Strasbourg, 05/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - Stressing that it provides improvements in fields such as minority rights, the functioning of democratic institutions, the extent of political freedoms and human rights in general, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Lord Russell-Johnston welcomed the constitutional reform approved by the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday. This reform "marks an important step forward regarding the respect of the norms of the Council of...