As of 23   May 2005 PROVISIONAL AGENDA OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE The provisional agenda for the meeting of the Standing Committee is as follows: 1. Call to order 2. Adoption of the Agenda 3. Remarks by the President 4. Financial Questions – easurer - Present financial situation and annual contributions - Approval of the Budget for 2005/2006 Financial Year 5. Report of the Secretary General 6. Renewal of the term of the Secretary General and Approval of the appointment of the Deputy Secretary General 7. Report on the Sub-Regional Conference held from 12-14 May 2005 in Tromsø 8. Information  on  arrangements  for  the  Fourteenth  Annual  Session  in Washington, DC 9. Information  on  the  meeting  of  the  Standing  Committee,  Conference and Mediterranean Forum to be held from 7– Stefan” in Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro 10. Supplementary items 11. Ratification of the membership of the General Committees 12. Reports on election monitoring in Kyrgyzstan and Moldova 13.      Reports on the work of the Ad Hoc Committees and Special    Representatives 14.       Future meetings 15. Other business Alcee L. Hastings President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly