DECISION FOR SETTING UP DELEGATIONS, PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS AND OTHER FORMS OF ESTABLISHING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
Article 1
With this Decision the Assembly regulates the setting up, the composition and the work of permanent delegations of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to the international parliamentary assemblies, temporary delegations, parliamentary groups for cooperation with other parliaments and other forms of establishing international cooperation of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia (further in the text referred to as the Assembly).
I. Permanent Delegations to the International Parliamentary Assemblies
Article 2
The Assembly establishes the following delegations to the international parliamentary assemblies (further in the text referred to as Delegations):
- Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PA CE);
- Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (PA OSCE)
- Delegation to the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU)
- Delegation to the Parliamentary Dimension of the Central European Initiative (PA CEI), and
- Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (PS NATO)
The Delegations are established in order to participate in the work of the international parliamentary assemblies.
Article 3
The Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is consisted of Chairperson of the Delegation, two members and three substitute members.
The credentials for the members and the substitute members of the Delegation to the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe are delegated by the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, at least no later than 7 days before the opening of the regular annual session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
The mandate incorporated in the credentials from paragraph 2 of this Article cannot be revoked, except in the cases stated in the acts of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Article 4
The Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is consisted of Chairperson of the Delegation and two members.
Article 5
The Delegation to the Inter Parliamentary Union is consisted of the President of the Assembly, who is Chairperson of the Delegation, and four members.
The Delegations is consisted of members of parliament from different gender.
Article 6
The Delegation to the Parliamentary Dimension of the Central European Initiative is consisted of Chairperson of the Delegation and two members.
Article 7
The Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is consisted of Chairperson of the Delegation and two members.
Article 8
The delegations determine the membership, i.e. the participation of the members in the governing bodies, committees, working bodies and other forms of activity of the international parliamentary assemblies.
Article 9
The delegations for which, in accordance with this Decision, substitute members are not delegated, in the absence of a member of the delegation assign a substitute for the particular activity.
The substitute member form paragraph 1 of this Article is assigned by the parliamentary group of the member whom he/she will substitute, for which the coordinator of the parliamentary group informs the chairperson of the delegation in due time.
In cases when the chairperson of the delegation is prevented form attending, he/she appoints a member of the delegation who will perform the official duties of the chairperson of the delegation for the particular activity.
Article 10
Right to participate in the activities of the international parliamentary assemblies after the mandate of the Assembly has expired, until the election of a new delegation, have the delegations of the international parliamentary assemblies whose acts specify this.
Article 11
The delegations work in accordance with the acts of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia and in accordance with the acts of the international parliamentary assembly whose members they are.
Article 12
With regard to the issues that are discussed in the international parliamentary assemblies and the other activities in which the delegations take part, the delegations cooperate with the relevant bodies of the state administration, as well as with the relevant bodies of the state administration, professional and scientific organizations, citizens' associations and other organizations and institutions.
With regard to the acts and activities of the international parliamentary assemblies whose members they are, the delegations can initiate raising of certain issues at the meetings of the working bodies of the Assembly and at the sessions of the Assembly, and concerning these issues they can launch initiatives for adoption of laws, declarations, resolutions, recommendations, decisions and other acts.
The Delegations inform the Assembly and the relevant bodies of the state administration about the acts adopted at the meetings of the international parliamentary assemblies, and when necessary, suggest taking appropriate actions for their implementation.
Article 13
The Delegations inform the President and the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia, as well as the coordinators of the parliamentary groups, about the general agenda of their activities for the following year, no later than 1 December of the current year.
II. Temporary Delegations
Article 14
In order to establish cooperation with international parliamentary assemblies in which the Republic of Macedonia is not a member, or to participate in other activities in the filed of international cooperation, the Assembly establishes temporary delegations.
Article 15
The composition of the temporary delegations is determined by the President of the Assembly, together with the Vice-Presidents and the coordinators of the parliamentary groups.
Article 16
Articles 11 and 12 of this Decision apply also to the work of the temporary delegations.
