constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:25 TITLE XIII: THE ECONOMIC SOCIAL AND CULTURAL COUNCIL • Right to culture Article 106 The Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall have competence in all aspects of economic, social and cultural development. It shall participate in all projects of national interest of an economic, social and cultural character. Article 107 The Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall collect, (and) put into suitable form, with the participation of the different entities of which it is composed, to the attention of the President of the Republic, the Government and the National Assembly, the yearly collection of aspirations, the needs and the problems of the civil society with directions and propositions. Article 108 The Economic, Social and Cultural Council shall be obligatorily consulted on any appropriations bill, any economic, social or cultural plan or program as well as any legislative dispositions of a fiscal, economic, social and cultural character. Article 109 The Economic, Social and Cultural Council may designate one of its members, upon the demand of the President of the Republic, the Government, or the National Assembly, in order to expound before these organs the views of the Council on the projects or propositions which are submitted to it. The Government and the National Assembly shall have the obligation, when they are in session, to give effect to the views and reports formulated by the Economic, Social and Cultural Council within a maximum of three months for the Government and before the end of the current session for the National Assembly. It shall receive a copy of laws, ordnances and decrees from the moment of their promulgation. It shall be apprized of decisions of the Government relative to economic, social and cultural organization. Article 110 Shall be members of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council: • representatives of unions, associations, socio-professional organizations elected by their associations or organizations of origin; • high officials of the State in the economic, social and cultural domain; • representatives of the territorial units designated by their peers; • representatives of Malian established outside of Mali. Mali 1992 Page 23