security forces, in \nefforts to achieve greater transparency and trust within and beyond the OSCE area; \n Expresses its support for the next Annual Implementation Discussion on updating and \nmodernizing the Vienna Document on Confidence- and Security-Building Measures to \ntake place in July 2014 with a view to increasing the predictability, openness and \ntransparency in the exchange of information annually on their armed forces concerning \nthe military organisation by \nincreasing opportunities for verification activity, \nstrengthening risk reduction mechanisms, and enlarging the scope of confidence and \nsecurity-building measures; \n Recalls the need to consider the more than 20 VD Plus proposals when updating the \nVienna Document, covering the expansion of information exchange on military matters, \nthe notification for military exercises, maritime arms control procedures, monitoring of \nrapid deployment forces and large force transfers, and the improvement of the \neffectiveness of inspections and evaluation visits; \n Encourages the signing of new bilateral agreements and the strengthening of existing \nones on additional confidence-building measures in the spirit of Chapter X of the \nVienna Document, which will help to improve predictability, transparency and stability \nat the regional and subregional levels; \n Acknowledges the vital role of military inspections under the Vienna Document, which \nserve to build confidence and allow for rapid observation of military activities of \nconcern in the OSCE region; \n Encourages participating States to adopt an appropriate legislative basis for the \ndemocratic control of the armed forces, in accordance with the principles of \nconstitutionality, legality and accountability, including to ensure that armed forces are \nnot used against civilians and welcomes the recent amendments made by Georgia to \nstrengthen the oversight power of the Parliament of Georgia over the armed forces of \nGeorgia and the signing of co-operation memorandums between the Defence and \nSecurity Committee of the Parliament of Georgia and civil society organizations \nworking in the area of defence and security; \n Stresses the need to balance between new threats, like cyber warfare and terrorism, and \nthe prospect of conventional military operations, when updating and developing the \nVienna Document, noting that, since the adoption of the Treaty on Conventional Armed \nForces in Europe, the number of units of Treaty-Limited Equipment has been reduced \nby more than 110,000, indicating the importance of traditional arms control \nmechanisms; \n 23.", "Welcomes the adoption of the “Initial set of OSCE confidence-building measures to \nreduce the risks of conflict stemming from the use of information and communication \ntechnologies” and supports the work of the Informal Working Group established \npursuant to Permanent Council Decision No.\n\n1039; \n 24.\n\nAcknowledges the need to take into account the development of technology and tactics \nwhen updating current treaties, reflecting the increasing emphasis on brigade-level" ]
[ "17 \noperations and the need for a comprehensive assessment of military capabilities and the \ndevelopment of indicators that focus on quality and performance rather than quantity \nalone; \n Stresses the high significance of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) adopted by the \nUN General Assembly in April 2013 in global efforts in the field of arms control to \nachieve a security community, and encourages OSCE participating States to proceed \nwith its ratification so that the ATT can enter into force soon; \n Also stresses the importance of OSCE documents on small arms and light weapons \n(SALW) and stockpiles of conventional ammunition, and the complementary decisions \nof the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation, in the fight against the illicit trade in \nSALW and conventional ammunition, and calls on the participating States to ensure the \neffective implementation of these documents with a view to combating the illicit trade \nin SALW and conventional ammunition; \n Supports the activities of the OSCE in assisting with the collection and destruction of \nconventional ammunition as well as improving the control and security of their \nstockpiles, and suggests that the participating States should continue to turn to the \nOSCE for assistance on questions relating to SALW and conventional ammunition; \n Calls for measures limiting, prohibiting and controlling the illegal trade of small arms \nand light weapons (SALW), including their diversion to non-State actors in conflict \nareas, as well as the uncontrolled circulation and misuse of these arms in non-conflict \nsituations, which pose multiple threats to societies and contribute to numerous \ncasualties every year, including among civilians; \n Calls upon participating States to observe their international commitments and to \nfurther strengthen OSCE norms and activities in the field of SALW and Stockpiles of \nConventional Ammunition (SCA), and stresses the essential role of parliaments and the \nOSCE Parliamentary Assembly in promoting subregional, regional and international co-\noperation on achieving these goals; \n Calls for an updated assessment on whether current rules of warfare are up-to-date \nwhen taking into account new weapons systems that have been deployed in the past few \nyears; \n Reconfirms that addressing protracted conflicts in the OSCE area and seeking to \nachieve progress towards their resolution in a peaceful and negotiated manner, within \nagreed frameworks, while fully respecting the United Nations Charter, the Helsinki \nFinal Act and international law, is a priority for the Organization; \n Acknowledges the role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and \nurges compliance with United Nations Security Council resolution 1325, which aims to \nincrease equal participation of women including full involvement in all efforts for the \nmaintenance and promotion of peace and security; \n 25.", "26.\n\n27.\n\n28.\n\n29.\n\n30.\n\n31.\n\n32.\n\n33.\n\nAlso acknowledges that the geopolitical situation in different parts of the OSCE area \nvaries widely and that any action taken by the OSCE with the goal of increasing" ]
[ "18 \nsecurity should accurately take into account local conditions and specific situations in \norder to find long-term solutions that can be agreed upon by all parties; \n Urges parliamentarians to support women’s public and political involvement by raising \npublic awareness of the importance of gender equality and establishing political \nnetworks to encourage women´s leadership in the OSCE; \n Acknowledges the role and participation of local and regional authorities in the lasting \nsettlement of conflicts and post-conflict rehabilitation scenarios; \n Calls on the Russian Federation to fulfil the commitments entered into under the \n12 August 2008 ceasefire agreement to de-occupy the Georgian territory and to respect \nthe fundamental principles of international law; \n 34.\n\n35.\n\n36.\n\n37.", "35.\n\n36.\n\n37.\n\nWelcomes the active engagement of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship in the crisis in and \naround Ukraine and the deployment of the Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine as \nwell as the activities of the OSCE executive structures and other relevant international \nactors operating in Ukraine with the aim of reducing tensions, fostering stability and \npromoting national dialogue; \n 38.\n\n39.\n\n40.\n\n41.\n\n42.\n\n43.\n\n44.", "Calls for the creation, on the platform of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, of an \ninterparliamentary liaison group on Ukraine in order to de-escalate the situation on the \nground and support the country out of the crisis; \n Underlines the respect for the principles of the inviolability of frontiers and territorial \nintegrity, peaceful settlement of disputes, equal rights and self-determination of peoples, \nas stated in the Helsinki Final Act and calls on the Russian Federation to reverse the \nannexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine; \n Calls for a strong and better regulated legal framework for national referendums to \navoid their misuse, taking into account national constitutions and relevant international \nstandards; \n Reaffirms the right of citizens of participating States to hold referendums under their \nnational legislation and in conformity with international standards; \n Urges participating States to closely monitor the military presence in the Arctic region, \nbe aware of the potential security and environmental risk that it constitutes and continue \nto strive for a zone of peace and stability in the Arctic; \n Expresses its support for the ongoing process of peaceful integration in Europe, which \nincludes co-operation in transnational organisations, increased freedom of movement \nfor people and goods and strengthening economic ties which will increase stability and \nsecurity in Europe and beyond; \n Reaffirms the need to continue to work towards a solution to the crisis in Syria, where \nviolence and human rights abuses continue amidst a humanitarian crisis and \nmanifestations of international terrorism, and strongly urges all parties to commit to a \npeaceful resolution of the crisis and the establishment of a truly democratic state where \nthe rights and security of all ethnic and religious groups are protected equally;" ]
