ACALSES1.2006_1
13 December 2005
DRAFT ORDER OF BUSINESS
of the first part of the 2006 Ordinary Session
(23-27 January 2006)
drawn up by the Bureau of the Assembly
on 12 December 2005
Monday 23 January 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 first part of the 2006 Ordinary Session
                           (oldest member in the Chair: …)
                    a.   Examination of credentials (Doc. )
                    b.   Election of the President of the Assembly
                    c.   Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly
                    d.   Appointment of members of committees
                    e.   Request(s) for debate under urgent procedure on:
                           – Freedom of the media in Russia
                    f.    Adoption of the order of business
                    g.   Adoption of the minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee
                           (25 November 2005, Bucharest, Romania)
                    2.   Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur: Mr Bernard Schreiner (France, EPP/CD)
                           a. Observation of the constitutional referendum in Armenia (27 November 2005) (Doc. )
                               Rapporteur: Mr Tomás Jirsa (Czech Republic, EDG)
                           b. Observation of the presidential election in Kazakhstan (4 December 2005) (Doc. )
                                Rapporteur: Mr Tadeusz Iwiński (Poland, SOC)
                           Debate and approval
                    3.   Communication from Mr Terry DAVIS, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on the state of the Council of Europe
                           Questions
                    4.   Parliamentary dimension of the United Nations (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mrs Tana de Zulueta (Italy, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 January at 12 noon.
                           Statement by Mr Jan ELIASSON, President of the sixtieth session of the United Nations General Assembly
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
7 p.m.           End of the sitting
7 p.m.           Reconstitution of bureaux of committees
(at the end     (Election of the Chairperson and three Vice-Chairpersons)
of the sitting)
Tuesday 24 January 2006
8.00 a.m.       Committees
9.30 a.m.      1.   Address by Mr José Manuel BARROSO, President of the European Commission
                           Questions
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mrs Rosmarie Zapfl-Helbling (Switzerland, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 January at 4 p.m.
                           Statement by Mrs Rita VERDONK, Minister for Integration and Immigration of the Netherlands*
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                    3.   Europe's contribution to improving water management (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs: Mrs Elsa Papadimitriou (Greece, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 January at 4 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.   Address by Mr Serguei STANICHEV, Prime Minister of Bulgaria*
                           Questions
                    2.   Implementation of Resolution 1415 (2005) on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia (Doc. )
                           Co-Rapporteurs of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Mr Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, ALDE) and Mr Evgeni Kirilov (Bulgaria, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 January at 4 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    3.   Integration of immigrant women in Europe (Doc. 10758)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men: Mrs Gülsün BÃlgehan (Turkey, SOC)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mrs Terezija Stoisits (Austria, SOC)
                           Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 January at 4 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                           Vote on a draft recommendation
7.30 p.m.      End of the sitting
* Subject to confirmation.
Wednesday 25 January 2006
8.30 a.m.       Political groups
10 a.m.         1.   Human rights violations in the Chechen Republic: the Committee of Ministers' responsibility vis-à -vis the Assembly's concerns (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Rudolf Bindig (Germany, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 24 January at 10.30 a.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
12 noon        2.   Address by Mr Traian BĂSESCU, President of Romania
                           Questions
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.   Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly presented by Mr Mihai-Rǎzvan UNGUREANU, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Romania and Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers
                           Questions (Doc. )
                                     (Questions must be tabled by Tuesday 24 January at 12 noon at the latest)
4 p.m.           2.   Statement by Mr Enrique JACKSON RAMĺREZ, President of the Senate of Mexico
                           Questions
4.30 p.m.      3.   Need for international condemnation of the crimes of communism (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Göran Lindblad (Sweden, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 24 January at 3.30 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    4.   Condemnation of the admiration and justification of nazism (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Mikhail Margelov (Russian Federation, EDG)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 24 January at 3.30 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
7.30 p.m.      End of the sitting
Thursday 26 January 2006
8.30 a.m.       Committees
10 a.m.         1.   [Possibly] Debate under urgent procedure**
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: …
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    OR
                    1.   Two reports appearing on the Agenda
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.   For recognition and supervision of surrogacy as an alternative to sterility (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee: Mr Michael Hancock (United Kingdom, ADLE)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mrs Anna Curdová (Czech Republic, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 25 January at 3.30 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    2.   The concept of "nation" (Doc. 10762)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr György Frunda (Romania, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 25 January 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
**Â If the urgent procedure is decided by the Assembly.
Friday 27 January 2006
8.30 a.m.       Bureau of the Assembly
10 a.m.         1.   Relocation of economic activities abroad and European economic development (Doc. 10757)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Neven Mimica (Croatia, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 26 January at 10.30 a.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                    2.   Implications for Europe of the economic resurgence of China (Doc. 10756)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Paul Wille (Belgium, ALDE)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 26 January at 10.30 a.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                    3.   Draft Protocol on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to state succession (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Jaume Bartumeu Cassany (Andorra, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 26 January at 10.30 a.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    4.   Constitution of the Standing Committee
1 p.m.           Closure of the first part of the 2006 Ordinary Session