III. Parliamentary Groups for Cooperation with Other Parliaments
Article 17
In order to develop the bilateral interparliamentary cooperation, the Assembly establishes parliamentary groups for cooperation with the parliaments of other countries (further in the text referred to as the Parliamentary Groups.
The basis for the setting up of the parliamentary groups is the expressed mutual interest to establish and develop the cooperation between the parliaments.
The parliamentary groups can be established in order to cooperate with the parliaments of one or more countries.
Article 18
The parliamentary groups have chairperson and eight members at the maximum.
Article 19
The parliamentary groups work through organization of meetings with the parliamentary groups, i.e. the delegations from the respective parliaments, exchange of opinions, joint cooperation in the activities of the international parliamentary assemblies and other forms of actions.
The parliamentary groups monitor and encourage the development of the overall relations between the Republic of Macedonia and the respective country, and have meetings with the representatives of the respective countries to the Republic of Macedonia.
Article 20
The parliamentary groups, when necessary, cooperate with the permanent delegations of the Assembly in the international parliamentary assemblies, the relevant working bodies of the Assembly, as well as with the relevant bodies of the state administration, professional and scientific organizations, citizens' associations and other organizations and institutions.
IV. Other Forms of International Cooperation
Article 21
In order to participate at the Parliamentary Assembly of the French-speaking world, the members of parliament that speak French and state that they want to be members of the Section, establish the Section on the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to the Parliamentary Assembly of the French-speaking world (further in the text referred to as the Section).
The Section adopts rules that regulate the work of the Section, the work of its bodies and of the delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the French-speaking world.
Article 22
The President of the Assembly convenes the constitutive session of the Section.
Article 23
The work of the delegation of the Section to the Parliamentary Assembly of the French-speaking world is regulated by Articles 11, 12 and 13 of this Decision.
V. Joint Provisions
Article 24
The composition of the permanent delegations to the international parliamentary assemblies and that of the parliamentary groups for cooperation with other parliaments guarantees adequate representation of the members of parliament from the parliamentary groups and the independent members of parliament, as well as adequate representation of the members of parliament belonging to different gender.
The permanent delegations to the international parliamentary assemblies are consisted of members of parliament who know one of the official languages of the respective parliamentary assembly.
Article 25
When determining the composition of the temporary delegations, care is taken about the character of the organization, i.e. the activity in which the delegation participates, as well as, as much as possible, about the adequate representation of the members of parliament form the parliamentary groups and the independent members of parliament, as well as adequate representation of the members of parliament belonging to different gender.
Article 26
In ordered to realize their activities, the delegations, the parliamentary groups and the other forms of international cooperation can request information and other material from the relevant organs of the state.
Article 27
The delegations, the parliamentary groups and the other forms of international cooperation inform the Assembly about their activities and submit reports to the President of the Assembly.
Article 28
The delegations, the parliamentary groups and the other forms of international cooperation inform the media about their activities.
Article 29
The delegations, the parliamentary groups and the other forms of international cooperation meet when there is a need for that.
Article 30
The professional work for the delegations, the parliamentary groups and the other forms of international cooperation is done by the secretaries of the delegations, who are members of the Staff of the Assembly, and when there is a need for that, secretariats are established.
With regard to the activities of the delegations, the parliamentary groups and the other forms of international cooperation, the secretaries, i.e. the secretariats form paragraph 1 of this Article cooperate with the secretariats of the international parliamentary assemblies, the respective staff of other parliaments, and that of the other international organizations and institutions.
VI. Transitional and Final Provisions
Article 31
With the entry into force of this Decision, the Decision for setting up the Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia to the Inter Parliamentary Union (Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia No. 5/94) and the Rules concerning the work of the Parliamentary work becomes null and void.
Article 31
This Decision enters into force on the day of its adoption, and it shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Macedonia.
ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
PRESIDENT OF THE No. 07-4058/1
ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA 12 November 2002
Nikola Popovski Skopje, Macedonia
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Austria
Chairman:
BESIM DOGANI
Members:
ILIJA KITANOSKI
ANITA KIPARIZOVSKA KRSTESKA
LIDIJA MITEVA
JANI MAKRADULI
GORAN MISOVSKI
TALAT DZAFERI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Australia
Chairman:
ILIJA DIMOVSKI
Members:
VLADIMIR GJORCHEV
MARIJA ANDONOVSKA
ALEKSANDAR NIKOLOSKI
SVETLANA JAKIMOVSKA
JANI MAKRADULI
CVETANKA IVANOVA
ADNAN JASHARI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Albania
Chairman:
DZEVAT ADEMI
Members:
FLORA KADRIU
BORISLAV STOJMENOV
JAGOTKA IVANOVSKA
LIDIJA MITEVA
KENAN HASIPI
JOVAN MANASIJEVSKI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliaments Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Chairman:
LILJANA POPOVSKA
Members:
PETAR POP ARSOV
OLIVER ALEKSOVSKI
CVETKO GROZDANOV
ANDREJ PETROV
EMILIJAN STANKOVIC
ZUMRETE JAKUPI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Kingdom of Belgium
Chairman:
FAZLI VELIU
Members:
IMER ALIU
CENA MATEVSKA
DANIELA IROTOVA LAZAREVA
HRISTINA RUNCHEVA
RISTO PENOV
MENDE DINEVSKI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Bosnia and Herzegovina
Chairman:
GORAN MINCHEV
Members:
DAUT REDZEPI
ZIVKO PEJKOVSKI
RISTO STOJANOV
AVDIJA PEPIK
GORAN MISOVSKI
TALAT DZAFERI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliaments of Middle East Countries
Chairman:
Members:
GORAN GJUROVSKI
MARJANCHO KOLEVSKI
DARKO DIMITRIESKI
STANKA ANASTASOVA
ZUMRETE JAKUPI
HAJRULA MISINI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany
Chairman:
JOVAN GINEV
Members:
IMER ALIU
VLADIMIR GJORCHEV
ALEKSANDAR SPASENOVSKI
HRISTINA RUNCHEVA
IGOR IVANOVSKI
RAFIS ALJITI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Hellenic Republic
Chairman:
NIKOLA KURKCHIEV
Members:
FLORA KADRIU
ILIJA KITANOSKI
ALEKSANDAR NIKOLOSKI
SONJA GJELOVA STOJANOVA
STOJAN ANDOV
JULIETA MARKU
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark
Chairman:
MENDUH TACHI
Members:
CENA MATEVSKA
LILJANA ZATUROSKA
KOSANA NIKOLIK MAZNEVA
GORAN SUGARESKI
GJORGJI OROVCHANEC
FEMI JONUZI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Indonesia
Chairman:
VASKO SHUTAROV
Members:
ZORAN PETRESKI
VLADANKA AVIROVIK
NADA STANCHEVSKA
STANKA ANASTASOVA
GJORGJI OROVCHANEC
DZEMAILJ JASHARI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the State of Israel
Chairman:
PAVLE TRAJANOV
Members:
ALEKSANDAR SPASENOVSKI
LILJANA POPOVSKA
SLAVICA GRKOVSKA
GORAN MINCHEV
TEUTA ARIFI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Chairman:
HAJRULA MISINI
Members:
BESIM DOGANI
VELE GJORGJIEVSKI
OLIVERA TRAJANOVSKA
IVICA GEORGIEVSKI
ANDREJ ZERNOVSKI
TOME CHINGOVSKI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Ireland
Chairman:
ALEKSANDAR NIKOLOSKI
Members:
IVICA GEORGIEVSKI
NATASHA JANEVSKA
VESNA BENDEVSKA
