ACALSES4.2006_1

8 September 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRAFT ORDER OF BUSINESS

 

of the fourth part of the 2006 Ordinary Session

 

(2-6 October 2006)

 

drawn up by the Bureau of the Assembly

on 6 September 2006


 

Monday 2 October 2006

 

 

8.30 a.m.        Bureau of the Assembly

 

10 a.m.          Political groups

 

2 p.m.            Committees

 

 

3 p.m.            1.    Opening of the fourth part of the 2006 Ordinary Session

 

                     a.    Statement by Mr René van der Linden, President of the Parliamentary Assembly

                     b.    Examination of new credentials (Doc. )

                     c.    Changes in the membership of Committees

                     d.    Request(s) for current affairs debate or debate under urgent procedure

                     e.    Adoption of the order of business

 

 

                     2.    Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly (Doc. )

                            Rapporteur: Mr Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Turkey, EDG)

 

                            Observation of the parliamentary and presidential elections in Mexico (2 July 2006) (Doc. )

                            Rapporteur: Mr Lluís Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC)

 

                            Observation of the parliamentary elections in "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (5 July 2006) (Doc. 11015)

                            Rapporteur: Mr Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Turkey, EDG)

 

                            Observation of the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Montenegro (10 September 2006) (Doc. )

                            Rapporteur: Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto (Monaco, EPP/CD)

 

                            Debate and approval

 

 

                     3.    Statement by Mr Boris GRYZLOV, President of the State Duma of the Russian Federation

                            Questions

 

 

                     4.    The institutional balance at the Council of Europe (Doc. )

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities: Mr Peter Schieder (Austria, SOC)

                                      Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Zsolt Németh (Hungary, EPP/CD)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 2 October at 12 noon.

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on …

 

 

                     5.    Implementation of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. )

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Erik Jurgens (Netherlands, SOC)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 2 October at 12 noon.

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on …

 

 

7 p.m.            End of the sitting


 

 

Tuesday 3 October 2006

 

 

8.30 a.m.        Committees

 

 

10 a.m.          1.    Debate on general policy on the situation in the Balkans (Doc. )

                            Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, ALDE)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 3 October at 10.30 a.m.

 

 

                            Address by Mr Sali BERISHA, Prime Minister of Albania*

 

                            Address by Mr Ivo SANADER, Prime Minister of Croatia*

 

                            Address by Mr Boris TADIC, President of Serbia*

 

                            Debate

 

 

 

 

1 p.m.            End of the sitting

 

 

2 p.m.            Committees

 

 

3 p.m.            1.    Debate on general policy on the situation in the Balkans (Doc. ) (continued)

                            Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, ALDE)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 3 October at 10.30 a.m.

 

 

                            Vote on …

 

 

 

                     2.    Current situation in Kosovo (Doc. )

                            Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Lord Russell-Johnston (United Kingdom, ALDE)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 2 October at 4 p.m.

 

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on …

 

 

 

 

7 p.m.            End of the sitting

 

 

 

 

* Subject to confirmation.


Wednesday 4 October 2006

 

8.30 a.m.        Political groups

 

10 a.m.          1.    Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly presented by Mr Sergueï LAVROV, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers

 

                            Questions (Doc. )

                                      (Questions must be tabled by Tuesday 3 October at 10.30 a.m. at the latest)

 

 

11 a.m.          2.    Ratification of the Framework Convention for the protection of national minorities by the member states of the Council of Europe (Doc. 10961)

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 3 October at 10.30 a.m.

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on a draft recommendation

 

 

12 noon         3.    Address by Mr Ferenc GYURCSÁNY, Prime Minister of Hungary*

                            Questions

 

1 p.m.            End of the sitting

 

2 p.m.            Committees

 

3 p.m.            1.    Ratification of the Framework Convention for the protection of national minorities by the member states of the Council of Europe (Doc. 10961) (continued)

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Boriss Cilevičs (Latvia, SOC)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 3 October at 10.30 a.m.

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on a draft recommendation

 

 

                     2.    The OECD and the world economy (Doc. 11012 prov.)**

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Ignacio Cosidó (Spain, EPP/CD)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 3 October at 7 p.m.

 

                            Contribution from the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: …)

                            Contribution from the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: Mr Rudy Salles, France, ALDE)

                            Contribution from the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: Baroness Hooper, United Kingdom, EDG)

                            Contribution from the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: Mr John Dupraz, Switzerland, ALDE)

 

                            Enlarged debate

                            Vote on a draft resolution

 

 

                     3.    The cultural situation of the Kurds (Doc. 11006)

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education: Lord Russell-Johnston (United Kingdom, ALDE)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 3 October at 3.30 p.m.

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on a draft resolution

 

 

7.30 p.m.       End of the sitting

 

 

*   Subject to confirmation.

**  Debate and vote according to the Rules of Procedure for enlarged debates on the activities of the OECD.


 

 

Thursday 5 October 2006

 

 

8.30 a.m.        Committees

 

 

10 a.m.          1.    [Possibly] Debate under urgent procedure***

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: …

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on …

 

 

 

1 p.m.            End of the sitting

 

 

2 p.m.            Committees

 

 

3 p.m.            1.    Establishment of a European remembrance centre for victims of forced population movements and ethnic cleansing (Doc. 10925 rev. English only)

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mr Mats Einarsson (Sweden, UEL)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 4 October at 3.30 p.m.

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on a draft resolution

                            Vote on a draft recommendation

 

 

 

                     2.    The image of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the media (Doc. 11011)

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mrs Tana de Zulueta (Italy, SOC)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 4 October at 3.30 p.m.

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on a draft recommendation

 

 

 

 

6.30 p.m.       End of the sitting

 

 

6.30 p.m.        Joint Committee

 

 

 

 

 

 

***   If the urgent procedure is decided by the Assembly (at its meeting on 6 September 2006, the Bureau agreed, subject to receiving formal requests, to propose to the Assembly to hold urgent debates on the “situation in Lebanon" and on the "mass arrivals of migrants in Europe").


 

 

 

Friday 6 October 2006

 

 

 

8.30 a.m.        Bureau of the Assembly

 

 

 

10 a.m.          1.    For a European drug convention on promoting public health policy in drug control (Doc. )

                            Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee: Mr Paul Flynn (United Kingdom, SOC)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 5 October at 10.30 a.m.

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on …

 

 

 

                     2.    The need to reconcile work and family life (Doc. )

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men: Mrs Antigoni Pericleous Papadopoulos (Cyprus, ALDE)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 5 October at 10.30 a.m.

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on …

 

 

 

                     3.    Europe's interest in the continued economic development of Russia (Doc. )

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Kimmo Sasi (Finland, EPP/CD)

                            Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mrs Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Germany, ALDE)

                                      Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 5 October at 10.30 a.m.

 

                            Debate

                            Vote on …

 

 

 

 

1 p.m.            Closure of the fourth part of the 2006 Ordinary Session