Amendment No. 85 | Doc. 14900 | 24 June 2019
Strengthening the decision-making process of the Parliamentary Assembly concerning credentials and voting
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 12, insert the following paragraph:
In the draft resolution, after paragraph 12, insert a new paragraph:
"During the last 70 years the Assembly has been extremely cautious when considering the non-ratification of credentials, and it has been extremely reluctant to turn down credentials. This has happened only twice - in respect of the delegations of Greece in 1969 and Turkey in 1981 - even if credentials of several delegations were challenged several times during this period. Deprivation of some of the rights of national delegations has happened only three times in the history of the Assembly - each time with respect to the delegation of the Russian Federation (2000, 2014 and 2015). As the existing sanction system has been exercised with the utmost care and consideration for the past 70 years, the Assembly preserves itself the right to continue exercising sanctions in the same way as it has done so far until a new and better joint sanction system with the Committee of Ministers is in place."