EMILIJAN STANKOVIC
HISEN DZEMAILI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Island and the Kingdom of Norway
Chairman:
IGOR IVANOVSKI
Members:
SADIJE ILJAZI
DARKO DIMITRIESKI
VELE GJORGJIEVSKI
DARKA PETRUSHEVSKA
VESNA BENDEVSKA
TAHIR HANI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Italy
Chairman:
VLADANKA AVIROVIK
Members:
FIJAT CANOSKI
TOME DANEVSKI
CVETAN TRIPUNOVSKI
VULNET AMETI
GORAN SUGARESKI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Japan
Chairman:
IVICA GEORGIEVSKI
Members:
NADICA TANCHEVA TULIEVA
JOVAN LAZAREV
JANI MAKRADULI
EMILIJAN STANKOVIC
NAZIF BUSHI
PARLIAMENTARY GROUP OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA FOR COOPERATION WITH THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO
Chairperson: ILIJA KITANOSKI
Members: SILVANA BONEVA
JANI MAKRADULI
ROZA TOPUZOVA KAREVSKA
HXEMAILI JASHARI
GJORGJI OROVCHANEC
ABEDIN ZUMBERI
PARLIAMENTARY GROUP OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA FOR COOPERATION WITH THE PARLIAMENTS OF THE LATIN AMERICA COUNTRIES AND CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
Chairperson: KOSANA NIKOLIK MAZNEVA
Members: SONJA GELOVA STOJANOVA
SAFET NEZIRI
FLORA KADRIU
CVETANKA IVANOVA
SONJA MIRAKOVSKA
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Montenegro
Chairman:
KRSTO MUKOSKI
Members:
ZIVKO PEJKOVSKI
SVETLANA JAKIMOVSKA
LJUBISAV IVANOV DZINGO
SONJA MIRAKOVSKA
MILE ANDONOV
ERMIRA MEHMETI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the People's Republic of China
Chairman:
SILVANA BONEVA
Members:
BESIM DOGANI
PAVLE TRAJANOV
NADA STANCHEVSKA
VASKO SHUTAROV
CVETANKA IVANOVA
DZEVAT ADEMI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Canada
Chairman:
ANDREJ PETROV
Members:
FLORA KADRIU
PANCHE DAMESKI
NATASHA JANEVSKA
ALEKSANDAR SPASENOVSKI
SAFET NEZIRI
ALEKSANDAR NIKOLOSKI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Chairman:
ZORAN PETRESKI
Members:
DARKA PETRUSHEVSKA
AVDIJA PEPIK
STOJCHE KRSTEVSKI
MILE ANDONOV
MARINELA TUSHEVA
FEMI JONUZI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Malta and the Republic of Cyprus
Chairman:
VANCHO KOCEV
Members:
VESELA CHESTOEVA
BLAGORODNA DULIK
MILE PACHEMSKI
SONJA MIRAKOVSKA
JOVAN MANASIJEVSKI
ERMIRA MEHMETI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Mongolia
Chairman:
ZUMRETE JAKUPI
Members:
SONJA GJELOVA STOJANOVA
KATERINA DIMESKA
RISTO PENOV
GORAN SUGARESKI
ABEDIN ZUMBERI
DARKO DIMITRIESKI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chairman:
ERMIRA MEHMETI
Members:
ILIJA DIMOVSKI
VANCHO KOCEV
PETAR POP ARSOV
LILJANA ZATUROSKA
MENDE DINEVSKI
MERAL UZEIRI FERATI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Poland
Chairman:
ROZA TOPUZOVA KAREVSKA
Members:
NATASHA JANEVSKA
SVETLANA JAKIMOVSKA
VLADANKA AVIROVIK
LILJANA POPOVSKA
STANKA ANASTASOVA
FEMI JONUZI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Portugal
Chairman:
VLADO BUCHKOVSKI
Members:
ANETA STEFANOVSKA
KATERINA DIMESKA
