12 CPT: 16TH GENERAL REPORT ORGANISATIONAL MATTERS The Convention establishing the CPT 25. The Convention was signed and ratified by the Principality of Monaco on 30 November 2005 and entered into force in respect of the Principality on 1 March 2006. The CPT’s first visit to Monaco was organised at the end of the same month. On 14 June 2006, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe noted that following the declaration of independence of the Republic of Montenegro on 3 June, the Republic of Serbia was a party to the Convention. The Committee of Ministers also agreed that the Republic of Montenegro was a party to the Convention with effect from 6 June 2006, the date of the Republic’s declaration of succession to the Council of Europe conventions of which Serbia and Montenegro was a signatory or party. As a result, there are currently 47 Parties to the Convention. 26. Further, the CPT will soon begin to carry out its mandate in Kosovo, now that arrangements for the Committee’s visits to detention facilities operated by the “international security presence in Kosovo” (KFOR) have been defined in an exchange of letters between the Secretaries General of NATO and the Council of Europe. The CPT welcomes this development. The CPT plans to organise in the near future an information seminar in Kosovo for officials and all other interested parties, the aim being to ensure that everyone concerned is familiar with the Committee’s mandate and working methods before visits begin. CPT membership 27. At the time of publication of this General Report, the CPT has 42 members. The seats in respect of Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine are currently vacant.1 28. Fifteen new CPT members were elected during the twelve months covered by this General Report: Ömer Atalar (in respect of Turkey), Tim Dalton (Ireland), Celso José das Neves Manata (Portugal), Haritini Dipla (Greece), Gergely Fliegauf (Hungary), Anna Gavrilova-Antcheva (Bulgaria), Ladislav Getlík (Slovak Republic), Emilio Gines Santidrián (Spain), Wolfgang Heinz (Germany), Birgit Lie (Norway), Roland Marquet (Monaco), Jørgen Worsaae Rasmussen (Denmark), Elena Sereda (Russian Federation), George Tugushi (Georgia) and Antonius Maria van Kalmthout (Netherlands). Further, the following members were reelected: Ales Butala (Slovenia), Silvia Casale (United Kingdom), Marija Definis Gojanović (Croatia), Eugenijus Gefenas (Lithuania), Renate Kicker (Austria), Isolde Kieber (Liechtenstein), Andres Lehtmets (Estonia), Ann-Marie Orler (Sweden), Tatiana Răducanu (Moldova), Jean-Pierre Restellini (Switzerland) and Pierre Schmit (Luxembourg). 29. The following members of the CPT left the Committee during the last twelve months, on the expiry of their terms of office: Roger Beauvois (France), Laszlo Csetneky (Hungary), Hildburg Kindt (Germany), Günsel Koptagel-Ilal (Turkey), Ingrid Lycke Ellingsen (Norway), Esteban Mestre Delgado (Spain), Ole Vedel Rasmussen (Denmark) and Pieter Reinhard Stoffelen (Netherlands). Further, Olivera Vulić (elected in respect of Serbia and Montenegro) resigned from the Committee on 26 June 2006. The CPT wishes to sincerely thank all the above persons for their contributions to the Committee’s work. 1 See Appendix 5 for the list of CPT members. Abridged curricula vitae of the members are posted on the CPT's website (www.cpt.coe.int) and can also be obtained from the Committee's Secretariat.