56th Meeting of the PABSEC Cultural, Educational and Social Affairs Committee, 7 April 2021

The 56th Meeting of the PABSEC Cultural, Educational and Social Affairs Committee was held online on 7 April 2021 with the technical support of the PABSEC International Secretariat.

The Meeting was attended by the national delegations from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Greece, the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. The Meeting was chaired by Mr. Metin Gundogdu, Chairman of the Committee (Turkey).

The Committee approved draft Report and Recommendation 181/2021 “The Role of Parliaments in Preventing Human Trafficking - Social Aspects”, which will be submitted to the Fifty-Seventh Plenary Session of the General Assembly.

The Committee elected Mr. Zoltan Pek, member of the PABSEC Serbian Delegation, as the Vice-Chairman of the Committee for a term of office of two years.

The next 57th Meeting of the Committee will be held in Ukraine on 6-7 October 2021. The main issue will be "Objectives and Challenges of Cooperation in the field of Education in the Black Sea Region after the Pandemic." Ms. Charoula Kefalidou, member of the PABSEC Hellenic Delegation, was appointed the Rapporteur for the report.