[ "19 \n 45.\n\nCalls upon OSCE participating States to prevent the use of their territories by terrorist \nand fundamentalist groups for cross-border attacks against civilian populations, \nincluding religious and ethnic minorities in Syria; \n 46.\n\nWelcomes the approaching 40th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act and the \nopportunity to strengthen the role of the OSCE in increasing security, openness and \ntransparency and moving forward in the Helsinki +40 process; \n 47.\n\nCalls for the creation of a new system of arbitration within the OSCE Parliamentary \nAssembly in order to enhance co-operation and to prevent situations where participating \nStates have different interpretations of the meaning and detail of current documents." ]
[ "CHAPTER II \n 20 \n ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT \n 48.\n\nWelcoming the OSCE’s Helsinki +40 process as an opportunity to reinforce, as well as \nthe economic and environmental \n in \n update, OSCE commitments, particularly \ndimension, \n 49.\n\nRecognizing the importance of water, energy and food issues, and their significant \nimplications for security and stability within States as well as across borders, \n 50.\n\nMindful of the role that the OSCE has to play in promoting the rational use of, and in \nestablishing synergies between, water, energy and food resources from a stability and \nsecurity perspective, \n 51.\n\n52.\n\n53.\n\n54.\n\n55.\n\n56.\n\n57.\n\n58.\n\n59.", "Commending the OSCE for its work in facilitating the negotiations between \nparticipating States on bilateral agreements on water resource management, \n Concerned by the challenges that States face in ensuring that food and water are \navailable to their citizens, \n Recalling the massive devastation brought to the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan, which \noffered a tragic reminder of how critical the global climate change situation is, \n Noting the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s report released \non 26 September 2013, in which IPCC scientists concluded with a 95 per cent certainty \nthat humans are the dominant cause of global warming and that atmospheric carbon \ndioxide is higher than it has been for at least 800,000 years, \n Reiterating the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to a changing \nclimate, \n Pointing out that greenhouse gas emissions vary considerably in different food \nproduction systems, with emissions much higher in meat and dairy production, \n Noting that changing climatic conditions will affect crop growth and livestock \nperformance, the availability of water, fisheries and aquaculture yields, mountains, \nforests, biodiversity, the number of natural disasters and the functioning of ecosystems \nthroughout the OSCE region, \n Regretting the lack of progress on key issues of reducing CO2 emissions and financial \nhelp for countries most affected by climate change at the 19th Conference of the Parties \n(COP 19) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, \n Noting the importance of the transition to the use of new and renewable energy sources \nand advanced environmentally clean “green” technologies in order to address more \neffectively the challenges posed by environmental pollution and climate change," ]
[ "60.\n\n61.\n\n62.\n\n63.", "21 \nRestating the OSCE PA Istanbul Declaration’s recognition that environmental \nchallenges such as climate change require world leaders to make compromises at the \ninternational level, and in this regard the Helsinki +40 process can serve as a powerful \ninspiration for co-operation, \n Commending progress in the OSCE’s work relating to good governance, and stressing \nthe need, in the context of Helsinki +40, for the political momentum gained by the \nadoption of the Dublin Ministerial Council's Declaration on Strengthening Good \nGovernance and Combating Corruption, Money-Laundering and the Financing of \nTerrorism, to be further enhanced and to be reflected in the participating States’ \nimplementation of their relevant commitments, \n Recalling that the main cause of the ongoing economic recession was the poor \ngovernance of national and international financial institutions, \n Recognizing the adverse effects of growing inequality in developed economies resulting \nfrom the global financial crisis and unilateral austerity policies, and stressing the urgent \nneed for States to uphold social cohesion while striving to achieve sustainable growth, \n 64.", "Stressing the importance of women’s economic empowerment, \n 65.\n\n66.\n\n67.\n\n68.\n\n69.\n\n70.", "Recognizing that governments, international and financial institutions should be \nencouraged to support the sustainable development in mountainous regions, as they are \nmost vulnerable to climate change, which leads to an increase in the number of natural \ndisasters, melting glaciers and a reduction of water resources, which in turn lead to \nincreased tension in the cross-border use of water resources, \n Noting the potential that investment in science and technology plays in promoting \neconomic growth for nations and improved employment and living standards for \nindividuals, \n Aware that economic and environmental migration can provide opportunities for people \nto improve their lives while building the economies of countries that receive them, but \nthat unplanned and excessive population movements can cause tension and adversely \naffect the provision of public services, \n Noting that water scarcity and food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa \n(MENA) region, combined with demographic pressures, high unemployment and \npoverty, constitute major sources of existing and/or potential tensions with a \nmultiplying impact on the various security challenges within and beyond this region, \n Pointing out that economic migration, particularly from North Africa, has placed a great \nburden on Southern European States and has also resulted in the tragic loss of a large \nnumber of lives, as vessels used for this activity are often unseaworthy, \n Recognizing that trade is often disrupted by man-made and natural disasters and that \nborders need to be secure, robust and resilient to enable trade to continue during periods \nof heightened threats and alerts," ]
[ "71.\n\n22 \nAsserting that providing all persons with disabilities with equal opportunities and \nexpanded access to life in society, as advanced by the United Nations Convention on \nthe Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as existing OSCE commitments will \ncontribute to the economic self-sufficiency of such persons, economic growth in the \nparticipating States and economic co-operation between them, \n 72.\n\nNoting that the full potential of women is still not fully utilized in the economy, and \nstressing the potential benefits it would bring for women’s independence as well as for \nthe economic development of participating States, \n 73.\n\nStressing the essential role that trade unions play in representation, negotiation and \nresolution, \n The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: \n 74.\n\n75.\n\n76.\n\n77.\n\n78.\n\n79.\n\n80.", "Calls for nations to ensure that trade unions can operate in a supportive legal context to \nensure that they play a full part in promoting prosperity; \n Calls on the OSCE Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Affairs to establish a \nco-operative mechanism or centre in the OSCE region to serve as a clearing house for \nbest practices in counter-corruption and to facilitate exchanges to promote good \ngovernance; \n Urges the OSCE to work with Southern European countries and our partners in North \nAfrica to protect migrants and provide facilities for them after their arrival in Europe; \n Urges participating States to ensure the legal recognition of women’s property rights; \n Calls upon OSCE participating States to adopt regulations that limit risk-based \nspeculation and enable financial bodies to provide capital for investment to stimulate \nnational economies through improvements in infrastructure and long-term projects; \n Stresses the urgent need for modest recovery to be reflected in curbing unemployment, \nparticularly among young people, by means of dynamic and comprehensive \njob-generating policies, which should aim at further developing infrastructure and \nin pro-growth sectors, encouraging entrepreneurs, knowledge and \ninvestments \ninnovation, boosting domestic demand and providing adequate training to facilitate the \ntransition from education to the labour market; \n Calls upon participating States to provide greater support to small and medium-sized \nenterprises (SMEs) by means of a more business-friendly environment that promotes \nentrepreneurship, innovation and employment, reduces regulatory and administrative \nobstacles and facilitates SMEs’ networking and access to domestic and global markets, \nand stresses the need to ensure that SMEs’ central role and prospects for realizing their \nfull potential in the global economy are appropriately reflected in States’ growth \npolicies; \n 81.", "Urges participating States to encourage young people to pursue careers in agriculture, \nfor example by facilitating transnational courses in agricultural science;" ]
