PACE to observe election of the President of the Palestinian Authority – Non-UN document

PACE to observe election of the President of the Palestinian Authority 

Strasbourg, 04.01.2005 – A 15-member delegation of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), lead by Lord Kilclooney, former Minister at Home Affairs in Northern Ireland, will observe the election of the President of the Palestinian Authority to be held on 9 January 2005.

During their stay in Ramallah and Jerusalem, from 7 to 10 January, the parliamentarians will meet with the candidates for the Presidency, the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission and the Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, as well as with representatives of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and NGO's.

A press conference will take place on Monday 10 January at 10 a.m. at the Hotel Ambassador, Nablus Road, Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem.

Head of the delegation: Lord Kilclooney,
mob. +44 7745961 677; American Colony Hotel, tel: +972 2 6279777 Fax: +972 2 6279779 

Socialist Group (SOC) 
Tom Cox                 United Kingdom 
Josette Durrieu                         France 
Andreas Gross                   Switzerland 
Tadeusz Iwinski                 Poland 
Ruth Gaby Vermot-Mangold        Switzerland 
Tana de Zulueta                 Italy 

Group of the European People's Party (EPP/CD) 
Corien Jonker                   Netherlands 
Lord Kilclooney                         United Kingdom 
Mehmet Tekelioglu               Turkey 
Jozefina Topalli                        Albania 

Liberal, Democratic and Reformers' Group (LDR) 
Helena Bargholtz                        Sweden 
Daniel Goulet                   France 
Lord Russell-Johnston           United Kingdom 

European Democrat Group (EDG) 
André Kvakkestad                Norway 
Mikhail Margelov                        Russia 

Group of the Unified European Left (UEL) 
Leo Platvoet                    Netherlands 

Contact: Francesc Ferrer, PACE Communication Unit, mob. +33 6 30 49 68 22, American Colony Hotel, Tel: +972 2 6279777 Fax: +972 2 6279779; francesc.ferrer@coe.int

      Press Release
Parliamentary Assembly Communication Unit 
Ref: 001a05 
Tel: +33 3 88 41 31 93
Fax :+33 3 90 21 41 34 
pace.com@coe.int 
internet: www.coe.int/press 

The Parliamentary Assembly brings together 630 members from the national parliaments of the 46 member states. 
President: Peter Schieder (Austria, SOC); Secretary General of the Assembly: Bruno Haller. 
Political Groups: SOC (Socialist Group); EPP/CD (Group of the European People's Party); LDR (Liberal, Democratic and Reformers' Group);

EDG (European Democratic Group); UEL (Group of the Unified European Left).