Posted by blue on June 19, 2011 at 15:21:26
In Reply to: Re: EU on (against) creationism posted by Farmer on June 19, 2011 at 09:38:09:
Farmer: “One is a report.... by Mrs. Brasseur
The other I linked first is subtitled resolution...certainly there must be a difference... “
It seems the document you linked to first is based on the second, the longer draft resolution.
Farmer: ”A resolution seems to be for me something the general assembly holds as a valid EU-wide-opinion/stance...something the parliamentary members...the majority stands for...or otherwise some council on certain issues “
Sometimes I think they deliberately confuse matters here, in order to assume influence and power. The Parlamentary Assembly of the Counsel of Europe (PACE) is not an EU institution, as opposed to the European Parliament. But both are located in Strasbourg. A resolution by the PACE is only of advisory capacity.
The Assembly appoints members as rapporteurs with the mandate to prepare parliamentary reports on specific subjects.
The document you originally linked to apparently raised quite some opposition at the time. They still write it was adopted as their formal resolution. Essentially it was a bunch of socialists and communists (humanists) defining what is religious faith, which they in turn intend to impose on others.
Farmer: ”in other words a report doesn't have to necessarily meet with the agreement of other/the majority...council/parliamentary-members “
I am not sure what their procedures are here.