[ "82.\n\n83.\n\n84.\n\n85.\n\n86.\n\n87.\n\n88.\n\n89.\n\n90.\n\n91.\n\n92.\n\n93.\n\n94.", "23 \nCalls for more research on crop and animal production, investments in science and \ntechnology and the adoption of fiscal policies that encourage private companies to \ninvest in research and development; \n Urges the OSCE to help co-ordinate national governments in moving away from budget \ncuts into solid investments to provide a foundation for the sound improvement of the \nglobal economy; \n Encourages the OSCE to facilitate technology and knowledge transfers with a view \ntowards improving the way people produce and consume, as well as promoting best \npractices in agricultural and fisheries production; \n Endorses a multidimensional approach to food and water security, including all those \nareas of science and technology that can have a valuable impact; \n Stresses the need for the OSCE to play an enhanced role in efforts to achieve global \nenergy security, by means of a level playing field across the entire spectrum of energy-\nrelated activities, in strict compliance with international law and the rule of law \nenshrined in the Helsinki Final Act and the Energy Charter Treaty; \n Calls on the OSCE participating States to improve and develop the practice of \ntreatment, recycling and reuse of water resources; \n Expresses concern over the use of certain types of energy extraction, particularly \nhydraulic fracturing or “fracking”, that are known to have an adverse effect on water \nsupplies; \n Strongly urges the OSCE participating States to strengthen co-ordination actions aimed \nat early warning of natural disasters in mountain ecosystems with the help of technical, \nbiological and organizational measures; \n Endorses inter-State scientific and technical co-operation, including innovative \nprogrammes of the OSCE participating States aimed at ensuring the sustainable \ndevelopment of mountain ecosystems; \n Calls on the OSCE and its participating States to reduce waste by increasing the \nefficiency of the production, processing, transport and storage of products and to \neducate consumers on how to reduce waste through smarter purchasing choices; \n Encourages the OSCE and its participating States to work on migration management to \nincrease the benefits of migration while reducing its potential negative implications; \n Calls upon OSCE participating States to continue to work towards a new universal \nclimate agreement so that it appears on the table at the next UN climate change \nconference in Peru, ahead of final agreement in Paris, in 2015; \n Calls for the OSCE field operations to receive all the funding they need in order to carry \nout their vital work in the economic and environmental dimension, especially in \nmountainous countries, which are the ones most vulnerable to climate change;" ]
[ "95.\n\n96.\n\n97.\n\n98.\n\n99.", "24 \nUrges those participating States that have not already done so to sign, ratify and \nimplement the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities \nand to implement their existing OSCE commitments to ensure the protection of the \nrights of such persons, especially with regard to the promotion of services and training \nas well as favourable conditions for participating in competitive integrated employment \nand access to public buildings and services, housing, transport, and cultural and \nrecreational activities; \n Encourages intensified efforts to prohibit discrimination against disabled persons in \nemployment and the workplace; \n Reiterates the central importance of the economic and environmental dimension in the \nHelsinki +40 process; \n Calls on European Union Member States to engage further in migration management \nand to ensure that the contribution and burden of migrants on the European continent is \nshared equally among Member States; \n Urges the participating States to continue working for women’s opportunities to become \nfinancially independent and have their own income and to support possibilities for \nwomen to start new businesses." ]
[ "CHAPTER III \n 25 \n DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN QUESTIONS \n 100.\n\nWelcoming the OSCE’s Helsinki +40 process as an opportunity to review the \nimplementation of Human Dimension Commitments, including the regress in whole \nregions of the OSCE with regard to human rights and fundamental freedoms, such as \nfreedom of assembly, freedom of the media, freedom of expression, democratic \ncommitments, the rule of law, equality and non-discrimination, \n 101.\n\nRecalling that the 1975 Helsinki Final Act addressed issues such as the peaceful \nsettlement of disputes, refraining from the threat or use of force, respect for human \nrights and fundamental freedoms, including the freedom of thought, conscience, \nreligion or belief, for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, as well \nas other key human security commitments, \n 102.", "Stressing the crucial significance of upholding the universality, indivisibility and \n interdependence of human rights in efforts to achieve a security community, \n 103.\n\nDeeply concerned that the OSCE’s field operations are continuously reduced in their \ncapacity to monitor and report on human rights issues, in particular in participating \nStates which demonstrate non-compliance with their Human Dimension Commitments, \n 104.\n\nWelcoming the Swiss Chairmanship’s pledge in connection with Helsinki +40 to \n continue reinforcing co-operation with civil society, \n 105.\n\nRecalling the 2013 OSCE PA Istanbul Declaration’s call for the OSCE and the \nOSCE PA to create a civil society board, comprised of representatives of leading NGOs \nworking on OSCE issues, \n 106.\n\nRecalling the reaffirmation, contained in the Istanbul Declaration that the rule of law \n and the independence of the judiciary should be respected, \n 107.", "Recalling the concern expressed in the 2007 OSCE PA Kyiv Declaration regarding the \nintroduction of new legislation in a number of participating States placing further \nrestrictions and constraints on the activities of human rights defenders, in particular by \nmaking them subject to unnecessary bureaucratic burdens, \n 108.\n\nConcerned that people have disappeared in Turkmenistan’s prisons and that their \nfamilies have not even been able to find out if they are alive or dead, in some cases for \nmore than a decade, \n 109.\n\nExpressing concern at the rise of nationalistic and xenophobic trends across the political \nspectrum in the OSCE area, at the impact of socio-economic hardship and at serious \nshortfalls pertaining to governance, which all exacerbate public indignation and \nincrease citizens’ mistrust of and estrangement from national and supranational \ndecision-making centres," ]
