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HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS

Report of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs on Algeria

May, 1998



HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS

Report of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs on Algeria

May, 1998


CONTENTS


 

Page

Introduction

5

Proceedings of Joint Committee meeting: 17 December 1997


Meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. David Andrews TD

7

Extracts from proceedings of Joint Committee meeting: 14 January 1998

29

Report on the meeting of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sub-Committee on Human Rights: 21 January, 1998

39

Extracts from proceedings of Joint Committee meeting: 25 March 1998

43

Proceedings of Joint Committee meeting: 8 April 1998

49

Resolution of the Joint Committee, 8 April 1998

73

Appendices

75

Appendix I

Correspondence between Mr. Desmond O’Malley, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

 

Appendix II

Report of MEPs following their visit to Algeria.

 

Appendix III

Submission made by Prof. Abdelhamid Brahimi.

 

Appendix IV

Members of Joint Committee.

 

Introduction

The Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs was established following Orders of the Dáil and Seanad of 23rd October 1997. In addition, Standing Orders state that the following powers may be conferred on a Committee:-


“(1)power to take oral and written evidence and to print and publish from time to time minutes of such evidence taken in public before the Select Committee together with such related documents as the Select Committee thinks fit;”.


This Report on the meetings of the Joint Committee on the Algerian situation was agreed at its meeting on 3 June, 1998.



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Desmond J. O’Malley,


Chairman.


4 June, 1998.