The Committee heard the reports of the Parliamentary Delegations for 2023-2024. The Report of the Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie was introduced by the Head of the Delegation, David Songulashvili stating that 2023 was loaded with activities.

“Last year, the Parliament of Georgia hosted the 48th annual session of the Assembly. It is noteworthy that it was the first time in the history of the Francophonie PA that such a wide-scale event was held in a member country where French is not the state or working language”, - he stated.

The session agenda included the meetings of the Bureau, Committees and networks. As the reporter noted, the Delegation participated in the 35th session of the European Region of the Assembly.

The Head of the Parliamentary Delegation to PABSEC, Irakli Mezurnishvili, introducing the report, stated that the Delegation participated in the 61st and the 62nd sessions of the General Assembly, as well as the Committee sittings during the reporting period. According to him, the Delegation members participated in the observation missions of the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Turkey under the PABSEC aegis. As he noted, the PABSEC Secretary General, Mr. Asaf Hajiyev served a working visit to Georgia and held bilateral meetings with the Speaker of the Parliament and the Delegation members.

The report of the Parliamentary Delegation to OSCE PA was introduced by the Head of the Delegation, the Chair of the Committee, Nikoloz Samkharadze.

Per his information, the Delegation participated in all the parliamentary sessions in 2023 and within the session in Vancouver, the Delegation introduced the amendments to the Vancouver Declaration concerning the rights of the IDPs and refugees, as well as the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Russian military personnel from the occupied regions.

In his speech, N. Samkharadze dwelt on high-level visits served by the OSCE PA officials to Georgia, when they got cognizant of the situation at the occupation line and held meetings with MPs and the Government members.

According to him, the Delegation members also participated in the electoral observation missions under the aegis of the Assembly.