[ "26 \n110.\n\nDeploring discrimination and hate crimes against migrant workers both East and West \n of Vienna, \n 111.\n\nDeeply concerned that, 10 years after the Berlin Declaration, which set out concrete \nmeasures to combat anti-Semitism, attacks targeting Jews and their property as well as \nJewish religious, educational and communal institutions continue, \n 112.\n\nExpressing deep concern that restrictive migration policies in an increasing number of \ncountries in the OSCE area often circumvent and/or violate international human rights \nstandards, show insufficient solidarity and burden-sharing and hinder global efforts to \nelaborate a comprehensive and effective migration management strategy, \n The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: \n 113.\n\nEndorses the adoption by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe of a \n resolution confirming the definition of political prisoners; \n 114.", "Calls on OSCE participating States to ensure, through the effective implementation of, \nand if necessary reform of, national legislation, dignity and security for all asylum \nseekers and migrant workers; \n 115.\n\nReiterates its call for the safe and dignified return of all internally displaced persons to \ntheir places of living, ensuring access to international humanitarian aid when needed, \nwith the goal of gradual rapprochement of the societies of Georgia and Abkhazia, \nGeorgia, and South Ossetia, Georgia; \n 116.\n\nStrongly condemns any act of hate crime against any migrant, and calls on participating \nStates to ensure that such crimes are fully investigated and victims protected, regardless \nof their legal status in the host country, be it East or West of Vienna; \n 117.", "Calls on the participating States to participate robustly in the commemoration of the \ntenth anniversary of the Berlin Declaration with a focus on improving implementation \nof OSCE commitments to combat anti-Semitism, including the collection and reporting \nof data on hate crimes and the promotion of education about the tragedy of the \nHolocaust; \n 118.\n\nReaffirms the Berlin Declaration in its unequivocal condemnation of all manifestations \nof anti-Semitism and its unambiguous statement that international developments or \npolitical issues, including those in Israel or elsewhere in the Middle East, never justify \nanti-Semitism; \n 119.", "Commends the pioneering anti-trafficking work of the OSCE to date, and stresses the \nneed for stronger cross-dimensional, inclusive and outreaching victims-based action in \norder to effectively address traffickers’ complex modus operandi and the increasing \nvarieties of this threat, including child sexual and/or labour trafficking and organ \ntrafficking, by strengthening national anti-trafficking legislation and further promoting \nawareness, networking and co-operation at all levels and with civil society;" ]
[ "27 \n120.\n\nEncourages all participating States to follow Ukraine’s example in multi-lateral \nco-operation in hosting the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission as an important tool to \nmonitor and report on human rights in a participating State; \n 121.\n\nReiterates its call on all the OSCE participating States to comply fully with their \ncommitments regarding human rights, fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule \nof law; \n 122.\n\nCalls upon the authorities of Ukraine to carry out a fact-based, comprehensive and open \ninvestigation, with the participation of human rights organizations, of all fatalities \nduring the recent events in Ukraine, in particular the tragedy that took place in Odessa \non 2 May 2014; \n 123.", "Stresses the need to step up efforts, at the level of participating States and the OSCE, to \neffectively address persisting violence and discrimination against women across the \nOSCE area and further promote women’s participation in political and public life and \ndecision-making, in accordance with the relevant recommendations made at the 2013 \nOSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting, including the early adoption of an \nOSCE Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security and of an addendum to the 2004 \nGender Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality; \n 124.\n\nAlso stresses the need for participating States to work towards improved access to \n health services for all, without discrimination; \n 125.\n\nEmphasizes that the OSCE should reduce its reliance on the consensus rule, and further \ndevelop such human rights protection tools such as the Moscow Mechanism, to inter \nalia monitor gross human rights violations; \n 126.", "Strongly encourages participating States to benefit from the Helsinki +40 process to \n promote the Human Dimension values at the core of the Helsinki Final Act; \n 127.\n\nStrongly urges participating States to co-operate with international institutions like the \nOSCE, to help ensure that, in the future, there will be no political prisoners in the OSCE \narea; \n 128.\n\nUrges all OSCE participating States to encourage the reform of INTERPOL to avoid the \npolitical use of Red Notices, which are currently being used in some countries to round \nup political opponents instead of for legitimate law enforcement purposes; \n 129.\n\nEncourages participating States to develop baseline data and indicators in order to \nmonitor national implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of \nGender Equality; \n 130.", "Calls on participating States to improve their legislation, administrative procedures and \npolicies in the sphere of economic and social rights and to implement them in such a \nway that ensures they are effectively enforced; \n 131.\n\nStresses the crucial role of parliaments in ensuring States’ strict compliance with \ninternational human rights standards, in their efforts to frame comprehensive and \neffective migration management and integration policies, with a view to maximizing the" ]
[ "28 \nbenefits of legal migration, in accordance with labour market needs, and curbing illegal \nmigration; \n 132.\n\nCalls on participating States to ensure access to justice for all those detained, and to \nensure that people are not detained indefinitely, under arduous conditions and without \nadequate legal counsel, and to consider establishing a special rapporteur on cases of \nindefinite detention or lack of rule of law in the OSCE area; \n 133.\n\nExpresses concern at the misuse of administrative procedures and legislation to detain, \nimprison, intimidate or otherwise silence human rights defenders and critics in \nnumerous OSCE participating States, including Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan and \nthe Russian Federation; \n 134.", "Asks the Government of Turkmenistan to provide information on the health and \nwhereabouts of, and access to, persons who have disappeared in Turkmenistan’s \nprisons, including former Foreign Ministers Boris Shikmuradov and Batyr Berdiev; \n 135.\n\nEncourages all participating States to avoid the expulsion, return (non-refoulement) and \nextradition of migrants and asylum seekers to States where there is a consistent pattern \nof gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights, or substantial grounds for \nbelieving that they would be in danger of being subjected to torture or ill-treatment; \n 136.\n\nStrongly urges the Republic of Belarus immediately to release and rehabilitate all \n political prisoners; \n 137.\n\nRepeats its call for the Ministerial Council to adopt full, effective, and long-term \n mandates for OSCE field operations; \n 138.", "Strongly urges the Permanent Council to re-open the Field Missions in Belarus and \nGeorgia, and to return the monitoring and reporting mandates to the status of the OSCE \nfield operations in Azerbaijan and Ukraine, and to open an OSCE field mission in \nMongolia; \n 139.\n\nExpresses deep concern at the situation of Mr. Anar Mammadli, an Azerbaijani civil \nsociety representative and human rights defender, who was recently sentenced to prison \nin a court case with clear political overtones, and urges the competent Azerbaijani \nauthorities to seek ways to restore justice for Mr. Mammadli, enabling him and other \ncitizens who have been victims of politicized court cases to continue their work \ndefending human rights and the rule of law; \n 140.", "Urges the Government of Azerbaijan to once again let the OSCE open an office in \nBaku, and also urges the Government of Azerbaijan to upgrade the mandate of the \nProject Co-ordinator in Baku." ]
