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Saturday, 12 November 2005
Tolerance Cup opens in Subotica
The Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Predrag Markovic, today opened the Tolerance Cup competition in Subotica.
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Addressing the participants in the competition – students from Vojvodina, the Sandzak, Bujanovac, Presevo and Medvedja, Mr Markovic said that tolerance was the award of the tolerant, adding that one could not talk about several types of tolerance. It is the role of the state, according to Mr Markovic, to set the rules and to ensure they apply to all in equal measure, as well as that everybody should have the same opportunities; it is up to the people in the field, however, to implement this.
The Tolerance Cup is part of the Asserting Multiculturalism and Tolerance in Vojvodina project, implemented by the Executive Council of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. Aiming at asserting and strengthening mutual trust among young people, the Tolerance Cup is a positive example of how young people of different ethnic backgrounds from all over Vojvodina can get to know each other and develop the spirit of tolerance and mutual respect. This project, aiming at providing better mutual understanding between ethnic groups in Vojvodina, is another indicator of the importance of the initiative of the Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Hungary, which resulted in the signing of the Tolerance Programme and the realisation of the first Youth Tolerance Camp earlier this year in Subotica, of the fact that co-existence has no alternative in Vojvodina, and that preserving all national characteristics is the way to European integrations.
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11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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11.00 - judges elected to judicial office for the first time take the oath of office before the National Assembly Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)
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12.00 - opening of the exhibition marking 150 years since the birth of Mileva Maric Einstein (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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17.05 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker at the AEPA Association if Lawyers Conference: NO MORE SILENCE – ME AGAIN (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)