VESELA CHESTOEVA
MARINELA TUSHEVA
RAFIS ALJITI
MERAL UZEIRI FERATI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of Romania
Chairman:
ANITA KIPARIZOVSKA KRSTESKA
Members:
MARIJA RASHKOVSKA
ANETA STEFANOVSKA
AMDI BAJRAM
VLADO BUCHKOVSKI
ANDREJ ZERNOVSKI
FAZLI VELIU
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Russian Federation
Chairman:
LJUBISAV IVANOV DZINGO
Members:
IVAN STOILKOVIK
VANCHO KOCEV
NIKOLA KOTEVSKI
CVETANKA IVANOVA
TEUTA ARIFI
BESIM DOGANI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the USA
Chairman:
VLADIMIR GJORCHEV
Members:
SILVANA BONEVA
ZORAN PETRESKI
PETAR POP ARSOV
RADMILA SHEKERINSKA JANKOVSKA
JULIETA MARKU
IMER ALIU
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Slovak Republic
Chairman:
SONJA MIRAKOVSKA
Members:
TOME DANEVSKI
JAGOTKA IVANOVSKA
OLIVERA TRAJANOVSKA
JOVAN GINEV
HISEN DZEMAILI
SADIJE ILJAZI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey
Chairman:
KENAN HASIPI
Members:
CVETKO GROZDANOV
AVDIJA PEPIK
FIJAT CANOSKI
ANDREJ ZERNOVSKI
NAZIF BUSHI
DAUT REDZEPI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Ukraine
Chairman:
IVAN STOILKOVIK
Members:
VESELA CHESTOEVA
MARJANCHO KOLEVSKI
SAVE SAVEVSKI
NIKOLA KURKCHIEV
ROZA TOPUZOVA KAREVSKA
ADNAN JASHARI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Finland
Chairman:
CVETAN TRIPUNOVSKI
Members:
ANITA KIPARIZOVSKA KRSTESKA
VIOLETA TASHEVA
SAVE SAVEVSKI
JOVAN MANASIJEVSKI
ZUMRETE JAKUPI
SADIJE ILJAZI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the French Republic
Chairman:
SLAVICA GRKOVSKA
Members:
JOVAN LAZAREV
KENAN HASIPI
SILVANA BONEVA
ILIJA KITANOSKI
RADMILA SHEKERINSKA JANKOVSKA
DZEVAT ADEMI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Kingdom of Netherlands
Chairman:
ADNAN JASHARI
Members:
MILE PACHEMSKI
MARIJA ANDONOVSKA
CVETAN TRIPUNOVSKI
MILE ANDONOV
RADMILA SHEKERINSKA JANKOVSKA
MERAL UZEIRI FERATI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Croatia
Chairman:
BLAGORODNA DULIK
Members:
NADICA TANCHEVA TULIEVA
VASKO SHUTAROV
PANCHE DAMESKI
TOME CHINGOVSKI
VULNET AMETI
DAUT REDZEPI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Swiss Confederation
Chairman:
FIJAT CANOSKI
Members:
JOVAN GINEV
PAVLE TRAJANOV
VELE GJORGJIEVSKI
EMILIJAN STANKOVIC
FAZLI VELIU
IMER ALIU
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sweden
Chairman:
MARIJA ANDONOVSKA
Members:
VIOLETA TASHEVA
STOJCHE KRSTEVSKI
MENDE DINEVSKI
NIKOLA KURKCHIEV
TALAT DZAFERI
ABEDIN ZUMBERI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Kingdom of Spain
Chairman:
ARBEN DZAFERI
Members:
NADICA TANCHEVA TULIEVA
GORAN GJUROVSKI
NIKOLA KOTEVSKI
KOSANA NIKOLIK MAZNEVA
GORAN SUGARESKI
SAFET NEZIRI
Parliamentary Group of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia for Cooperation with the Parliament of the Republic of Slovenia
Chairman:
JOVAN LAZAREV
Members:
SONJA CVETKOVSKA
SVETLANA JAKIMOVSKA
KOSANA NIKOLIK MAZNEVA
MARINELA TUSHEVA
MARJANCHO NIKOLOV
TAHIR HANI