[ "RESOLUTION ON \n 29 \n CLEAR, GROSS AND UNCORRECTED VIOLATIONS OF HELSINKI \n PRINCIPLES BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION \n 1.\n\n2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\n6.\n\n7.\n\n8.", "Noting that the Russian Federation is a participating State of the Organization for \nSecurity and Co-operation in Europe and has therefore committed itself to respect the \nPrinciples guiding relations between participating States as contained in the Helsinki \nFinal Act, \n Recalling that those principles include 1) Sovereign equality, respect for the rights \ninherent in sovereignty; 2) Refraining from the threat or use of force; 3) Inviolability of \nfrontiers; 4) Territorial integrity of States; 5) Peaceful settlement of disputes; \n6) Non-intervention in internal affairs; 7) Respect for human rights and fundamental \nfreedoms; 8) Equal rights and self-determination of peoples; 9) Co-operation among \nStates; and 10) Fulfilment in good faith of obligations under international law, \n Recalling also that the Russian Federation is a signatory, along with the United States of \nAmerica and the United Kingdom, of the December 1994 Budapest Memorandum on \nSecurity Assurances, which was made in connection with Ukraine’s accession to the \nTreaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, \n Concluding that the Russian Federation has, since February 2014, violated every one of \nthe ten Helsinki principles in its relations with Ukraine, some in a clear, gross and thus \nfar uncorrected manner, and is in violation with the commitments it undertook in the \nBudapest Memorandum, as well as other international obligations, \n Emphasizing in particular that the 16 March 2014 referendum in Crimea was held in \nclear violation of the Constitution of Ukraine and the Constitution of Crimea as an \nautonomous republic within Ukraine, and was further conducted in an environment that \ncould not be considered remotely free and fair, \n Expressing concern that the Russian Federation continues to violate its international \ncommitments in order to make similarly illegitimate claims in the eastern part of \nUkraine, as it has done, and threatens to continue to do, in regard to other participating \nStates, \n Asserting that improved democratic practices regarding free and fair elections, \nadherence to the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in \nthe Russian Federation would benefit the citizens of that State but also contribute \nsignificantly to stability and confidence among its neighbours, as well as enhance \nsecurity and co-operation among all the participating States, \n Noting the particular vulnerability of Crimean Tatars, Roma, Jews and other minority \ngroups, along with those Ukrainian citizens opposed to the actions undertaken or \nsupported by the Russian Federation, to attacks, harassment and intimidation by \nRussian-supported separatist forces," ]
[ "9.\n\n30 \nWelcoming the efforts and initiatives of the OSCE to develop a presence in Ukraine, \nincluding Crimea, that would support de-escalation of the current situation and monitor \nand encourage respect for the Helsinki principles, including the human rights and \nfundamental freedoms of all Ukrainian citizens, as well as the work of the OSCE High \nCommissioner on National Minorities, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the \nMedia, and the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), \n The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: \n 10.\n\nCondemns the clear, gross and uncorrected violation of the Helsinki principles by the \nRussian Federation with respect to Ukraine, including the particularly egregious \nviolation of that country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity; \n 11.\n\nCondemns the occupation of the territory of Ukraine; \n 12.\n\n13.\n\n14.\n\n15.\n\n16.\n\n17.\n\n18.\n\n19.\n\n20.", "Considers these actions, which include military aggression as well as various forms of \ncoercion designed to subordinate the rights inherent in Ukraine’s sovereignty to the \nRussian Federation’s own interests, to have been unprovoked, and to be based on \ncompletely unfounded premises and pretexts; \n Expresses unequivocal support for the sovereignty, political independence, unity and \nterritorial integrity of Ukraine as defined by the country’s Constitution and within its \ninternationally recognized borders; \n Affirms the right of Ukraine and all participating States to belong, or not to belong, to \ninternational organizations, to be or not to be a party to bilateral or multilateral treaties \nincluding the right to be or not to be a party to treaties of alliance, or to neutrality; \n Views the 16 March 2014 referendum in Crimea as an illegitimate and illegal act, the \nresults of which have no validity whatsoever; \n Calls upon all participating States to refuse to recognize the forced annexation of \nCrimea by the Russian Federation; \n Also calls upon all participating States further to support and adhere to mutually agreed \nand fully justified international responses to this crisis; \n Deplores the armed intervention by forces under the control of the Russian Federation \nin Ukraine, and the human rights violations that they continue to cause; \n Calls on the Russian Federation to end its intervention in Ukraine and to bring itself into \ncompliance with the Helsinki principles in its relations with Ukraine and with all other \nparticipating States; \n Demands that the Russian Federation desist from its provocative military overflights of \nthe Nordic-Baltic region, immediately withdraw its military forces from the borders of \nthe Baltic States and cease its subversive activities within the ethnic Russian \npopulations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania;" ]
[ "21.\n\n22.\n\n23.\n\n24.\n\n25.", "31 \nSupports continued efforts and initiatives of the OSCE to respond to this crisis, and \ncalls on all OSCE states to provide both resources and political support and to allow the \nOSCE to work unhindered throughout Ukraine, including Crimea; \n Urges the Russian Federation to contribute to regional stability and confidence, \ngenerally enhance security and co-operation by engaging its civil society and all \npolitical forces in a discussion leading to liberalization of its restrictive laws, policies \nand practices regarding freedom of the media, freedom of speech, and freedom of \nassembly and association, and abide by its other commitments as a participating State of \nthe OSCE; \n Encourages Ukraine to remain committed to OSCE norms regarding the building of \ndemocratic institutions, adherence to the rule of law and respect for human rights and \nfundamental freedoms of all its citizens; \n Exhorts the Russian Federation to fully utilize the expertise and assistance of the OSCE \nand its institutions, including the Parliamentary Assembly, to enact meaningful \nimprovements in its electoral laws and practices; \n Congratulates the people of Ukraine and commends the authorities of that country for \nsuccessfully holding presidential elections on 25 May 2014 which were conducted \nlargely in line with international commitments and characterized by a high voter turnout \ndespite a challenging political, economic and, in particular, security environment; \n 26.", "Expresses a continued willingness to provide the substantial assistance to Ukraine in \nthese and other matters at this critical time." ]
[ "RESOLUTION ON \n 32 \n THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIATION CAPACITY IN THE OSCE \nAREA \n 1.\n\n2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\n6.", "Referring to the UN Charter according to which, inter alia, all Member States shall \nrefrain in their international relations, from the threat or use of force against the \nterritorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner \ninconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations, the Helsinki Final Act and all \nOSCE norms, principles and commitments, \n Referring to the close partnership between the OSCE and the UN, including the role of \nthe OSCE under Chapter VIII of the UN Charter as a regional organization for the \nmaintenance of international peace and security, acting with the consent of parties to a \nparticular dispute or conflict, as well as the signing of the Framework Agreement for \nCo-operation and Co-ordination between the United Nations Secretariat and the CSCE \nin 1993, \n Welcoming the closer co-operation between all OSCE institutions and the United \nNations, the European Union and the Council of Europe in their efforts to bring stability \nby addressing specific severe political crisis situations in participating States, \n Recognizing the historical role of the OSCE in early warning, conflict prevention and \nresolution, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation, \n Referring to the UNGA Resolutions 65/283 of 22 June 2011 and 66/291 of \n13 September 2012 on strengthening the role of mediation in the peaceful settlement of \ndisputes, conflict prevention and resolution, \n Referring to OSCE Ministerial Council Decision No.", "3/11 on the Conflict Cycle, where, \ninter alia, the Secretary General was tasked with preparing a proposal on how to make \nbetter use of the possible contributions of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in \ndeveloping a more effective response to emerging crisis and conflict situations, \n 7.\n\nStressing the importance of mediation activities in peacebuilding and recovery \nprocesses, in particular in preventing post-conflict countries from relapsing into \nconflict, \n The Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE: \n 8.\n\nSupports the priority of the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship to enhance mediation \ncapabilities within the OSCE, and welcomes the initiative of the Swiss Chairmanship to \nestablish an OSCE Friends of Mediation Group, which was spearheaded by Turkey and \nFinland;" ]
[ "9.\n\n10.\n\n33 \nUrges the Swiss Chairmanship and the OSCE executive structures to make better use of \nthe OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in the work of the Friends of Mediation Group and \nto involve the OSCE PA in activities pertaining to the prevention of future crisis \nsituations and rapid reactions once such situations are evolving; \n Recommends the development of a civilian and reaction capability that could be \ndeployed in times of crisis to supplement the work of the field operations, and that \ncould assist in assessing the situation and the needs, and make policy recommendations \nto the OSCE executive bodies for future action; \n 11.\n\nWelcomes efforts to implement UNSCR 1325 on women as active agents in peace and \nsecurity by ensuring increased representation of women at all levels in conflict \nresolution and peace processes; \n 12.", "Proposes the establishment of an ad hoc contact group on mediation in the OSCE \nParliamentary Assembly for co-operation with the relevant OSCE executives." ]
[ "RESOLUTION ON \n 34 \n REGIONAL CO-OPERATION IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE \n 1.\n\n2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\n6.\n\n7.\n\n8.\n\n9.\n\n10.", "Praising the progress achieved by the South East European countries towards sustaining \nregional co-operation and shared interests, and strongly supporting the collective goal of \nintegration of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, \nMontenegro, Serbia and Albania into the European Union, \n Recalling the Thessaloniki Summit of 2003, whereby the European Union reiterated its \nunequivocal support for the European perspective of the Western Balkan countries, \n Appreciating Croatia’s accession to the European Union as the 28th Member State on 1 \nJuly 2013 as well the accession-related progress made by other countries aspiring to \nbecome Member States, \n Welcoming the advances made by the South East European countries in fostering \nregional co-operation and reconciliation as well as the historic agreement reached by \nBelgrade and Pristina on 19 April 2013, \n Expressing full support for the work of the South-East European Co-operation Process \n(SEECP) and appreciating the initiatives undertaken on the occasion of the Annual \nMeetings of the Speakers of Parliaments of the SEECP, \n Welcoming other regional parliamentary initiatives and conferences, such as the Cetinje \nParliamentary Forum which regularly brings together Members of Parliament in order \nto achieve closer parliamentary co-operation, \n Praising the work of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) as an all-inclusive \nplatform for overall regional co-operation \nincluding \nparliamentary co-operation and emphasizing the role of the RCC in the process of co-\nordinating and monitoring the implementation of the South East Europe 2020 Strategy, \n in South East Europe, \n Welcoming the role of the Parliamentary Assembly of the South-East European Co-\noperation Process, which met for the first time in May 2014 after years of preparation, \nas an important catalyst in enhancing parliamentary co-operation among parliaments of \nthe South-East European Cooperation Process, as well as to serve as a focal point for \nco-operation with the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE and other parliamentary \nassemblies and international and regional organizations, \n Reaffirming the OSCE’s continued commitment to the Western Balkans, also reflected \nby the share of its Unified Budget dedicated to the region as well as the valuable \nsupport provided by its field operations, \n Noting the 2014 Swiss Chairmanship’s priority of reconciliation and co-operation in the \nWestern Balkans, including through the appointment of a Special Representative of the \nChairperson-in-Office to support regional co-operation in the Western Balkans as well \nas the normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina," ]
[ "35 \n 11.\n\n12.\n\n13.\n\nAttaching great importance to the OSCE’s substantial expertise, including that of its \nfield operations, and its support for the reform processes which are also preconditions \nfor the European Union’s enlargement policy and a means to retain momentum behind \nreform and regional co-operation, \n Recalling the OSCE PA’s commitment to serving as a platform for inter-parliamentary \ndialogue and co-operation in the region, including through its Special Representative on \nSouth East Europe, \n Praising the economic progress achieved by the countries of the region, despite their \neconomic interdependence with countries affected by the global financial and economic \nchallenges, \n 14.\n\nWelcoming \n the consolidated \n trend of peaceful \n transitions \n in governments, \n demonstrating general progress in fulfilling the OSCE’s election-related commitments, \n 15.\n\n16.\n\n17.", "16.\n\n17.\n\nNoting that issues pertinent to war crimes, missing persons, and refugees as well as the \nprotection of minorities remain challenges on the path towards regional reconciliation \nand co-operation, \n Underscoring that the rule of law, independence of the judiciary, and the fight against \ncorruption and organized crime are issues of particular concern to the OSCE and the \nEuropean Union, \n Praising the South East European countries for developing regionally-owned initiatives \nin the fields of economic development, cross-border co-operation, arms control, law \nenforcement, and risk disaster management, \n The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: \n 18.\n\n19.\n\n20.", "19.\n\n20.\n\nEncourages participating States to support the countries of the region in their efforts to \nconsolidate the overall positive developments witnessed over the past year; \n Criticizes the periodic recurrence of episodes demonstrating unconstructive prejudices \nboth within and towards the region; \n Urges those participating States that are already members of the European Union, \nNATO or both to respond quickly, positively and consistently when Western Balkan \ncountries aspiring to membership make sufficient progress in their reform efforts and \nsatisfy the criteria for moving to the next step in the integration process; \n 21.\n\nCalls upon the European Union, in particular, to avoid creating artificial obstacles along \n the accession track; \n 22.\n\nEncourages the countries of the region to continue to engage in regional co-operation \n processes and fostering good neighbourly relations;" ]
[ "23.\n\n36 \nSupports domestic and regional activities and efforts aimed at safeguarding the \nprinciple of the rule of law, including the independence of the judiciary, as well as \nenhancing freedom of the media and the fight against corruption and organized crime; \n 24.\n\nOffers its co-operation on outstanding issues pertinent to war crimes, missing persons, \n refugees and the protection of minorities including Roma; \n 25.\n\nLooks forward to a continuation of a genuine and constructive dialogue between \nBelgrade and Pristina on the basis of the landmark agreement reached on 19 April 2013; \n 26.\n\nReaffirms the need to address potential bilateral disputes in accordance with \ninternational law and established principles, including through the formulation and \nimplementation of legally binding agreements, and offers its mediation wherever \nnecessary and appropriate; \n 27.", "Welcomes the increasing contribution of parliamentarians, officials and citizens of the \nWestern Balkan countries to security and co-operation not only in South East Europe \nbut throughout the OSCE region, including the sharing of experience and expertise with \npost-conflict recovery and democratic development; \n 28.\n\nEncourages the region to continue to make the best use of the OSCE, including the \nChairperson-in-Office’s Special Representative for the Western Balkans as well as the \nParliamentary Assembly and its Special Representative on South East Europe and its \nfield operations, as valuable tools to support the region’s ambitions and reform \nprocesses; \n 29.\n\nCommends the overall good co-operation with the field operations and pledges to retain \n the same level and quality of co-operation." ]
[ "RESOLUTION ON \n THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM \n 37 \n Recognizing the leading role played by the United Nations in international efforts to \ncombat terrorism, \n Supporting the norms, principles and obligations adopted in the framework of the \nOSCE, starting with the Helsinki Final Act and including the OSCE Bucharest Plan of \nAction for Combating Terrorism (2001), the OSCE Charter on Preventing and \nCombating Terrorism (2002), the Ministerial Statement on Supporting the United \nNations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (2007), Ministerial Decision No.", "10/08 on \nFurther Promoting the OSCE’s Action in Countering Terrorism, the OSCE Consolidated \nFramework for the Fight against Terrorism (2012) and other OSCE documents in this \narea, \n Reaffirming the OSCE Strategy to Address Threats to Security and Stability in the \nTwenty-First Century (2003), in which terrorism is termed one of the most important \ncauses of instability in the security environment, \n Having regard to the Astana Commemorative Declaration (2010), in which Heads of \nState and Government of the OSCE participating States committed themselves to \nachieving greater unity of purpose and action in facing new and emerging transnational \nthreats, as well as Ministerial Decision No.", "2/09 on Further OSCE Efforts to Address \nTransnational Threats and Challenges to Security and Stability, \n Noting in particular the concept adopted by the OSCE of comprehensive, co-operative, \nequal and indivisible security and its topicality in the context of the fight against \nterrorism, \n its unequivocal condemnation of \n its forms and \nReiterating \nmanifestations as well as its categorical rejection of the identification of terrorism with \nany race, ethnicity, nationality or religion, \n terrorism \n in all \n Underscoring the need for all measures taken to combat terrorism to comply with the \nprinciple of the rule of law and the obligations of international law, including \ninternational human rights law, refugee law and humanitarian law, \n Expressing support for a resumption of the United Nations negotiation process on the \nelaboration of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism, \n Also expressing concern at the growing threats of terrorism and a radicalization of \npublic opinion in connection with the return of foreign terrorist combatants to their \nhomes from areas of armed conflict, \n 1.", "2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\n6.\n\n7.\n\n8.\n\n9.\n\n10.\n\nAlso expressing concern at the growing threats of terrorism and a radicalization of \npublic opinion in connection with the upsurge of ultra-nationalist and neo-Nazi" ]
[ "38 \nmovements and their involvement in the removal of lawful authorities in the \nparticipating States of the OSCE, \n 11.\n\nAlso expressing concern about the growing tendency to use information and \ntelecommunication technologies, including the Internet and social media, for terrorist \npurposes, including incitement and financing of terrorism and the recruitment of \nterrorists, \n The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: \n 12.\n\n13.\n\n14.\n\n15.\n\n16.\n\n17.\n\n18.\n\n19.", "Declares its determination to combat terrorism, the most serious threat to international \npeace and security; \n Calls on the OSCE participating States to bring their national anti-terrorism legislation \ninto line with their international obligations in this area, in accordance with \nUnited Nations Security Council resolutions on combating terrorism, comprehensive \nterrorism conventions and protocols, \nthe United Nations Convention against \nTransnational Organized Crime and, where appropriate, the protocols thereto; \n Calls on the OSCE participating States to promote co-operation with a view to \npreventing, suppressing, investigating and punishing acts of terrorism, including \nthrough the implementation of comprehensive terrorism conventions and protocols \nthereto, as well as United Nations resolutions and OSCE obligations concerning the \nfight against terrorism; \n Recommends that the OSCE participating States should consider the possibility of \ntaking additional measures to intensify OSCE efforts to combat the threats of terrorism \nand a radicalization of public opinion in connection with the return of foreign terrorist \ncombatants to their homes from areas of armed conflict as well as the upsurge of \nultra-nationalist and neo-Nazi movements; \n Calls on the OSCE participating States to continue to take all necessary measures to \nprevent the use of information and communication technologies for terrorist purposes, \nincluding the incitement, planning, preparation, financing or commission of terrorist \nacts, while ensuring that those measures are in line with national legislation, \ninternational law and the political obligations entered into previously in the framework \nof the OSCE; \n Calls for a strengthening of the role of the OSCE in combating terrorism, in accordance \nwith and on the basis of decisions adopted by the Ministerial Council, the Permanent \nCouncil and the Forum for Security Co-operation in a wide variety of areas of relevance \nto the fight against terrorism; \n Calls on the OSCE participating States to continue the practice of convening annual \nOSCE conferences on the fight against terrorism, ensuring that they are properly funded \nfrom the OSCE’s overall budget; \n Calls on the OSCE participating States to devote the next such conference to the issue \nof combating the threats of terrorism and a radicalization of public opinion in \nconnection with the upsurge of ultra-nationalist and neo-Nazi movements." ]
[ "RESOLUTION ON \n 39 \n THE OSCE’S FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH AFGHANISTAN \n 1.\n\n2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\n6.\n\n7.\n\n8.\n\n9.", "Guided by the OSCE’s comprehensive concept of common, inclusive, co-operative and \nindivisible security, and its multidimensional approach thereto, as well as its previous \nMinisterial Council Decisions on Afghanistan, \n Bearing in mind that Afghanistan is an OSCE Partner for Co-operation and shares \ncommon borders with OSCE participating States, that new security challenges \nrecognize no borders and thus constitute issues of concern for all participating States, \nand that therefore efforts towards addressing these challenges in Afghanistan should \nremain high on the agenda of the Organization, \n Recognizing the central role of Afghanistan in regional peace and security, \n Convinced that lasting stability in Afghanistan can only be possible within a regional \nframework which combines the co-operation efforts of its neighbours with those of the \ninternational community, \n Reaffirming that all OSCE efforts and endeavours towards Afghanistan should be \ntailored in a way that is consistent with the priorities of the Afghan Government and \ncomplements existing national, regional and international initiatives and programmes, \n Noting that the problems that plague Afghanistan are of a trans-boundary nature, and \nthat the spread of terrorism, organized crime and the production and trafficking of all \nkinds of narcotics pose veritable threats to the rule of law and to the basic rights and \nfundamental freedoms of individuals across the OSCE geographical area, \n Stressing the crucial importance of advancing regional co-operation as an effective \nmeans to promote security, stability and economic and social development in \nAfghanistan, \n Reaffirming support to the ongoing Afghan-led regional efforts within the framework of \nthe “Istanbul Process on Regional Security and Cooperation for a Secure and Stable \nAfghanistan”, \n Emphasizing the importance of full participation of women in the reconstruction, \npolitical and economic processes of Afghanistan, \n 10.", "Welcoming the holding of the historic presidential and provincial council elections \nbetween 5 April and 14 June 2014, reiterating the importance of the elections for the \ncountry’s future, and commending the participation of the Afghan people and their \ndetermination to cast their votes despite terrorist threats, \n 11.\n\nApplauding the Afghan-led efforts to prepare for and hold these elections and, in that \nregard, recognizing the crucial role of the Afghan electoral institutions, expressing the \nimportance of their continued efforts in the rest of the election process in ensuring an" ]
[ "40 \nunequivocal result that is accepted by the entire Afghan people, and commending the \nvaluable assistance provided by the Election Support Team deployed by the OSCE \nOffice for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), \n Recognizing the crucial role of the Afghan electoral institutions, as well as the valuable \nassistance provided by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights \nElection Support Team, \n Commending the performance of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in \nproviding the necessary security conditions at the polls, \n Noting with satisfaction the progress of the transition of lead responsibility for security \nin Afghanistan from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to the ANSF, \nand underlining the importance of the continued support of the international community \nin the sustainment of the ANSF for enduring stability in Afghanistan, \n Taking note of the positive results of the “Resolution on the Development of OSCE \nCo-operation with Afghanistan by 2014 and Beyond” which called upon OSCE \nparticipating States and other OSCE Partners for Co-operation to strengthen their \npolitical dialogue, engagement and consultations with Afghanistan, \n 12.", "13.\n\n14.\n\n15.\n\nThe OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: \n 16.\n\n17.\n\n18.\n\n19.\n\n20.", "Calls upon the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation to increase their \ncontributions in all three dimensions of the OSCE as well as in cross-dimensional issues \nto serve the well-being, peace and prosperity of the Afghan people, and for the \npromotion of OSCE values, standards and commitments, notably through the OSCE \nBorder Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the OSCE Academy in \nBishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and in the training centres of the participating States and Partners \nfor Co-operation; \n Recommends the adoption and implementation of all necessary measures to ensure \neffective control of OSCE participating States’ borders with Afghanistan; \n Expresses its conviction to continue to support Afghanistan beyond 2014, through the \nDecade of Transformation, with a view to expanding and consolidating the \nachievements of the last 12 years on the ground; \n Supports regional co-operation between and among law enforcement agencies and non-\ngovernmental organizations in combating terrorism and transnational crime and \nbolstering law enforcement action against the production and trafficking of narcotics \noriginating in Afghanistan; \n Emphasizes the importance of preventing the production and marketing of substances \nused in the production process of opiates, and the contribution the international \ncommunity may bring to efforts to this end, including taking all possible measures to \nreduce the demand for psychotropic substances; \n 21.", "Calls upon the relevant OSCE executive structures, in accordance with their mandates, \nto develop concrete proposals in the fulfilment of the OSCE's declared support for the" ]
[ "implementation of \nConfidence-Building Measures within the framework of the Istanbul Process; \n 41 \nthe “counter-narcotics”, “counter-terrorism” and “education” \n Encourages the Government of Afghanistan to further reinforce its already existing \nefforts to enhance capacity-building activities to the benefit of all Afghan security \nforces and public employees; \n Also encourages Afghanistan, OSCE participating States, Partners for Co-operation and \nOSCE Executive Structures, in line with relevant OSCE decisions and declarations, to \nensure that the elimination of discrimination against women, women’s participation in \nall sectors – social, political and economic – of public life, women’s empowerment and \nthe protection of women’s rights remains a priority on the agenda of engagement across \nall three dimensions; \n Urgently recommends all participating States and Partners for Co-operation to continue \ntheir humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan through established channels and \nmechanisms pursuant to Afghan requests in the aftermath of the natural disasters that \naffected the Jawzjan, Faryab, Sar-i Pul and Badakhshan provinces.", "22.\n\n23.\n\n24." ]
[ "RESOLUTION ON \n 42 \n PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS IN \nTHE OSCE REGION \n 1.\n\n2.\n\n3.\n\n4.\n\n5.\n\n6.\n\n7.\n\n8.\n\n9.", "Recognizing that the changes which have taken place in recent decades in the \nsocio-economic situation in the OSCE region have not only had a positive effect, but \nhave also contributed to a deepening of socio-economic inequality, the spread of \ncorruption and an increase in unemployment, \n Stressing that these socio-economic factors are a threat to the stability, security and \nprosperity of the participating States and the exercise of the economic, social and other \nrights and freedoms of their citizens, in particular against the background of the \nfinancial and economic crisis, \n Bearing in mind the provisions of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and \nCultural Rights (1966), \n Taking into account that not only economic, social and cultural rights but also civil and \npolitical rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated, as set out \nin the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of the 1993 United Nations World \nConference on Human Rights (UN doc.", "A/CONF.157/23, Part 1, para.", "5), \n Having regard to the obligations of the participating States set out in the OSCE Final \nAct (1975) to promote and encourage the effective exercise of economic, social and \nother rights and freedoms, \n Recalling the obligations under the Document of the Bonn Conference on Economic \nCo-operation in Europe (1990), in which the participating States expressed the \nintention to achieve or maintain policies that promote social justice and improve living \nand working conditions, \n Noting the provisions of the OSCE Strategy Document for the Economic and \nEnvironmental Dimension (2003) concerning co-operation on developing human \nresources, improving social conditions and ensuring sustainable development, \n Recognizing that the OSCE, which has the requisite normative and organizational \npotential, could promote more effective implementation by the participating States of \nobligations in the socio-economic sphere and could contribute to the development of a \ndialogue and the strengthening of regional and global co-operation on protecting and \npromoting socio-economic rights, \n Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which formulated development \ngoals directed at eradicating poverty and hunger, improving health, reducing maternal \nand child mortality, achieving gender equality, ensuring basic education for all, \nprotecting the environment, providing access to drinking water and sanitation, and \npromoting partnerships," ]
[ "10.\n\n11.\n\n43 \nBearing in mind the co-operation between the OSCE and the United Nations Economic \nCommission for Europe on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in \n2004, pursuant to which a thorough and comprehensive examination shall be conducted \nof economic, environmental and social factors that have a direct impact on stability and \nsecurity in the OSCE region, \n Noting the contribution of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, and in particular the \nGeneral Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and the Environment, in \nexamining current socio-economic problems and promoting socio-economic rights in \nthe OSCE region in the framework of the annual sessions of the Assembly and regular \neconomic conferences held under the auspices of the OSCE PA, \n The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: \n 12.\n\n13.\n\n14.\n\n15.\n\n16.\n\n17.\n\n18.", "Underscores the fundamental significance of economic and social rights as integral \nparts of the concept of human rights, as well as the importance of their full realization \nby all appropriate means; \n Calls on the OSCE, together with Governments, parliaments, the private sector, civil \nsociety and other partners, to contribute to achieving the Millennium Development \nGoals and to drafting a development agenda for the period following 2015; \n Calls on participating States to improve their legislation, administrative procedures and \npolicies in the area of economic and social rights and to put them into practice so as to \nguarantee their effective realization; \n Calls on the participating States to take specific measures to improve social conditions, \nincluding through targeted support for socially vulnerable groups in society, through the \nprevention of social isolation, and through broader access to basic social services, such \nas medical care, education, pensions and employment opportunities, and rehabilitation \nprogrammes; \n Supports efforts by the participating States to carry out poverty reduction policies and to \nensure sustainable development; \n Calls on the OSCE, based on its expert potential and the resources of its executive \nstructures, institutions and field missions, to assist participating States on matters \nrelating to the due protection of socio-economic rights; \n Calls on the OSCE, in line with the Platform for Co-operative Security (1999), to \ncontinue to develop and build upon interaction with international institutions and \norganizations on the subject of the protection of socio-economic rights with a view to \ncontributing to regional and global co-operation and the exchange of experience and \nbest practices in this area; \n 19.", "Recommends that, within the framework of an OSCE Parliamentary Assembly \ninitiative, consideration be given to questions relating to the realization and promotion \nof socio-economic rights in the OSCE region." ]

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